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BCPM RECOVERY PROCEDURES

General

The following procedures are used to restart the BCPM should it's control computer or hardware lose power and/or the BCPM complains its LOs are failing to lock. Additional restart procedures will be added as they become available. Contact the callout person for any unusual problems.

Info

The BCPM rack must be powered on before its control computer is booted or rebooted.

The state of the BCPM will determine which recovery procedure to use:

The character ^ is used below to emphasize spaces between dialog elements.

BCPM Crashes During Observing

STEP ACTION
1 Use Device Explorer to turn the BCPM manager off then back on.
2 Run a short monitor scan to confirm the BCPM is operational. If not, go to step 3.
3 Quit and relaunch the BCPM screens. After they've launched, turn the BCPM manager off then on again.
4 Run a short monitor scan to confirm the BCPM is operational. If not, the BCPM control computer or rack may have a problem. Call for assistance.

Control Computer Power Loss Recovery

STEP ACTION
1 Confirm the BCPM hardware is powered ON. If off, use the other recovery procedure.
2 Turn the BCPM control computer ON using the power button on the back of the computer case.
3 Check the Cleo message window for problems.
4 Confirm BCPM setups prior to resuming observing.

BCPM Hardware Power Loss Recovery

STEP ACTION
1 Power up BCPM hardware as follows: Turn ON the top power switch (back of BCPM, top rack). Next, turn ON the bottom power switch (also in back of BCPM, bottom most rack).
2 Turn the BCPM control computer OFF (if not already) by logging into the BCPM2 terminal as root then using the following command: sync; ^ init ^ 5 (Wait for the computer to power down)
3 Turn the BCPM control computer ON using the power button on the back of the computer case.
4 Check the Cleo message window for problems.
5 Confirm BCPM setups prior to resuming observing.

-- DavidRose - 6 Feb 2008

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