MDM Telescope
Trouble Report Form

Instructions
Please fill in the form below with details of any hardware or software problems encountered during the night or afternoon.

There is no such thing as a "minor problem". Even what appears to be a mere annoyance maybe a symptom of bigger problems on the way. Sometimes a bunch of seemingly trivial minor trouble reports reveal a pattern that can let us get to a problem before it costs someone observing time.

The run you save may be your own! Please fill out trouble reports early and often!

Please read the submission instructions before filing a trouble report for the first time. You can also get detailed information on the various form entries by clicking on the individual highlighted items. If you use the help facility, use the "Back" button on your browser to return to the form in progress.

When you are finished, hit the Next> button to review your draft report before final submission.

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Observer(s)
Institution(s)
Telescope
Instrument
Date     [when the problems happened]

Total Hours Lost

Trouble Report

Please indicate what problems occurred, and provide a brief description in the space(s) provided. If you solved it yourself, please describe what you did.

Some problems occur when using the data-acquisition software or other computer systems. It will greatly help diagnosis and solution of a problem if you can include the verbatim text of any error messages printed when the problem occurred, especially if the message is repeated after numerous encounters with the fault. Error messages, sometimes, are trying to tell us something.



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