LRIS: Technical Documentation

Welcome to the technical portal of the LRIS web pages. These pages are meant to give highly technical information about LRIS, including drawings, troubleshooting, service manuals and procedures.

RED UPGRADE NOTES

User Manuals	Troubleshooting
Mechanisms Mechanisms Port Assignments Carousel motor parameters Clamp motor parameters Latch motor parameters Encoder parameters polarimeter calibration unit Components vs. Power Subsystems Power Subsystems vs. Stages	troubleshooting page LRIS Motor Control Software Troubleshooting Guide Gratings Turret Carousel Flags
Manuals	Drawings
API P315X Users Guide Compumotor AR-C User Guide Compumotor AR23 User Guide FIORD Software for LRIS Motor Control CCD eng program notes (blue side) VME software for LRIS motor control (old) CCD software control (blue side) Adding new stages to motor control LRIS System ops source book	Network Information Slit Plane Dwgs
Procedures	Tools
SAT guider field update (PDF) word Changeouts Checkout Monthly Checkout Remove Blue Filter from Carousel Remove Dichroic from Carousel Remove Grism from Carousel Cleaning the Blue Filter Carousel Cleaning the Grism Carousel Cleaning the Dichroic Carousel Replacing Blue shutter solenoids Swapping Blue filters in Grism Cells Grating and Colimator Removal and Install PDF from servicing manula below Service Manual Red Side components. Blue Camera lens assy. Installing slitmasks with pickoff mirrors. Installing slitmasks (no pickoff) Update and release scripts	home.tcl -- GUI to home LRIS stages init.tcl -- GUI to initialize various LRIS systems telnet -- example of how to use telnet to interact with API motor controllers atest.tcl -- GUI to send moves and read input/output bits on API motor controllers ctest.tcl -- GUI to operate clamps and cell retainer latches on blue transports rabs.tcl -- GUI to read absolute encoders rlvdt.tcl -- GUI to read LVDT sensor through a Keithley Metrabyte ADC. tdl -- test data link between CCD saddlebags and VME crates cari1 -- Read and display Bit info for blue stages. Screen shot. xfocus -- Engineering version of XFOCUS routine. Hatch control test scripts -- Scripts used to test the motion of the hatch.
Info	General
IPM CCD performance Optics Summary - Contains a summary of optical components, their condition, and what work has been done to them. Warming and Cooling Curves - Contains info on the warming and cooling of the dewars in the CCDs and provides hold time estimates. Flexure following Red II & III - Measured flexure on the two science cameras. Dichroic tilts - History of Dichoric Adjustments. Blue Shutter History - Contains a status of four shutters in use with LRIS Blue. A word doc is also available. Ion pump information: Current Status Twiki page	Grating Ghosts 1994 tech note. Old Purchase orders for LRIS red before 2000 Calibration lamps upgrade for LRIS (2014)