This is an old revision of the document!
Helpful reading: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/wiki/index.php?n=Main.ParkesObservingSummary
You will need 4 screens to keep an eye on all necessary windows: PORTAL, FROG, two VNC: joffrey:1 and pictor:3.
% vex2psn.pl EXPERIMENT_NAME.vex > EXPERIMENT_NAME.psn % scp EXPERIMENT_NAME.psn pksobs@joffrey:lba
vncviever -shared -via [YOUR_LOGIN]@venice.atnf.csiro.au joffrey:1
vncviever -shared -via YOUR_LOGIN@venice.atnf.csiro.au pictor:3
joffrey% showtel
joffrey% atsnap go <Az> 85 AZEL
which will drive the antenna to az=<Az>, el=85d or ZE=5d (ZEnith angle). Or simply stow the antenna:
joffrey% atsnap stow
joffrey% atsnap unstow
joffrey% cd ~/lba joffrey% atsnap EXPERIMENT_NAME.psn
where .psn is its antenna pointing file (already prepared and placed in the correct location). The antenna should start slewing to the right source within a few seconds.
joffrey% cd ~/losetup joffrey% lorun sx.cmd joffrey% cd ~/smsetup joffrey% smsetup MK-V_geo.cmd
> schedule=EXPERIMENT_NAMEpa,#1 > mk5relink
> halt >disk_record=off [if you also want to stop recording] >schedule=EXPERIMENT_NAMEpa
> status list
> "hi there