Shutting down all systems (if thunderstorms are approaching, or if you are leaving the site and the weather is uncertain) In the dome: - move telescope to stow position - close mirror covers - turn off the 4kccd power switch and the controller switch - it is not necessary to unplug filter galil; it goes off when telescope power is turned off - move dome to stow position; turn off autodome, and carefully align arrows over East door ==>> NEVER turn off or exit TCS program unless telescope is at stow and the dome is in its stow position (black arrow aligned over East door)!! - turn off telescope power (lower right of telescope console) - turn off main power (big red button, middle button on right side of telescope console - turn off flat field lamps In the control room: - the TCS computer: Exit TCS program with shutdown menu at lower right, hit until TCS quits; click and hold "Start" at lower left, choose "Shutdown" and confirm shutdown Turn off green power switch behind black door on righthand side of telescope console Turn off NBS clock - Turn off the servo enable and auto-dome enable switches - bigccd: Exit AZCamTool using "File", then "Exit" (at top left of toolbar); Quit AZCamServer with X at upper right; click and hold "Start" at lower left, choose "Shutdown", and confirm shutdown. - kuiper: Log out of all windows, or quit them with X in upper right corner; Click and hold the red hat in the lower left corner, and choose "Log Out", but when the action window pops up, choose "Shut Down" - bigag: Close all windows (Telcom, Windows Explorer, etc); click and hold "Start" at lower left, choose "Shutdown", and confirm shutdown. - bigaux: Close all windows (Telcom, Windows Explorer, etc); click and hold "Start" at lower left, then "Turn Computer Off", and confirm that you want to turn the computer off. - Turn off power strips and unplug all the computers from the orange outlets on the wall: Unplug the two black cables for kuiper and its monitor from the next pair of orange outlets Unplug the black-and-white twistlock connector for the printer power Turn off bigccd power strip and unplug it from the orange outlet In the UPS room: - unplug all the telescope cables, connectors and ground, from upper and lower rack, then switch off the power switch on the lower rack - follow directions on the north wall to power down and unplug the UPS