The laser ranging distomats measure the position of the platform every two minutes. There are 6 distomats used to measure the position and orientation. The distomats are numbered 1 through 6 moving clockwise looking down from above the dish. They are space +/- 35 degrees from the towers. Distomat 1 is at the east side of T12 . They continue clockwise with the last (distomat 6) which is on the west side of T12. For a complete measurement, all 6 distomats must be functioning. Rain, fog , pointing error, etc... can cause one or more distomats to not complete the measurement.
The plots on this page show when the various distomats have failed to complete a measurement. These plots should be monitored to make sure that a distomat is not failing. This could occur because the distomat itself has trouble, the window for the distomat is becoming opaque, the heater in the distomat is failing (causing humidity inside the cover to accumulate on the window), the alignment of the distomat is not optimal, or there are problems with communications.
Each table contains three columns. Each column
has a different set of plots. The format of the plots is described
below:
There are two pages for each month. The
first page plots failures versus az,za so you can see if there is
any weight imbalances. The 2nd page plots failures versus hour of
day and azimuth. This will show if there is any day/night
tendencies.
At the end of each year is a summary plot showing the number of
total failures by month (by distomat) and the fractional number of
failures by month (by distomat).
Some things to keep in mind:
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