2024 October 21 - 25
- David Boboltz
- Bret Goodrich
- Robert Tawa
DKIST General
Operational Status
DKIST is in week 5 of science observing period OCP 2.9
Events
Personnel
Congratulations to David Morris on his promotion to Chief Science Operations Specialist!
SciOps and OpsTools team
Accomplishments
Release of a new version of the Experiment Architect tool (many thanks to Cody Stockwell and Joe Zoller!).
Continued observing support for OCP2.9.
Cycle 3 Accepted Science Programs have been published on the NSO webpages: https://nso.edu/dkist/accepted-science-programs-cycle3/
TechOps team
Accomplishments
Meeting with Gemini N staff to discuss engineering operations.
TLW low suction issue investigation, partial blockages in M1 Cell found and cleared, potential design fault identified with temporary FMS code band aid applied.
Cleanroom and Coude Mirror Training for new employees
CDU comms wiring completed by etechs ready for FMS integration.
Conducted refresher training on pump alignment for mtechs.
InstOps team
Accomplishments
Continued support of instrumentation during OCP 2.9
Received IR camera short-wave sensors.
Received quotes for IR camera thermal analysis and selected a vendor.
Repaired DHS issue with data transfer off-summit.
Data Center team
Accomplishments
Updated the VBI and VISP TaskBase subclass private methods to be public so that they appear in the user documentation.
Updated the portal and portal tests to handle floating point numbers for data set size.
Fixed a bug in in the movie description in Vimeo that truncated descriptions as a result of special characters in the text.
Removed the summit-ingest-worker and the ops-support-worker from DC design and implementation as they have been subsumed by the dc-cloud-worker.
EHS team
Accomplishments
Delivered the bi-monthly DKIST Safety and Health report.
Labeled and prepped hazardous materials at base yard for disposal with Clean Earth.
Looking for feedback from supervisors and managers on the safety management software I have been researching.
October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Month: Remember to monitor your vitals, get regular check ups with your doctor and maintain a healthy diet and exercise routine.
