MOSCA Software Startup/Shutdown Procedure
Valid from: April 1. 2019 
 
Startup
  - Go to the computer called lisa.
    - Click on the line 
 
   'selena.not.iac.es       Willing to manage' 
    - Click on Accept.
    - Log in with username obs. Password will be supplied
      by the staff.
    - In a terminal window type startobssys mosca.
 
     
    In case of problems with fasu-control look
      here 
     
   - Type the TCS access code.
 
   - Wait until the Talker displays the text 
      "MOSCA Sequencer READY TO USE" or the UT is incrementing 
       on the top right of the "CCD status" window.
 
     The lisa-screen should look like  this .
   - Images are stored in the directory /data/mosca.
    - To start a new talker window:
  In a terminal window type seqterm. 
    - To start the MOSCA electronic observation log:
  In a terminal window type cd /data/mosca/ and then obslog-mosca MOnnmm\*,
  where "nnmm" is the image prefix of the night. 
   
Shutdown
  - In a terminal window, type shutdownobssys mosca.
      Confirm with 'y'. 
      Wait until all windows has disappeared.  
   - To exit the MOSCA Obs Log, click on the close icon in the frame of
      the MOSCA Obs Log window.
   
 
The computer florence is used for image analysis using IRAF/MSCRED. On
florence, images made by MOSCA is found in the directory
/data/mosca. Be advised that this directory is 
read-only. 
Updated by Jacob Clasen.
 
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