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====== Choosing the right module for the experiment ====== | ====== Choosing the right module for the experiment ====== | ||
- | A module should be allocated by observatory staff, see the [[131.217.63.180:8000| Experiment and Module Library]]. | + | A module should be allocated by observatory staff, see the [[http://131.217.63.180:8000| Experiment and Module Library]]. |
As a rule R1 and R4 on a module by themselves (only at Hobart may R1 R4 go on a module together) and not mixed with other experiment types. If possible, please try to record an entire experiment onto a single module, most especially R4, CRDS, CRF, and R1 experiments. If it won't fit, please contact observatory staff - they will usually be able to put a module with enough space into the Mark 5. | As a rule R1 and R4 on a module by themselves (only at Hobart may R1 R4 go on a module together) and not mixed with other experiment types. If possible, please try to record an entire experiment onto a single module, most especially R4, CRDS, CRF, and R1 experiments. If it won't fit, please contact observatory staff - they will usually be able to put a module with enough space into the Mark 5. | ||
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===== Data requirement ===== | ===== Data requirement ===== | ||
- | On the [[operations:log|AuScope IVS Module Allocation spreadsheet]] there should be a data size indicated for the current experiment (2017 module allocation tab); otherwise refer to a similar historical experiment with a data size. On this spreadsheet the station staff also record which module has been provisionally allocated to the experiment and loaded in the Mk5. | + | On the [[http://131.217.63.180:8000| Experiment and Module Library]] there should be a data size indicated for the current experiment; otherwise refer to a similar historical experiment with a data size. On this site the station staff also record which module has been provisionally allocated to the experiment and loaded in the Mk5. |
Also at the end of the printed schedule summary is an estimate of the total amount of data that will be recorded for the experiment. For example, this experiment requires a tad under 1.4 TB: | Also at the end of the printed schedule summary is an estimate of the total amount of data that will be recorded for the experiment. For example, this experiment requires a tad under 1.4 TB: | ||
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==Doubling up== | ==Doubling up== | ||
- | All R4, CRDS and CRF experiments from Katherine and Yarragadee need to be directly shipped to Washington, so please avoid putting them on a module with another experiment. | + | All R4, experiments from Katherine and Yarragadee need to be directly shipped to Washington, so please avoid putting them on a module with another experiment. |
Everything else needs to be shipped to Hobart for e-transfer to the correlator. Therefore, two experiments, if they fit, can go on the same module. However, **R1's** do need to get to Hobart **__ASAP__**. Often there will be an R1 straight after another experiment. It is undesirable, but in a pinch the R1 can go on the same module with the last experiment, providing the R1 is the LAST experiment to be recorded (and there is enough disk space!). | Everything else needs to be shipped to Hobart for e-transfer to the correlator. Therefore, two experiments, if they fit, can go on the same module. However, **R1's** do need to get to Hobart **__ASAP__**. Often there will be an R1 straight after another experiment. It is undesirable, but in a pinch the R1 can go on the same module with the last experiment, providing the R1 is the LAST experiment to be recorded (and there is enough disk space!). |