We welcome comments from users. The remote observing package should be used only to monitor your own data, during your own observing time. The package requires both computer cycles and network bandwidth and you should not be competing with the current observer for these resources. When you start the remote package the 12-m operator receives a message on his monitor screen that a remote login has occurred. If he is not expecting a remote observing run to commence, he will kill the remote processes.
Trial logins before a remote observing run are best done on maintenance and test days.
If this is not possible, you should call the operator and arrange the trial run. Once you have performed the login and checked that all the tasks are working, you should exit as quickly as possible. Simple courtesy and common sense will avoid any conflicts. If you are familiar with the remote observing package for the 12m and have a standard X Window system, you can follow these abbreviated instructions to start your session. If you are a first-time user, please read on.