Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot
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- Mar 14, 2016 9:25:08 AM (9 years ago)
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v21 v22 40 40 = How to stop and restart = 41 41 42 If you want to stop and restart observing (eg, to take a focus sequence), you need to stop both the `tonight.sh` script, and Mosbot: 42 If you want to stop and restart observing (eg, to take a focus 43 sequence), you need to stop both the `tonight.sh` script, and Mosbot: 43 44 44 45 * to stop `tonight.sh`: [[BR]] … … 47 48 touch ~/exec/mosbot/quit 48 49 }}} 49 The `tonight.sh` script checks for that `quit` file after each exposure, so it can take a while before it actually exits, 50 but you won't lose any data this way. The `tonight.sh` script deletes that `quit` file just before it exits. 51 50 The `tonight.sh` script checks for that `quit` file after each 51 exposure, so it can take a while before it actually exits, but you 52 won't lose any data this way. The `tonight.sh` script deletes that 53 `quit` file just before it exits. 52 54 * to stop Mosbot, just ctrl-C it. 53 55 … … 57 59 * THEN run the new `tonight.sh` script 58 60 59 60 61 = During the night = 61 62 62 '''To Restrict to Pass 2 and/or 3''' [[BR]]63 '''To Restrict to Pass 2 and/or 3''' 63 64 64 65 If, say, the weather has worsened and is highly variable, then you can force Mosbot to always choose a given … … 77 78 }}} 78 79 79 These files are NOT deleted by the `tonight.sh` script or by Mosbot, and will remain in effect until you delete them! 80 These files are NOT deleted by the `tonight.sh` script or by Mosbot, 81 and will remain in effect until you delete them! 80 82 81 Note that it is Mosbot that pays attention to these files (not `tonight.sh`); they affect what it chooses to schedule for upcoming exposures. 83 Note that it is Mosbot that pays attention to these files (not 84 `tonight.sh`); they affect what it chooses to schedule for upcoming 85 exposures. 82 86 83 87 … … 103 107 104 108 - THEREFORE, if you kill mosbot after it has written out the 105 `tonight.sh` script and run the default `tonight.sh` script, you will observe pass 2 with short exposures all 106 night long. This is almost certainly not what we want to happen!! 109 `tonight.sh` script and run the default `tonight.sh` script, you 110 will observe pass 2 with short exposures all night long. This is 111 almost certainly not what we want to happen!! 107 112 108 - You can change the default pass number with `--pass`, and the default exposure time with `--exptime`. For example, if you are restarting in the middle of the night and you know the conditions are pass 3, you might want to do this. These default exposures are what will run ONLY until the first image is taken and appears on disk. After that, Mosbot will be choosing the pass and exposure time. 109 113 - You can change the default pass number with `--pass`, and the 114 default exposure time with `--exptime`. For example, if you are 115 restarting in the middle of the night and you know the conditions 116 are pass 3, you might want to do this. These default exposures are 117 what will run ONLY until the first image is taken and appears on 118 disk. After that, Mosbot will be choosing the pass and exposure 119 time. 110 120 111 121 - **The `tonight.sh` script is not smart. If you kill and re-start … … 113 123 last time Mosbot was run). If you have to stop the `tonight.sh` 114 124 script, PLEASE re-run Mosbot to regenerate an appropriate 115 `tonight.sh` script. 116 117 **Verify that the `quit` file has been removed before restarting `tonight 118 .sh`.** 125 `tonight.sh` script.** 119 126 120 127 - The `tonight.sh` script writes to a file … … 129 136 exposure 3. 130 137 131 == About git: ==138 == About git: == 132 139 133 140 - the `~/obsbot` directory is a git checkout of the repository: