Merge 54dba6c into e822758

py/desispec/ccdcalib.py

@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def compute_nightly_bias(night, cameras, outdir=None, nzeros=25, minzeros=20,
             log.info(f'Nightly bias {camera}: maxabsdiff {maxabs1:.2f}, stddev {std1:.2f}')
             log.info(f'Default bias {camera}: maxabsdiff {maxabs2:.2f}, stddev {std2:.2f}')
 
-            if maxabs1 < maxabs2:
+            if maxabs1 < maxabs2 + 0.5 : # add handicap of 0.5 elec to favor nightly bias that also fixes bad columns
                 log.info(f'Selecting nightly bias for {night} {camera}')
                 os.rename(testbias, outfile)
             else:

py/desispec/scripts/proc.py

@@ -185,15 +185,8 @@ def main(args=None, comm=None):
     if args.nightlybias:
         timer.start('nightlybias')
 
-        bcamword = None
-        if rank == 0:
-            bcameras = [cam for cam in args.cameras if cam.lower().startswith('b')]
-            bcamword = parse_cameras(bcameras)
-
-        if comm is not None:
-            bcamword = comm.bcast(bcamword, root=0)
+        cmd = f"desi_compute_nightly_bias -n {args.night}"
 
-        cmd = f"desi_compute_nightly_bias -n {args.night} -c {bcamword}"
         if rank == 0:
             log.info(f'RUNNING {cmd}')