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Can we determine whether MOSFIRE is on deck or on the telescope programmatically?
Determine observing by combination of multiple factors: telescope has been tracking (guiding?) recently, hatch has been open recently, telescope elevation is >0, detector has been exposing recently. These are just ideas.
Other ideas for things to check
Connected to ICE server, but probably covered in datataking system (mds ready = 1)
Check
show -s mosfire csuextnameis not noneCheck
show -s mcsus csufatalis not 1Check
show -s mcsus OPERTEMPis 0
Mosfire Checkout (Incomplete)
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