The Info view is used for two purposes; display the progress of an image exposure and set certain exposure/image related parameters in LOIS. It is also used to enable and set up sound for certain actions.
LOIS parameters
This view can and should be used for setting the observer info (names & affiliations) parameters in LOIS. Generally, one would need to set the Observer information at the beginning of the night.
Observer Info
The names and affiliation of the observers should be set in this section. If either of the two AREAS is blank it will remain as it was in LOIS's cache and most likely be incorrect. These parameters will be inserted in the FITS headers and are subjected to the same restrictions as all FITS headers; <= 72 characters.
Sound Effects
We currently can generate alert sounds for 4 actions in the LOUI:
- End of Readout
- End of Exposure
- End of Series
- Blocked Exposure
The alert sounds are disabled by default and here is where the user can select the sound file to play for each action.
Information Display
This view is used to display the following information:
- Exposure Progress Bar
- CCD Readout Indicator
- Observer Info
- Image File Info (path & name)
Disk Storage Info
Exposure Progress Bar
The progress bar shows the progress of each exposure. If the exposure is part of a series, the label on the bar displays the series information as well.
CCD Readout Indicator
This indicator is useful for the larger CCDs such as NASA42 and LMI where the CCD readout can take many seconds. The indicator is based on LOIS log statements and can be very rough.