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operations:documentation.ivs.mark5 [2011/04/04 03:18] Jim Lovell |
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| ===== Setting up and configuring the Mark5 software ===== | ===== Setting up and configuring the Mark5 software ===== | ||
| - | Log in to mk5ya as oper:<code>ssh oper@mk5ya</code> | + | Log in to Mark5 you want to set up (either mk5hb, mk5ke or mk5yg) as oper. //Do this from within the pcfs[hb|ke|yg] VNC session so that the Mark5 software will continue to run even if the network link from Hobart to the telescope goes down.// e.g. <code>ssh oper@mk5hb</code> |
| + | There are two versions of the recording software currently in use. The original software is ''dimino'' which can support modules of up to 8 TB capacity (current used by Hb and Yg) and ''DIMino'' which supports 16 TB modules (in use at Ke). | ||
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| + | Hb, Yg: | ||
| First check if the dimino program is running: | First check if the dimino program is running: | ||
| <code>ps -ef | grep dim</code> | <code>ps -ef | grep dim</code> | ||
| If not, start it with | If not, start it with | ||
| <code>dimino -m0&</code> | <code>dimino -m0&</code> | ||
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| + | Ke: | ||
| + | First check if the DIMino program is running: | ||
| + | <code>ps -ef | grep DIM</code> | ||
| + | If not, start it with | ||
| + | <code>DIMino -m0&</code> | ||
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| ===== Synchronising the Mark5 Clock ===== | ===== Synchronising the Mark5 Clock ===== | ||
| - | The following steps are done through the Field System. If not already started, start the Field system software on pcfshb by starting a new terminal on pcfshb, and type: | + | The following steps are done through the Field System. If not already started, start the Field system software on pcfs[hb|ke|yg] by starting a new terminal in the VNC session on pcfs[hb|ke|yg], and type: |
| <code>fs</code> | <code>fs</code> | ||
| An ''oprin'' window will appear and Field System commands are typed here. | An ''oprin'' window will appear and Field System commands are typed here. | ||
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| look for ''syncerr_eq_0'', and that the final number is less than ~5 ms. | look for ''syncerr_eq_0'', and that the final number is less than ~5 ms. | ||
| - | If you see something like ''syncerr_gt_3'' then ''fmset'' may need to be run to synchronise the clocks. To do this, open a terminal on pcfshb, and type | + | If you see something like ''syncerr_gt_3'' then ''fmset'' may need to be run to synchronise the clocks. To do this, open a terminal on pcfs[hb|ke|yg], and type |
| <code>fmset</code> | <code>fmset</code> | ||
| When the interface appears, type | When the interface appears, type | ||
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| Check the last numbers are the correct date at the start of the scan, duration, the data rate (should be 256 for the 8MHz mode, 128 for the 4 MHz mode) and 0 at the end for no problems. Then plot an autocorrelation from the data: | Check the last numbers are the correct date at the start of the scan, duration, the data rate (should be 256 for the 8MHz mode, 128 for the 4 MHz mode) and 0 at the end for no problems. Then plot an autocorrelation from the data: | ||
| <code>postob</code> | <code>postob</code> | ||
| + | To clear the disk module, ONLY IF YOU'RE CERTAIN there is no data already on the disk! | ||
| + | <code> mk5=protect=off; mk5=reset=erase </code> | ||
| + | [[operations:monitoring_autocor|Check that the spectra are OK]]. | ||
| If there are dropped or strange-looking bands, the [[hardware:dbbc.reprogram|DBBC may need reprogramming]]. | If there are dropped or strange-looking bands, the [[hardware:dbbc.reprogram|DBBC may need reprogramming]]. | ||
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