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+# OMNY sample-storage testing checklist (as of 2026-09-04)
+
+For live/sim testing of this branch's (`update-omny`) sample-storage work: the
+`OMNY_SampleStorage` widget's OMNY support, the real owner + measured-status EPICS
+channel, and the `omny.otransfer_*` CLI wrappers. Written so this can be pulled and
+run from a separate session/machine. See `OPEN_ISSUES.md` for the broader OMNY
+live-testing effort this is part of.
+
+## Widget — `OMNY_SampleStorage`
+
+- [ ] Open the widget in an OMNY session — header (stage+gripper) + fixed-O grid + 3
+      shuttle group boxes render, no "no known setup" banner.
+- [ ] Occupied slots show names in legible text (not near-invisible — this was a
+      dark-theme contrast bug, fixed).
+- [ ] Right-click an empty slot → **New sample…** → name + owner (both required,
+      empty owner rejected) → slot fills in without an error (a `STATUS_NONE`
+      crash here was fixed — client-side device proxies don't expose plain class
+      attributes, only signals/USER_ACCESS methods).
+- [ ] Duplicate name (matching another occupied slot) → rejected with a clear
+      message; renaming a slot to its own existing name is still fine.
+- [ ] Right-click an occupied slot → menu shows only **Change name…** / **Clear
+      (set empty)** — no "Set measured status…" (removed; status is CLI-only now).
+- [ ] **Clear (set empty)** works without error.
+- [ ] Each shuttle's status line: right-click → **Set parking slot…** (1-6) /
+      **Clear parking assignment** — shows "Slot N" / "not parked". The
+      "● ACTIVE" badge needs `oparkz` sitting at a real target position (2-6);
+      may not be easy to trigger from sim unless you drive that motor there.
+- [ ] **Print** button builds a PDF (expect a "printer not available" message
+      unless you have a `WSLA_X12SA` CUPS queue locally — not a bug).
+
+## CLI (`omny.otransfer_*`)
+
+- [ ] Tab-complete `omny.otransfer_` — lists ~22 commands (`otransfer_show_all`,
+      `otransfer_set_sample_status`, `otransfer_get_sample_owner`, etc.).
+- [ ] `omny.otransfer_help()` — prints the transfer commands **and then the full
+      `dev.omny_samples.help()` reference** below it, in one call.
+- [ ] `omny.otransfer_show_all()` — table shows `(owner)` and
+      `◐ started`/`✓ completed` suffixes on occupied slots.
+- [ ] `dev.omny_samples.set_sample_slot('A', 4, 'testsample', 'yourname')` then
+      `dev.omny_samples.get_sample_name_and_owner('A', 4)` round-trips.
+- [ ] `omny.otransfer_set_sample_status('A', 1, 'started')` / `'completed'` /
+      `'none'` — status is settable from the CLI (by design; not from the widget).
+- [ ] `omny.otransfer_park_loadlock_slot(6)` → answer **y** to "in back position"
+      → should now proceed (drive to the slot) instead of raising
+      `OMNYTransferError` (was inverted — pre-existing bug, fixed); answer **n**
+      → should correctly abort with that error.
+
+## Transfer reference-image saving
+
+Depends on whether your session drives the Galil `MGconfirm`/`MGmntprgs`
+handshake (`_otransfer_confirm()`) — may not fire in a lightweight sim.
+
+- [ ] Run `omny.otransfer_put_sample(...)` / `otransfer_get_sample(...)` through a
+      confirm checkpoint → check `~/data/raw/logs/omny_sample_transfer_images/`
+      for a new `.h5` file with both cameras of whichever pair was active
+      (parking `cam200`/`cam203` vs stage `cam201`/`cam202`).
+- [ ] If the handshake doesn't fire: `omny._otransfer_save_reference_images(file_suffix='test')`
+      after opening a camera view (e.g. `omny.otransfer_park_slot(3)`) to set
+      `_omnycam_active_pair` — same effect, minus the physical move.
+
+## X-ray eye alignment — known incomplete, not this branch's scope
+
+The fit+image saving in `x_ray_eye_align.py` is shared code (also used by FlOMNI/LamNI)
+and should already work in principle, but it has pre-existing OMNY/LamNI method-name
+mismatches (e.g. `self.lfzp_in()`) that likely block the actual click-through run from
+completing for OMNY. Not fixed this pass — flag if you hit it.