From: Russell Owen Subject: Re: [sdss3-25mlog 588] Re: 2.5m obslog 20120317 (MJD 56004) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:30:51 -0700 I think your tests need a time limit. That should be easy to add. Also they c= an be asynchronous (send all queries first, then wait for replies) though th= at is more work.=20 That said, I am puzzled why the existing watcher ping check is not sufficien= t. Russell On Mar 18, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Elena Malanushenko wrote:= > I think I better not until apo actor could return proper code of fault.=20= > We might need issue some exceptions to check apo actor with=20 > apo ping, or > apo status, or=20 > apo version=20 >=20 > and if it does not return anything, it means it is not available.=20 >=20 > And when you disconnect from STUI after work > you can see quitting of stui processes which were not completed > and were hanging during the whole stui session :=20 >=20 > 20:04:52 APO.elenam 40 stui F Aborted; Actor=3D'apo'; Cmd=3D'ping'; Text=3D= "disconnected" > 20:04:52 APO.elenam 45 stui F Aborted; Actor=3D'apo'; Cmd=3D'version'; Tex= t=3D"disconnected" > 20:04:52 APO.elenam 46 stui F Aborted; Actor=3D'apo'; Cmd=3D'status'; Text= =3D"disconnected" > 20:04:52 APO.elenam 47 stui F Aborted; Actor=3D'apo'; Cmd=3D'ping'; Text=3D= "disconnected" > 20:04:52 APO.elenam 52 stui F Aborted; Actor=3D'apo'; Cmd=3D'ping'; Text=3D= "disconnected"=20 >=20 > We need to wait for Jon.=20 > Elena >=20 > On Mar 18, 2012, at 2:14 PM, snedden@apo.nmsu.edu wrote: >=20 >> We know how to restart the apo actor. If Jon hasn't changed anything in >> apoActor, maybe it would be okay to put it back into testActors? >>=20 >> Steph >>=20 >>> The last update of status of apo actor in >>> archiver was on >>> 2012-03-13T17:04:25.090355 >>> 5 days ago >>>=20 >>> Garrett, sorry. >>> I think I wrote email about the removing of apo actor from >>> testAcrots. I did it for Stephanie for afternoon check, as apo >>> actor hanged us many times. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> On Mar 18, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Garrett Ebelke wrote: >>>=20 >>>> I was unaware that the apo actor was removed from the testActors script= , >>>> when I ran the testActors script several times, everything came back ok= >>>> each time, so we assumed it was not a faulty actor. I guess if we have >>>> this problem again then we will restart the apoActor. >>>>=20 >>>> -Garrett >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> Kaike, >>>>>=20 >>>>> I do not know, I did not observe. >>>>>=20 >>>>> It is not running now. ( ~1 hour ago I have checked it). >>>>> And if other actors show "not availble" in case of >>>>> problem (run "ecamera ping" to see ) "apo ping" does not return >>>>> code of fault. >>>>> I removed "apo ping" from "testActors" two weeks ago >>>>> as it hangs my script and prevent the testing of other actors. >>>>>=20 >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Elena >>>>>=20 >>>>> On Mar 18, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Kaike Pan wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> was apoActor running last night? >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> On Mar 18, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Elena Malanushenko wrote: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> During last several night I got several complaines about >>>>>>> apo actor problem and not all of my scripts were working >>>>>>> as expected if it related with apo actor. >>>>>>> i did not change anything in apo data reading during last several >>>>>>> months and I need to ask Jon as he might changed >>>>>>> something but did not expect to give us some follow up >>>>>>> problems. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> dustcounts, enclosure status are from apo actor >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Elena >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> On Mar 18, 2012, at 5:12 AM, gebelke@apo.nmsu.edu wrote: >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> OBSERVING LOG >>>>>>>> Saturday March 17, 2012 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> (MJD 56004) >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> ---- Observing Team ---- >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> Viktor Malanushenko >>>>>>>> Garrett Ebelke >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> ---- Observing Plan ---- >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> 17 Mar 2012 56004.0 0.28 02:35 11:47 07:16 16:29 BOSS 9.2 >>>>>>>> hours >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> ---- Observing Summary ---- >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> The entire night was lost due to high dust, high winds and heavy >>>>>>>> cloud >>>>>>>> coverage. >>>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>> The STUI dustCounter script and weatherPlot script are not working >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> either >>>>>>>> minidru or landru. >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Message 582 of sdss3-25mlog - Logs of nightly APO activities. >>>>>>> sdss3-25mlog@sdss3.org >>>>>>> https://sdss3.org/mailman/listinfo/sdss3-25mlog >>>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Elena Malanushenko >>>>> elenam@apo.nmsu.edu >>>>> All things are difficult before they are easy. >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Elena Malanushenko >>> elenam@apo.nmsu.edu >>> All things are difficult before they are easy. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Message 586 of sdss3-25mlog - Logs of nightly APO activities. >>> sdss3-25mlog@sdss3.org >>> https://sdss3.org/mailman/listinfo/sdss3-25mlog >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > Elena Malanushenko > elenam@apo.nmsu.edu > All things are difficult before they are easy. >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Message 588 of sdss3-25mlog - Logs of nightly APO activities. > sdss3-25mlog@sdss3.org > https://sdss3.org/mailman/listinfo/sdss3-25mlog