Spreading validation throughout all the possible items in a project, and developing
validation where the valid value of one item depends on other settings is a work in progress.
For the optical pointing test we have concentrated on trying to ensure that those items
important to optical testing are validated. The following is not an exhaustive list of what
is validated, but should cover the important Optical Pointing items.
Errors:
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PI Name not set.
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Project Name not set.
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Project Version not set.
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The coordinates of targets are not valid or are never visible from the ATF site.
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Minimum exposure time set is not greater than zero.
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SB Maximum time is not greater than zero.
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The faintest allowed magnitude is brighter than the brightest allowed magnitude.
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Optical camera Targets are not sidereal.
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Optical camera target coordinates are not in the J2000 system.
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Optical camera Targets are never above the given elevation limit for this SB.
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The magnitude of an optical camera target is outside the magnitude limits set for this SB.
Warnings:
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Target (Field Source) names are blank.
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Targets have no field pattern set (in future versions it may be nessary for this to
be an error for radiometric targets, but valid for optical camera targets...).
NOTE: Feedback would be appreciated on what should be errors, what should be
warnings, what is missing etc. For the moment also please note that you may store the project
to the archive, even with failures.
The ALMA OT Team, 2012 May 25