FORS capability

[jselsing]

Hi @fpavogt

I can see that FORS I currently not supported. What would be required to it to make it work? Would it be something that a user could almost trivially, or does it require specific knowledge of the instrument?

[JohnPritchard]

Hi Jonatan, Question: Why would you want finding charts for FORS1? Best regards John On 26. Nov 2018, at 12:50, Jonatan Selsing <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> wrote: Hi @fpavogt<https://github.com/fpavogt> I can see that FORS I currently not supported. What would be required to it to make it work? Would it be something that a user could almost trivially, or does it require specific knowledge of the instrument? — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#13>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA8KOJpVqc-L_LlSWHYN144lpr1HYMJaks5uy9VwgaJpZM4Yy3vC>.

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[jselsing]

Hi @JohnPritchard

I mean FORS2. FORS1 was decommissioned in 2009, right?

[JohnPritchard]

Hi Jonatan, On 26. Nov 2018, at 15:12, Jonatan Selsing <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> wrote: Hi @JohnPritchard<https://github.com/JohnPritchard> I mean FORS2. FORS1 was decommissioned in 2009, right? Yes. Your question is timely. I am right now working on an extension of fcmaker to cover (almost) all VLT instruments (for P103) that will be integrated into p2 — you can already try it out for FORS2 non FIMS modes on: https://www.eso.org/p2demo Go to the Finding Charts tab and click the "Generate Finding Chart" button. Please bear in mind it is still an alpha/beta version, but if you have any suggestions, comments, constructive criticisms, I'm all ears. It currently takes about 1-2mins per OB to make the finding chart… Best regards John — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#13 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA8KOGJsfK6dNb0IXb5ghObdVNAJuGsrks5uy_bdgaJpZM4Yy3vC>.

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[jselsing]

Wow, @JohnPritchard. It looks like it is working beautifully in the P2 interface.

Do you have a timeline for a PR to the fcmaker repo, so that it can be incorporated into local pipelines?

[JohnPritchard]

Hi Jonatan, We do plan to make a public release of the code eventually (and I guess we have to since we have forked from Frédéric's fcmaker, which is under 'GNU General Public License') but we don't have a timeline for that yet. On a shorter timescale I hope we can offer integration into the p2api, i.e. add a function p2api.generateFindingChart() or similar. Best regards John

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[fpavogt]

Hi @jselsing

To answer your initial question: what makes FORS difficult to include in fcmaker is the abundance of modes it offers. Not being a FORS user myself, I decided to stay clear of it for now. In principle, if you are interested in a single, specific mode, it would not be too hard (but not too easy either...) for you to add it to fcmaker.

Evidently, since @JohnPritchard already implemented a full support for all the modes, this would be redundant work. I'm not part of the "eso_fcmaker" developments inside p2. But from what @JohnPritchard says, your best bet might be to hope/wait for a dedicated p2api.generateFindingChart() function to be offered officially by ESO.

[fpavogt]

Since eso_fcmaker (now called p2fc) is officially out, I'm closing this.