[SCHEDULER-736]  Weather Interrupt During Periodic Autofocus is Fatal
Type Bug
Priority High
Severity Show Stopper
Component Dispatch Scheduler Engine
Fixed In Version [
Versions Affected [3.43.4
Severity Closed
Resolution Complete
Reported By Bob Denny
Resources Bob Denny
Start Date 1/21/2012

Description
The log says it all. The dispatcher needs to check if a weather interrupt occurred during autofocus.

20-Nov-2011 00:18:05.4: ConnectWeather(), already connected.
20-Nov-2011 00:18:05.4: ++ Weather Safe ++
20-Nov-2011 00:18:06.4: Weather disconnected.
20-Nov-2011 00:18:06.5: ++ Observatory Startup ++
20-Nov-2011 00:18:06.5: Start ACP Sequencer's StartupObs script
20-Nov-2011 00:18:16.5: Sequencer is now active
20-Nov-2011 00:18:23.5: Sequencer is no longer active
20-Nov-2011 00:18:23.7: Weather successfully connected.
20-Nov-2011 00:18:29.6: ++ Auto Focus ++
20-Nov-2011 00:18:29.6: Doing initial autofocus.
20-Nov-2011 00:18:29.6: Start special ACP AutoFocus script for scheduler
20-Nov-2011 00:18:39.6: Sequencer is now active
20-Nov-2011 00:18:46.9: Sequencer is no longer active
20-Nov-2011 00:18:46.9: ** Autofocus failed (n=1), will retry ASAP after 0 min.
20-Nov-2011 00:18:46.9: **EXCEPTION IN SCHEDULER:
20-Nov-2011 00:18:46.9: The telescope is not connected.
20-Nov-2011 00:18:46.9: Traceback:
at ACP.TelescopeClass.get_SlewSettleTime()
at DC3.Scheduler.ACPSequencer.get_SlewSettleTime()
at DC3.Scheduler.Engine.CalculateTimeSpans(Plan P, ArrayList OList)
at DC3.Scheduler.Engine.DoSchedulePass()
at DC3.Scheduler.Engine.Run()

SEE ACP-757 FOR MARCH 2012 (3.5) ACTIVITY

Comments
3/14/2012 10:40:16 AM   Bob Denny
Closing, collected into SCHEDULER-816 (see link)
3/8/2012 10:51:59 AM   Bob Denny
More problems. The whole thing of disconnecting and reconnecting weather is a loser. The 3.5 BETA is experiencing fatal weather related disconnects and "server gone" errors. This has to be re-worked!!!!!

Reopened all of the related issues on this.
1/22/2012 4:41:52 PM   Bob Denny
See ACP-757. Closing this.