User Manual (v1.1) for the New Short Time Scheduler (NSTS)
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1. User manual for the New Short Term Scheduler NSTS for SOPHIE Version 1 1 July 7 2014 francois bouchy lam fr english version isabelle boisse lam fr Computer and Architecture of the directories Computer sophiests 2 obs hp fr Login sophiests Password same as for the other PC SOPHIE home sophiests NSTS NSTS jar main program home sophiests NSTS lists directory of the predefined lists home sophiests NSTS catalogs directory of the catalogs home sophiests NSTS LOGS directory of the LOGs Check that the time of the NSTS PC is the UTC Launching the program Launch the NSTS by double clicking on the icon on the desktop Or from the command window gt java jar home sophiests NSTS NSTS jar Select the SOPHIE instrument default option Select Offline if the GO SOPHIE PC program is not running Select Online if the GO SOPHIE PC program 1s launched Do not operate simultaneously the former STS and NSTS The ETC Exposure Time Calculator Only tool is still in development The next option allows you to store the logs gt java jar home sophiests NSTS NSTS jar 2 gt home sophiests NSTS FBD file Overview ANDO New Short Term Scheduler File Edit Options Communication Help JAE oles dle 0O 0 O te al Place OHP 4 Unix Time Offline UT Offline Night Nautical UT 18 35 36 04 24 31 Moon Alpha 03h35m Zone CET MJD Offline LT Offline LT 20 35 36 06 24 31 Delta 17d40m Offset 1 Date2. You can change the mode of acquisition by selecting the template acquisition eg HE obj objAB and via File Change ACQ HR obs thosimult2 HR obs objAB HR obs objA HE obs thosimult2 HE obs objAB HE obs objA or via the icon Description of the main menus and icons 0 Insert an Observation Especially useful for inserting a predetermined calibration Insert a template in a Observation Little or no useful with SOPHIE Edit an acquisition template Open Catalog lA IN Clear a pose Duplicate the selected OB Opening Closing Remarks to display or not the acquisition and the observation template a tal Open an existing list and or a set of standard calibrations Save a list O 0 O Start Stop communication with SOPHIE GO Put a pause Put first the OB selected Change the time of the beginning of the night Ke Ko Ea Calculate the exposure time Impose maximal exposure time Multiply the exposure time Constraints and observational limits On the lower band of the NSTS are shown with indicators when it is impossible to observe red cross alerts yellow triangles or when the conditions are correct green bar Horizon Pole v Meridian Zenith Start Night End Night v Moon Position Moon Velocity Airmass A Horizon 1f secz gt 3 8 Airmass if secz gt 2 0 Pole if DEC gt 88 deg Moon Position if distance lt 30 deg Moon Velocity if delta R
3. 2013 09 23 ST Offline ST 19 09 31 05 00 03 Vel No Target ID Name Target Alpha Delta MV St T A SNR N t Template smplate Observation MAIN PARAMETERS DET DPR INS OCS TPL gt TARG ALPHA RA TARG DELTA DEC CCD READMODE CCD read sp CCD UIT Exposure ti DPR TYPE TPL NEXP Exposures nu Deh 00m Ah oon i ir Fo baa Moor p s TE u tq fearna FA a a ee ee y qu 56558 56559 2h 00 14 por DOA 00M Horizon Pole Meridian Zenith Start Night End Night Moon Position Moon Velocity Airmass The right window which contains all the descriptors can be adjusted in size and even completely hidden The only editable parameters in the right window are SNR Comment CCD READMODE CCD UIT and TPL EXP They are under the tabs Template MAIN PARAMETERS The fields ID name Target Alpha of the left window can be resized for easy reading The OPTIONS Preferences sets the maximum exposure time Max Texp and a multiplicate factor of exposure time Texp Mult Factor Directories catalogs and lists are predefined It 1s not recommended to change them One can select the columns from the left window to show or hide Delta Magnitude Computed SNR Calibrations The SOPHIE standard calibrations are predefined in a list File Open List or via the icon Y Enter the directory CALIBRATIONS Then select the Calib NewUC HE or Calib NewUC HR list The co
4. V lt 15 km s but do not check if the moon is risen Emergency procedure to switch back to the old STS Leave the NSTS Exchange only the DVI cables at the output of the graphics cards of the 2 computers SOPHIESTS and NSTS Then move the keyboards and mice of both PCs but no need to change screens Launch STS Save the night in case of crash of the NSTS It happens that the NSTS could close without warning In that case we advise the observers to save their programmation of the night To do this use the File Save a list or the icon In case of crash of the NSTS it is then just sufficient to upload the saved list Or it exists a specific option File Open Auto Saved List For more details The reader can also consult the NSTS user manual of HARPS North available on the web http www tng iac es instruments harps The system is mainly equivalent
5. catalogs example _cat cat Columns Windows NUNE name alpha 76 5 59 gt gt Insert targets When you open the catalog it 1s displayed in a new window One can define which columns to display using Colums One can select one or more targets then click SEND Avoid the SEND ALL that sends the entire catalog Exposure time To change the exposure time and or the reading mode of the detector open the OB SCIENCE with the little arrow on the left or with the icon Open ALL and select the observation template SOPHIE obs In the right panel under the tab MAIN PARAMETERS it is possible to change the exposure time CCD UIT and the reading mode of the detector CCD READMODE g 307 OB_SCIENCE HR_objAB HD91702 10h35m56 100 36 55 50 700 8 47 08 55 44 bs PO 1 06 98 12 1 30 HR_obs_objAB 10h35m56 100 36 55 50 700 8 47 08 55 44 Tr 1 30 SOPHIE obs a ae 08 58 15 1216 56 1 06 98 12 You can also change the SNR at 550 nm and use the exposure time calculator l te with Options Compute Exp Time or via the icon a Warning the calculator of exposure time is now approximate but very comparable to the old STS We may limit the exposure time with the Options Set Max Exp Time or via the icon as defined by default in preference One can double the exposure time or multiply it by a factor defined in the Preferences via the Options Multiply Exp Time or icon Acquisition mode
6. uld be TUN or LDLS depending on availability of the white lamp Don t worry about that To insert a calibration File Insert OB or via the icon Then select OB Calibration Then File Insert Template and select one of the following calibration OB cal bias OB cal dark OB HR cal tunlA OB HR cal tunlB OB HR cal tunli AB OB HR cal LDLSA OB HR cal LDLSB OB HR cal LDLSAB OB HR cal thoAB1 OB_ HR cal thoAB2 Scientific exposures through a catalog Open a catalog with File Open Catalog or via the icon The catalogs are by default in home sophiests NSTS catalogs Error message An error message appears when the catalog has a wrong format Bad size in the input catalog One should edit the catalog gedit and check the tabs including unnecessary end of line and empty lines including those useless at the end of the file You can also open a catalog in the correct format e g example cat cat and click on View Log Book to access the error messages on the format of the catalog If some columns are missing or not recognised the NSTS request validate One or more columns do not exists If none Mandatory columns is in red go to Other Columns and check the status of the parameters in red You can either impose a default value or assign them a different name Click on the bottom left Ok to use defaults on unknown or misspelled optional columns and Validate Target Selection Tool home sophiests NSTS
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