NECST Parameters

Parameter Name	TOML type	Parsed type in Python	Description
observatory	String	str	Name of the observatory or telescope
location	Inline-table{ lon = String, lat = String, height = String }	EarthLocation	Location of the telescope
simulator	Boolean	bool	If true, the system won’t make any attempt to communicate with devices
record_root	String	Path	Path in which all records are saved
alert_interval_sec	Float	float	Interval at which alert messages are published
antenna_pid_param_az	Array[Float, Float, Float]	list[float]	Constant parameters for PID controller, for Az. axis control
antenna_pid_param_el	Array[Float, Float, Float]	list[float]	Constant parameters for PID controller, for El. axis control
antenna_drive_range_az	Array[String, String]	ValueRange[Quantity]	Hardware limit of Az. axis drive range
antenna_drive_range_el	Array[String, String]	ValueRange[Quantity]	Hardware limit of El. axis drive range
antenna_drive_warning_limit_az	Array[String, String]	ValueRange[Quantity]	Preferred drive range for Az. axis
antenna_drive_warning_limit_el	Array[String, String]	ValueRange[Quantity]	Preferred drive range for El. axis
antenna_drive_critical_limit_az	Array[String, String]	ValueRange[Quantity]	Software limit of Az. axis drive range
antenna_drive_critical_limit_el	Array[String, String]	ValueRange[Quantity]	Software limit of El. axis drive range
antenna_pointing_accuracy	String	Quantity	Threshold of drive convergence
antenna_pointing_parameter_path	String	Path	Path to pointing error parameter file
antenna_max_acceleration_az	String	Quantity	Maximum allowed acceleration of antenna drive, for Az. axis
antenna_max_acceleration_el	String	Quantity	Maximum allowed acceleration of antenna drive, for El. axis
antenna_max_speed_az	String	Quantity	Maximum allowed speed of antenna drive, for Az. axis
antenna_max_speed_el	String	Quantity	Maximum allowed speed of antenna drive, for El. axis
antenna_command_frequency	Integer	int	Frequency of speed command to the motor for antenna drive
antenna_command_offset_sec	Float	float	Time margin for coordinate conversion
ros_service_timeout_sec	Float	float	Maximum time duration ROS service client waits for its server
ros_communication_deadline_sec	Float	float	ROS communications staler than this duration won’t be subscribed
ros_logging_interval_sec	Float	float	ROS logger throttles the output when it’s too verbose
ros_topic_scan_interval_sec	Float	float	ROS topic scanning interval, for nodes which constantly check all existing topics