WIYN - Remote Observer Instructions
Following are instructions and commands a remote observer at Wisconsin, Indiana or,
Yale might use for a remote observing session at the WIYN telescope.
Remote Mini-Mosaic
To display a VNC window to Pearl on your machine the command is:
vncviewer -shared -bgr233 -depth 8 pearl.kpno.noao.edu:1
This will automatically connect to Pearl and display its VNC desktop giving you
access to the ARCON data acquisition and other instrument control.
If you need to display any other graphical tool such as, ds9, or ximtool
on your machine you first need to login to sand with ssh:
ssh -X wiyn_ccd@sand.kpno.noao.edu
Then, to remotely display say, ds9, you would type:
ds9 &
NOTE: It is recommended that you do not attempt to display ds9, or ximtool
inside the VNC. Also, only one display tool can be running (either at the telesope or on your machine)
or the automatic display at readout will not work properly.
Remote HYDRA
Two VNC viewers are required for observing with HYDRA; one to access the HYDRA configuration
software and, one to access the data acquisition and bench spectrograph control.
On seperate terminal screens, or monitors use the following commands to connect automatically
to Vanilla and Oatmeal, respectively, and display their VNC desktops on you machine.
For data aquistion, and the Bench Setup GUI:
vncviewer -shared -bgr233 -depth 8 vanilla.kpno.noao.edu:1
Using the background menu you can bring up all programs; data acquisition,
data reduction, Bench Setup, etc.
For Hydra configuration:
vncviewer -shared -bgr233 -depth 8 oatmeal.kpno.noao.edu:1
The HYDRA software is started from the command line in a terminal window using the
following command: hydrawiyn
If you need to display any other graphical programs, such as a display tool, on your machine
you will first need to login to Vanilla with ssh:
ssh -X hydra@vanilla.kpno.noao.edu
Then, to remotely display say, ds9, you would type:
ds9 &
NOTE: It is recommended that you do not attempt to display ds9, or ximtool
inside the VNC. Also, only one display tool can be running (either at the telesope or on your machine)
or the automatic display at readout will not work properly.
Remote DENSPAK or SPARSPAK
You need only the VNC viewer to Vanilla:
vncviewer -shared -bgr233 -depth 8 vanilla.kpno.noao.edu:1
If it is not present within the VNC viewer, you will need the WIFOE GUI:
From the background menu select Wifoe GUI.
Again, if you need to display any other graphical tool such as, ds9, or ximtool
on your machine you first need to login to sand with ssh:
ssh -X wiyn_ccd@sand.kpno.noao.edu
Then, to remotely display say, ds9, you would type:
ds9 &
NOTE: It is recommended that you do not attempt to display ds9, or ximtool
inside the VNC. Also, only one display tool can be running (either at the telesope or on your machine)
or the automatic display at readout will not work properly.
Last updated May 21/2006
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