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V252 Setup for AuScope sites

Desired setup:

      Channel 1 IFP#1-LO 8409 - 8425 MHz USB RCP
Channel 2 IFP#1-HI 8425 - 8441 MHz USB RCP
Channel 3 IFP#2-LO 8441 - 8457 MHz USB RCP
Channel 4 IFP#2-HI 8457 - 8473 MHz USB RCP
      Channel 5 IFP#1-LO 8409 - 8425 MHz USB LCP
Channel 6 IFP#1-HI 8425 - 8441 MHz USB LCP
Channel 7 IFP#2-LO 8441 - 8457 MHz USB LCP
Channel 8 IFP#2-HI 8457 - 8473 MHz USB LCP

DBBC Astro or Geo mode will set the first 8 IFs (4 from CoMo A, 4 from CoMo B) the same. Channel mapping is shown at the end of this page.

So for this experiment, CoMo A will be set up for RCP, B for LCP. CoMo A has RCP on input 1, CoMo B and LCP on input 1. (Here's the DBBC back-end wiring schematic for AuScope sites). So DBBC commands should be:

dbbcifa=1,agc,1 dbbcifb=1,agc,1 dbbcform=astro

The remaining DBBCs are not used so go with default

dbbcifc=2,agc,2 dbbcifd=2,agc,2

First LO is 7600 MHz, so frequencies to configure:

CoMo A:

809.00 16 R
825.00 16 R
841.00 16 R
857.00 16 R

CoMo B:

809.00 16 L
825.00 16 L
841.00 16 L
857.00 16 L

Remaining DBBC CoMos are not used so we'll set them all to 300 MHz.

Channel Mapping for the DBBC:

CoMo ID/output Mk4 sampler output DBBC VSI Output
Astro Geo
A/1 1 USB Sign 0 0
A/1 1 USB Mag 1 1
A/2 2 USB Sign 2 2
A/2 2 USB Mag 3 3
A/3 3 USB Sign 4 4
A/3 3 USB Mag 5 5
A/4 4 USB Sign 6 6
A/4 4 USB Mag 7 7
B/1 5 USB Sign 8 8
B/1 5 USB Mag 9 9
B/2 6 USB Sign 10 10
B/2 6 USB Mag 11 11
B/3 7 USB Sign 12 12
B/3 7 USB Mag 13 13
B/4 8 USB Sign 14 14
B/4 8 USB Mag 15 15
A/1 1 LSB Sign 16 16
A/1 1 LSB Mag 17 17
A/2 2 LSB Sign 18
A/2 2 LSB Mag 19
A/3 3 LSB Sign 20
A/3 3 LSB Mag 21
A/4 4 LSB Sign 22
A/4 4 LSB Mag 23
B/1 5 LSB Sign 24
B/1 5 LSB Mag 25
B/2 6 LSB Sign 26
B/2 6 LSB Mag 27
B/3 7 LSB Sign 28
B/3 7 LSB Mag 29
B/4 8 LSB Sign 30 18
B/4 8 LSB Mag 31 19
C/1 9 USB Sign 20
C/1 9 USB Mag 21
C/2 10 USB Sign 22
C/2 10 USB Mag 23
C/3 11 USB Sign 24
C/3 11 USB Mag 25
C/4 12 USB Sign 26
C/4 12 USB Mag 27
D/1 13 USB Sign 28
D/1 13 USB Mag 29
D/2 14 USB Sign 30
D/2 14 USB Mag 31
D/3 15 USB Sign
D/3 15 USB Mag
D/4 16 USB Sign
D/4 16 USB Mag
lbaops/auscopenotes/v252setup.txt · Last modified: 2015/12/18 16:38 by 127.0.0.1