AutoFlipIf() with hardware pier info

[SCHEDULER-360] AutoFlipIf() with hardware pier info
Type	Bug
Priority	Medium
Severity	Major
Component	AcquireScheduler Script
Fixed In Version	[]
Versions Affected	[3.2] 3.2
Severity	Closed
Resolution	Won't Fix

Reported By	Bob Denny
Resources	Bob Denny
Start Date	2/11/2010

Description

See issue ACP-359 (linked). The same problem exists in AcquireScheduler.;

Comments

2/11/2010 1:45:45 PM

Bob Denny


 
  SVN Comment
 
 
  Author
  rbdenny
 
 
  Repository
  svn+ssh://rbdenny@a2_svn_dc3/home/rbdenny/svn/astro/acp
 
 
  SVN Revision
  46
 
 
  Affected files
  /trunk/ACP Help/gemflip.htm (Modified)
/trunk/ACP Help/relnotes.htm (Modified)

 
 
  Check-in comment
  GEM:360 GEM:349 All handled by an ACP documentation update. 
GEM:359

2/11/2010 1:41:10 PM

Bob Denny

I can't think of a way around this except to document the need to set the flip points in ACP even if the mount reports its pointing state. The flip points are only used to calculate the wait times, so errors are "soft". There's still a benefit of having the hardware flip/pointing state info.