Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot


Ignore:
Timestamp:
Mar 14, 2016 9:25:08 AM (9 years ago)
Author:
Dustin Lang
Comment:

--

Legend:

Unmodified
Added
Removed
Modified
  • PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot

    v21 v22  
    4040= How to stop and restart =
    4141
    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:
     42If you want to stop and restart observing (eg, to take a focus
     43sequence), you need to stop both the `tonight.sh` script, and Mosbot:
    4344
    4445* to stop `tonight.sh`: [[BR]]
     
    4748   touch ~/exec/mosbot/quit
    4849}}}
    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 
     50The `tonight.sh` script checks for that `quit` file after each
     51exposure, so it can take a while before it actually exits, but you
     52won't lose any data this way.  The `tonight.sh` script deletes that
     53`quit` file just before it exits.
    5254* to stop Mosbot, just ctrl-C it.
    5355
     
    5759* THEN run the new `tonight.sh` script
    5860
    59 
    6061= During the night =
    6162
    62 '''To Restrict to Pass 2 and/or 3'''[[BR]]
     63'''To Restrict to Pass 2 and/or 3'''
    6364
    6465If, say, the weather has worsened and is highly variable, then you can force Mosbot to always choose a given
     
    7778}}}
    7879
    79 These files are NOT deleted by the `tonight.sh` script or by Mosbot, and will remain in effect until you delete them!
     80These files are NOT deleted by the `tonight.sh` script or by Mosbot,
     81and will remain in effect until you delete them!
    8082
    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.
     83Note that it is Mosbot that pays attention to these files (not
     84`tonight.sh`); they affect what it chooses to schedule for upcoming
     85exposures.
    8286
    8387
     
    103107
    104108- 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!!
    107112
    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.
    110120
    111121- **The `tonight.sh` script is not smart.  If you kill and re-start
     
    113123  last time Mosbot was run).  If you have to stop the `tonight.sh`
    114124  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.**
    119126
    120127- The `tonight.sh` script writes to a file
     
    129136  exposure 3.
    130137
    131 ==About git: ==
     138== About git: ==
    132139
    133140- the `~/obsbot` directory is a git checkout of the repository: