2022-05-26 Meeting notes

1:04

Words from Randy

Randy

• Will try to cover Safety Topics in each of these meetings

  • Did RSI/ergonomics last week

  • Traffic safety and driving is one of the highest risks

  • Keck vehicles now have GPS. Speed is monitored.

  • GPS allows us to check that OAs make it down safe in winter

  • Also tells where vehicles are for coordination

  • Also get speed data. Doesn’t look so good.

  • General trend is 10mph over speed limit

  • Please abide by speed limit and other traffic laws

• Project update

  • NIRC2 upgrade led by Carlos

  • KPF FIU delayed, not spectrograph

  • Guider upgrades: proceeding with NIRES

  • KCRM, no updates

  • K1 Pier Repair: grout repair was planned, postponed until 23A. No 10 night shutdown in 22B. Shutdown night on July 5 on K1 to test thermal properties of pier. Followed by ENG night.

    • Test pour in visitor galley was inconclusive, so delaying pier repair to mitigate risk

    • May be further reduction of AZ slew speed

  • KPIC upgrade: changes to pyramid, now not science functional, still working on it, juggling schedule to work around it

    • Nem providing remote support

  • K1 KAPA: struggling with AO performance

  • Jim: K2 pupil image is out of focus … why?

  • LRIS Refurb: plan is coming together for FY23

    • Trying to determine full scope

    • planning 5 year time horizon

    • Randy: LRIS II will be fast tracked

    • Percy: preparing 2 plans (5 and 10 year replacement timelines)

  • 22B science schedule will be finalized by June 1, draft already circulated

    • Randy will be asking for block out dates so he can make SA schedule

1:30

Software workflow tools for DSI Translator development

Josh

• DSI/DDOI Translator development will commence soon. The rest of DSI is being done in git+GitHub. Since we will be involved in Translator development, do we have a strong opinion on whether development workflow should be in git (& GitHub?) vs. SVN?

  • e.g. Do development in git (or GitHub) and push releases in to the SVN repo or vice versa?

  • Note that git != GitHub

  • Worth considering what future developers will be familiar with

• Want simple things to stay simple

1:52

Observing Definition Tool

Chien-Hsiu

DDOI team has prepared tutorials on how to use the observing definition tool and would like to ask SAs to try and give feedbacks. The videos are at:
1. Creating ODTs https://vimeo.com/712247936/06fd839aa5
2. Editing ODTs https://vimeo.com/712696608/b31443c907

To access the prototype observer portal, go to: https://www3.keck.hawaii.edu/observers/portal/rel/index.html
with the password ‘testing’

• Use your email and the pw above to log in to new observer login portal

  • Click pre-observing in side bar, then select ODT

• Feedback in 3 weeks

• Give feedback to Chien-Hsiu

2:00

New IPM tool is eMaint

Jim

• replacement for IPM is live

• Jim has requested SAs get training because “Instrument Master” owns a lot of tasks in the old system

• George Hatcher has copied over all old IPM tasks, some may be out of date.

2:05

Jira board for software issues used by Scientific Software Group

Kyle

• Remind SAs that this exists

• May need priorities added?

• Randy: Could we review this board in this meeting periodically?

• Randy: Operational software issues which need software resources can go on this list. Resources set aside to deal with these items.

• Might need ECR or CI for some of these?

2:12

Pau!