Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot

Timestamp:

Feb 8, 2016 11:41:57 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Dustin Lang

Comment:

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers/MosBot

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 python mosbot.py <pass1.json> <pass2.json> <pass3.json>
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-you will need to keep that window open, because you want mosbot to keep running all night.
-"pass[123].json" are the 'plan' or '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 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.
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+You will need to keep that window open, because you want mosbot to
+keep running all night.  "pass[123].json" are the 'plan' or '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
+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.
 
 
@@ -48 +51 @@
   out which upcoming exposures it should update.  Mosbot by default
   writes 1, 2, and 3 exposures ahead of the current sequence number.
+- Each exposure is split into two scripts.  For example, exposure 3
+  happens in `expose-3.sh`, which takes the exposure, and then
+  `slewread-4.sh` slews to exposure number 4 while reading out
+  exposure 3.  If the file `quit` is found in the directory in which
+  `tonight.sh` is run, the script will quit after a readout (without
+  slewing).  This should ensure that we don't lose any data, so that
+  is the way the `tonight.sh` script should be stopped.  (It will
+  delete the `quit` file just before it quits.)
+
+About git:
+
+- the `~/obsbot` directory is a git checkout of the repository:
+  https://github.com/legacysurvey/obsbot
+- There is a "MzLS Observer" github account set up to log in with an
+  ssh key, so you should be able to *git commit* and *git push* any code
+  changes without having to know any passwords.
 
 
 
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