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1. 04 56 37500 0 3 87 1 gt 2 OB SCIENCE NOT 10h0 05 0 5 0 05 0 3 36 v30 OB SCIENCE NOT 10h0 05 0 5 0 05 1 2 97 S N 550nm 36 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult 10h00 05 00 5 0 05 16 14 3 4 HARPN ech obs all 05 18 14500 0 2 97 1 E y 4 OB SCIENCE NOT 10h0 05 0 5 0 05 2 267 clic 4 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult 10h00 05 00 5 0 05 27 03 4A HARPN ech obs all 05 29 03500 0 2 67 1 ll gt S OB SCIENCE NOT 10h0 05 0 5 0 05 3 242 Main Keywords v 6 OB SCIENCE NOT 10h0 05 0 5 0 05 4 2 22 6 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult 10h00 05 00 5 0 05 48 40 5 6 HARPN ech obs all 05 50 40500 0 2 22 1 BERIGE SE OB_SCIENCE OB SCIENCE TEL TARG ALPHA 10h00m00 0 OB SCIENCE OB SCIENCE OB SCIENCE OB SCIENCE OB SCIENCE Horizon 2 Pole 2 Elevation Plot Meridian 2 DET READ MODE Zenith Y Start Night Y End Night 2 Moon Position 2 Moon Velocity 7 Constraints Panel Figure 1 Main Frame of NSTS 2 Quick start This section explain a typical usage of NSTS with the usual options to prepare a night The normal mode of NSTS is Online 2 1 Graphical User Interface 2 1 1 Main Window The main frame of NSTS is shown on Figure The different panels are explained in the following sections Note of the soft2. Open catalog Select the file correspond ing to the catalog you want to read An interface is displayed with the information than NSTS is able to inter pret Some parameters are mandatory and some are optional This interface allows the user to define different names for the parameters For example right ascension is expected as alpha in the catalog but you might have called this parameter with a different name If NSTS didn t see an alpha column it will display the parameter in red You can then choose in the correspond ing combo box which name you have in your catalog for the corresponding parameter For the optional parameters you can chose default values in case you haven t any corresponding column in your catalog Before continuing you have to accept the default values by checking the box Note than NSTS will remem ber which names you have chosen for the parameters and will expect the new names for a future importing After validating the names you have your catalog displayed in a table You can select the targets you want to import and then click on the send button to import the selected targets in the editor 2 7 Changing the beginning time of the scheduling By default NSTS begins the scheduling at the beginning of the nautical night In case you want to shift the scheduled time of the first observation you can select Options Set beginning time You have then the choice to use the night begin for the first scheduled
3. 06 23 55 3 66 gt 120 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 26 27 3 76 gt 30 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 28 59 3 85 Figure 4 The scheduler editor Symbol Definition Y The constraint check and the template s types are OK A There is a problem with the template structure or a constraint considered as a warning failed x An important constraint failed Table 1 Definition of the different symbols 2 1 5 Parameter s panel The right panels of the main frame Figure 5 allows the user to change the parameters of the observation blocks or templates The different keywords are separated in the sub panels Some of them are related to the observation blocks and some others are related to the templates The different keywords for the templates are putted in different sub panels in function of their actions the keyword s prefix Finally the Main Pa rameters sub panel contains the list of the most used keywords This panel is configurable from the configuration file see section 7 Template Observation MENA III DET DPR INS OCS SEQ TEL Template parameters S N 550nm Comment r Main Keywords DPR TYPE STAR THAR2 TEL TARG ALPHA 00h00m00 0 gt DET READ MODE oY TEL TARG DELTA 45 00 00 0 Figure 5 The parameters panel 2 1 6 Elevation plot The elevation panel sho
4. min type Check if the target is close to the pole The limit 6 an gle from the pole is specified by the min attribute in de grees ZENITH min type Check if the target is close to zenith The limit value in degrees is specified by the min attribute STARTNIGHT type Check if the observation be gins before the start of the night ENDNIGHT type Check if the observation ends after the end of the night MOONPOSITION min type Check if the target is close to the moon The limit an gle in degrees is specified by the min attribute MOONVELOCITY min type Check if the radial velocity of the Earth Moon system projected in the direction of the target is close to the ra dial velocity of the target AIRMASS min type Check if the airmass is big ger than the value specified with the min attribute Table 5 Constraints checked 23
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6. 2 0 50 0 45 0 40 Results in tables 0 30 0 25 Spectral Format Efficiency ObjectC SkyC Total C SNR 0 20 0 154 Show Table Legend 0 10 0 05 Average RV Precision m s 3 395 0 00 JE 4 000 4 500 5 000 5 500 6 000 6 500 7 000 Lambda Close Show Table Figure 7 The elevation plot panel 11 To compute more precisely the exposure time and see directly the signal to noise you can use the Extended Exposure Time Calculator Select a science observation block and then choose Options Extended Time Calculator The main window of this tool is shown on Figure 7 You can set different parameters on the right and directly observe the efficiency object sky counts or signal to noise in the different tabs Note Setting the different parameters doesn t change something in the pa rameters of the observation block i e this tool is just to observe the trends and to have a better idea of the signal to noise or counts for different wave length You can also visualize the data in tables by selecting the checkboxes in the results section and then click on Show tables The legend of the different columns is available by clicking on Show Table Lengend 2 10 Stopping the communication or inserting a pause You can set NSTS in a stop mode to avoid sending the next observation block by selecting Communication Stop If NSTS is in stop mode it won t send any block of observation even if the
7. folder in your home folder To see the log of the current session of NSTS you can select Help gt See logs 4 Configuration file for software engineers This section explains the concept of the configuration file in NSTS At every start NSTS reads a configuration file located by default in a NSTS folder located in the home folder NSTS reads the configuration file corresponding to the version indicated in Help About NSTS 4 1 Parameters A parameter has a name a type and different attributes depending on the type Table 3 resumes the different parameters their type and the resulting graphical input component that will be used by NSTS There are two kinds of parameters some for observation blocks and some for templates They are respectively described using lt observation parameter gt and lt template_parameter gt The attributes are described using the XML standard 4 2 Observations and templates structure The configuration file contains different parts They are described in the following sub sections 19 Type Possible attributes Graphical component ALPHA setable default min max TextField BOOLEAN setable default CheckBox DELTA setable default min max TextField DOUBLE setable default min max TextField ENUM setable default possible ComboBox Values INTEGER setable default min max TextField REGEXP setable default format TextField TPL se
8. name gt Note The parameter must be defined in one template to be used as a main parameter 21 4 5 Constraints NSTS checks a set of constraints that are presented in Table 5 Constraints are listed between tags lt constraints gt Constraints can have different at tributes to describe limits values or degrees of constraints The degree of constraint check is then displayed using the same symbols as described in section 2 1 4 Note The degree of constraint can be OK WARNING WRONG and cor responds to the symbols described in section 2 1 4 4 6 Constants Each constants used by NSTS are described between the lt constants gt tags Normally this part shouldn t be changed since the constant are well defined 4 7 Keyword Mapping Since the parameters are dynamically used in NSTS there is a level of ab straction with each of them But to be able to correctly do the computations NSTS must knows the signification of certain parameters i e we have to de fine a mapping between the parameter name and its usage This mapping is described between the lt keyword_mapping gt tags As for constant this part shouldn t be changed 22 Constraint Attributes Description HORIZON min type Check if the elevation angle for the target is below the specified min angle in de grees MERIDIAN type Check if the target passes at the meridian or not not used for HARPS N POLE
9. observation block or to choose a 10 custom time by selecting the Set Start radio button and then adjusting the beginning time in Local Time Note that the beginning time is rounded to the nearest quarter for example 19 12 will be automatically set to 19 15 2 8 Compute exposure time To compute the exposure time for an observation template in function of a desired signal to noise select it and then choose the desired signal to noise in the Main parameters panel S N 550 nm Then select Options gt Compute Exp Time or click in the corresponding button in the toolbar NSTS will compute automatically the exposure for the desired signal to noise at 550nm Note You can select multiple observation templates and compute the expo sure time for each of them by the same manner You can also set the desired signal to noise for a multiple selection 2 9 Extended Exposure Time Calculator eon Extended Exposure Time Calculator Object Counts Sky Counts Total Counts SNR Object Parameters Efficiency Object ID m Efficiency Spectral Type 60 5 1 30 Object Magnitude 5 0 1 25 ia Airmass 5 i W 13 0 1 15 Lao Instrument Setup 1 05 n CCD Read Mode High SOOkHz 1 00 0 95 1 Exposure Time sec 777 COLAS ENERO ETERNO NUT EA 5 0 0 90 0 85 SNR a eens 100 0 S 0 80 A Sky cond conditions 0 70 y 0 65 wi Days From New Moon Y 14 q 0 60 Y 0 55 E Seeing arcsec tn a TE 1
10. selecting Edit Set Color A little dialog window opens and you can choose the desired color for the observation block or the template you have selected Note Once an observation block has been sent to the observation control software the color will be automatically set in blue for the last sent block and then in grey You won t be able to set the color of the sent observations 3 2 4 Alpha sorting You can sort your target by the Alpha coordinate do a multiple selection and then select Edit Alpha sort Note The function to sort alpha simply sort from the min to max Alpha coordinate without taking into account the current sidereal time 15 3 3 Options 3 3 1 Preferences You can set different preferences by selecting Options Preferences The preference frame is shown on Figure 9 and each preference is described in the following table Table 2 000 NSTS preferences General Preferences Listening port 2000 Authorize wrong OB sending U Max Texp sec Scheduler Panel Preferences Open last list at start U Show column M Alpha M Delta M Magnitude M Nrep _ Start ST M Start UT _ Start CLT Execution Time M Texp M Airmass Apply OK Figure 9 Preferences window 3 3 2 Set beginning time NSTS allows you to adapt the starting of the night Select Options Set beginning tume You will see a little dialog box as shown on Figure You can choose if you want that NSTS schedule the observations
11. starting from the beginning of the night a little bit before or after You can also choose to schedule starting from the current night To shift the schedule after or before the night begin select the Set start radio button and change the start with the slider Note The time you choose with slider is in Local Time 16 Preference Action Listening The listening port of the server for the connection port from the Observation Control software Authorize Authorize sending OB even if some constraints are wrong OB not OK Max Texp The cut Texp when asking to maximize Texp Open last Re open automatically the last list used at start list at start Show col You can choose which column you want to display umn in the editor Table 2 Definition of the different symbols eoo Change begining of Observations Start at the begining of the night Start now _ Set Start LT AAA MA 20 30 00 Begin 21 32 Middle 02 10 End 06 47 OK Figure 10 Time Setter dialog 3 3 3 Set calendar Offline mode When you are in offline mode you can prepare a list of observation for a night in the future After starting NSTS in Offline mode select Option gt Set calendar Then choose the date for which you want to prepare the night NSTS will display the ephemerides and check the constraints for the selected date 3 3 4 Compute exposure time To compute the exposure time for
12. New Short Term Scheduler User Manual for HARPS N April 30 2012 Contents 1 Installation and Run 2 3 LT System requirement 2 66 ei ae a a Bees 1 2 Start NSTS 6 8 we A A 1 3 Which mode Y s amp soe e208 Sele ae Bee ce oe see OR a Quick start Ea See e Sa a 2 1 1 Main Window ire eo eS we PERSE OS EBD 2 1 2 Toolbar o d 3 ee b doe wwe dk eee eee eee 2 1 3 Ephemerides panel Su oe ewe Pee ee ee 2 15 Parameter s panell 2 1 6 Elevation plo re e e De ee 2 1 7 Constraint panel euros aros aa a e naaa Gee amp Bee E ae a 6 eset bags Got e Boa et ee os a A ee Oe ee Ee ere 2 6 Importing Science Observations from catalogs 2 7 Changing the beginning time of the scheduling ea ee ee ee ee reer De re oe Menus amp Interactions palas 3 1 1 Insert OB PA 3 1 2 Insert template o e a A REE 3 1 4 Open Catalog oo lt ee 3 1 5 A AA A 3 1 6 Open auto saved ligt 317 Save list re sorsra uo Road HE ae ee MR AG AS OU ate eet ee hes o brea e O e ls 8 2 Edit s pa s eh ea Be Se i ee oS an a AO aa VE COIGE 2 sa srant wt Hee dare de GE BE 8 3 2 4 Alpha SOCIA 6404 amp 9 62S oS A SD A A 15 3 3 1 Preferences 2 a 15 A E ae AP ee e IEENEE 15 3 3 3 Set calendar Offline mode 16 a te ke tah ee a e 16 a rer a re a 17 be ee ee 17 3 4 Communication 0 0 0 0
13. Since you can have only one acquisition template per observation block the acquisition template will replace the old one but the parameter will be copied in the new one 3 1 4 Open Catalog To open a catalog select File Open catalog and choose the rdb file you want to open NSTS will first parse the rdb If the format is correctly respected the dialog window shown in Figue 8 will open en Column Name Translator for Users niko Observatoire NSTS Catalogs STS_pres_all rdb WARNING No Warning Other Columns Description Expected Name Your Column Name Default Content Object Code name name no default Right Ascension alpha alpha no default Declination delta delta no default Magnitude V mv mv 5 no default Spectral type Spectr n spectr no default Mean radial velocity km s radvel _radvel no default Use defaults validation Y Ok to use defaults on unknown or misspelled optional columns Reset to standard names Reset to standard defaults Please select the right column name Unknown or misspelled optional columns will be taken as default only if you validate your choice by checking the above check box Cancel Validate Figure 8 Import catalog window 13 This tool allows to map the column names described in your rdb file with the expected parameters of NSTS The Expected Name column is the name ex pected by NSTS from your catalog The different combo box in
14. Value name The name of the template a String representing the name of the template pointing The overhead for pointing A double value representing the telescope normally only the overhead in seconds for acquisition templates instrument the overhead for instru A double value representing setup ment setup used by observa the overhead in seconds tion calibration and techni cal templates ccd flush The flush of the CCD used A double value representing by observation calibration the overhead in seconds and technical templates read high The reading of the CCD in A double value representing high mode used by observa the overhead in seconds tion calibration and techni cal templates read low The reading of the CCD in A double value representing low mode used by observa the overhead in seconds tion calibration and techni cal templates disk save The time required to save A double value representing image on disk used by ob the overhead in seconds servation calibration and technical templates Table 4 Template attributes 4 4 Main parameters NSTS graphical user interface contains a panel called Main Parameters It contains the usual parameters that are commonly used You can define these parameters in the configuration file with the tag lt main_template_parameter gt Then you can simply list the parameters you want to place in the main pa rameters panel by using lt template_parameter
15. a particular template select it and choose the desired signal to noise in the Main parameters panel at the right Then select Options Compute Exp Time The exposure time will be automat ically computed with the average seeing described in the configuration file See section 4 Note You can compute exposure time for several templates at a time Do a 17 multiple selection on the different templates you want to compute the expo sure and select Options Compute Exp Time If you select an observation bloc all the observation templates inside will also be computed 3 3 5 Set max exposure time If you want to cut the exposure to a maximal value defined in the pref erences See section 3 3 1 select the templates and choose Options gt Set Max Exp Time All the exposure time that are longer than the max defined in preferences will be cut to the desired value 3 3 6 Open extended time calculator To open the extended time calculator select a target and then choose Options gt Extended Time Calculator This tool allows to compute more precisely the exposure time and the resulting signal to noise in function of different pa rameters By changing the different parameters you can see directly the results in graphs or in tables For more information see section 3 4 Communication 3 4 1 Play Stop By default in online mode NSTS is in play mode It means that if the Ob servation Control Software asks for an observation bl
16. ector of the Earth Moon system in direction of the sun but projected in target s direction If no target is selected the label displays No Target The location can be set with the Moon Alpha 10h50m Delta 02d00m Vel 13 04km s 1D Name Target Alpha Delta Start ST TExp Airmass gt 10 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 05 58 30 2 93 v 29 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 01 03 2 99 28 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult 00h00moO 45 00 00 0 06 01 03 2 3 HARPN ech obs all Pa 06 03 03 5 0 2 99 gt 30 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 03 35 3 05 gt 40 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 06 08 3 12 v50 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 08 40 3 19 58 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult 00h00m0 45 00 00 0 06 08 40 S HARPN_ech_obs_all 06 10 40 5 0 3 19 OB_SCIENCE z 06 11 13 gt 70 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 13 45 3 33 v 80 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 16 17 3 41 80 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult 00h00m0 45 00 00 0 06 16 17 8 5 HARPN ech obs all a 06 18 18 5 0 3 41 gt 90 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 18 50 3 49 v 109 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0 06 21 22 3 57 108 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult OOhOOmO 45 00 00 0 06 21 22 10 A HARPN_ech_obs_all 06 23 22 5 0 3 57 gt 110 OB_SCIENCE NO TAR 00h00 45 00 0
17. ks or templates Max Texp Set the max Texp from preferences to the selected OB blocks or templates if the computed exposure time is greater than the chosen max Texp XTC Open the Extended Exposure Time Calculator The listening TCP port of NSTS for the connection from the Sequencer 2 1 3 Ephemerides panel La Palma Unix Time 1331114237 UT 10 57 17 Night Nautical UT 20 06 16 06 37 29 Zone WET MJD 55993 414 LT 10 57 17 LT 20 06 16 06 37 29 Date 07 03 2012 ST 19 47 51 ST 05 58 30 16 31 27 Figure 3 The ephemerides panel 2 1 4 Observations Schedule The scheduler editor Figure 4 shows the scheduled observations with the templates structure The main parameters and some information about the schedule are displayed in the different columns The preferences of NSTS allows the user to choose which column is displayed or not in the editor cf section 8 3 1 The editor shows a resume of the constraints checked by NSTS with the fol lowing symbols The ephemerides panel shows useful informations about the ephemerides for the location and time of the observer combo box at the upper left The different times and the ephemerides of the nautical night 12 degrees under horizon are displayed in function of the selected location and the time set on the machine where NSTS is running Finally the coordinates of the Moon corresponds to the position at the middle of the night The Vel value corresponds to the velocity v
18. lock before doing it the temp file will be replaced by the new one containing the new inserted block 3 1 7 Save list To save a list of observation blocks select File Save list and then select the file you want to list with the dialog box 3 1 8 Quit To quit NSTS select File Quit or click on the cross as to close the window NSTS will ask a confirmation before exiting Note NSTS automatically save the list of observations in an XML in the 14 home folder of the current user NSTS autosaves folder with the date and time to be able to easily retrieve it 3 2 Edit 3 2 1 Copy Observation blocks or templates To copy an observation block or a template select Edit Copy The new observation block or the new template will be inserted just after the selected block or template In case the Observation block to copy has already been sent to the Observation Control Software the copy will be placed just after the last sent observation block Note You can copy multiple observation blocks or multiple templates inside an observation block by doing a multiple selection Each copy will be inserted just after the original 3 2 2 Remove Observation blocks or templates To remove an observation block or a template select Edit Delete Note As for copy you can remove a selection of observation blocks or tem plates by doing a multiple selection 3 2 3 Set color You can set a color for an observation block or a template by
19. observation control software asks You can also insert a pause at a certain observation block for example if you want to execute a list until a particular observation block To do that you have to select an observation block and select Communication gt Add Remove pause You can see a little icon representing the paused obser vation block in the first column of the editor NSTS will send observation blocks to the sequencer until it reaches the paused observation block To remove the pause select the observation block and do the same operation than for inserting a pause 3 Menus amp Interactions 3 1 File 3 1 1 Insert OB To insert a new observation block go on file Insert OB You can insert empty or pre configured observation blocks that can be of type Calibration Science or Technical A new observation block is always inserted at the end of the list You can then move it 12 3 1 2 Insert template As for the observation blocks you can insert templates inside observation blocks NSTS will insert templates inside the selected observation blocks You can select multiple observation blocks and insert a template in each of them at a time Note If a template is selected and you chose to insert a new template NSTS will insert the new template inside this observation block as if it was selected 3 1 3 Change Acquisition To change the acquisition template of an observation block select it and then select File Change ACQ
20. ock the NSTS will send the next available observation block if there is If you want to stop the send ing of observation blocks even if the observation control software asks you can select Communication Stop To reactivate the sending of observation blocks select Communication gt Play Note This feature is useful if you use the Observation Control Software in Run Queue mode see the documentation of the Observation Control Soft ware if there is 3 4 2 Add Remove pause If you want to execute the observation blocks until a certain one you can also insert a pause inside a precise Observation block When the execution of the Observation blocks will arrive at this point the NSTS will stop sending the blocks until the pause is removed To add or remove a pause inside an OB select it and then choose Communication Add Remove pause 18 3 4 3 Set to next OB If you want to move an Observation block at the top of the not sent obser vations select it and then select Communication Set to NextOB The selected observation blocks will be the next one that will be sent to the Observation Control Software 3 5 Help 3 5 1 About The about menu informs you of the NSTS version you are using Note If you always start NSTS from the web or from the JNLP file you should always have the last version installed 3 5 2 See Logs NSTS regularly records logs about what is done All logs are recorded in different files located in the NSTS
21. re explained in details below Online The online mode is the usual one NSTS listen for a TCP con nection from the Observations Control Software and is ready to send the parameters In this mode the observations can only be scheduled for the current night Offline This mode can be used to schedule observations for a future night It allows the user to set the date of observation In offline mode NSTS doesn t listen on any TCP port and a connection from the Observation Con trol Software is not possible ETC Only This mode starts only the Extended Exposure Time Calcula tor tool of NSTS The scheduler doesn t start and a connection with the Observation Control Software is not possible Observations schedule 200 Ephemeris Panel Toolbar File Edit Options Communication Help New Short Term Scheduler md E al I 3 x Hea 0 E Wt Jla 000 OC ra ke 17 2000 Place La Palma Unix Time 1329896545 UT 08 42 25 Night Nautical UT 19 57 35 06 51 38 Moon Alpha 23h03m Zone WET MJD 55979 321 LT 08 42 25 LT 19 57 35 06 51 38 Delta 00d36m Offset O Date 22 02 2012 ST 16 37 25 ST 04 54 36 15 50 27 Speed 1 36km s 1D Name Target Alpha Delta Mv Start ST TExp Airmass Nrep Template Observation v 18 _ OB SCIENCE NOT 10h0 05 0 5 0 04 5 3 87 16 HARPN_ech_acq_thosimult 10h00 05 00 5 0 04 54 36 DET DPR INS OCS SEQ TEL 1A HARPN_ech_obs_all
22. table default TextField NAME Table 3 Parameter types 4 2 1 Observations parameters We begin the configuration file by listing the parameters that are general for all observation blocks then we specify the parameters which are used by the different types of observation blocks by using lt observation type type sci gt for example for the science observations Then we list all the observation parameters for a specific type of observation inside the tags 4 2 2 Pre defined observation blocks The second part of the configuration file is used to build pre defined observa tion blocks i e with templates inside We use the following syntax to build for example the standard calibration block lt observation name OB Standard Calibration type cal gt Then we list the templates we want inside the observation block by using the following syntax lt template name HARPN_ech_cal_bias gt Note The templates used must be correctly defined in the configuration file to be correctly used by NSTS 4 3 Templates and parameters As for the observation blocks we first define the general template param eters that are used by all templates Then we defined parameters used by specific types of templates and finally we define the templates themselves by using the tag lt template gt Table 4 resumes the different attributes used 20 for templates Attribute Definition
23. the column Your Column Name allows you to select which column corresponds to the expected parameter You can see that you have 2 different kinds of parame ters some of them are mandatory for NSTS an some of them are optional For the optional columns you can set default values in case you don t have an equivalent column in your catalog Finally to be able to open the catalog you have to check the checkbox to accept the default values for the optional columns Note In case NSTS finds all the columns this tool won t appear and the catalog will be directly opened Also note that NSTS remember the mapping for a future usage with the same column names to avoid setting them each time If you want to reset the standard names expected by NSTS or reset the default values you can click on the corresponding button 3 1 5 Open list To open a saved list select File Open list and then choose the saved file you want to open NSTS will put the new list at the end i e if you already have observation blocks in your list they won t be replaced by the new ones 3 1 6 Open auto saved list NSTS saves automatically the list of Observations in a temp XML file on the disk In case you have quit NSTS without saving you can restart it and select File Open auto saved list and re open the last state of the list Note To be able to re open the automatically saved list you must execute this action directly after starting NSTS i e if you insert a new b
24. ware Airmass Y Parameters panel Each screenshot of this document have been made on MAC OSX operating system so the interfaces can change a little with a Linux version 2 1 2 Toolbar The Toolbar is shown in details on Figure 2 it contains the main functional ities of NSTS All of them are also available in the menu bar The different features in the toolbar from left to right are BOYA OG He De SOOO O ajaj e 17 20 Figure 2 The Toolbar e Insert observation block Insert an empty observation block e Insert template Insert a new template inside the selected observation block e Change acquisition Change the acquisition template of the current observation block e Import catalog Import data from RDB catalog file e Remove selected item Remove an observation block or a template e Copy selected item Copy an observation block or a template e Expand all Open all observation blocks and displays the templates e Collapse all Close all observation blocks e Open list Open a saved list from XML file e Save list Save the current list in an XML file e Play mode NSTS send the next available observation block if there is e Stop mode NSTS doesn t send the following observation block even if there is an available one e Set to Next OB Move the selected observation block to be the next sent e Set begin time Change the schedule begin time Compute Texp Compute the exposure time for the selected OB bloc
25. wn on Figure 6 represents the trajectory of the target with the night begin and end shown in the ephemerides panel This tools allows to check at which time the exposure will be the best in function of airmass 2 1 7 Constraint panel The constraint panel shows the different constraint checks done by NSTS The symbols are the same than described on Table Figure 6 The elevation plot panel 2 2 Setting the editor On the main window of NSTS you can set the desired size of the editor of observations and the parameter panels just by moving the separation line Then you can choose which columns you want to display in Options gt Preferences by checking the corresponding checkboxes in the Scheduler Panel Preferences section 2 3 Creating calibrations To insert a calibration observation select File Insert OB and choose the observation block you want You can insert pre defined calibrations or empty ones Then you can insert calibration templates inside by selecting File Insert TPL and choose which calibration template you want to insert inside 2 4 Changing parameters When you select a template in the editor you can change some parameters in the panels on the right Some parameters are disabled since they cannot be changed in function of the instrument configuration Note that if you select an observation block the parameters of the first template can be changed otherwise you have to select the desired template If
26. you select multiple templates the parameters displayed in the panels on the right corresponds to the parameters of the first template But if you change one parameter it will be changed for all the selected templates that have this parameter Note To change a parameter you have to press enter to validate your change If the input graphical component is a textfield its color becomes orange red when you change something When you press enter the textfield becomes white if the input is valid or red if the input is not correct with a message explaining the error 2 5 Copy move delete observations or templates To copy an observation block or a template select Edit Copy or click on the corresponding button in the toolbar or on the popup menu with right click The copied item will be put at the end of the list if it is an observation block or at the end of the block if it is a template To move an observation block or a template you can simply use the drag amp drop You can also move a multiple selection of observations Moving a template from an observation block to another is not authorized Finally to delete an observation block or a template select it and then chose File Delete or click on the corresponding button in the toolbar or on the popup menu with right click 2 6 Importing Science Observations from catalogs To import an observation block from a catalog click on the 4th button from left in the toolbar or select File
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