USER+GUIDE+(20+inch+F4)

The following procedures are intended to give basic operating instructions for the 20 inch F4 Telescope in the Dome.

=__Failure recovery__=

USER GUIDE (20 inch F4) FAILURE RECOVERY

**__At the moment, the telescope can be used in the following modes:-__**

 * 1) LOCAL control, inside the observatory
 * 2) REMOTE control Via VNC

**__The telescope may be used to do:-__**

 * 1) LOCAL observing (to be undertaken within the observatory)
 * 2) REMOTE 'Interactive' observations using a number of applications (Cartes Du Ceil, ACP, MaximDL)
 * 3) REMOTE 'interactive' imaging runs using ACP plans (deep sky images and follow up work etc)
 * 4) REMOTE 'automated' imaging runs using ACP plans (Supernova searches etc)

Click on the appropriate link above to get further information

NOTE:- ACP is the main Observatory Control Software []

ACP may be used in two different ways. Either:-
 * 1) Using the ACP 'console' to run plans and monitor the observations (used most of the time)
 * 2) Using the ACP 'web browser' to operate the telescope, run plans and monitor the observations (rarely used)

=Access to Images=

**__Future development:-__**
The ACP web browser is used over VNC or Remote desktop at the moment. The version of ACP installed at the moment is a BASIC license only. This is slow and unsecure if given to other observers. The PERSONNEL INTERNET license will be added in the future. []