TESS calibration tool

Calibration tool for the TESS-W photometer and derivates. Works both in command line and GUI mode using Tkinter.

Installation

mkdir zptess
cd zptess
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install zptess
echo "DATABASE_URL=zptess.db" > .env
zptess --version
zptool --version

GUI Mode

1. type zptess to launch gui

CLI Mode

Summary

1. zpbegin to open a calibration batch
2. one or several of zptessw, zptas, zptessp commands for calibration
3. zpend to close the calibration batch
4. zpexport to export the results and email

Detailed

Open a calibration batch

zpbegin
2021-11-06 17:36:37,397 [INFO] ============== zptool 0+unknown ==============
2021-11-06 17:36:37,397 [INFO] Opened database file zptess.db
2021-11-06 17:36:37,470 [INFO] A new batch has been opened

Calibrate one or several photometers

1.a Check the test photometer identity

zptessw -a {author} -o {offset} -d

1.b Alternatively, run a full calibration run without updating neither the database nor photometer ZP

zptessw -a {author} -o {offset} -t

2.a Calibrate and update the Zero Point

zptessw -a {author} -o {offset} -u

2.a Alternatively, run a full calibration run without updating photometer ZP

zptessw -a {author} -o {offset}

Close a calibration batch

zpend
2021-11-06 17:37:40,678 [INFO] ============== zptool 0+unknown ==============
2021-11-06 17:37:40,678 [INFO] Opened database file zptess.db
2021-11-06 17:37:40,739 [INFO] Current open batch has been closed

Export callibration batch results and optionally email with the results

zpexport