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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