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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.
.vex
and .skd
files can be found on ops2
in /vlbobs/ivs/sched/
observer@ares.phys.utas.edu.au
your_cass@venice.atnf.csiro.au
and then to vlbi@hydra
(See whiteboard for detailed instructions.)cd ftp/
mkdir aua003
(for example)cd aua003
scp observer@ares.phys.utas.edu.au:aua003.vex
pkvex.sh aua003.vex
.vex
usingpkvex.sh aua003.vex
vlbi@pam0
and pcfs (pkvsi2)
when prompted.ssh oper@pkvsi2-ext
cd /usr2/sched/
scp observer@ares.phys.utas.edu.au:aua003.skd .
drudg aua003.skd
slogit
script does the drudg
ing on autopilot. Now you will actually need to interact with the dinosaur of a script:% 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