Issue
Raised
Notes
Wheel bias too close to Handover
Mail by A. McDonald
26 Oct 2006
  • Preferably ISOC would ensure a 3 minute time interval between handovers and SOPS(WHEEL_BIAS) windows.
  • P. Balm proposes to use new HO_PERIOD START/STOP keywords to ensure this.
IBIS VETO toggling of the PMT 28 V

Mail by O. Bergogne
12 Oct 2006
  • Anomaly first reported on 18 Nov 2004.
  • Reported value seems to diverge more lately.
  • Mail from Piotr Orleanski on 13 Oct 2006 confirms trend (~1%/year) in PMT voltage. Probably OK for several more years but needs confirmation by specialists.
Optimum raster strategy for IBIS
Discussion at IUG  & ISWT Meetings
09-11 Oct 2006
  • Some specialists would prefer a (randomized?) rotation around the pointing axis after each cycle. 
  • F. Lebrun points out that rotation does not remove all issues.
  • Problem open, further studies needed.
Question of exact startracker alignment
Mail by R. Walter
31 Aug 2006
  • Possibly thermal effect between startracker and IBIS. Could be startracker rotating around Z axis by ~20 arcsec. 
  • Blurs the resulting image for large mosaics and limits source cleaning and thus sensitivity for weak sources.
  • Clear trend also seen in OMC data (A. Domingo)
Problems with PSFs for Rev 473ff
Various mails 16 Aug 2006 ff
  • For Rev 475 the problem is that a GSHO straddles the Perigee Entry which ISOC treats as pointing.
  • At a telecon with FD on 20 Sep 2006 it was agreed to change the PSF format such that a new window HO_PERIOD would be included which is the actually allowed interval to place a handover.
  • ISOC SCREW 581 raised as GS CR on 25 Sep 2006.
Constraint violation in Rev 461
Mail by A. McDonald
12 July 2006
  • Revolution includes 'micro-eclipse' of Sun by Moon and could only be planned by changing constraint checking.
  • Apparently caused by FD software 'masking' constraint violation because of eclipse.
  • Work-around by manual intervention at MOC.
  • TSF first caused problems at ISDC, solved by manual intervention of MOC and new TSF.
  • Ongoing effort.
JEM-X On-Request HK not always handled at ISDC
Mail by S. Brandt
22 Feb 2006
  • Found in relation to Test Mode handling
  • Software updated at ISDC but some ORHK parameters missing in database (never entered at MOC).
  • ORHK mixed with normal HK, upsetting JEM-X ISSW.
Improved calibration scheme for OMC FF
GS Coord. Meeting #10
  • New scheme discussed between OMC team and ISOC
    (27 Mar 2006) and briefly checked with MOC.
  • New list of target fields supplied by OMC team to ISOC,
    28 Apr 2006. First time used for Rev 442.
  • New EDs available and installed at ISOC, but scheme not yet implemented due to various minor problems.