[evlatests] EVLA Antenna Stowing
Ken Sowinski
ksowinsk at aoc.nrao.edu
Sun Aug 21 17:57:03 EDT 2005
> We've been told that the EVLA antennas do not autostow when not
> receiving commands
I know no reason why they should not autostow once a script
runs out and the executor exits. It may take a little longer
because first the ACU MIB must realize it is not getting commands
before it stops sending instruction to the ACU so that it may
timeout. Certainly I have seen it happen.
> and have asked the operators to park/stow the
> antennas manually after a test is complete. We do this by either
> commanding the antenna to the correct az/el (az is different for each
> arm) or issuing Barry's command:
>
> /home/asg/.maven/repository/nrao/bin/stow evlaparm "ea14 ea16"
I normally do one of these when finished as well.
> JC had a good suggestion - what if obs2script added a final scan to put
> the antenna into park or stow? What do you think?
What happens when we begin running sequential scripts? I vote
for leaving the operational model as it is to avoid confusion,
especially as the EVLA antennas are used more routinely. Only
the operator causes antennas to point or stow; only scripts tell
the antennas where to point.
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