Antenna : on source and tracking. Use the onsource command to check the antenna is where it should be,

* Time: Field System time (econtrol StatusMonitor) agrees with station time

Time: Maser status OK
Check the “Standard VCH-1005A Manager” display on the Windows PC (to view it, start a VNC session via the Applications menu to time[hb|ke|yg]). Green numbers are good, red are bad. Here's an example of how it should look:

Report any red numbers to Brett ASAP. if you see mention of 'Battery', the maser has lost mains power and is running on it's UPS. If so, tell Brett immediately.

Mark5: disk_pos OK
The command disk_pos in eRemoteControl should report three values - the current number of btyes recorded, bytes at start of previous scan and bytes at start of current scan. If not currently recording, the first and third values should agree.

Meteorology: Weather (wth) being logged

Meteorology: Sky conditions logged (percentage cloud cover, rain etc)

Tsys: S-band Tsys 50 to 70K

Tsys: X-band Tsys 50 to 70K

check the receiver position with rxp Should be -256, +248, +18 (x,y,z)

Cryogenics: Vacuum pressure less than 3.5. The Vacuum pressure in the S/X dewar should be below this value (measured in microns of Mercury). If it increases above this value, it indicates a leak. Let Brett know.

Cryogenics: 70K stage temperature below 65K. The S/X dewar contains a 20K and a 70K stage. If the 70K stage temperature exceeds about 65K, this indicates the receiver is warming up and needs attention. Contact Brett.

Log Monitor audio check button sounds audible beep. Make sure you can hear the alarms

Skype. Make sure Skype is running to allow a chat session with all participating sites plus the on-call person

System: Check and update Handover and Current Issues wiki pages

System: Any problems or concerns logged. Anything else of note? Put it in the log