====== Processing log files and shipping the data ======


The procedure to follow here will depend on whether the data are being transferred to the correlator electronically (eTransfer) or shipped:

^ From      ^ To:          ^^^^
^ ^ Bonn ^ Washington ^ Haystack ^ VLBA ^ Curtin
| Hb | eTransfer | eTransfer | eTransfer | ship | eTransfer
| Ho | eTransfer | eTransfer | eTransfer | ship | eTransfer
| Ke | eTransfer (*) | ship | ship | ship | eTransfer (*)
| Yg | eTransfer (*) | ship | ship | ship | eTransfer (*)
| * = modules are shipped to Hobart and then eTransferred ||||||

The correlator that the data are to be shipped to is given in the detailed listing on the Google Calendar and in the Master Schedule. See the [[operations:schedule|schedules]] page on this wiki.

Regardless of whether the data are to be shipped or eTransferred please follow these notes on [[operations:documentation.ivs.commentsfile| preparing the comments file and transferring the logs]].

At the moment all shipping of modules (physical or eTransfer) is being handled by observatory staff and on-call people. Operators: there's no need to proceed with any of the following steps.

If data are being eTransferred, the transfer can be started from Hobart if they are going to Bonn, but for Washington, the transfer is started from the correlator.

  * Notes on making a [[operations:documentation.ivs.BonnETransfer|eTransfer to Bonn]]

Some additional steps are required when shipping modules and are done at the observatories:
===== Shipping media from Hobart =====
  * [[operations:documentation.ivs.hbpaperwork1|Prepare the shipping paperwork for Hobart]]
  * [[operations:documentation.ivs.hbpaperwork2|Complete the paperwork, pack the disks and ship them]]

===== Shipping media from Katherine =====

===== Shipping media from Yarragadee =====

== Useful odds and ends ==
  - [[operations:documentation.ivs.useful|Useful log filtering commands]]