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Getting Started on the Workstations
There are several important computers for running the correlator system. These are located in the correlator room, Room 104 - next to the Basement Conference Room. The computer interfaces (eg. lbacop-mm) have changed on the few-year timescale of computer upgrades, but the machines that control the correlator hardware (eg. elleba, lbaccc) are more stable. The information here is for May 2003.
| lbacop-mm : | a Dell PC running Linux, used as a remote login terminal to the correlator control computers - elleba and lbaccc. |
| elleba : | a DEC Alpha, running Open VMS which is used to run some correlator displays and which interfaces to lbaccc. Most commands are issued through this computer. |
| lbaccc : | a PC running Linux, which controls the correlator, and stores the output RPFITS data files. |
Correlator personnel should be consulted for account details on these machines;
| Paul Jones: | Paul.Jones@atnf.csiro.au |
| Tasso Tzioumis: | atzioumi@atnf.csiro.au |
| John Reynolds: | jreynold@atnf.csiro.au |
| Warwick Wilson: | wwilson@atnf.csiro.au |
The two major login accounts used are ``vlbi'' for general use and ``corr'' for elleba and lbaccc.
Other machines that may need to be used during the correlation are:
| leon | (at Narrabri) running VMS, used for preparing observing schedule files, |
| mopra | (at Mopra) preparing observing schedule files, retrieving antenna log files, |
| ajax, apus or virgo | (at Marsfield) CD-ROM mastering for exports and archiving |
Authorised users may obtain account details for any or all of these machines from correlator or computer group personnel.
- Starting up correlator control programs
- First: Log on to lbacop-mm
- Second: Create a session on the correlator control computer lbaccc
- Third: Create a session on elleba, and associated processes
- Fourth: Controlling the S2 Units
- Synchronise the Clocks
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Paul Jones 2003-06-13