From golisch@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu Tue Sep 23 15:36:19 2008 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:36:04 -1000 From: Bill Golisch To: Tony Denault Cc: operators Subject: improvements to t3remote display Tony, We like the new larger fonts on the t3remote display very much. Since the display on t3remote replaces our old tcs display, what it shows and how it shows it are critical. We would like the following improvements (Dave approved 9/17, Paul approved 9/20) (please view this email in a fixed width font if it doesn't align right) Thanks, Bill present: UTC 09:08:04 Local 23:08:19 Sidereal 22:29:21 RA DEC Name:002353p1559 00:23:53.28 15:59:37.8 PM/EP:0.000 0.000 2000.0 CS/EQ:fk5 2000.0 User: -10.0 -10.0 Beam A: 0.0 7.7 HA: -01:52:40.28 Scan: 0.0 0.0 AirMass: 1.12 ParAng: 77.69 Total: -10.0 -10.0 TCS Mode: Tracking Focus: -0.14 Dome is ready. _________________________________________________ problems: confusing abbreviations, especially for new observers. ST, HA, RA are related and should be together as an error check. no weather data - frequently asked for by remote observers. no non-sidereal rates. no time remaining before shutter change. Parallactic angle already available in SpeX xui and not needed by others. proposed: __________________________________________________ Sidereal 22:30:20 UTC 09:08:04 Airmass 1.234 Hour Angle -1:53:33 HST 23:08:04 Shutter 1:23 __________________________________________________ Epoch Right Ascension Declination Object Name 2000 FK5 0:23:53.28 +15:59:37.8 002353p1559 Proper Motion -0.0000s/y -0.0000"/y Mag. 12.34 Non-Sidereal -0.0000"/s -0.0000"/s __________________________________________________ User Offset -10.0 -10.0 Focus -0.12 Beamswitch A 0.0 7.7 Temp. -1.2C Scan Offset 0.0 0.0 Humidity 45.1% Total Offset -10.0" -10.0" Wind NNE 15mph __________________________________________________ advantages: eliminated most abbreviations without using more lines. corrected number of decimal places needed. collected all time-related items on top lines. added shutter time (would show SLEWING, or DOME BLOCKING instead if needed). added object magnitude and non-sidereal rates (everything in t3remote "next" is now shown as an error check). added weather related information (if this is available). note - we never use proper motion and non-sidereal rates at the same time so we should only display whichever is non-zero. maybe we could use the line this frees up to show spiral offsets?