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| - | ====== Module Swaps in CONT14 ====== | + | ====== Module Swaps in CONT14 and AUST Marathon====== |
| Module swaps should be coordinated with local staff at the observatories and should //only// occur at the start of a System Check period. Remember that not all System Check periods require a module swap. Before a module is swapped, you and the local person **must** agree, on the phone, that both modules are idle. | Module swaps should be coordinated with local staff at the observatories and should //only// occur at the start of a System Check period. Remember that not all System Check periods require a module swap. Before a module is swapped, you and the local person **must** agree, on the phone, that both modules are idle. | ||
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| * Ask the local person to turn the key on the used module and swap it with a blank one of the correct size. | * Ask the local person to turn the key on the used module and swap it with a blank one of the correct size. | ||
| * Wait for three green lights above the new module to indicate it is powered up and ready. | * Wait for three green lights above the new module to indicate it is powered up and ready. | ||
| - | * If this station is NOT Katherine you will want to continue with the old, partially filled module. So confirm you have the right one with a <code>mk5=vsn?</code> and if it isn't, change to the correct one with a <code>mk5=bank_set=inc</code>, wait about 10 sec, then do and another <code>mk5=vsn?</code> | + | * You will want to continue with the old, partially filled module, so confirm you have the right one with a <code>mk5=vsn?</code> and if it isn't, change to the correct one with a <code>mk5=bank_set=inc</code>, wait about 10 sec, then do and another <code>mk5=vsn?</code> |
| - | * Make a note in the log that a new module has been inserted into Bank A or B, and say which bank is currently active. Please include VSN codes in the message and in the table on the [[operations:documentation_cont14_timetable|Observation Timetable and Modules]] page. | + | * Make a note in the log that a new module has been inserted into Bank A or B, and say which bank is currently active. Please include VSN codes in the message and in the table on the [[operations:documentation_austral15day_overview#module_usage|Module usage page]] page. |
| - | * Send an email to transfers@postoffice.maths.utas.edu.au so that we know what's happened | + | * Send an email to auscope-operations@list.utas.edu.au so that we know what's happened |
| Note that you can view the Mark5 recorder and the status of the modules remotely using the control room Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) web cameras: | Note that you can view the Mark5 recorder and the status of the modules remotely using the control room Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) web cameras: | ||
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