Configure daily cron job for automated hardware health checks

[dirkenglund]

Task

Set up the daily automated hardware health check on the lab machine.

Steps

1. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x scripts/daily_health_check.sh

2. Add to crontab:

   crontab -e
   # Add this line (runs at 8am daily):
   0 8 * * * /path/to/M2_Tracking/scripts/daily_health_check.sh

3. Results are saved to results/health_YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.log and .xml

What it does

• Runs pytest tests/test_hardware_health.py -m daily
• Asserts: pressure < 1e-5 mbar, temperature < 4.5 K, laser power within range
• Logs all readings to InfluxDB (visible in Grafana)
• Exits nonzero on failure (can be wired to email/Slack alerts)

Optional: Email notification on failure

Add to crontab:

0 8 * * * /path/to/daily_health_check.sh || mail -s "M2 Health Check FAILED" team@mit.edu < /path/to/results/latest.log