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| ====== Setting up ====== | ====== Setting up ====== | ||
| + | * terminate the FS running on hobart (with ''terminate'') and restart it with ''fs-mk5ho-2gbps'' to load in the correct settings. | ||
| * The experiment schedules are distributed as VEX files via email. Late updates can occur, so please check your email before starting an experiment if you have set up earlier. | * The experiment schedules are distributed as VEX files via email. Late updates can occur, so please check your email before starting an experiment if you have set up earlier. | ||
| * When drudging the VEX file, you can accept the default settings for the backend and just generate the proc, snp and snap summary files (options ''12'', ''3'' and ''5'') before exiting. | * When drudging the VEX file, you can accept the default settings for the backend and just generate the proc, snp and snap summary files (options ''12'', ''3'' and ''5'') before exiting. | ||
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| * Make a test recording with ''disk_record=on'', ''disk_record=off'' and ''scan_check'' and confirm that the result is sensible. | * Make a test recording with ''disk_record=on'', ''disk_record=off'' and ''scan_check'' and confirm that the result is sensible. | ||
| * Check ''iread'' and ''bread'' results. If the power levels are very low, there may be an issue with the receiver selection, Agilent frequency or the remote backend. If so, please re-run ''rxselect'' and ''sched_initi''. | * Check ''iread'' and ''bread'' results. If the power levels are very low, there may be an issue with the receiver selection, Agilent frequency or the remote backend. If so, please re-run ''rxselect'' and ''sched_initi''. | ||
| + | * No formal start message to the IVS is required, but an email to Alet and Jon at Hart would be appreciated. | ||
| ====== Monitoring ====== | ====== Monitoring ====== | ||
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| * There will no no autocorrelation spectra | * There will no no autocorrelation spectra | ||
| - | * ''mk5=mode?'' will return | + | * ''mk5=mode?'' will return ''mode? 0 : ext : 0xffffffff : 1 : 32'' |
| * ''mk5=dot?'' will not return any information, and trigger an error. | * ''mk5=dot?'' will not return any information, and trigger an error. | ||
| * ''disk_pos'' will not return any information, and trigger an error. | * ''disk_pos'' will not return any information, and trigger an error. | ||
| - | * The Tsys will be higher, typically 150-220 K depending on the weather conditions and elevation. | + | * The Tsys will be higher, typically 350-600 K depending on the weather conditions and elevation. |
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| + | ====== Finishing ====== | ||
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| + | * No IVS end message or sending off of logs is required. An email to Alet and Jon at Hart would be appreciated. | ||
| + | * If the next experiment is using the S/X system, terminate the FS and restart with ''fs-mk5hb'' | ||
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