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-====== Setting Tracking Rate ====== 
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-This is the procedure to set the tracking rate on DFMTCS 
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-===== Control Computer ===== 
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-  - Open DFM TCS Software 
-  - Go to "Telescope" on top bar 
-  - Select "Rates" 
-  - Set RA tracking rate to 15.011 arcsec/sec 
-  - Click Apply 
-  - Verify tracking rate on the center status panel "Rates" that 15.042 arcsec/sec had been successfully applied 
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-===== Tracking Rates ===== 
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-For most situations, setting the tracking rate to 15.011 arcsec/sec is recommended. This is the sidereal tracking rate with empirical modifications a la Onkar and Connor.  
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-Ignore this stuff ... Onkar and Roy don't remember writing this. GABRIEL!? 
-When setting [[wiki:tracking_autoguiding:autoguiding|]] speed, DFMTCS has a bug that results in 15.042 arcsec/sec not being sidereal. When using the [[wiki:tracking_autoguiding:autoguiding|]] port or [[wiki:handpaddles:handpaddle|]] port, sidereal speed is ~11 arcsec/sec. This only means that the telescope is moving faster than it is supposed to when setting those rates, and might prove useful when [[wiki:tracking_autoguiding:autoguiding|]]. 
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