Changes between Version 209 and Version 210 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

Timestamp:

Sep 8, 2017 8:35:37 AM (7 years ago)

Author:

Arjun Dey

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

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 The json files that are generated by the strategy code (mstrategy) will require a very large slew near the end of the night (~09:40ut = 02:40am) which will take you from the west end of the DESI North Galactic Cap footprint to its eastern end. The problem with this is that the system times out during the long slew, and this causes it to crash. 
 
-The procedure until further notice is to break each new json file that is created in the ~mzls/obsbot/ directory into two parts at the point of this large slew. (This will not be necessary tonight, since you will be stopping observing at 00:27am, but it will be an issue for all your full nights.) This means that the observing script with which you start the night will terminate at around 2:40am. At this point, ask the telescope operator to slew to the first position on the eastern side of the NGC. Once the telescope has reached there, then restart mosbot by executing 
+The procedure until further notice is to break each new json file that is created in the ~mzls/obsbot/ directory into two parts at the point of this large slew. (This will not be necessary if MzLS is scheduled for a first-half night, since you will be stopping observing at ~00:30am, but it will be an issue for all full nights.) 
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+This means that the observing script with which you start the night will terminate at around 2:40am. At this point, ask the telescope operator to slew to the first position on the eastern side of the NGC. Once the telescope has reached there, then restart mosbot by executing 
         python mosbot.py pass1b.json pass2b.json pass3b.json —adjust —pass=3 —exptime=100
 (where all the — are really two dashes). This will allow this system to continue without timing out during the slew. 
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 Deprecated instructions using a modified version of "nightlystrategy" is at [wiki:MayallZbandLegacy/NightlyStrategyOld]