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Test of azim+elev friction compensation

project = TPTCSOOF_070209 (Todd, John in control room, operator = David Rose)
starting (az,el) = 48.7, 77.8

scan  UT  type              gain settings
 1    16:59:12 daisy7arcmin    az=0.20, elev=0.11
 2    17:06:59  "                 0.40
 4    17:14:45  "                 0.80
 5    17:19:10  "                 0.60
 6    17:23:37  "                 0.00

 8    17:28:29  circleAtHalfPower 0.60
 9    17:31:06  "                 0.80
10    17:34:53  "                 1.00, 0.25
11    17:37:57  "                 0.50, 0.08
12-17 17:41:57  FastSwitchSimAzEl 0.40, 0.11
18-21 17:50:44  "                 0.20, 0.08
22-25 17:57:26  "                 0.00, 0.00
slewing went nuts, possibly due to pseudo-source going through the zenith?
move back to az=104, el=77.8
26    18:07:55  daisy7arcmin      0.30, 0.09
27    18:12:18  quickdaisy        "    "
28    18:15:44  ccbnods           "    "
29               "                "    0.00
30-32 18:19:22   "                0.20, 0.11
33-34 18:23:00   "                0.00, 0.11
35    18:27:03  daisy7arcmin      0.25, 0.11
36    18:32:03  ccbnods           0.50, 0.11

-- ToddHunter - 09 Feb 2007

Note that the azimuth rms tracking errors listed in the plots attached below are w.r.t. the azimuth axis. On-sky performance will be better by the factor of cosine(elevation).

Attachment: sort Action: Size: Date: Who: Comment:
circleazimcompare.pdf action 117354 10 Feb 2007 - 01:03 ToddHunter circles: 7 different gains (Jan30+Feb9), 1 Hz data
daisyazimcompare7merge.pdf action 483916 13 Feb 2007 - 19:08 ToddHunter daisy: 7 different gains (Feb9), 10Hz data
nodcompare.pdf action 200757 13 Feb 2007 - 19:20 ToddHunter nod comparison: 4 different gains (Feb9) 10Hz data
circleelevcompare.pdf action 80176 14 Feb 2007 - 02:57 ToddHunter circles: 7 different elev gains, (Feb2+9) 1Hz data

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