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You must select the Target and Sequence before you can add a job to the Scheduler.
When the scheduler starts, it evaluates all jobs in accord to the conditions and constraints
specified and attempts to select the best job to execute. Selection of the job depends on a
simple heuristic algorithm that scores each job given the conditions and constraints, each
of which is weighted accordingly. If two targets have identical conditions and constraints,
usually the higher priority target followed by higher altitude target is selected for execution.
If no candidates are available at the current time, the scheduler goes into sleep mode and
wakes up when the next job is ready for execution.
The description above only tackles the Data Acquisition stage of the observatory
workflow. The overall procedure typically utilized in an observatory can be summarized in
three primary stages:
1.
Startup
2.
Data Acquisition (including preprocessing and storage)
3.
Shutdown
Ekos Scheduler only initiates the startup procedure once the startup time for the first
observation job is close (default
lead time is 5 minutes before startup time). Once the
startup procedure is completed successfully, the scheduler picks the observation job target
and starts the sequence process. If a startup script is specified, it shall be executed first.
Data aquisition:
Depending the on the user selection, the typical workflow proceeds as following:
·
Slew mount to target. If a FITS file was specified, it first solves the files and slew to the
file coordinates.
·
Auto-focus target. The autofocus process automatically selects the best star in the
frame and runs the autofocus algorithm against it.
·
Perform plate solving, sync mount, and slew to target coordinates.