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At each observatory you need to run the '' | At each observatory you need to run the '' | ||
- | > recdir | + | |
- | > obs.pl | + | > obs.pl |
On Mark5 systems you will have to "'' | On Mark5 systems you will have to "'' | ||
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- | | Observatory | + | | Observatory |
- | |Parkes | + | | Parkes |
- | |Parkes | + | | Parkes |
- | |ATCA | + | | ATCA |
- | |Mopra | + | | Mopra | mpvsi1-ext.atnf.csiro.au |
- | |Hobart | + | | Hobart# |
- | |Ceduna | + | | Ceduna# |
- | |Tid |203.5.58.205 | vlbi | | + | | Tid | 203.5.58.205 |
- | |ASKAP | + | | ASKAP | cira10.atnf.csiro.au |
- | | | + | | Wark30 |
+ | | Hart# | ||
+ | | Katherine# | ||
+ | | Yarragadee | ||
- | ##Log onto hovsi first then use '' | + | #1# Log onto hovsi first then use '' |
+ | #2# RTFC does not work well to Hart directly. Try the following: | ||
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+ | sshhartvdif | ||
+ | cd data | ||
+ | <Check out what files have been dumped> | ||
+ | sharethart < | ||
+ | | ||
+ | On pam0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | //This is not quite right yet// | ||
+ | |||
+ | cd /data/hart | ||
+ | gethart | ||
+ | hart | ||
+ | obs.pl | ||
+ | | ||
+ | #3# | ||
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+ | Flexbuf, with vbs tools installed - run obs.pl something like | ||
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+ | Where vt02as is replaced with experiment name | ||
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+ | #4# | ||
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+ | Katherine DBBC3 is not supported by Sched. You will need to manually create vexfile to match setup. Note there are usually multiple independent streams of data. Usually it will be 2 streams, one for each pol. The bandwidth will probably not match other stations - e.g. probably 32 MHz channels. Also There is currently easy way to select which pol RtFC chooses. | ||
Note that at Parkes we also record data onto pam-store-ext. In such cases you need to run '' | Note that at Parkes we also record data onto pam-store-ext. In such cases you need to run '' | ||
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If you are recording to a remote recorder you need to ensure RTFC_ANTID (and RTFC_ANTNAME) are set. For remote recorders which generally only record data from a single teleacope this will normally be setup in the login scripts. cave-store can record data from Mopra and ATCA. Aliases have been setup " | If you are recording to a remote recorder you need to ensure RTFC_ANTID (and RTFC_ANTNAME) are set. For remote recorders which generally only record data from a single teleacope this will normally be setup in the login scripts. cave-store can record data from Mopra and ATCA. Aliases have been setup " | ||
- | -> '' | + | |
- | -> '' | + | > obs.pl |
===== Inverted Spectrum ===== | ===== Inverted Spectrum ===== | ||
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Normally if the telescope IF spectrum is inverted, a flipped DAS profile should be used. However for 64 MHz recording the spectrum cannot be " | Normally if the telescope IF spectrum is inverted, a flipped DAS profile should be used. However for 64 MHz recording the spectrum cannot be " | ||
- | -> '' | + | |
===== Mark5b ===== | ===== Mark5b ===== | ||
- | '' | + | '' |
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+ | ===== RTFC Software support ===== | ||
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+ | Please make sure the following are installed on all Mark5/ | ||
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+ | * up-to-date mark5access (ensure m5time and m5slice in path. Good to have m5spec and m5bstat also) | ||
+ | * subversion package (e.g, `apt-get install subversion`) | ||
+ | * RTFC installed from subversion in either `~/RtFC` or `~/ | ||
+ | * `setup.sh` in `RtFC` directory and appropriately edited | ||
+ | * Optionally " | ||
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+ | ==== Installing RtFC ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | > svn co https:// | ||
+ | (or svn co https:// | ||
+ | > cd evlbi/ | ||
+ | > wget https:// | ||
+ | > tar zxvf Astro-0.78.tar.gz | ||
+ | > mv Astro-0.78/ | ||
+ | > cp setup-template.sh setup.sh | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | Edit setup.sh as appropriately. Add RtfC directory to PATH and PERL5LIB, Set RTFC_CORRELATOR and RTFC_CONTROL to localhost if using ssh tunneling or pam0 if directly connection. Set ANTNAME and ANTID appropriately (ANTNAME anything descriptive, | ||