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| ====== Choosing the right module for the experiment ====== | ====== Choosing the right module for the experiment ====== | ||
| - | 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. | + | A module should be allocated by observatory staff, see the [[http://131.217.63.180:8000| Experiment and Module Library]]. |
| - | First, check to see how much data will be recorded, then check to see which modules are mounted in the Mark5, then choose one that is big enough. Here's how to do it: | + | 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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| + | If not indicated on the spreadsheet, you need to fit the experiment on available modules. Check to see how much data will be recorded; then see which modules are mounted in the Mark5. | ||
| ===== Data requirement ===== | ===== Data requirement ===== | ||
| - | On the [[operations:log|AuScope IVS Module Allocation spreadsheet]] there should be a data size indicated for the current experiment (2016 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 [[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. |
| 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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