NGSLR Operations Manual
Preface
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NASA NGSLR OPS Manual (v1.0)
3.4 S
AFETY PROTOCOL PRIOR TO TURNING ON THE
SLR
LASER
26
3.5 P
OWERING UP AND STARTING THE
SLR L
ASER
C
ONTROLLER
27
4 PERFORMING TRACKING OPERATIONS
29
4.1 G
ROUND
C
ALIBRATION
29
4.2 S
ATELLITE
T
RACKING
P
ROCESS
34
5 ROUTINE ALIGNMENT VERIFICATION
38
5.1 P
ERFORMING A
S
TAR
C
ALIBRATION
38
5.1.1 S
TAR
C
ALIBRATION
P
ROCEDURE
38
5.1.2 V
ERIFYING THE
A
DJUSTED
P
OINTING
B
IASES PRODUCED BY THE
S
TAR
C
ALIBRATION
41
5.2 P
ERFORMING A
S
TAR
A
SSESSMENT
44
6 PERFORMING MINICO AND STABILITY TESTS
45
6.1 P
ERFORMING A
M
INI
C
OLLOCATION
(MINICO)
45
6.2 P
ERFORMING A
S
TABILITY
T
EST
49
7 SHUTTING DOWN THE SYSTEM
52
8 MOST COMMON ERRORS AND THEIR RESOLUTIONS
55
8.1 G
ETTING THE
MET
ERROR MESSAGE ON
POP
FOR LONGER THAN
10
MINUTES
55
8.2 N
O IMAGE ON THE MONITOR FOR THE
T
ELESCOPE
C
AMERA
55
8.3 M
OUNT WON T DRIVE
/ M
OUNT DUMPS
(E
LEVATION
> 90°)
56
8.4 T
HE LASER IS FIRING
,
BUT THE
RAT
DISPLAY SHOWS LASER FIRES ARE ZERO
(
F
=0)
56
8.5 T
HE LASER WON T FIRE
56
8.6 S
YSTEM IS NOT GETTING RETURNS
60
8.6.1 N
O RETURNS DURING GROUND CALIBRATIONS
60
8.6.2 L
OW RETURN RATE DURING A GROUND CALIBRATION
60
8.6.3 N
O RETURNS DURING SATELLITE TRACKING
61
8.7 T
HE SOFTWARE APPEARS TO HAVE CRASHED
/
IS NON RESPONSIVE
61
8.7.1 H
OW TO DO A SOFT REBOOT ON
POP
61
8.7.2 H
OW TO DO A HARD REBOOT ON
POP
62
8.7.3 H
OW TO DO A SOFT REBOOT ON
DAM
62
8.7.4 H
OW TO DO A HARD REBOOT ON
DAM
62
8.7.5 R
EMOUNTING THE DISK DRIVES ON
POP
AND
DAM
63
8.7.6 H
OW TO DO A SOFT REBOOT ON
RAT
63
