Setup

Go to the observer1 station, which is the desk with eight monitors.  It is pictured below.

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At the beginning of your run, you will see DECam GUIs, with a login prompt.
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In order to begin taking any images, you must login.  The user name is DECamObserver and the password is the proposal id of the observations taking place.  This password is valid only during the days of the run and will expire automatically afterwards. 

Once you login, a number of windows will pop-up.  These windows can also be accessed here (note that these are only visible if you are on the CTIO network):

http://system1.ctio.noao.edu:7001/apps/ [3]

This is the screen shot of the GUI that you will use to acquire your images with and with which you will operate the system.  More details on the Observer Console GUI can be found here [4].

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First you have to provide information regarding your program. To do this, make sure you are under the System Control tab. 

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Click on the Edit button to edit values in the text fields. Click Save where you are done. The values you enter here will be reflected in the primary FITS header of your images. Unless this step is completed, you can not configure DECam.

Now configure SISPI by clicking the Configure button.  Configuration might take 30 seconds to a minute. Check these indicators:

The Vsub button controls the CCD substrate voltages--press this button to turn this on.

Once all lights are green, as shown below, you are good to go!

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