DKIST General
Operational Status
DKIST is in week 2 of science observing period OCP 2.9
Events
Personnel
SciOps and OpsTools team
Accomplishments
Time Allocation Committee selected the scientific proposals to observe during Cycle 3.
TechOps team
Accomplishments
OCP2.9 direct support by ETechs & Engineers in DE role. Troubleshooting support from EE’s for PLC and thermal issues.
Starting major recruitment drive / focus as with recent resignations and retirements TechOps has 8 empty positions and is in various stages of recruitment for 7 of them.
Performance Review cycle in full swing.
Summit EV chargers installation ongoing.
Bids received and contractor selected for the DKIST PV Project, DLNR permitting process starting with UH.
HazMat / excess material sorting and prep for appropriate disposal.
InstOps team
Accomplishments
Supported OCP 2.9 instrument operations
Performed the Infrared camera startup meeting in Boulder to develop management documents and lab system schedule.
Signed an IR detector delivery amendment with Raytheon. Short-wave IR detectors due in November.
Continued to ITAR-proof the 1st floor Boulder lab.
Had the M9b kickoff meeting with Zygo. Mechanical design meeting scheduled for November.
MCAO and M9b tables are ready for shipping to the summit
November-January instrument tasks have been scheduled.
Data Center team
Accomplishments
Updated the portal to move Proposal ID and Target
Completed the vimeo movie upload service and started creating movies in Vimeo, including moving all previously created movies to Vimeo
Refactored the Cryo-NIRSP linearity correction to skip ramps correctly
Began update the science data transfer service to accept “tar”ed files in oredr to speed up data transfer from the summit.EHS team
Accomplishments