orca.utils.mnc_antennas
=======================

.. py:module:: orca.utils.mnc_antennas

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   Helper script to query bad antennas from the MNC antenna-health database.

   This script is executed as a **subprocess** in the ``development`` conda
   environment (which has ``mnc`` and ``lwa_antpos`` installed).  The main
   pipeline calls it via::

       conda run -n development python -m orca.utils.mnc_antennas <MJD>

   Communication is via JSON on stdout; errors go to stderr.



Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   orca.utils.mnc_antennas.get_bad_correlators_from_anthealth
   orca.utils.mnc_antennas.main


Module Contents
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.. py:function:: get_bad_correlators_from_anthealth(mjd_time: float)

   Query anthealth.get_badants and map signal names to correlator numbers.

   :param mjd_time: Observation time as Modified Julian Date.

   :returns: Tuple of (sorted list of bad correlator numbers, closest MJD float).


.. py:function:: main()