From golisch@hawaii.edu Mon Jun 2 20:36:53 2008 Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:10:52 -1000 From: William F Golisch To: denault@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu Cc: operators@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu Subject: further tcs3 change requests the following tcs3 change requests have been approved by all operators. OLD BUSINESS 1. change: mcc1/Time&Position/Misc/ "Elev/ZenD" to "Elevation"      "                             "Dew Pt Temp" to "Dew Point" response: "Not implemented: Disagree and lack of space." rebuttal: the suggested changes are more clear and take up same or less space! TCS3 Respones: Improvements to GUI made. 2. change: mcc1/Limits labels to make them more clear response: "lack of space requires some abbreviation" rebuttal: one possible layout shown below is more clear in same space!        present layout                   proposed layout ____________________________     ___________________________ |[]HwLimOR__________________|   |LIMITS___N_S_E_W_horizon_| |[]SwLimOR_____N_____Emer[]_|   |software___[]_[]_[]_[]________| |_________Sw_Sl_St_Br________|   |slew__hw__[]_[]_[]_[]___[]____| |_________[]__[]__[]__[]________|   |stop__hw__[]_[]_[]_[]___[]____| |______Sw[]_________[]Sw_____|   |brake_hw__[]_[]_[]_[]________| |____E__Sl[]__Zenith__[]Sl__W__|   |[]_override_software_limits____| |_______St[]____[]____[]St______|   |[]_override hardware limits____| |_______Br[]_________[]Br_____|   |__________________________| |_________[]__[]__[]__[]________|   |[]_EMERGENCY_STOP_____| |_________Sw_Sl_St_Br________|   |[]_telescope_at_zenith_________| |__[]HorStopLm_S_HorSlewLm[]_|   |[]_platform_not_stowed_______| |__[]CCCooler_______Platform[]_|   |[]_closed-cycle_cooler_off_____| |__[]Mirror_Cool______________|   |[]_primary_mirror_cooler_on___| |____________________________|   |___________________________| |__Brakes_Off___Sys_Pwr_On___|   |brakes_OFF__system_power_ON| |____________________________|   |____________________________| TCS3 Respones: DONE. Implemented new layout. 3. change: AS and AS/s to " and '/s respectively throughout mcc1 to follow convention response: disagree, " is seconds (can be time or angle), AS is 'arcseconds' rebuttal: don't just take my word for it, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_of_arc TCS3 Respones: DONE. NEW BUSINESS based on further training nights on tcs3, I recommend the following additional important changes: 1. Problem: unlike the old tcs display, in tcs3 there is no countdown until the shutter needs to be raised or lowered - just a warning when the shutter is already in the way. We need to know how much time is left in order to plan observing sequences. Change: recreate old shutter countdown in tcs3. Put it in the mcc1 Dome/Shutter window on the right. Priority: medium TCS3 Respones: DONE. 2. Problem: new command "user.init" in rewritten dither macros zeros offsets without moving telescope confusing all current guiders. Change: rewrite guiders to look at actual telescope coordinates, instead of just offsets, to see if telescope has moved. Priority: medium TCS3 Respones: Guider Instrument work TBD. 3. Problem: "klaxon" sound when starting tcs3 is annoying and not informative Change: replace with voice describing what is happening. Priority: medium TCS3 Respones: DONE. Implemennt voice. 4. Problem: "clang" sound at slew request changed for no reason from what we have been responding to for years. Change: to old "DEE-doo" sound. Also restore old "doo-DEE" sound when slew is completed. Priority: medium TCS3 Respones: DONE. Implemented suggested sounds. 5. Problem: buttons "pt.clear" and "sp.center" on t3remote ptmap window are unclear Change: to "go to base", "spiral home" respectively Priority: medium TCS3 Respones: DONE. 6. Problem: t3remote ptmap paddle could be accidentally used by observer instead of offset paddle Change: add warning label "for operators only. observers use offset paddle" Priority: low TCS3 Respones: DONE. 7. Problem: t3remote offset paddle button "Zero UserOS" is unclear. Change: to "go to base" Priority: medium j TCS3 Respones: DONE. 8. Problem: voice now only announces "dome is clear" when telescope is unobstructed. Would be more useful to know when it is blocked. Change: to "dome in the way" every 10 seconds when not at zenith. Notices window would let you disable these and other warnings. Priority: medium TCS3 Respones: DONE. 9. Problem: in mcc1 slew window, bar graph indicating amount left only works for small moves. graph pegs for longer slews. Change: bar to indicate percent of move left, no matter how big a slew. Priority: low TCS3 Respones: DONE. Make bar larger. TD prefer for fix distance. 10. Change: preserve the old "boo-boo" tone to indicate an invalid slew request, since we instantly know what that means. Priority: low TCS3 Respones: No done yet.