STUI

Documentation for the scripts included with STUI.

• Run_Commands: run a sequence of commands (the simplest kind of scripting).
• APOGEE
  • Cart Change: take two darks
  • dither_clearing_script: STUI wrap for APOGEE dither_clearing_script.txt
  • Evening Cals: take an evening calibration sequence
  • Exposure Sequence: take a sequence of exposures at various dither positions
  • Morning Cals: take a morning calibration sequence
  • Timer: timer display
• BOSS
  • Timer: timer display
• Closing
  • Goto 5 MCP: send the telescope to 5 degrees altitude
  • Quick Close: send telescope to az=121, alt=30
• Engineering
  • Test BOSS Collimation: exercise the collimation motors and report position error statistics
  • loopCommand: run some sequence of repeated commands
  • Pointing Data: Take a sequence of engineering camera images to generate a pointing model.
• Observations
  • Dust Counter: log dust counts
  • Fiducial Monitor: log fiducial crossings
  • Log Function: a log of various interesting events
  • Log Support: gather information for the night log
  • Scale Monitor: log changes to plate scale
  • Spiral Pattern: spiral search for guide stars
  • Sticky Offset: allows saving, applying or clearing offsets
  • Telescope Controls: miscellaneous telescope and BOSS commands
• Startup
  • APOGEE Short Dark: check APOGEE by taking a short APOGEE dark
  • Get Versions: list versions of most actors
  • Plugging: list plugged plates and check if plates duplicated
  • Status: show various bits of status from various actors
  • Test Actors: ping most actors; note that ? is shown until the actor responds to the request
• Tutorial: scripts for the Scripting Tutorial