Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot

Timestamp:

Mar 9, 2016 2:11:33 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

Robert Blum

Comment:

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot

@@ -46 +46 @@
   should be, and it overwrites the little shell scripts in `/mosaic3/exec/mosbot/` to adjust the next few exposures.
 
-'''To Stop mosbot'''[[BR]]
+'''To Stop observing with mosbot (./tonight.sh)'''[[BR]]
 On the mosaic3 computer where you are running the NOCS script: 
 {{{
@@ -52 +52 @@
 }}}
 After each exposure, the `tonight.sh` script checks for the existence of the file `/mosaic3/exec/mosbot/quit`.  If that file exists, 
-the script will quit after a readout (without slewing).  This should ensure that we don't lose any data, and is the way the `tonight.sh` script should be stopped.  (It will delete the `quit` file just before it quits.)
+the script will quit after a readout (without slewing).  This should ensure that we don't lose any data, and is the way the `tonight.sh` script should be stopped.  (It will delete the `quit` file just before it quits.) ''''This doesn't stop mosbot on mayall-idl''''.
 
 '''To Restrict to Pass 2 and/or 3'''[[BR]]
 
 If you have started mosbot in all three passes (i.e., using python mosbot.py pass1.json pass2.json pass3.json as above) and now
-want to restrict the choice of passes because, say, the weather has worsened, ''''without terminating the tonight.sh script'''', then 
+want to restrict the choice of passes because, say, the weather has worsened and is highly variable, '''without terminating the `tonight.sh` script''', then 
 {{{
   touch ~/exec/mosbot/forcepass2
@@ -71 +71 @@
 }}}
 After each exposure, the `tonight.sh` script checks for the existence of the files `/mosaic3/exec/mosbot/forcepass2`, etc. If any of 
-these files exist, the pass is forced in tonight.sh.
+these files exist, the pass is forced in tonight.sh in priority order forcepass1, forcepass2, forcepass3. '''Delete these files if you don't want to force certain passes. They will not be deleted automatically when restarting mosbot or running `tonight.sh`.'''
 
 == Comments:==
@@ -93 +93 @@
   last time mosbot was run).  If you have to stop the `tonight.sh`
   script, PLEASE re-run mosbot to regenerate an appropriate
-  `tonight.sh` script.**
+  `tonight.sh` script. 
+
+   **Verify that the quit file has been removed before restarting `tonight.sh`.**
 
 - The `tonight.sh` script writes to a file