| A1 | Initial rough pointing (globular cluster). | |
| - | Autofoc on star. | |
| A2 | Handedness of guider (TVFLIP). | |
| - | Refine pointing with SAO/GSC stars. | |
| A4 | Refine rotator zero-point (ROTBASE). | |
| A3 | Set TVANGL. | |
| A6 | Determine rough guider plate scale. | |
| A7 | Verify guiding. | |
| - | Check collimations once ROTBASE is set. | |
| A5 | Check REF pointing origin. | |
| C2 | Check SLIT pointing origin. | |
| B1,B2 | Check handedness and angle of instrument coordinate system (INSTFLIP and INSTANGL). (This requires an accurate ROTBASE.) | |
| B3 | Check functionality of offsetting in instrument coordinates. | |
| A7 | Confirm functionality of xguide. | |
| A8 | Check centering across boundary between slit and offset mirror. | |
| B4 | Estimate instrument's imaging scale. | |
| - | Measure MAlign parameters. | |
| D4,D6 | Echellette spectrum of a flux standard. | |
| C4,C5 | Low-dispersion of flux standard. | |
| - | Take dome, twilight, and night-sky flats for comparison. | |
| - | Shutter repeatability/photometric accuracy test. | |
| - | Imaging sensitivity, including photometry and color terms. | |
| - | MAlign through various filters. | |
| - | Astrometric binary for accurate scale on guider and science CCD. | |
| - | Series of images with different collimator settings. | |
| - | MAlign vs. rotator. | |
| - | MAlign vs. elevation. | |
| - | MAlign calibration data (different pmfm, telfocus, etc.) | |
| - | Test guiding/rotator performance through zenith. | |
| - | Field steering with collimator. | |
| - | BVRI backgrounds (dark sky). | |
| - | Night sky emission line profiles vs. collimator focus. | |
| - | MAlign vs. collimator focus. | |
| - | Field distortion on CCD. | |
| - | Field distortion on guider. | |
| - | Scattered light; step a bright star off the field. | |
| - | MAlign vs. position on slit mask. | |
| - | MAlign vs. position on slit mask. | |
| - | MAlign vs. position on guider. | |
| - | (DAYTIME) Flexure vs. elevation and rotator position. | |
| - | (DAYTIME) Measure centers of all slits/filters. | |