Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/Copilot

Timestamp:

Feb 25, 2016 4:28:14 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Dustin Lang

Comment:

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/Copilot

@@ -9 +9 @@
 cd ~/obsbot
 python copilot.py &
-eog recent.png &
 }}}
 
 It will monitor the $MOS3_DATA directory, and whenever a new image
 comes it, it will measure it, update a little database, and create a
-"strip plot" showing the conditions.
+"strip plot" showing the conditions.  The plot should be shown in a python plot window.
+The plot is also saved to the file "recent.png"; you could for example view it using
+{{{
+eog recent.png &
+}}}
 
-The database is in `~/obsbot/obsdb/obsdb.sqlite3`.
+When a focus sequence is taken, it will run an analysis on the image and show another plot (also saved as focus.png).
+
+The database is in `~/obsbot/obsdb/mosaic3.sqlite3` for MzLS.
 
 
@@ -26 +31 @@
 *  --extnum=EXTNUM       Integer extension to read
 *  --rawdata=RAWDATA     Directory to monitor for new images: default $MOS3_DATA if set, else "rawdata"
-*  --portion=PORTION     Portion of the night: default 1.0
 *  --n-fwhm=N_FWHM       Number of stars on which to measure FWHM
 *  --no-db               Do not append results to database
@@ -59 +63 @@
 the exposure number of the bad frame both in the observing logs and in the bad_expid.txt file. 
 
-* Vertical red line in top panel accompanied by "readtime" error message
-
-This is harmless in general and can be ignored. However, many sequential appearances
-of the readtime error mean that the camera may not be writing new images (as in the first
-case above). In this event, one has to stop observing and restart NOCS. 
-
 * Variations in transparency / seeing
 
@@ -76 +74 @@
 The top panel shows the seeing.  Any problems with the data we know
 how to detect are marked with red vertical bands.  These include:
-* readtime -- MAY indicate a duplicated image ("md5sum" is a better
-  indicator). ALSO, typing "hselect mos3*fits[0] $I,readtime yes" in the IRAF window can show you the 
-  readtime header jkeyword values for the images. If the last several are ''identical'', then this requires 
-  action.
 * md5sum -- this image contains identical pixels as a previous image.
   This requires action!  Please see the problem description [[https://desi.lbl.gov/trac/wiki/PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/Problems#a5.Repeatimages HERE]].
@@ -117 +111 @@
 
 
-Note that zeros and focus frames will not show up on the plot.
+Note that zeros will not show up on the plot.  The times of focus frames will be marked with a black dot labelled "F".
 
 
@@ -131 +125 @@
 {{{
 python obsdb/manage.py flush
+python obsdb/manage.py migrate
 }}}