The documentation below assumes an experiment called v456a and that Katherine is the antenna. Just substitute the experiment name for other experiments and appropriate computer names for other stations.

First, download the vex files into /usr2/sched/ on pcfske. The easiest way is to use the following commands:

cd /usr2/sched
ncftpget ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/vlbi/v465/v465a/v465a.vex

The ftp address is on the ATNF wiki pages.

If any of the schedules have experiment names longer than 6 characters, drudg will refuse to deal with these. If it's urgent, rename the file to something shorter but sensible but always let the LBA chat (and Chris Phillips and Cormac Reynolds by email) know.

Note that all VEX files should now contain the correct LO frequencies for AuScope antennas. A visual inspection of the VEX file will verify this, or you can look at the LO settings in the .prc file that drudg produces (check the ifd01 definition). The correct LO frequencies are 1900 MHz for S-band and 7600 MHz for X-band. If they are incorrect, edit the VEX file and re-run drudg.

For each experiment, run drudg v465a.vex and follow the prompts.

• Select the relevant station
• Select 12 to make the procedure (v465ake.prc)
• Select 3 to make the SNAP file
• Select 5 to print out the summary of the SNAP file (v465ake.snp)
• Select 0 to quit from drudg

Open the v465ake.prc file in a text editor. The Mark5 mode in the setup01 procedure will need checking, and the DBBC setup will need editing too.

The mk5_mode in the drudged file may differ from the one specified in the setup01 procedure. For example, for v252ae this is set to mk5b_mode=ext,0x0000CCCC. This mode must be consistent with DBBC settings. So it is quite possible that, after setting up the DBBC configuration, you will have to edit the .prc file and change the Mark5 mode. For example, for v252ae the mode needs to be changed to mk5b_mode=ext,0x000000FF. The same must be done for the fringe test .prc file. Full details are in the next (DBBC config) section.

In a nutshell, the mk5b_mode is an 8-character hexadecimal word, where each character represents the recording mode. For example, the last F is equivalent to 1111 in binary, which stands for two-bit mapping in each of channels 1 and 2 (each 11 representing the fact that magnitude and sign get recorded; for one-bit sampling the equivalent would be 01 for each channel, or 0101 = 5 in hexadecimal for each channel pair).

The DBBC is now configured by the Field System so building and loading custom DBBC config files on dbbcke is no longer necessary. It will be necessary to modify the dbbc01d and ifd01 procedures to get the input bands, BBC channels etc configured correctly.

Follow this link for notes on getting the DBBC configured for LBA observations.

Now you need to add in some preob, postob and systemp procedures. Run

cat /usr2/proc/ke12m.prc >> v465ake.prc

to attach the preob routine. For the postob routine, you need to know the number channels being recorded - check the ATNF wiki for the experiment. v465a records 8 channels, so the command to attach the postob routine is

cat /usr2/proc/postob_8x16MHz_2 >> v465ake.prc

. Here, 8x16MHz refers to the number of channels and bandwidth, and _2 to two-bit recording. Finally, systemp - v465a is recording S-band, dual polarisation so the command is

cat /usr2/proc/systemp12srl >> v465ake.prc

.

Finally, copy the edited procedure to the correct directory with

mv v465ake.prc /usr2/proc/

First, download the vex files into @@/usr2/sched/@@ on pcfske. The easiest way is to use the following commands

@@cd /usr2/sched/ @@
@@wget -c ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/vlbi/fringe-checks/vc171/vc171.vex@@

The ftp address is on the ATNF wiki pages.

If any of the schedules have experiment names longer than 6 characters, drudg will refuse to deal with these. If it's urgent, rename the file to something shorter but sensible but always let the LBA chat (and Chris Phillips & Cormac Reynolds by email) know.

For each experiment, run @@drudg vc171.vex@@ and follow the prompts. * Select the relevant station * Select 11 to set the receiver type Enter @@16 14 1 1@@ to set the rack to Mark5, recorder to Mark5B, and to set no secondary recorder * Select 15 to set the “Data Transfer Override” - this controls exporting little snippets of data for fringe-checking. Enter @@10 /data/@@ ** Enter @@0@@ to return to the main menu * Select 12 to make the procedure (@@vc171ke.prc@@) * Select 3 to make the SNAP file * Select 5 to print out the summary of the SNAP file (@@vc171ke.snp@@) * Select 0 to quit from drudg

Open the @@vc171ke.prc@@ file in a text editor and edit the @@setup01@@ procedure - remove all references to @@pcal@@, @@tpi@@, @@vsi@@, @@vc@@ or @@ifd@@.

'Before'
@@define setup01 00000000000x@@
@@pcaloff@@
@@tpicd=stop@@
@@mk5b_mode=ext,0x0000FFFF,1@@
@@mk5b_mode@@
@@vsi4=geo@@
@@vsi4@@
@@vc01d@@
@@ifd01@@
@@bank_check@@
@@tpicd@@
@@enddef@@

'After'
@@define setup01 00000000000x@@
@@mk5b_mode=ext,0x0000FFFF,1@@
@@mk5b_mode@@
@@bank_check@@
@@enddef@@

Now you need to add in the @@preob@@. Run @@cat /usr2/proc/ke12m.prc » vc171ke.prc@@ to attach the @@preob@@ routine. There is no @@postob@@ or @@systemp@@ procedure for fringe-checks.

Finally, copy the edited procedure to the correct directory with @@mv vc171ke.prc /usr2/proc/@@