Task #10558: Add comments about why station and cobalt resources do not (yet)...

Task #10558: Add comments about why station and cobalt resources do not (yet) have to be propagated from RA->OTDB

SAS/ResourceAssignment/RAtoOTDBTaskSpecificationPropagator/lib/translator.py

@@ -222,12 +222,18 @@ class RAtoOTDBTranslator():
         parset[PREFIX+'startTime'] = ra_info['starttime'].strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
         parset[PREFIX+'stopTime'] = ra_info['endtime'].strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
 
+        # Station resources are dealt with as follows:
+        #   * Station list: This is part of the specification, so already in OTDB. The RA only checks for conflicts.
+        #   * Data slots: Stations & Cobalt derive a default data-slot mapping, so no need to specify one until Cobalt
+        #                 can read data from the same antenna field for multiple observations (=the use case for data
+        #                 slots).
+        # Cobalt resources are dealt with as follows:
+        #   * Cobalt.blockSize is part of the specification.
+        #   * Cobalt resources are not modelled and allocated, so the defaults (cbt001-8) will be used.
+
         if 'storage' in ra_info:
             logging.info("Adding storage claims to parset\n" + pprint.pformat(ra_info['storage']))
             parset.update(self.ProcessStorageInfo(otdb_id, ra_info['storage'], project_name))
-        if 'stations' in ra_info:
-            logging.info("Adding stations to parset: " + str(ra_info["stations"]))
-            parset[PREFIX+'VirtualInstrument.stationList'] = ra_info["stations"]
         if ra_info['type'] == 'observation':
             logging.info("Adding inspection plot commands to parset")
             parset[PREFIX+'ObservationControl.OnlineControl.inspectionHost'] = 'head01.cep4.control.lofar'