User's Guide to the Prime Focus Camera

Table of Contents

Introduction
Description
Hardware Overview
Software Overview
Detector Characteristics
Plate Scale and FOV
Filters
Count Rates
PFCam User Interfaces
Dashboard
Top-end Interface
CCD Interface
Soundserver
Observing with PFCam
Starting the Software
Observing Hints
Illustrations
3-D representation
2-D representation
CCD diagrams
PFCam layout
Mt. Hamilton Homepage

Software Startup

Starting the software is a two step process.

1. Begin by logging into shanepc as "user." Type "pfcam start dispatchers". This starts the servers, but not any of the user interfaces.

2. Type "pfcam start guis". This starts all the user interfaces but the CCD-control and image-display software. The following two windows should appear:

Dashboard Top-End Interface

3. Open an xterm and "ssh user@pfcampc" (user account password available on request). As user on pfcampc, type "pfcamstart &". This should start the CCD-control and image-display software. The following three windows should appear:

CCD Control XVista Display XVista Image Conrol
4. Open an xterm and type "eventsounds pfcam". This is often run on gouda because it is the computer with speakers in the 3-m control room. The following window should appear:

Soundserver

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Last modified: Thu Nov 13 16:13:26 PST 2008