Instructions for running starcheck

To run the ACA load review tool starcheck on products from a backstop tar file, do the following:
  • Log in to a HEAD linux machine
  • Make a clean working directory and change to that directory. E.g.
    mkdir AUG3004
    cd AUG3004
    
  • FTP the backstop tar file to that directory and untar it:
    gtar zxvf AUG3004A_backstop.tar.gz
    
  • Run starcheck:
    /proj/sot/ska/bin/starcheck.pl
    
  • Check the output, which should contain no errors or warnings and look similar to the following:
    Using backstop file ./CR242_1801.backstop
    Using guide summary file ./mps/mg242_1807.sum
    Using OR file ./mps/or/AUG3004_A.or
    Using maneuver file ./mps/mm242_1807.sum
    Using DOT file ./mps/md242_1807.dot
    Using mech check file ./output/TEST_mechcheck.txt
    Using SOE file ./mps/soe/ms242_1807.soe
    Using fidsel file ./History/FIDSEL.txt
    Using dither file ./History/DITHER.txt
    Using odb file /proj/sot/ska/ops/SFE/fid_CHARACTERIS_JUL01
    Using manerr file ./output/AUG3004A_ManErr.txt
    Configuration:  AGASC 1.5   ASCDS release (7.3.4)
    Created plot directory starcheck
    Read 267 ACA bad pixels from /proj/sot/ska/acacal/ACABadPixels
    Read 40 bad AGASC IDs from /proj/sot/ska/ops/SFE/agasc.bad
    Checking star catalog for obsid 60075
    Checking star catalog for obsid 60074
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4641
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4708
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4816
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4763
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4782
    Checking star catalog for obsid 60073
    Checking star catalog for obsid 60072
    Checking star catalog for obsid 6099
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4504
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4720
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4881
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4882
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4883
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4884
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4885
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4886
    Checking star catalog for obsid 60071
    Checking star catalog for obsid 60070
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4887
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4888
    Checking star catalog for obsid 4622
    Checking star catalog for obsid 5363
    Wrote HTML report to starcheck.html
    Wrote text report to starcheck.txt
    
  • The starcheck output files are starcheck.txt, starcheck.html, the images are in the directory starcheck/. You can copy the HTML file and the starcheck directory to your own machine and view the results with a URL something like "file:///PATH_TO_FILE/starcheck.html". (I'm not sure how this goes on a Windows PC).
  • Online help is available:
    /proj/sot/ska/bin/starcheck.pl -help
    
  • To run starcheck on existing products in the SOT MP area, do something like:
    /proj/sot/ska/bin/starcheck.pl -dir /data/mpcrit1/mplogs/2004/AUG3004/oflsa
    
    This will create the same outputs as above in the current working directory.




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