ezColAntBtwnRef in defaults file causes ezCol.py crash
nathanielbutts opened this issue · comments
Setup
- Latest ezRA, pulled 10/23/2023
- Raspberry Pi 4 with Raspbian bullseye, fresh install
- Python 3.9.2
- Have -ezColAntBtwnRef 10 in my 1m-defaults.txt file (see contents below)
Error
Run command 'ezCol.py -ezDefaultsFile /home/nathan/astro/1m-defaults.txt' and I get the error:
========== FATAL ERROR: Defaults file ( /home/nathan/astro/1m-defaults.txt )
has this line's unrecognized first word:
-ezColAntBtwnRef 10 #(number of Ant samples between Ref samples)
Contents of 1m-defaults.txt:
# Pointing setup
-ezColAzimuth 180.0 #(Azimuth pointing of antenna (degrees))
-ezColElevation 45.0 #(Elevation pointing of antenna (degrees))
# Observatory information
-ezRAObsLat 36.93083 #(Observatory Latitude (degrees))
-ezRAObsLon -86.43167 #(Observatory Longitude (degrees))
-ezRAObsAmsl 170.7 #(Observatory Above Mean Sea Level (meters))
-ezRAObsName sokyrad_1m #(Observatory Name)
-ezColFileNamePrefix sokyrad-1m_ #(Data File Name Prefix)
# H1 observation setup
-ezColCenterFreqAnt 1420.405 #(Signal Frequency (MHz))
-ezColCenterFreqRef 1423.405 #(Dicke Reference Frequency (MHz))
-ezColBandWidth 2.400 #(Signal Bandwidth (MHz))
-ezColFreqBinQtyBits 8 #(For (2^8) 256 freqBinQty frequencies)
-ezColGain 9999 #(Use max gain)
-ezColAntBtwnRef 10 #(number of Ant samples between Ref samples)
#-ezColUsbRelay 11 #(1 SPST HID relay, driving feedRef ON or OFF)
# Output setup
-ezColVerbose 1 #(Turn on Verbose mode)
-ezColDashboard 1 #(Turn off graphical display)
-ezColDispGrid 1 #(Turn on graphical display plot grids)
Adding -ezColAntBtwnRef 10 to my ezCol.py command line and commenting out the -ezColAntBtwnRef line starts ezCol as expected . Was able to replicate the error by changing back to original defaults file and command.
I went through ezCol.py to see if there was an error with retrieving the command from the defaults file but it seemed to be formatted correctly.
Resolved on ezCol231108a.py