vampires_control
Getting Started
Installation
Using
pip
From Source
Testing
Getting Started
Navigating the Documentation
Operating VAMPIRES
Procedures
Observing with VAMPIRES
Code Examples
1. Python example
2. Command line
How to edit the documentation
API/Reference
Environment Variables
API/Reference
Operating VAMPIRES
Instrument Layout
Instrument Schematics
Zemax
CAD
Cameras
Initialization and Viewers
VCAM1 and VCAM2
VPUPCAM
Detector Readout Modes
Photon Transfer Curves
Detector Astrometric Solution
Camera Crops
Standard
MBI
MBI Reduced
Pupil
Exposure time
Camera Triggering
AFLC Disabled
AFLC Enabled
Crop location and MBI hotspots
Miscellaneous
Camera Viewers
VCAM1 and VCAM2
VPUPCAM
Others
FAQ
1. The crop is all weird!
2. The cameras froze!
Coronagraphs
Focal Plane Masks
Lyot Stops
Advanced Details
Device Control
Interacting with devices
Filters
Field Stop / Focal Plane Mask
Mask Wheel
Differential Wheel
Beamsplitter Wheel
MBI Wheel
Focus Stages
AFLC Stage
QWPs
Data Acquisition
Data Flowchart
Logging FITS files
Option 1: Using VAMPIRES scripts
Option 2: Directly using fpsCTRL
Watching FITS files
Troubleshooting
VCAM viewers are frozen
Procedures
Autofocusing
Standard procedure
Single-cam focus (no beamsplitter)
Narrowband filters
Visible bench pickoffs
Pupil mode
Coronagraph Alignment
Focal plane mask aligment
Lyot stop alignment
(Advanced) Focusing
Autofocusing
Multiband Imaging
Inserting
Removing
MBI Reduced
(Advanced) MBI Hotspotting
Observing with VAMPIRES
Calibration Procedures
Nightly / Pre-observing Calibrations
Flat frames
Pinhole frames
Dark frames
Post-observing Calibrations
Dark frames
On-sky Calibrations
Sky Frames
Photometric Standards
Astrometric Standards
Polarimetry
Setup: Slow Mode
Setup: Fast Mode
Operating
Triggering
HWP Modulation
Polarimetric SDI
Stopping the HWP daemon
Teardown
Narrowband / SDI
Focus offsets
Simple dual-band Imaging
Differential SDI
Polarimetric SDI
Checklist
Post-observing Data Management
Manual Execution
Restoring folder
Advanced details
Synchronization and Consolidation
Fix Headers
Frame IDs
Compression
Creating Manifest and Uploading to STARS2
Transferring Data to scexao6
Sorting, Selecting, and Processing VAMPIRES Data
Primer: Scraping Headers
Primer: Objects and Data Types
Filter for given objects
Filter for calibration files
Filter data for PDI
Prepare filelist
Decompressing and sorting data
Data processing
Frequently Asked Questions
Filtering VAMPIRES data
Synchronizing the WPU logs
Getting the logs
Imputing the logs
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Instrument Layout
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Instrument Layout
Instrument Schematics
Zemax
CAD
TODO
