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Introduction

  • Introduction
    • Scope
    • Acronyms
    • Definitions
  • Related Documents
    • Reference Documents
  • Style Conventions
    • Interactive Shell Sessions
    • JSON Data Structures
  • ELT for VLT Developer

System

  • Components
  • Software Context
  • Deployment
    • Reference
    • Deployment Constraints

Data Acquisition

  • Overview
    • Introduction
      • Stylistic Conventions
      • Conceptual Model
    • Control and Data Flow
      • Control Flow
      • Data Flow
    • Data Product Creation
  • The Data Acquisition Process
    • Introduction
      • Stylistic Conventions
      • Process Overview
      • Data Validation
    • StateAcquiring
      • Overview
      • Starting
      • Stopping
      • Aborting
    • StateMerging
      • Overview
      • NotScheduled
      • Scheduled
      • Collecting
      • Merging
      • Releasing
      • Completed
  • Alerts
    • Data Model
    • Alerted Conditions
      • Failed Operation Alert
      • Data Source Request Error
      • daqDpmServer Request Error
      • Source File Collection Error
      • Source File Releasing Error
      • Suspicious Source File Timestamp
      • Unmerged Data
      • Primary HDU Resized
  • Data Acquisition Guide
    • Prerequisites
    • Lifecycle Control
      • Startup
      • Shutdown
    • Observing Status Changes
    • Automatic Stop Sequence
    • Manual Stop Sequence

Components

  • Observation Coordination Manager
    • Introduction
    • Client
      • Environment Variables
      • Command Line Arguments
    • Server
      • State Machine
      • MAL URI Paths
      • Command Line Arguments
      • Environment Variables
      • Configuration File
      • Workspace
      • Loggers
    • Standard MAL API
      • Interfaces
        • StdCmds
      • Data Structures
        • LogInfo
        • Status
  • Data Product Manager
    • Introduction
    • Server (daqDpmServer)
      • State Machine
      • MAL URI Paths
      • Command Line Arguments
      • Environment Variables
      • Configuration File
      • Workspace
      • Loggers
    • Merger (daqDpmMerge)
      • Command Line Arguments
      • Environment Variables
      • Exit Codes
    • Data Product Specification
      • Primary HDU keywords
      • HDU Extensions
      • JSON Description
  • MAL Interface
    • OCM Data Acquisition Control
      • OcmDaqControl
        • OcmDaqControl.StartDaq()
        • OcmDaqControl.StartDaqV2()
        • OcmDaqControl.StopDaq()
        • OcmDaqControl.ForceStopDaq()
        • OcmDaqControl.AbortDaq()
        • OcmDaqControl.ForceAbortDaq()
        • OcmDaqControl.UpdateKeywords()
        • OcmDaqControl.RetryMergeDaq()
        • OcmDaqControl.AwaitDaqState()
        • OcmDaqControl.GetStatus()
        • OcmDaqControl.GetActiveList()
    • DPM Control
      • DpmControl
        • DpmControl.QueryStorageStatus()
        • DpmControl.Exit()
    • DPM Data Acquisition Control
      • DpmDaqControl
        • DpmDaqControl.QueueDaq()
        • DpmDaqControl.AbortDaq()
        • DpmDaqControl.RetryMergeDaq()
        • DpmDaqControl.GetDaqStatus()
        • DpmDaqControl.GetActiveDaqs()
        • DpmDaqControl.GetInternalDaqStatus()
    • Data Structures
      • DaqState
        • DaqState.StateAcquiring
        • DaqState.StateMerging
        • DaqState.StateCompleted
        • DaqState.StateUndefined
      • DaqSubState
        • DaqSubState.NotStarted
        • DaqSubState.Starting
        • DaqSubState.Acquiring
        • DaqSubState.Stopping
        • DaqSubState.Stopped
        • DaqSubState.Aborting
        • DaqSubState.Aborted
        • DaqSubState.NotScheduled
        • DaqSubState.Scheduled
        • DaqSubState.Collecting
        • DaqSubState.Merging
        • DaqSubState.Releasing
        • DaqSubState.Completed
        • DaqSubState.Undefined
      • AlertSeverity
        • AlertSeverity.Error
        • AlertSeverity.Warning
        • AlertSeverity.Info
      • DaqException
        • DaqException.id
        • DaqException.message
      • RuntimeError
        • RuntimeError.message
      • DaqAlert
        • DaqAlert.alertId
        • DaqAlert.severity
        • DaqAlert.timestamp
        • DaqAlert.description
      • DaqStatus
        • DaqStatus.id
        • DaqStatus.fileId
        • DaqStatus.state
        • DaqStatus.substate
        • DaqStatus.timestamp
        • DaqStatus.error
        • DaqStatus.alerts
        • DaqStatus.message
        • DaqStatus.result
      • DaqReply
        • DaqReply.id
        • DaqReply.error
      • AwaitDaqReply
        • AwaitDaqReply.timeout
        • AwaitDaqReply.status
      • StorageStatus
        • StorageStatus.capacity
        • StorageStatus.free
        • StorageStatus.available
      • InternalDaqStatus

Appendices

  • Logging Configuration
    • Defaults
    • Log Properties File
  • FITS
    • Reserved Keywords
    • Structure Keywords
      • Mandatory Keywords
  • JSON Schema
    • Start DAQ v1
      • StartDaqV1Properties {JSON}
    • Start DAQ v2
      • StartDaqV2Specification {JSON}
      • PrimarySource {JSON}
      • MetadataSource {JSON}
      • FitsFileSource {JSON}
      • FitsKeywordsSource {JSON}
    • FITS Keywords
      • FitsKeyword {JSON}
      • ValueKeyword {JSON}
      • EsoKeyword {JSON}
      • LiteralKeyword {JSON}
      • FITS and JSON Type Conversion
    • FITS Keyword Rules
      • KeywordRules {JSON}
      • KeywordRuleFilter {JSON}
      • KeywordRuleTransform {JSON}
      • KeywordSelectionPatterns {JSON}
    • Data Product Specification Schema
      • DpSpecification {JSON}
    • FITS Receivers Schema
      • ReceiverList {JSON}
      • OlasReceiver {JSON}

Release Notes

  • Version 3.2.0
    • Added
    • Changed
  • Version 3.1.0
    • Added
    • Fixed
    • Changed
    • Removed
  • Version 3.0.1
    • Fixed
  • Version 3.0.0
    • Added
    • Changed
    • Fixed
  • Version 2.1.0
    • Added
    • Changed
  • Version 2.0.0
    • Added
    • Changed
  • Version 1.0.0
    • New Features
    • Known Issues and Limitations
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