Here is the current telescope status.
BSM_Berry: fully operational
BSM_Hamren: fully operational
BSM_NH: fully operational.
BSM_NM: the camera has moisture problems again. Bill Stein is going to replace the Farpoint dessicant plug with the original SBIG plug and see if that helps.
BSM_South: fully operational.
SRO: fully operational.
OC61: fully operational.
TMO61: the dome is still having communications problems, and the system is down until Jon Holtzman has the opportunity to work on the issue.
ongoing issues:
BSM_Hamren needs an automatic enclosure. Right now, Mike Linnolt is using a tarp and the system can only be used for a few hours at the beginning of a night.
BSM_NH is having two minor issues. Short exposures (say, 2 seconds or less) seem to intermittently hang during MaximDL download. We haven't found the cause for this yet. Scheduler is also moving to a target and waiting for a GEM flip before observing, and that flip can be an hour or two from when the field is centered, wasting a lot of time. We need to understand the relationship between the software and the AVX mount hardware.
upcoming changes:
BSM_NH: I will be adding a diffraction grating to the filter wheel. This was a spare from BSM_Berry that was just returned to us by Greg Bolt.
BSM_South: I will be sending a CFW-10 filter wheel plus new filters and a diffraction grating to Peter Nelson sometime soon. Thanks to Frank Schorr and Tim Crawford for making this happen!
Arne