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  1. Instrument control development
  2. INSTRM-1603

Add mechanism to specify active/inactive cobras

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      We need a way to specify which cobras should be enabled for moves and which should not be moved. For example, PSF characterization will want to hide all but a set of DCB fibers, or all but every fifth fiber, etc.

      One proposed mechanism: add a <maskFile> argument to the main fps motion commands (home, moveToPfsDesign, moveThetaSteps, etc). This file would have rows with GFM fiberIds and a "masked" column to not move, in addition to the already masked broken cobras. We might later use this mechanism for other things, so probably best to have a named "masked" column for this purpose.

      Not obvious whether/how we would reuse these. Another ticket for later.

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              • Assignee:
                chyan chyan
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                cloomis cloomis
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