Changes between Version 30 and Version 31 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot

Timestamp:

Feb 7, 2017 1:28:23 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Dustin Lang

Comment:

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot

@@ -10 +10 @@
 {{{
 cd ~/obsbot
-python mosbot.py <pass1.json> <pass2.json> <pass3.json>
+python mosbot.py
 }}}
 
-You will need to keep that window open, because you want mosbot to
-keep running all night.  `pass{1,2,3}.json` are the 'plan' or 'JSON'
+You will need to keep that window open, because you want Mosbot to
+keep running all night.  By default, Mosbot will read the "plan" or "JSON" files `pass1.json`, `pass2.json`, and `pass3.json`
 files that Arjun should have given you; they contain lists of
 exposures we want to take depending on what the conditions are doing.
-It is probably most convenient to run mosbot from a Terminal window on
+It is probably most convenient to run Mosbot from a Terminal window on
 the mayall-2 display.  You don't need to read any of the output it
 produces, but you should check periodically that it is still running;
 the code is under development and some bugs remain.
 
-If mosbot crashes,
+If Mosbot crashes,
 please report it!  If you can copy-and-paste the last page or two of log output, or at
 the very least note the exposure number when the crash occurred, this will make
@@ -32 +32 @@
 
 - On startup:
-  * reads the `pass{1,2,3}.json` files given on the command line
+  * reads the `pass{1,2,3}.json` files (or filenames given on the command line)
   * discards exposures that are meant to be taken before the current time
   * writes an "overall" script for the night, `/mosaic3/exec/mosbot/tonight.sh`, which runs mini-scripts for each exposure