Apache Point Observatory
New Mexico, USA

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NICFPS

• 2024-03-18: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-03-11: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-03-04: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-02-26: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-02-19: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-02-12: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-02-05: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-01-29: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-01-22: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-01-15: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-01-08: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2024-01-02: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-12-18: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-12-11: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-12-04: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-11-27: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-11-20: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-11-13: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-11-06: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-10-30: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-10-23: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-10-16: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-10-09: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-10-02: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-09-25: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-09-18: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-09-11: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-09-04: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-08-25: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-07-14: The Shield Temperature Temp sensor failed on Sunday. Raised setpoint as not to trigger false alarms. Likely will need to be addressed in the future. The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-07-10: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-07-03: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-06-26: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-06-19: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-06-12: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-06-05: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-05-30: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-05-22: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-05-15: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-05-08: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-04-24: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-04-17: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-04-10: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-04-03: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-03-27: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-03-20: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-03-13: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. There was a report over the weekend of a "serial register cleared" however it was able to be reset quickly.
• 2023-03-06: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-02-27: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-02-20: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-02-13: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-02-06: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-01-30: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-01-23: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2023-01-17: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2022-12-12: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2022-12-05: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2022-11-28: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2022-11-21: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2022-11-14: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2022-11-07: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images.
• 2022-10-31: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. Last night however there were a large cluster of corrupted images that required several resets and ICC resets to correct.
• 2022-10-31: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range (rotator angle = -90 to +90) to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. Last night however there were a large cluster of corrupted images that required several resets and ICC resets to correct.
• 2022-10-24: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-10-17: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-10-10: The instrument rotation has been restricted to less than its full range to reduce the number of resets required. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-10-03: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-09-26: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-09-19: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-09-12: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-09-06: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-08-29: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-08-22: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-08-15: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-08-01: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-07-25: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-07-18: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-07-11: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-07-05: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-06-27: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-06-20: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-06-13: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-06-06: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-06-01: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-05-23: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-05-16: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-05-09: No change in the status. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-05-02: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-04-25: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-04-15: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-04-14: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-04-04: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-03-28: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-03-21: Back on the previous instrument control computer. Backup is back onthe shelf. There was a communications issue that turned outthe networkcable was plugged into the wrong port on the back ofthe computer. Otherwise, the instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrup ted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-03-14: The instrument control computer had an intermittent failure of the power suppy. Swapped to backup machine but its code base was out of date. Had it back up the next day with code patches and a new P/S in the original machine. Once confident that the original machine is stable will be changing back and puttingthe backup on the shelf. Otherwise, the instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-03-07: The instrument control computer had a few crashes overthe weekend. Please report an inability to command the instrument to the ob duty observer as soon as possible. Otherwise, the instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the array controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-02-28: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-02-21: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-02-14: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-02-07: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-01-31: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2022-01-26: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-12-20: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. Last week however there were 2 instances where the rotator was at 30 degrees or the instrument was unmounted from the telecope th at triggered the problem. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-12-13: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-12-06: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-11-29: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-11-22: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-11-15: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-11-08: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-11-01: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-10-25: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-10-18: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-10-11: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-10-04: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-09-27: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-09-20: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-09-18: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-09-13: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-09-06: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-08-30: No change. The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-08-09: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-08-02: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-07-27: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-07-12: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-07-06: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-06-28: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-05-24: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-05-17: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-05-11: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-05-04: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-04-19: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-04-12: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events. Additionally we have seen an increase in the times the active port on the terminal server that services the robotics has locked up. Cause is unknown but if recognized immediately the fix is just a few minutes.
• 2021-04-05: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-03-29: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-02-22: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-02-15: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-02-08: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-02-01: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-01-25: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-01-18: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-01-11: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2021-01-05: The instrument is performing nominally with the occasional need to reset the controller due to corrupted images. These have been seen most often when the instrument is upside down. You may asked to rotate your field 180 degrees to minimize these events.
• 2020-08-17: The instrument is operating nominally however the users should be on the lookout for corrupted images. This is still occuring intermittently and not well understood. Report any corrupted images to the observing specialist so they can reset the array electronics.
• NICFPS Users Guide Appendix B. Instrument History
• 2020-12-09: The instrument is cooling. It should be cold and available later tonight.
• 2020-12-07: The instrument is still on the vacuum pump. It is not currently available
• 2020-11-30: The instrument was warmed as part of the observatory shutdown. It is not available until it has had time to pump and cool.
• 2020-10-26: No change in the instrument status. Please report any corrupted images to the observing specialist on duty.
• 2020-10-19: No change in the instrument status. Please report any corrupted images to the observing specialist on duty.
• 2020-10-12: No change in the instrument status. Please report any corrupted images to the observing specialist on duty.
• 2020-10-04: No change in the instrument status. Please report any corrupted images to the observing specialist on duty.
• 2020-09-28: No change in the instrument status. Please report any corrupted images to the observing specialist on duty.
• 2020-09-04: No change in the instrument status. Please report any corrupted images to the observing specialist on duty.
• 2020-08-28: No change in the instrument status. Please report any corrupted images to the observing specialist on duty.
• 2020-08-17: The instrument is operating nominally however the users should be on the lookout for corrupted images. This is still occuring intermittently and not well understood. Report any corrupted images to the observing specialist so they can reset the array electronics.
• 2020-08-11: The instrument is operating nominally however the users should be on the lookout for corrupted images. This is still occuring intermittently and not well understood. Report any corrupted images to the observing specialist so they can reset the array electronics.
• 2020-08-04: The instrument is operating nominally however the users should be on the lookout for corrupted images. This is still occuring intermittently and not well understood. Report any corrupted images to the observing specialist so they can reset the array electronics.
• 2020-06-20: The instrument is operating nominally however the users should be on the lookout for corrupted images. This is still occuring intermittently and not well understood. Report any corrupted images to the observing specialist so they can reset the array electronics.
• 2020-06-20: Ion pump change out and vacuum servicing complete. The instrument is again available. The instrument is operating nominally.
• 2020-06-01: The instrument is still warm. Awaiting vacuum servicing parts. It will not be readily available until it can be vacuum pumped on and cooled back down.
• 2020-03-23: The instrument was warmed as part of the observatory shutdown. It will not be readily available until it can be vacuum pumped on and cooled back down.
• 2020-03-23: The instrument is operating nominally.
• 2020-03-09: The instrument is operating nominally.
• 2020-03-02: The instrument is operating nominally.
• 2020-02-24: The instrument is operating nominally.
• 2020-02-17: The instrument is operating nominally.
• 2020-02-10: No failures seen since we reseated all the electronics readout cards.
• 2020-02-03: No change in instrument status. We reseated all the electronics readout cards. Waiting to see if this helped with the number of resets required.
• 2020-01-27: No change in instrument status. Still intermittently producing zero or corrupted images.
• 2020-01-13: The instrument is producing zeros for array values intermittently after some handling or long instrument rotations. Please inspect your data carefully and inform the observing specialist when seem. A simple reset of the array electronics has been effective to temporarily correcting the problem. Further troubleshooting is in the process.
• 2020-01-06: The instrument is producing zeros for array values intermittently after some handling or long instrument rotations. Please inspect your data carefully and inform the observing specialist when seem. A simple reset of the array electronics has been effective to temporarily correcting the problem. Further troubleshooting is in the process.
• 2020-01-03: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-12-16: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-12-09: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-11-04: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-10-21: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-10-14: The instrument is operating nominally. No recent reports of failed readouts.
• 2019-10-07: The instrument is operating nominally. No recent reports of failed readouts.
• 2019-09-23: The instrument has started producing intermittent bad readouts. The users are requested to look closely at their data and report andy bad looking images to the observing specialist. A reset of the electronics nominally corrects the anomaly. We are still trying to learn what is triggering these failures.
• 2019-09-09: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-08-26: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-08-12: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-08-05: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-07-08: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-05-16: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2019-03-07: The ICC is back up and the instrument is available again. Power supply installed and things appear nominal. We believe we understand the problem with the spare ICC and it should be working now but we will test it.
• 2019-03-01: Failure of the computer power supply. Replacement is on order. We were unable to get the spare computer up and running.
• 2019-01-02: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2018-12-03: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2018-10-15: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2018-04-02: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2018-03-19: The instrument is operating nominally
• 2018-01-18: The ICC is back up and running on a new (older style) PC. It required a different network cark and video cards. Many of the hardware drivers needed to be rebuilt. The problem is not completely resolved given the Windows license is only a temporary 30 day work around. Jon has a month to get with Microsoft to fix the licensing. This may be a issue given they do not support XP any longer.
• 2017-12-20: The ICC has failed. The computer will not boot but the disk when put in another chasis seems to be ok. Something wrong with the mother board? BIOS? Looking for an older PC to rebuild the system.
• 2017-12-20: The ICC has failed. It looks like a HD given the system will not boot.
• 2017-12-20: The instrument control computer (ICC) failed while it was being relocated in the computer room.
• 2017-10-30: The instrument has been operating nominally.
• 2017-07-10: The instrument was used last night in many different orientations. This morning when it was dismunted from the telescope the ion pump was reading high load and vacuum appeared to be soft (7e-6T). Tapping on the ion pump itself brought the controller off High Load and within 30 - 40 minutes vacuum readings returned to nominal values.
• 2017-07-08: The instrument has been operating nominally.
• 2017-06-19: The instrument has been operating nominally.
• 2017-04-17: There were three reported instances of the instrument needing resets over the weekend due to corrupted images. This may be note worthy because it has been very rare since 2012 that this problem has occured. I want to aanotate this as the time this has happened. However it is also noteworthy that Nicfps use has made gone up since triplespec has been unavailable for science and we are just seeing more of these occurances as a result rather than there being a sudden increase in their frequency. We will continue to monitor them.
• 2016-05-12: Nicfps is cold again after changing the ion pump, pumping and cooling. Rotation restriction has been listed.
• 2016-02-22: Nicfps ION pump is having some issues near the end of its lifetime. If the instrument is rotated past +/- 100 degrees vacuum becomes soft and system temperatures begin to rise. We will be restricting rotations at NA2 until new parts can arrive (on order) and they can be scheduled for a full vacuum servicing. This may be April at the earliest. The observing specialists will restrict rotations to +/-90 degrees and can assist observers in choosing a rotation based on their targets.
• 2016-01-25: Instrument has had no reported problems at this time.
• 2015-11-30: Some resets and reboots recently due to corrupted or noisy images. Still appears intermittent. Will continue to monitor
• 2013-06-04: Ion pump was swapped and instrument on vaccum pump for the past 4 days. Cooled down today. Will do a functional test tomorrow after Leech controller has been reinstalled.
• 2013-05-31: Warming the instrument for vacuum servicing. The ion pump failed last night
• 2013-01-17: The instrument is currently not usable for Fowler Sampling modes > 8. NFS 8 and below still work fine.
• 2012-01-24: NICFPS still experiences intermittent failures since the fall of 2010. Please coordinate with the observing specialist for monitoring of failures and recovery modes as you take data. More information can be found here.
• 2013-01-17: The instrument is currently not usable for Fowler Sampling modes > 8. NFS 8 and below still work fine.
• 2012-10-30: A report of a glowing obstruction as seen in the K-band was tracked down to a loose wire harness. That harness was re-secured
• 2012-01-24: NICFPS still experiences intermittent failures since the fall of 2010. Please coordinate with the observing specialist for monitoring of failures and recovery modes as you take data. More information can be found here.
• 2012-08-10: The NICFPS ICS Hard drive failed bringing the instrument back up. Fritz was able to install a new hard drive and reinstall the most current version of the software. A back-up was done at the same time.