DKIST General
Operational Status
DKIST is in week 2 of science observing period OCP 2.9
Events
Personnel
SciOps and OpsTools team
Accomplishments
The Time Allocation Committee selected the scientific proposals to observe during Cycle 3. A report was sent to the DKIST Director for approval.
Preparation for the Experiment Generation process in Jira and Confluence.
Chief SOS
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 type into basic filters
Added support for dithered data to the DL-NIRSP trial pipeline
Deployed a new host based storage mechanism for postgres databases
EHS team
Accomplishments