The ASTRI SST-2M Prototype: Reference Guide to the Operational Procedures.

Abstract

This document is meant to be the first and very preliminary draft for the operational procedures of the single ASTRI SST-2M prototype telescope, hereafter named ASTRI prototype. Its content, discussed with all the ASTRI Teams, will eventually contribute to the definition of the Operation User Manual that will be delivered in the framework of the ACST (ASTRI Core Software Team). The document provides a description of the basic steps that are needed to operate the telescope safely and correctly, from the start-up, through the data-taking procedure, to the shutdown of the system. The specific procedures that must be followed before, during, and after the regular data-taking, as well as those aimed at performing some special technical operations (which are not required during normal data-taking), are presented in a discursive way as well as under Use Case format.