There's now a new version of DOP (the Dsc Observing Program): v3_5 for use with the DSC camera on fnstar. The startup procedure has been simplified somewhat. The 'tk' status windows are [optionally] replaced by text messages (for remote observing without tk-slow-network delay). The dsc-mc interface is somewhat improved, including a mechanism for controlling the dsc via a command sent from the mc. And status from the dsc now echos back to the mc. To run this latest version, log onto fnstar as user dsc, fnstar% setenv DISPLAY mydisplay.x.y:0 (still need to set to a legit display, even if tk isn't used) fnstar% setup dop fnstar% dop useTk[n]: (normally not used unless you wish a tk window at the site) Normal startup procedure? [y]: (the normal procedure connects to the mc and to the dsc camera) (for biases/darks or for testing mode, one may say no to the normal procedure and just connect to the camera instead) dop> getTemp 174 dop> Cam Status: Temperature is 179.7 dop> goDark 1 Cam Status: Exposure time set to 1 seconds Cam Status: Clearing CCD; Please Wait Cam Status: Shutter closed for this image Cam Status: Dark Integration in Progress Cam Status: Reading out chip 19:17:04 UT Cam Status: Frame yanny-49.fit available in /data/fnstar1/dscdata/mar9 dop> The "Cam Status: <text>" messages replace what used to go to the tk cam msg window. To control the dsc from the mc, start up a 'mcnode' window on tycho and send a dsc command prefixed with dsc as in: 2 MC>dsc getTemp 0 -4 i dsctxt="DONE" 0 -4 i dsctxt="Temperature is 179.2" 3 MC>dsc goStare 1 myImage 0 -4 i dsctxt="Exposure time set to 1 seconds" 0 -4 i dsctxt="Clearing CCD Please Wait" 0 -4 i dsctxt="Beginning Exposure" 0 -4 i dsctxt="Opening shutter for 1 seconds" 0 -4 i dsctxt="Shutter closed" 0 -4 i dsctxt="Reading out chip 19:36:47 UT" 0 -4 i dsctxt="Frame yanny-50.fit available in /data/fnstar1/dscdata/mar9" 0 -4 i dsctxt="DONE" The ddConfig-<version>.par (ccd config modes, number of rows/cols/binning/bias/overscan, etc) of ddReport-MJDXX.par (one line per exposure, giving exptime, ra, dec, etc) files have changed formats slightly to be made compliant with the data model, for ease of data reduction. The 'dop' executable shell is linked to tcldp, mt, astrotools, and shiva, and has access to those routines. There is now only one copy of the 'dscoacimg' shell run to control the camera. If a 'mc' (TCshell) is run, it's run as another copy of the dop shell not the dscoacimg shell. Over the next couple of weeks additional changes will be made to dop (and mop). The documentation has been updated, but a link needs to be made betweeen the apo home page doc for dop/dsc and the /p/dop/v3_5/doc/www/dop.home.html page. -brian APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 27 in the apo35-dsc archive. You can find APO the archive on http://astro.princeton.edu:82/apo35-dsc/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-dsc@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO