Quartical not launching

[phetogoportia]

I am trying to run QuartiCal however I get this error message instead:

2022-08-23 11:03:16.195 | INFO | quartical.config.parser:parse_inputs:109 - User defined config file: user_config.yaml 2022-08-23 11:03:16.222 | ERROR | main::33 - An error has been caught in function '', process 'MainProcess' (3640873), thread 'MainThread' (139844306384704): Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/bin/goquartical", line 33, in sys.exit(load_entry_point('quartical', 'console_scripts', 'goquartical')()) │ │ └ <function importlib_load_entry_point at 0x7f3009fd61f0> │ └ └ <module 'sys' (built-in)>

File "/home/phetogo/Software/QuartiCal/quartical/executor.py", line 32, in execute _execute(stack) │ └ <contextlib.ExitStack object at 0x7f3009c91f40> └ <function _execute at 0x7f2f406238b0>

File "/home/phetogo/Software/QuartiCal/quartical/executor.py", line 41, in _execute opts = parser.parse_inputs() │ └ <function parse_inputs at 0x7f2f48afb160> └ <module 'quartical.config.parser' from '/home/phetogo/Software/QuartiCal/quartical/config/parser.py'>

File "/home/phetogo/Software/QuartiCal/quartical/config/parser.py", line 115, in parse_inputs yml_config = [oc.load(file) for file in config_files] │ │ │ │ └ ['user_config.yaml'] │ │ │ └ 'user_config.yaml' │ │ └ 'user_config.yaml' │ └ <staticmethod object at 0x7f2fad05ad90> └ <class 'omegaconf.omegaconf.OmegaConf'>

File "/home/phetogo/Software/QuartiCal/quartical/config/parser.py", line 115, in yml_config = [oc.load(file) for file in config_files] │ │ │ └ 'user_config.yaml' │ │ └ 'user_config.yaml' │ └ <staticmethod object at 0x7f2fad05ad90> └ <class 'omegaconf.omegaconf.OmegaConf'>

File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/omegaconf/omegaconf.py", line 188, in load obj = yaml.load(f, Loader=get_yaml_loader()) │ │ │ └ <function get_yaml_loader at 0x7f2fad082b80> │ │ └ <_io.TextIOWrapper name='/home/phetogo/new_project/CGCG021-063/user_config.yaml' mode='r' encoding='utf-8'> │ └ <function load at 0x7f30093d61f0> └ <module 'yaml' from '/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/init.py'> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/init.py", line 81, in load return loader.get_single_data() │ └ <function BaseConstructor.get_single_data at 0x7f30095b3dc0> └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py", line 49, in get_single_data node = self.get_single_node() │ └ <function Composer.get_single_node at 0x7f30094338b0> └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 36, in get_single_node document = self.compose_document() │ └ <function Composer.compose_document at 0x7f3009433940> └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 55, in compose_document node = self.compose_node(None, None) │ └ <function Composer.compose_node at 0x7f30094339d0> └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 84, in compose_node node = self.compose_mapping_node(anchor) │ │ └ None │ └ <function Composer.compose_mapping_node at 0x7f3009433b80> └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 127, in compose_mapping_node while not self.check_event(MappingEndEvent): │ │ └ <class 'yaml.events.MappingEndEvent'> │ └ <function Parser.check_event at 0x7f30095b5040> └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/parser.py", line 98, in check_event self.current_event = self.state() │ │ │ └ None │ │ └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> │ └ None └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> File "/home/phetogo/venv/quartica/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/parser.py", line 438, in parse_block_mapping_key raise ParserError("while parsing a block mapping", self.marks[-1], │ │ └ [<yaml.error.Mark object at 0x7f2f40610610>] │ └ <omegaconf._utils.get_yaml_loader..OmegaConfLoader object at 0x7f2f40610640> └ <class 'yaml.parser.ParserError'>

yaml.parser.ParserError: while parsing a block mapping in "/home/phetogo/new_project/CGCG021-063/user_config.yaml", line 1, column 1 expected , but found '' in "/home/phetogo/new_project/CGCG021-063/user_config.yaml", line 68, column 2

[JSKenyon]

Hi @phetogoportia! Could you please upload your config file? Looking at the error message, it looks like there is a mistake in user_config.yaml. The important line in the error is: expected , but found ''.

[phetogoportia]

config.txt

[JSKenyon]

The issue is whitespace - yaml is whitespaced, so every space/tab is important. The K section of your config has a space in front of it. Removing it will make it work. I have tested it.

You will also run into a second error because the reference_antenna field currently contains no value. This must be set (the default is to use 0).

[landmanbester]

Why don't you use goquartical-config to produce your config file @phetogoportia? That will save you from running into issues like these. Try running

$ goquartical-config name_of_config_file.yaml