Description

Starmon is a csh script that monitors the light on the wavefront sensor and/or STRAP and plays a cuckoo sound if the light drops by about 1 magnitude.

To Run:

1. Open window on kNaoserver as kNobsao
2. starmon (see examples below)

Examples:

Summit: (play sounds on kNdisplay-tc)

Use either:
• starmon
• starmon s

Remote Ops: (plays sounds to roNdisplay)

Use either:
• starmon r
• starmon h

To Stop:

• CTRL-C

Features:

• Works for NGS- and LGS-AO
• Compares current light level to the starting level every 3 seconds
• Prints "OK" if light drop is less than 1 magnitude
• Plays a sound and prints warning when light drop more than 1 magnitude
• Handles dithers
• Handles new target

Gotchas:

• Can miss change in starting level
  When switching targets, occasionally the starting level is not reset so that the comparison is invalid. Stop/Start to fix.

• Sets starting level immediately upon loop closure
  The check is every 3 seconds. If the loops close and are pulling an object in, the starting level may be too low. Stop/Start after the magnitude has settled to fix.

Future Work

1. Add to /kroot
2. Logging
3. Fold functionality into Fault Detector/Alarm Handler