AuScope VLBI Operations Wiki operations

operations:12mpointingcatalogue

2012-10-01T03:30:43+00:00

12m Pointing Catalogue AuScope 12M Source RA DEC Virgo 12 30 49.449 12 23 28.17 3C353 17 20 28.1 -00 58 47 3C348 16 51 8.1 4 59 33 PictorA 5 19 49.7 -45 46 44 30DOR 5 38 42.3 -69 6 3 3C454.3 22 53 57.7 16 8 54 1921-293 19 24 51 -29 14 30 2134+004 21 36 38.6 0 41 54 0857-43 8 59 27.1 -43 45 9 ESO212 9 24 24.2 -51 59 29 1618-49 16 22 12 -50 5 51 1921+14 19 23 42.9 14 30 8 3C273 12 29…

operations:26mdrives

2017-05-01T16:06:28+00:00

HOW TO MANUALLY RE-START 26M DRIVES Last ditch remote attempt Before trying the manual re-start it is advisable to try the remote reset via the v-desk terminal on newsmerd. * vncviewer newsmerd:1 * open a terminal and type vdesk * In the vdesk terminal type

operations:26mpointing

2018-06-25T01:06:42+00:00

26m Pointing Solutions This page describes work to use the PCFS on hobart and the Hobart 12m DBBC to measure pointing and gain characteristics of the 26m. Setting up Use the PCFS version that uses dbbchb in DDC mode and mk5hb hobart: fs-mk5hb Starting the observations.

operations:acronyms

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Acronym Dictionary Acronym MeaningAGC Automatic Gain Control CNS II clock Takes signal from GPS antenna and provides a 1 PPS for comparison to other time sources (e.g. the maser) using the counters. Also provides time via a NTP server on (cnsshb, cnsske, cnssyg).phys.utas.edu.au

operations:agenda2013_09_10

2013-08-29T05:31:43+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 10 Sep 2013, 2 PM, AuScope Operations Room * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments to be reviewed (if correlation reports are in) plus any issues to raise from newer experiments observed but not yet correlated:

operations:agenda2013_09_26

2013-09-25T22:53:03+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 26 Sep 2013, 10 AM, AuScope Operations Room * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments to be reviewed (if correlation reports are in) plus any issues to raise from newer experiments observed but not yet correlated:

operations:agenda2013_10_08

2013-10-08T01:54:57+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 8 Oct 2013, 10 AM, AuScope Operations Room * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments to be reviewed (if correlation reports are in) plus any issues to raise from newer experiments observed but not yet correlated: * CRDS66 - waiting correlation

operations:agenda2013_10_08_eg1

2013-10-08T01:56:34+00:00

Yarragadee has completed aust13 The log from experiment aust13 has been copied to ivsopar.obspm.fr:/pub/ivsincoming/ Formatter (H-maser) leads GPS by 7.8368 microsec at 2013.274.07:05:27.03 Additional experiment notes: Recorded 7862.28 GB to module ,WD-WCAV BKG-0039 ,WD-WCAV HOB+1000 HOB+0075 HOB+1000 HOB+0075 HOB+1000 using the Mark5B+ recorder. The Module is being sent to CRTN using eTransfer. Known problems: no Missed Scans: no

operations:agenda2013_10_31

2013-10-30T03:20:17+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 31 Oct 2013, 10 AM, AuScope Operations Room: Agenda * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments to be reviewed (if correlation reports are in) plus any issues to raise from newer experiments observed but not yet correlated: *

operations:agenda2013_11_12

2013-11-12T00:31:14+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 12 Nov 2013, 2 PM, Agenda * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments reviewed: * Correlation/analysis reports: * CRF76 * R1606 * CRF78 * R4606 * R1607 * R4607 * R4608 * recently observed

operations:agenda2014_08_06

2014-08-06T07:32:32+00:00

Operators meeting 06.08.14 Agenda 1. Resent experiments to be reviewed (handover notes and correlations summaries are attached): * R1635 * CONT1403 * CONT1405 * CONT1406 * CONT1410 * R4636 * AUST25 * R4637 * R1639 * AUST29 (Ke time difference)

operations:agenda2014_08_20

2014-08-21T02:28:01+00:00

Operators meeting 06.08.14 Agenda 1. Resent experiments to be reviewed (if correlation report is ready; handover notes and correlations summaries to be attached): * AUST25 * R4637 * R1639 * AUST29 (Ke time difference) * R4643 * AUST34-35

operations:agenda2014_09_03

2014-09-03T02:41:01+00:00

Operators meeting 03.09.2014 Agenda 1. Resent experiments to be reviewed (if correlation report is ready; handover notes and correlations summaries to be handed): -- not this time * AUST29 * AUST34-35 * R4646 * AUST37 * R4647 * AUST38-39

operations:agenda2014_10_09

2014-10-09T01:15:35+00:00

Operators meeting 09.10.2014 Agenda 1. Current issues: * Wind stows (and other ongoing problems) have to be marked in the handover notes with time stamps * Handover notes MUST be copied to the end message, especially if there were problems. *

operations:agenda2014_10_22

2014-10-22T00:49:05+00:00

Agenda for OPS meeting 22.10.2014 Operators meeting 22.10.2014 Agenda 1. Previous meeting action items: * Handover notes template * 12-m and 26-m observing instructions 2. Current issues: * Modification of a calendar: more visibility, setup-finishing up

operations:agenda2014_11_06

2014-11-06T00:28:46+00:00

Operators meeting 06.11.2014 Agenda 1. Current issues: * e-RemoteControl issues: please summarise your experience and report any bugs! * TBA 2. Recently correlated experiments to be rewieved: 3. Roster, any questions or comments 4. Other items

operations:agenda2014_12_03

2014-12-03T01:51:35+00:00

Operators meeting 03.12.2014 Agenda 1. Current issues: * Observing at Mt Pleasant: experience, suggestions. * Explain the purpose of the special sessions to observers in advance? 2. Recently correlated experiments * R1660 * R4659 * R1659 * R1657 3. Roster, any questions or comments

operations:agenda2014_12_18

2014-12-18T02:26:36+00:00

Operators meeting 18.12.2014 Agenda 1. Current issues: * Observing at Mt Pleasant: experience, suggestions. * Alarms at Mt Pleasant -- what is wrong? (seemingly nothing) * alarm is .ogg maybe not playing -- convert to another format? *

operations:agenda2015_01_21

2015-01-21T01:59:23+00:00

Operators meeting 21.01.2015 Agenda 1. Current issues: * Log Monitor Alarm in AuScope room * Yg dBBC * UPS at Katherine * Note pointing solutions don't always work (e.g. R1671 Yarragadee) * Follow up on Hobart disk position issue * Upcoming A15 continuous session

operations:agenda2015_02_11

2015-02-10T23:53:50+00:00

Observers meeting 11.02.2015 0. Welcome Jakob (Lucia) 1. AUST15.1 issues: * Module handling: please check in advance what module should be used, call: on-site personnell, on-call person, Liza/Imogen (Imogen) * Internet connection at Yarragadee playing up

operations:agenda2015_02_25

2015-02-24T02:06:48+00:00

Observers meeting 25.02.2015 1. AUST15.1 issues: * Module handling: please check in advance what module should be used, call: on-site personnell, on-call person, Liza/Imogen (Imogen) * Mk5hb and mk5yg past problems: failing module. Please record time of the module change, nature of problem (if any) and check module VSNs.

operations:agenda2015_03_11

2015-03-10T23:26:49+00:00

AuScope Observers Meeting - Wednesday March 11 2015 From Handover Notes: *Tsys at Yarragadee - still not right - is there a fix? *Hobart wind sensor has been recalibrated (by Brett) - should be working ok now. *Don't forget to put your name after your comment

operations:agenda2015_03_24

2015-03-23T23:54:26+00:00

Observers meeting Training on monitoring the Rapid's data transfer.

operations:agenda2015_04_01

2015-03-31T02:56:25+00:00

Operator's meeting agenda * LBA monitoring training * Weekend experiments end-messages: observers must check that the log comments incerted into the message correspond to their experimen, and tht all the comments are picked. (Lucia)

operations:agenda2015_04_15

2015-04-15T02:58:47+00:00

AuScope Observers Meeting 15.04.2015 1. Current AuScope issues. * High Tsys in Hobart in both bands * Feedback on the data transfer monitoring and media management * Upcoming Parkes observations and bservers' Parkes training 2. LBA *

operations:agenda2015_04_29

2015-04-29T02:42:49+00:00

Observers Meeting 29.04.2015 Current issues: * Hobart maser appears to fluctuate between 2 modes, around 4 ns apart. Ke maser does the same too, but there appears to be a drift/slope. Is this something new? Shall we do something about it? (Vasaant)

operations:agenda2015_05_13

2015-05-13T01:42:13+00:00

Observers meeting 12.05.2015 Agenda (add your issue!): Hobart 26m: * When observing with the 26m telescope, can you please NOT shut down the field system when finished. The cryo temperatures for the S/X are monitored using the field system and we lose valuable temp and pressure data when the field system is shut down. (Jim P.)

operations:agenda2015_05_27

2015-05-27T02:56:54+00:00

Observers meeting 27.05.2015 Current issues: * Parkes observations summary. * Reminder: observers please follow the set-up procedure and check-lists PRECISELY, especially when observing with an unfamiliar telescope like Hobart 26M. * Reminder: on-call observers please be available while on-call, call back if couldn't answer. Observers: insist.

operations:agenda2015_06_10

2015-06-09T10:14:38+00:00

Astronomers meeting 10.06.2015 Current issues: * Hobart26: ERC wrong date, status of new ERC version? * Hobart12: WARNING: error ib -524 gpib/232 converter timed out, wt - THIS IS CRITICAL!!! * ERROR s5 -104 rfpcn: time-out, connection closed. This is critical. Stop and Restart Rxmon on pcfshb.

operations:agenda2015_06_23

2015-06-24T02:59:09+00:00

Observers Meeting 23.06.2015 Current affairs: * Note 26m for RD1504 tonight. Don't forget to move the feed. Ho-Cd fringe check prior. * Hb experiments moving to Ho from late July for 2-3 months during broadband tests. Dates TBD. * NCRIS funding cuts and their implications

operations:agenda2015_07_08

2015-07-08T01:48:17+00:00

Observers Meeting 08.07.2015 Current issues: * Feedback on the new log monitor, RXmon, ready- and end-of-observation message scripts. * High Tsys in S+band at Hobart and Katherine * Mk5hb playing up when changing modules * FS-DBBC communication problems Katherine

operations:agenda2015_07_29

2015-07-29T00:59:30+00:00

Agenda of observers meeting 29.07.2015 * Current affairs * Initial results of the new broadband feed test. Timeline for the feed. * Hobart 26 in experiments * cryomon monitoring * correct receiver on axis * auto windstows and recovery

operations:agenda2015_08_12

2015-08-04T00:05:08+00:00

* Cold antenna startup? * Any issues with transition across 0 deg in Az?

operations:agenda2015_08_19

2015-08-20T04:41:23+00:00

AuScope Operations Meeting - Wednesday August 19th Minutes: Alarm for cryomon for the 26m - Jim is currently updating the log monitor to include this Comments section in the end of experiment checklist is too short, it keeps cutting off the comments. Jim to have a look at fixing

operations:agenda2015_09_16

2015-09-16T05:15:22+00:00

AuScope Observers Meeting September 16, 2015, 12pm Jim is an apology as he is at Mt Pleasant testing the new receiver Agenda: Current issues: - Yarragadee anemometer. The problem unit is now at Mt Pleasant for testing. Interim measure of local operator flicking a switch if the wind gets up - R4 schedules and Hobart26m - solved? - Ongoing investigation of n x 0.7ns clock jumps - We will probably continue with Hobart26 until the end of October, then back to the 12m - Upcoming LBA session - vol…

operations:agenda2015_10_14

2015-10-13T23:29:26+00:00

AuScope Operations Meeting - October 14th, 2015 Current Issues: -Mark5 at Katherine has had some issues, had to change to mk5-2ke; Imogen currently fixing. Dave modified script to call clkoff-2 instead so the maserdelay/clkoff reading should be correct. This also means there are two funny looking channels in the DBBC, but it should be ok after the swap back to mk5ke.

operations:agenda2015_10_28

2015-10-26T22:42:09+00:00

AuScope Operations Meeting - October 28th, 2015 Current issues * “Down under” operations telecons. * Schedules from Washington now OK? * Delay for return of Hb. Continuing with 26m until Nov 16. * Roster for rest of 2015 to be started soon. Please update your availability

operations:agenda2015_11_11

2015-11-11T01:35:38+00:00

Current issues * Hobart 12m is back for OHIG98, Nov 18, 5.30 AM local. * Roster for rest of 2015 to be done this week (sorry it's late!). * Keep an eye on clock breaks, please log them * Are stations still falling behind in disk capacity? Changes made to procedure, Wed 21 Oct.

operations:agenda2016_02_25

2016-02-23T01:27:46+00:00

Current issues * New observers (+3), on-call people (+1) * Meeting time OK? Thursday midday. * Lounge. * Rostering. * Upcoming events (maser maintenance April 11 - May 16). * 2nd and 4th R1 of every month is double the data rate, different Mk5 mode.

operations:agenda2016_03_10

2016-03-10T01:27:58+00:00

* Presence: Jesse, Ellen, Nick, Jamie, Lucia. * where is everybody? - is there confusion about these meetings? observers meeting is every second thursday at 12pm. It is also in the calender, which you should be checking regularly anyways. * missing log file r1729 for yg

operations:agenda2016_03_24

2016-03-24T01:33:47+00:00

1. Presence: Nick, Lucia, Jamie, Bryn, Ellen, Jim, Tiege, Jonathan 3. More information regarding the mk5=mode? (Arwin) * If it differs from the procedure file, definitely a problem * If differs from the wiki, check with on call * We need to have a page on the operations wiki outlining what the different mk5 modes in detail (Nick will go through this with Jim some time before the next meeting).

operations:agenda2016_04_07

2016-04-07T02:11:31+00:00

Agenda for Auscope operations meeting, April 7th, 2016 Presence: Ellen, Jim, Lucas, Arwin, Jamie, Tiege, Bryn, Ross, Jonathan, Liz, Lucia, Nick, Jesse 1. Jim has more information regarding the maser maintenance at Ke and Yg. * AUA010 last experiment to use all three telescopes in experiment before maintenance

operations:agenda2016_04_21

2016-04-21T02:17:12+00:00

AuScope Operations Meeting Thursday 21st April, held at 12pm. Chair: Ellen Apologies: Nick Attendees: Lucia, Jim, Jesse, Bryn, Ross, Jon, Tiege, Lucas, Arwin, Liz Current Issues * Problems with drive hydraulics on 26m, cancelled today's experiment (RD1603).

operations:agenda2016_05_06

2016-05-05T02:27:27+00:00

Meeting notes from 5th May 2016 Notes: Only hb 12m in operation over last two weeks Chair/Presenting: Jesse/Ross Attendees: Jesse, Ross, Liz, Jonny, Ellen, Lucas, Arwin, Lucia, Jim Bryn, Tiege are unable to attend. Issues? * hb is behaving well except for the usual tsys errors associated with RFI and weather.

operations:agenda2016_06_02

2016-06-02T02:13:05+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Lucas/Arwin Attendees: Lucas, Jonny, Tiege, Bryn, Jim, Arwin, Ellen, Not Attending: Ross, Nick Issues/Minutes: * Elevation drives, are they fixed now? We don't know. Keep note if elevation drives don't start. * how do you fix the monitors if they go all funky? - rebooted ops2 (keep doing it until it works)

operations:agenda2016_06_16

2016-06-24T02:33:23+00:00

Meeting Postponed a week.

operations:agenda2016_06_23

2016-06-24T04:27:21+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Arwin/Bryn Attendees: Lucas, Jonny, Bryn, Arwin, Ellen, Nick Not Attending: Tiege, Liz, Ross, Jesse, Lucia, Jamie, Jim General Issues: * Reminder for everyone to check the calendars carefully as we had a missed start shift this week.

operations:agenda2016_07_07

2016-07-07T02:25:44+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Tiege/Ellen Attendees: Jonny, Ellen, Nick, Lucas, Lucia, Jim, Jamie, Bryn, Arwin, Not Attending: General Issues: * Progress of Hobart 12m receiver upgrade. * Receiver fitted, however, bad weather is delaying testing, hopefully finished towards the end of the month.

operations:agenda2016_07_21

2016-07-21T02:31:03+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Ross Attendees: Nick, Jamie, Liz, Jonny, Tiege, Ellen, Lucia, Jim, Jesse Not Attending: Lucas, Arwin General Issues: * New time? * Doodle poll * Hobart 26m wind stowing or being stowed after Jim's observations, requires a manual reset an a trip to Mt Pleasant.

operations:agenda2016_08_04

2016-08-04T02:15:09+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Jonathan 8-) / Lucas Attendees: Liz, Teeg, Lucia, Ellen, Jim, Jesse, Bryn, Jamie, Nick Not Attending: Ross, Arwin General: * Do not disturb signs now available * New time? Doodle poll it up. Try this for a start, can add more options if nothing suits anyone.

operations:agenda2016_08_18

2016-08-18T02:21:36+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Ellen/... In Attendance: Jim, Liz, Nick, Lucas, Tiege, Ross, Jamie Apologies: Jonathan, Arwin, Bryn, Lucia Absent: Jesse ___ Agenda: * Doodle Poll next meeting time looks like Thursday 1pm (everyone who responded could do this time). Any objections?

operations:agenda2016_09_01

2016-09-15T00:46:39+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Lucas/Jesse In Attendance: Lucas, Jesse, Liz, Bryn, Nick, Lucia, Arwin, Jim, Jamie Apologies: Ellen, Jonny, Absent: ___ Agenda: Issues past fortnight: * RD1607: Receiver was stuck on L band. OTTER interface had crashed, needed J-Mac's help to restart the OTTER server and successfully communicate with the receiver again. Caltsys was giving error due to it being setup for the DBBC instead of the mark 4, J-Mac edited the .prc file (Arwin).

operations:agenda2016_09_15

2016-09-15T03:18:46+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Nick/Liz In Attendance: Nick, Liz, Ellen, Jesse, Arwin, Jim, Jonny, Bryn, Tiege, (Lucia, Jamie) Apologies: Ross, Lucas Absent: ___ Agenda: Issues past fortnight: * AUG028: Proc and skd files not present in master schedule or up on cddis.

operations:agenda2016_09_29

2016-09-29T03:48:58+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Arwin/Arwin In Attendance: Jim, Lucas, Tiege, Arwin, Nick, Ellen, and Jesse. Apologies: Jonny, Lucia, Jamie Absent: Liz ___ Agenda: * Handover notes: PLEASE UPDATE THESE AS SOON AS THINGS GO WRONG. If you leave it till the end of your shift, you will probably forget. For example if an experiment starts late for whatever reason DOCUMENT IT. Write up why it started late and which scans are missed and how much data was lost. This information should also be in the Start…

operations:agenda2016_10_13

2016-10-13T02:43:54+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Ellen/ In Attendance: Nick, Liz, Bryn, Jamie, Lucia Apologies: Jonny, Ross, Arwin, Tiege, Lucas, Jim Absent: Jesse ___ Agenda: General Issues NOTE: This is a compulsory meeting for observers, you need a good reason not to come - if you have lectures we can change the time

operations:agenda2016_10_27

2016-10-27T02:40:56+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Bryn In Attendance: Liz, Nick, Tiege, Lucas, Ross, Jonathan, Jesse, Jamie, Ellen, Jim, Lucia Apologies: Arwin Absent: ___ Agenda: General Issues * LBA this weekend - keep skype open and check the LBA chat, let atnf people know when you come on shift

operations:agenda2016_11_10

2016-11-10T02:36:28+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Jesse In Attendance: Everybody :) Apologies: Ellen Absent: ___ Agenda: General Issues * The usual “0 GB recorded to module ...” * Checking module usage in a log file egrep '(bank_ch|disk_pos/|bank_set)' r1765hb.log | less

operations:agenda2016_11_24

2016-11-24T02:32:56+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Liz In Attendance: Ellen, Arwin, Tiege, Lucas, Bryn, Jonny, Ross, Jamie Apologies: Jesse, Nick, Lucia, Jim Absent: ___ Agenda: General Issues * Swipe Cards need to be activated to turn off/on the alarm at Mt Pleasant. *

operations:agenda2016_12_08

2016-12-08T02:31:58+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Ellen In Attendance: Ross, Lucia, Nick, Jonny, Jim, Jamie Apologies: Tiege, Arwin, Liz, Bryn, Lucas, Jesse Absent: ___ Agenda: General Issues * Please let me know your availability for Jan/Feb so that I can draft a roster next week. (No we won't be observing New Years day, don't worry about asking for that off

operations:agenda2016_12_22

2016-12-22T02:26:18+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Tiege In Attendance: Tiege, Ellen, Nick, Jim, Lucia, Liz, Jamie, Ross, Lucas, Bryn Apologies: Jesse, Jonny, Arwin Absent: ___ Agenda: General Issues * Fresh roster out for January, reminder that some shifts were swapped around a day or so after the roster was posted so double check yo shifts.

operations:agenda2016_18_06

2016-05-19T02:23:33+00:00

Meeting notes for the 19th May 2016 Notes: * Good job with noting all of the wind stows and missed scans with the recent wild weather * Got the date for this entry wrong.. Chair/Presenting: Jonathan/Tiege Attendees: Jonathan 8-), Arwin, Lucas, Byrn, Jim, Liz, Tiege, Jesse, Ross

operations:agenda2017_01_19

2017-01-19T02:23:55+00:00

Observers Meeting - Jan 19 2017 Chair/Presenting: Jim In Attendance: Arwin, Lucia, Tiege, Jesse, Bryn, Ross Apologies: Jonny, Lucas, (Liz), Jamie, Ellen Absent: Nick Agenda * Put your name down for chairing observer meetings, presenting a Did You Know

operations:agenda2017_02_02

2017-02-02T02:12:56+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Arwin In Attendance: Nick, Lucia, Jamie, Jonny, Bryn, Jesse, Ross Apologies: Tiege, Liz, Lucas, Jim General Issues * The observer on from 9-5, please check if the correct modules are loaded in for the night? * Meeting roster is still pretty much empty, fill it!

operations:agenda2017_02_16

2017-02-16T02:18:14+00:00

Chair/Presenting: Jonny/Ross In Attendance: Jonny, Ross, Tiege, Jamie, Arwin, Jim, Jesse, Bryn Apologies: Lucas, Liz, Nick, Ellen, Lucia Absent: ___ Agenda: * Meeting roster * 12 hr shifts * Update availability page on the wiki as to if you want 12 hour shifts or not.

operations:agenda2017_03_02

2017-03-02T02:24:43+00:00

Council of Skyence Chair/Presenting: Tiege/Jonny In Attendance: Tiege, Jonny, Lucas, Bryn, Mas, Jim, Jesse, Ross, Arwin Apologies: Jamie, Lucia Absent: ___ Agenda: * Katherine DBBC issues? Are they resolved? * Seem to be resolved, PCI-7200 board cooked it. Screwed up the timing. Replaced Friday.

operations:agenda2017_03_16

2017-03-16T02:27:19+00:00

Council of Skyence Chair/Presenting: Lucas In Attendance: Jim, Jamie, Lucia, Liz, Teeg, Jonny, Lucas Apologies: Absent: Bryn, Jesse, Arwin ___ Agenda: * Module at Hobart full or broken, but second module had key switched off * DBBC at Ke been playing up quite a few times over the last fortnight.

operations:agenda2017_03_30

2017-03-30T02:35:50+00:00

Meeting 30th March Chair: Bryn Present: Jim, Lucia, Liz, Tiege, Jamie, Jonny, Ross, Arwin, Lucas, Ellen Apologies: Jesse Absent: Nick General Issues: * Revisiting 5pm-finish shifts * Tell Ellen THIS WEEK if you are okay with the 5pm till finish shifts.

operations:agenda2017_04_13

2017-04-13T03:44:59+00:00

Meeting 13th April Chair: Ross Present: Jonny, Lucas, Arwin, Lucia, Jamie (God of AuScope), Tiege, Jesse Apologies: Jim, Ellen, Liz Absent: General Issues: * Jamie is the new Jim (at least for a few months). Direct questions to Jamie. * please do the handover notes carefully, in particular to a courtesy of your colleagues. Good to describe how much data missing, how late an experiment started etc. Say when something broke so we know along long it has been a problem.

operations:agenda2017_04_27

2017-04-27T03:43:52+00:00

Meeting 27th April Chair: Liz Present: Bryn, Jonny, Ross, Lucas, Jamie, Tiege, Apologies: Lucia, Jim, Absent: Jesse, Arwin, General Issues: * We really need to make it compulsory/standard practice to do ALL setups as completely as possible during the day before the shift. Even if it's just the 12m for an r1/r4 and you think it will be fine

operations:agenda2017_05_11

2017-05-25T03:39:03+00:00

Meeting 25th May Chair: Jesse Cleaning: Wut Present: Thanks! Apologies: None Absent: None General Issues: * Hb12 Rfpic - Hardware arrived, pending fix. * Hb12 Drives - Only master drive was running, HMI interface showed that One azimuth drive was down, it still reads as tracking in operin. Reset resolved this, but there were no alarms, so KEEP AN EYE OUT. * Drives wouldn't go into operating, a restart was necessary (Best to do a restart before experiment starts). * Ke12 - Pointing …

operations:agenda2017_06_08

2017-06-08T03:19:13+00:00

Fortnightly Meeting of the Council of Skyence Chair Tiege In Attendance: Tiege, Jonny, Patrick, Mas, Lucia, Liz, Jamie, Ellen, Arwin, Bryn Apologies: Ross, Jesse Absent: ___ Agenda: * Fill in your name for chairing a future meeting please!

operations:agenda2017_06_23

2017-06-23T05:25:23+00:00

Meeting 23rd June Chair: Jonny Present: Mas, Arwin, Jim, Lucia, Jamie, Liz, Patrick, Jesse Apologies: Tiege, Lucas Absent: General Issues: * Fill in the meeting chair roster * New queen couch/not-bed in the lounge/not-bedroom. * Baby monitor now available

operations:agenda2017_07_06

2017-07-14T04:38:06+00:00

Chair: Arwin Present: Jamie, Lucia, Tiege, Pat, Jonny, MAS, Liz Apologies: Lucas, Bryn, Ross Absent: Jesse General Issues: * Jamie is fixing the fringe checking script, should be ready next week sometime. Handover Issues: * Yarragadee elevation drive issues during r4798 (Liz) again. Ongoing issues, best to send it to southpole after doing setup, before starting the schedule. Failing that try your normal resets. Any permanent fix in the future? - Jamie to talk to Brett and other yg staff.…

operations:agenda2017_07_20

2017-07-20T03:20:58+00:00

Meeting 20th July Chair: Bryn Present: Mas, Lucas, Ross, Patrick, Tiege, Jamie, Jesse Apologies: Liz, Arwin, Lucia, Jonny Absent: General Issues: * Arwin can't make every second meeting this semester - is there a better time for everyone? *

operations:agenda2017_08_03

2017-08-17T03:32:17+00:00

Meeting 18th August Chair: Liz Present: Tiege, Jonny, Ross, Mas, Patrick, Bryn, Jamie, Lucia Apologies: Lucas Absent: Arwin, Jesse General Issues: * Ho camera doesn't slew to the stuff in the drop down menu. Again broken. Don't scroll too excitedly. Someone can manually move it to fix. A persistent offset in x.

operations:agenda2017_08_31

2017-08-31T03:09:46+00:00

Meeting 31st August Chair: Patrick Present: Bryn, Ross, Jonny, Tiege Apologies: Lucas, Jesse, Liz, Mas, Arwin Absent: Jamie, Lucia, Warren, Ellen General Issues: * Terminal log monitor updated by Jesse. Now can handle pcfs logs in different directories:

operations:agenda2017_09_14

2017-09-18T13:47:09+00:00

Meeting 14th September Chair: Mas Present: Brynn, Ross, Elizabeth, Lucia, Jamie, Tiege Apologies: Ellen, Jonny, Patrick, Lucas Absent: General Issues: * Ellen will be doing the roster over the weekend, make sure your availability is up to date. If there are

operations:agenda2017_09_28

2017-09-28T03:16:28+00:00

Meeting 28th September Chair: Jonny Present: Tiege, Liz, Patrick, Bryn, Jamie Apologies: Ross, Arwin, Mas, Ellen, Lucia, Warren Absent: Jesse General Issues: * Liz has shifts that she wants to swap (4/10 and 13/10). Have a chat to her if you're interested

operations:agenda2017_10_12

2017-10-12T02:25:07+00:00

Meeting 12th October Chair: Tiege Present: Tiege, Jamie, Lucia, Liz, Ellen, Mas, Patrick, Jesse Apologies: Bryn, Jonny, Ross, Arwin, Lucas Absent: General Issues: * How is everyone going with Hobart 26m shifts currently, are people confused as to what back-ends should be being used or is that information getting conveyed properly?

operations:agenda2017_11_09

2017-11-09T02:24:32+00:00

Meeting 9th November Chair: Ross Present: Jamie, Bryn, Tiege, Patrick, Jesse, Liz, Arwin Apologies: Jonny, Lucas, Lucia Absent: General Issues: * Calendar didn't include Hobart even though it was on the master schedule. The 26m was a late addition to the AUA schedule. Should be avoided in future.

operations:agenda2017_11_23

2017-11-23T03:01:47+00:00

Meeting 23rd November Chair: Arwin Present: Patrick, Jonny, Lucia, Tiege, Liz, Ross, Mas, Bryn, Jamie, Daniel Apologies: Jesse, Ellen Absent: General Issues: * Cont17 * 15 day cont, 3 diff groups of scheds, all schedules will be pre dudged. Email to follow with the deets. End message and start messages need to be sent after every exp. 5 mins gap between experiments.

operations:agenda2017_12_07

2017-12-19T17:38:04+00:00

Meeting 7th December Chair: Tiege Present: Jonny, Patrick, Ross, Arwin, Mas, Liz, Ellen, Lucia, Jamie Apologies: Jesse, Bryn Absent: Lucas. General Issues: * 26m Chaos * Lightening caused some issues, knocked out serial communications to several systems. Spurious alarms (on-going), live page is not working correctly (Should be fixed), X-axis cryo pipe failed (Fixed now), lacking wind-sensor (on-going), however, auto wind-stow script should still be working.

operations:agenda2018_03_08

2018-03-08T18:29:58+00:00

Chair: Ross Attended: Jonny, Katie, Mas, Simin, Lucas, Lucia, Jesse, Arwin, Tiege Apologies: Bryn, Patrick, Jamie Absent: Atifur General Issues * Switch phone off during meeting. * Observer's duties - general remarks (Lucia) * Observers have responsibilities - this is a job we are paid to do. Take it seriously. If we are unsure call. Things have been automated, we can suggest improvements. Let Jamie and Lucia know if we have any suggested improvement and keep wiki up to date.

operations:agenda2018_03_22

2018-03-22T02:23:07+00:00

Chair: Lucas Attended: Jamie, Lucia, Katie, Patrick, Tiege, Ross, Mas, Simin Apologies: Arwin Absent: Handover Issues * CRDS94: KATHERINE had some mk5 troubles. Looks like the mk5 crashed or dimino required restarting? * Erroneous, normal fix though

operations:agenda2018_04_05

2018-04-05T03:12:28+00:00

Chair: Patrick Attended: Jonny, Atifur, Mas, Simin, Katie, Tiege, Jamie Apologies: Arwin, Ross, Lucas Absent: Handover Issues * CRF106: * yg: Assigned module (HOB+0107) was full, but used HOB+0097 instead. Module allocation spreadsheet wasn't updated in time.

operations:agenda2018_04_19

2018-04-19T03:24:37+00:00

Chair: Katie Attended: Jonny, Ross, Atifur, Tiege, Mas, Simin, Lucas, Patrick, Lucia, Jamie Apologies: Arwin Absent: Handover Issues * R4836: * yg: e-remote control lost connection. In the end Jamie fixed the problem, as Yg weren't answering the phone after the module change.

operations:agenda2018_05_03

2018-05-03T03:27:08+00:00

Chair: Atifur Attended: Jamie, Lucia, Mas, Simin, Katie, Tiege, Lucas, Johnny, Patrick Apologies: Ross Absent: Arwin Handover Issues * R4839: * Ke: Delay difference began drifting from 0.36 to 0.5 us (also reported in AUA042) * AOV022:

operations:agenda2018_05_17

2018-05-17T03:22:47+00:00

Chair: Mas Attended: Jamie, Lucia, Mas, Simin, Katie, Tiege, Lucas, Patrick, Ross, Artifur Apologies: Johnny Absent: Arwin Handover Issues CRDS95 Katherine 12m •Patrick need to swapped out the module due to bad disk, received an alarm error (m5-104 mk5cn: time-out, connection closed), tried to restart the mk5 in between scans but didn’t fix the error. The error is due to a faulty disk in the module (shows up in get_stats procedure), which causing writes to disk to be slower than usual. Ha…

operations:agenda2018_05_31

2018-05-31T03:12:17+00:00

Chair: Simin Attended: Katie, Mas, Simin, Lucas, Ross, Patrick, Atifur Apologies: Jamie, Lucia, Arwin, Tiege Absent: Handover Issues aov023 Hobart26 * Katie and Jamie received alarms “ALARM: error fl -1 previous source in this schedule not reached before the new source was commanded” due to wind speed reaching up to 45 km/h

operations:agenda2018_06_14

2018-06-14T03:36:04+00:00

Chair: Tiege Attended: Katie, Simin, Mas, Patrick, Lucas Apologies: Atifur, Jonny, Arwin, Ross Absent: General Issues * How has Hobart 26m pressure/temps been holding up? * Keep an eye on this, be aware you may need to travel out to the telescope and pump the receiver.

operations:agenda2018_06_28

2018-06-28T03:23:45+00:00

Chair: Ross Attended: Tiege, Lucas, Patrick, Atifur Apologies: Arwin, Jonny, Simin, Katie, Mas, Jamie, Lucia Absent: General Issues * Yg said they don't get information about the disk space required for an experiment from the new schedule format (.vex experiments?).

operations:agenda2018_07_12

2018-07-12T03:28:28+00:00

Chair: Lucas Attended: Tiege, Jamie, Lucia, Atifur, Prad, Simin, Katie, Mas, Ross Absent: Patrick, Jonny General Issues Yarragadee humidity sensor buggy? sometimes only reports 0.0 or 100.0. * replacement incoming * Hobart26m cooling and modules. Discuss.

operations:agenda2018_07_23

2018-09-06T03:39:50+00:00

Chair: Mas Attended: Prad, Simin, Jesse, Katie, Tiege, Lucia, Jamie, Lucas, Artifur Apologies: Ross, Patrick, Arwin Absent: Jonny Handover Issues Katherine 12m: * Clock jump/delay drift, fs crash, need to reconfigure and restart the DBBC several times

operations:agenda2018_07_26

2018-08-09T03:21:59+00:00

Chair: Katie Attended: Jamie, Lucia, Patrick, Lucas, Simin, Jesse, Ross, Tiege, Atifur Apologies: Mas Absent: Prad General Issues * Yg wind sensor? * Something in the wiring, disconnected at the moment (under investigation). Keep an eye on the weather radar. Cal Yg if you see wind picking up. Monica?

operations:agenda2018_09_20

2018-09-20T04:23:53+00:00

Chair: Simin Attended: Jamie, Mas, Katie, Lucas, Tiege, Atifur, Jesse, Prad Apologies: Absent: Ross, Patrick, Arwin Handover Issues Katherine 12m: * Still have problem with Clock jump/delay drift. For the moment try to shut the dbbc off and then bring it back. Jamie still working on it. One jump is ok in one hour but if it is more than one, it is better to restart it.

operations:agenda2018_10_04

2018-10-04T03:16:25+00:00

Chair: Lucas Attended: Tiege, Mas, Atifur, Katie, Lucia, Simin, Jay Absent: Patrick, Ross, Jesse General Issues * Katherine maser/dbbc/heating appears to have been successful. No more clock jumps recorded in past week? * Antenna monitor says YG stowed even though tracking and onsource (r4861, r1862), az el still move just little box says stow

operations:agenda2018_10_18

2018-10-18T02:09:25+00:00

Chair: Tiege Attended: Lucas, Simin, Jamie, Lucia, Mas, Katie, Prad, ATifur Apologies: Ross, Arwin Absent: General Issues * With summer coming around, might need to keep an eye on Hobart 26m receiver temperatures. * There are plans to fix the cryo, unlikely to happen before summer observing season.

operations:agenda2018_11_01

2018-11-01T02:18:23+00:00

Chair: Ross Attended: Jesse, Prad, Lim, Jay, Simin, Lucas, Earl, Tiege, Atifur, Jamie, Katie Apologies: Absent: General Issues * The X-band values of tsys show up as '$$$$$$' at Katherine due to issue with cal. * Restarting dbbc fixed this, appears to be benign. If it happens again may be an actual problem. Note anything like this!

operations:agenda2018_11_15

2018-11-15T02:14:14+00:00

Chair: Katie Attended: Mas, Jay, Lim Ross, Tiege, Jamie, Atifur, Lucas Apologies: Prad, Jesse Absent: General Issues * Jamie gone all Dec, most of Jan. Handover Issues r1867 : Katherine getting large delay - but can be fixed using using the 'counter' command or resetting the dbbc.

operations:agenda2018_12_06

2018-12-06T18:40:43+00:00

---------- Chair: Atifur Attended: Earl, Momtaz, Lim, Mas, Jay, Apologies: Simin, Katie, Absent: Lucas, Ross, Patrick, Tiege General Issues * Hobart 26: Formatter to FS time 0.5s or greater. the Mk5 time should be synced to the real time and should be pretty close. shouldn't be more than a second. * Yr12: Back to regular Mk5. mk5-2 died. back to mk5yg. * DBBC PCI 7200 card replaced. sync_error fixed. symptoms: pps_delay -2mill. to 2mill. restart or recongfig. didn't help. …

operations:agenda2018_12_13

2018-12-13T02:20:22+00:00

Chair: Mas Attended: Tiege, Prad Apologies: Simin, Katie, Lucas, Jay, Patrick Absent:Artifur General Issues: Hobart 26m: AOV030 Couldn't get value for maserdelay and clkoff (Fmset is OK - delay difference = 0.00) - need to ask Warren about this issue -make sure to use mk5hb for auscope observation

operations:agenda2019_01_10

2019-01-10T02:17:55+00:00

Chair: Tiege (covering for the lazy horrible patrick) Attended: Prad, Lucas, Jay, Mas, Simin, Lim Apologies: Atifur Absent: General Issues * Katherine delay drifting * still happening, but unless told otherwise we are still running the experiments.

operations:agenda2019_01_11

2018-01-11T02:27:28+00:00

Meeting 11th January Chair: Tiege Present: Tiege, Jesse, Bryn, Jonny, Ross, Katie, Atifur, Mas, Patrick, Lucas, Jamie Apologies: Lucia Absent: Arwin General Issues: * Hobart 26m cryo issues? * BAD, ongoing problems with helium leaking. Pressure dropping, needs Warren to top up very regularly. Brett should be coming back next week, hopefully, he can sort it out

operations:agenda2019_01_16

2020-01-16T02:11:54+00:00

Chair: Prad next week's chair: Lucas Attended: Simin, Lim, Mas, Jamie, Lucas, Tiege, Eloise, Becca Apologies: Absent: General Issues * Rostering duties - Lim taking up the job. * Fixing up the meetings' roster. * New observers - Eloise and Becca to get some training eventually.

operations:agenda2019_01_24

2019-02-06T22:41:15+00:00

Chair: Lucas Attended: Tiege, Ross, Simin, Mas, Jay, Prad, Katie Apologies: Montaz Absent: Earl, Atifur General Issues * Katherine 10MHz should be fixed by *today* or “soon”. Hopefully before the R4 or during. * S/X receiver going back on axis next week, should be taking part in the next scheduled experiment (check with Brett and Warren).

operations:agenda2019_01_25

2018-01-25T02:17:17+00:00

Chair: Attended: Everybody <3 Apologies: Absent: General Issues Handover Issues * Hobart 26m receiver temperature issues during aov019. * Cryo fix has been implemented (temporarily), this appeards to be redular issues with day-time temperature flucuations. Brett did some pumping to sort this out, monitor temps as required during shifts.

operations:agenda2019_01_30

2020-01-30T02:15:39+00:00

Chair: Lucas next week's chair: Lim Attended: Ross, Jamie, Simin, Eloise, Earl, Mas, Jay, Becca, Katie , Patrick Apologies: Prad Absent: Lim General Issues * Shifts * Back to back overnight shifts? * Day shifts * Warren away currently for 2 weeks

operations:agenda2019_02_05

2019-05-02T03:15:33+00:00

Chair: Tiege Attended: Tiege, Katie, Earl, Simin, Mas, Lucas, Patrick, Momtaz, Jay, Prad Apologies: Lim, Ross Absent: General Issues * Please make sure you are carefully checking the roster for shifts, especially for months where I have noted odd experiments.

operations:agenda2019_02_07

2019-02-07T02:14:50+00:00

Chair: Patrick Attended: Warren, Gabor, Katie, Earl, Lucas, Mas, Prad, Lim, Momtaz, Ross, Tiege Apologies: Simin Absent: General Issues * LBA is coming up, 21st feb. * Ke, Yg will change to using flexbuf (vs. mk5) at some point this year *

operations:agenda2019_02_08

2018-02-08T02:22:57+00:00

Chair: Tiege Attended: Mas, Simin, Katie, Patrick, Jamie, Apologies: Arwin, Bryn, Jonny, Lucia, Jonny Absent: General Issues * LBA, how is everyone going? * Hobart 26m, holding up? * It will be in experiments next week, receivers can not be changed remotely. Make sure S/X is on axis before Brett leaves.

operations:agenda2019_02_21

2019-02-21T02:42:35+00:00

Chair: Mas Attended: Simin, Lim, Katie, Lucas, Patrick, Jay, Earl, Prad, Ross , Apologies: Tiege, Momtaz Absent: General Issues Hobart 26m: * Frequent wind stowed (might need to manually turned drives back on with vdesk when the antenna drives switched off)

operations:agenda2019_02_22

2018-02-22T04:08:48+00:00

Chair: Jonny Attended: Ross, Katie, Mas, Simin, Patrick, Lucas, Jamie Apologies: Arwin, Bryn, Lucia Absent: Jesse, Atifur General Issues * Wind stows: Remember to start the correct script on Ho26. Correct script is WindStow.sh reads WindLog.sh

operations:agenda2019_03_07

2019-03-07T02:20:53+00:00

Chair: Katie Attended: Simin, Lim, Mas, Lucas, Patrick, Jay, Prad, Tiege Absent:Momtaz, Earl General Issues * crd have vex not sked files, so lba slogit should work. Might need to check proc files. Can always copy over a previous proc file for the same experiment, but have a look into them to see that they are ok. * Jamie back soon in April.

operations:agenda2019_03_21

2019-03-21T02:28:33+00:00

Chair: Jay Attended: Earl, Warren, Prad, Mas, Momtaz Absent: General Issues * Web cameras for Hobart 26m not updating. Warren says that he'll ask brett about it. * Warrens says observers please make sure that experiment starts on time by using delay start commands.

operations:agenda2019_04_04

2019-04-04T03:04:01+00:00

Chair: Simin Attended: Mas, Ross, Jaime, Earl, Lim, Momtaz, Prad, Lucas, and Patrick Apologies: Tiege Absent: Katie, Jay General Issues * Calendar is updated by Jaime. * Module capacity problem in ohg experiment. ohg experiments are becoming heavy experiments so bigger disks are needed.

operations:agenda2019_05_16

2019-05-16T03:14:08+00:00

Chair: Lim Attended: Momtaz Simin, Mas, Tiege, Patrick, Jamie, Katie Apologies: Ross, Earl, Jay, Lucas Absent: General Issues * Please remember to create handover note page during setup. * No connection to Yg and Hb maser. * Go to pcfs terminate the e remote control and restart if cannot connect.

operations:agenda2019_05_30

2019-06-13T04:44:15+00:00

Chair: Momtaz Attended: Earl, Mas, Lucas, Lim, Prad, Patrick,Tiege, Simin, Gabor, Katie, Ross Apologies: Jay Absent: General Issues * Please remember to send end and start message and log file. * FS crashed for a couple of experiments- David Hosley was looking into the problem and would be updated the Field System as well!

operations:agenda2019_06_27

2019-06-27T03:22:39+00:00

Chair: Tiege Attended: Tiege, Ross, Lucas, Simin, Patrick, Katie, Mas, Momtaz, Jamie. Apologies: Lim, Earl, Jay Absent: General Issues * Need to fill out the meeting roster * New machine in AuScope room * replacement for ops4 - half setup currently, no ERC. Ops4 is no longer.

operations:agenda2019_07_11

2019-07-11T03:30:55+00:00

Chair: Earl Next week's chair: Jay Attended: Lim, Jay, Jamie, Ross, Katie, Tiege, Gabor, Apologies: Simin, Mas, Momtaz, Absent: Lucas, General Issues * ops8 restarted unexpectedly at 17:45UT and 17:55UT during R4901 (Lim) (foot knocking the power bottom perhaps.)

operations:agenda2019_07_25

2019-07-25T03:13:12+00:00

Chair: Jay next week's chair: Lucas Attended: katie, Lim, Patrick, Tiege, Simin, Earl, Jamie, Apologies: Absent: General Issues * internet connection issue was quite a big headache throughout all experiments for Yg. Brett is on it. Handover Issues

operations:agenda2019_08_08

2019-08-08T03:32:59+00:00

Chair: Lucas next week's chair: Lim Attended: Katie, Lim, Patrick, Tiege, Simin, Earl, Jamie, Prad, Gabor, Ross Apologies: Jay Absent: General Issues * Katherine antenna=open * Log monitor: * could be ops-serv2 having latency - Jamie investigate

operations:agenda2019_08_22

2019-08-22T03:13:07+00:00

Chair: Lim next week's chair: Patrick Attended: Simin, Mas, Jay, Ross, Prad, Lucia, Katie Apologies: Jamie Absent: General Issues * Mk5 problem with Hobart 26m. DIMino crash. * Don't foret to send the logs and mention the problem if exists.

operations:agenda2019_09_05

2019-09-05T03:03:38+00:00

Chair: Patrick next week's chair: Ross Attended: Prad, Lim, Tiege Apologies: Jamie Absent: Everyone else General Issues * Receiver upgrade at Katherine has gone well! Fringes were obtained. * LBA Handover Issues RD1908 Ho: * Cryo He supply pressure drops

operations:agenda2019_09_19

2019-09-19T03:13:58+00:00

Chair: Ross next week's chair: Katie Attended: Tiege, Lucas, Patrick, Prad, Lim, Guifre, Earl Apologies: Absent: General Issues * Yg: Monica generating 20 GB/hour in error conditions. * Yg: eRemoteCtrl isn't showing right date and timing of current scan.

operations:agenda2019_10_03

2019-10-03T03:07:40+00:00

Chair: Katie next week's chair: Simin Attended: Gabor, Lim, Prad, Jay Apologies: Tiege, Jamie, Patrick Absent: Lucas, Simin, Mas General Issues * DBBC software needed a couple of restarts due to the well known TPI overflow issue when doing a pointing check.

operations:agenda2019_10_17

2019-10-17T02:08:52+00:00

Chair: Tiege next week's chair: Mas Attended: Mas, Patrick, Ross, Katie, Jay Apologies: Lucas Absent: General Issues * Ho status update - still out unless you hear otherwise? * This weekend I am rostering for November - get your availability to me

operations:agenda2019_10_31

2019-10-31T02:20:27+00:00

Chair: Mas next week's chair: Prad Attended: Prad, Jamie, Earl, Tiege, Patrick, Gabor, Lucas Apologies: Jay, Ross, Simin Absent: Handover Issues * Main computer screens were not working and need to reboot - may be related to configuration *

operations:agenda2019_11_14

2019-11-14T02:13:19+00:00

Chair: Tiege next week's chair: Katie Attended: Mas, Lucas Apologies: Ross, Prad, Katie Absent: General Issues * Hobart 26m back up and running? * Yes - live page looks sketchy, may need to be looked at. Flickering between states. * Keep an eye on Monica, it sometimes crashes and will stop updating wind conditions.

operations:agenda2019_11_28

2019-11-28T02:14:05+00:00

Chair: Katie next week's chair: Patrick Attended: Mas, Jamie, Tiege, Patrick Apologies: Absent: Jay, Lim, Lucas General Issues * hoping to get Ke and Hb onto VGOS observing by the New Year * New people starting next year that will need training (Becca + Eloise?) maybe Simon has some students and Jamie might have people.

operations:agenda2019_12_12

2019-12-12T02:22:31+00:00

Chair: Patrick next week's chair: ? Attended: Patrick, Tiege, Earl, Jamie Apologies: Prad, Katie, Ross Absent: Lucas General Issues * When do observations start in the New Year? * First session 2nd January (R4) * Additional sessions (not regular IVS) will be added in

operations:agenda2019_18_04

2019-04-18T03:12:10+00:00

Chair: Prad Attended: Jay, Jamie, Tiege, Simin, Mas, Katie, Lim, Momtaz, Ross, Lucas Apologies: Patrick, Earl Absent: General Issues * Please don't forget to start a handover notes page. * Live map of the Ke weather has been down - Jamie will have a look/any ideas from observers to fix it?

operations:agenda2020_02_13

2020-02-13T02:19:33+00:00

Chair: Lim next week's chair: Simin Attended: Lucas, Katie, Prad, Jay, Mas, Earl, Simin, Eloise, Becca, Jamie, Ross, David, Gabor Apologies: Tiege, Patrick Absent: General Issues * Yarragadee * VNC connection to maseryg? * Accessible through vnc maseryg:2 [password is some German word on the AuScope room board]

operations:agenda2020_02_27

2020-02-27T02:34:06+00:00

Chair: Simin Next week's chair: Mas Attended: Mas, Katie, Becca, Prad, Jay, Lim, Jamie, Gabor, Guifre Apologies: Absent: Earl, Eloise, Lucas, Patrick, Tiege General Issues * Hobart 26m * Problem with the brakes problem/a hydraulic fault alarm

operations:agenda2020_03_12

2020-03-12T02:19:01+00:00

Chair: Mas Next week's chair: Tiege Attended: Lim, Katie, Simin, Elouise, Prad, Jamie, Becca, Tiege, Earl Apologies: Patrick, Lucas, Jay Absent: General Issues - LBA shifts will start next week - If uni totally close due to coronavirus (no access to the building), need to do remote observation. Make sure internet access and VPN are working.

operations:agenda2020_03_26

2020-03-26T02:17:53+00:00

Chair: Tiege next week's chair: Patrick Attended: Earl, Katie, Lim, Simin, Patrick, Jamie, Jay, Becca, Prad, Mas General Issues * Future meeting chairs! DONE * How did LBA go? * Hobart drives getting stuck easily, hard to get unstowed.

operations:agenda2020_04_09

2020-04-09T03:34:33+00:00

Chair: Patrick next week's chair: Katie Attended: Mas, Earl, Tiege, Jamie, Katie, Prad, Eloise Apologies: Absent: General Issues * Remote observing: anyone tried it? comments, questions, tips? * Seems to work well. * Still access card only after Easter, but UTAS is strongly discouraging people to be on campus. Might change.

operations:agenda2020_04_23

2020-04-23T03:11:36+00:00

Chair: Katie next week's chair: Earl Attended: Prad, Simin, Lim, Jamie, Eloise, Patrick, Mas, Jay Apologies: Becca Absent: Earl General Issues * Seems like theres almost always no checkmk5 commands and we have to add it. * Seems to be something with networking at Yg. When slogit run sometimes copies file ok but sometimes can't upload. IT are having a look. You will see a an Error when running slogit. Maybe down to MTU setting.

operations:agenda2020_05_07

2020-05-07T03:06:02+00:00

Chair: Earl next week's chair: Prad! Attended: Patrick, Simin, Prad, Jamie, Guifre, Mas Apologies: Absent: General Issues * Yg fs update, some minor issues... * Ho fs freezing... Handover Issues *

operations:agenda2020_05_21

2020-05-21T03:12:43+00:00

Chair: Jay next week's chair: Eloise Attended: Simin, Prad, Patrick, Lim, Tiege, Katie, Mas, Eloise, Jamie, Guifre Apologies: Absent: General Issues * field system and drive pc keep crashing for HOBART 26. * this might is associated with some glitches in eRemote Control. for the time being, don't start e-remote control. use VNC's for observing and make sure log monitor is also running.

operations:agenda2020_06_04

2020-06-04T03:13:40+00:00

Chair: Eloise next week's chair: Prad Attended: Lim, Simin, Prad, David, Jamie, Warren Apologies: Patrick, Katie, Mas Absent: General Issues * SI experiments (1-hour intensives with Hb/Yg, Mondays at 1530 UT) - JMc Handover Issues * AOV047

operations:agenda2020_06_18

2020-06-18T03:11:04+00:00

Chair: Prad next week's chair: Lim Attended: Jay, David, Eloise, Katie, Lim, Mas, Katie, Patrick, Tiege, Simin Apologies: Absent: General Issues * Control room camera access? No response through the vpn. * Occasional problem with the live page. Possibly a drivepc crash.

operations:agenda2020_07_02

2020-07-02T03:22:49+00:00

Chair: Lim next week's chair: Simin Attended: David, Eloise, Guifre, Prad, Katie, Mas, Patrick,Jay, Simin, Earl, Gabor, Jamie Apologies: General Issues * Hobart had a few drives shut down. Handover Issues * AOV048 * Ho: * 22:58 UT fs crash next good scan was 168-2328 (Warren)

operations:agenda2020_07_16

2020-07-16T04:10:38+00:00

Chair: Simin Next meeting chair: Mas Attended: Lim, Katie, Warren, Pradyumna, Tiege, Jamie, Mas, Jay, Patrick Apologies: Earl General Issues * Ho gives continuous error ma -4 device rx timed-out not response. * It might be related to receiver package. Occasion ones should be fine. Continuous ones should be considered and restart fs. Via vdesk try to bring back the antenna to the schedule. Sometimes have to try drvon for 5 min! Brett and Jamie will investigate this.

operations:agenda2020_07_30

2020-07-30T03:19:55+00:00

Chair: Mas Next meeting chair: Tiege Attended: Prad, Simin, Tiege, Jay Apologies: General Issues: Hobart 26m: R1956: PCFS froze (Jay) CRD107: Problem with the drive. No autocorrelations as no checkmk5 procedure in the procedure file (Warren). Problem with device Rx timed out (Brett and Warren are still working on it) OHG126: Focus platform x-motor controller in the drive room needed a reset. Brett checked the receiver cabin noise (Warren) Si0209: DBBCHo lagged DBBCHb recording stamp time …

operations:agenda2020_08_27

2020-08-27T03:16:16+00:00

Chair: Patrick Next meeting chair: Katie Attended: Jay, Eloise, Jamie, Lim, Prad, Mas, Simin, Warren Apologies: General Issues * Don't submit checklists for Ho - still broken. * AUM observing notes should be pretty good * sx time test script is necessary

operations:agenda2020_09_10

2020-09-10T03:03:07+00:00

Chair: Katie Next meeting chair: Earl Attended: Lim, Prad, Simin, Tiege, Mas, Guifre, Eloise, Jay, Patrick Apologies: General Issues * Update on Ho checklists? Not yet, but soon. * LO Ho 26m problem, looks like it is fixed. * Drive controller swapped on the 26m. The problem starting the drives should be fixed now.

operations:agenda2020_09_24

2020-10-08T02:22:07+00:00

Chair: Jay Next meeting chair: Eloise Attended: Mas, Katie, Eloise, Earl, Prad, Jamie, Patrick, Lim Apologies: Simin, Tiege, General Issues * CAL controller failure for HO 26 during AOV051 * one of amplifier stage stopped working. it's been fixed now. it's been repaired now. need to confirm whether it's working fine or not

operations:agenda2020_11_05

2020-11-05T02:09:42+00:00

Chair: Eloise Next meeting chair: Prad Attended: Earl, Jamie, Tiege, Prad, Katie, Mas, Patrick, Gabor, Simin Apologies: General Issues * Ke still not ready for experiments Handover Issues * AUM021 * Hb 12m: jive5ab crashed. Missed scans 308-0641 to 308-1048 (Patrick)

operations:agenda2020_11_19

2020-11-19T02:12:45+00:00

Chair: Pradyumna Next meeting chair: Lim Attended: Jay, Eloise, Jamie, Mas, Simin, Katie, Patrick, Lim, Guifre Apologies: General Issues * S/X receiver sensitivity -systemic low gain from receiver. Losing x-band data -Being tested. Possibly will miss an experiment or two to check the reciver. Check with Jamie/Warren if one has a Ho26 shift. Higher temperatures at zenith by ten-fold. Receiver to be assessed next week.

operations:agenda2020_12_03

2020-12-03T09:22:31+00:00

Chair: Lim Next meeting chair: Simin Attended: Mas, Katie, Guifre, Jamie, Earl, Prad, Jay Apologies: Simin, Eloise, Patrick General Issues * Ho26 S/X receiver sensitivity issue solved after LNA Power supply repair. Nominal temperature reading again. Cryo issue now.

operations:agenda2020_12_17

2020-12-17T02:09:22+00:00

Chair: Mas Next meeting chair: Simin Attended: Jamie, Jay, Simin, Patrick, Katie, Prad Apologies: - Handover Issues: * Hobart 26m had an issue with DBBC, Cryo pressure, clkoff maserdelay large offset (R1977 & CRD110). * Problem with the DBBC card, Warren fixed the Cryo pressure, but please keep an eye on the pressure.

operations:agenda2021_01_14

2021-01-14T02:06:26+00:00

Chair: Simin Next meeting chair: Patrick Attended: Mas, Pradyumna, Jamie, Jay, Katie, Earl, Tiege, Patrick Apologies: General Issues * Katherine will back next week. Handover Issues * R1981 * Ho26m: Error when setting up: SX receiver parameter pres out of range. This indicates that the pressure was too high (~6, should be less that 5. Not a big deal). Alarm ignored as there is nothing we can do about it. (Eloise & Warren)

operations:agenda2021_01_28

2021-01-28T02:00:25+00:00

Chair: Patrick Next meeting chair: Katie, Jamie, Lim, Mas, Simin, Prad Attended: Apologies: General Issues * Katherine: only dbbc3? Handover Issues * Ho * r1982 * multiple ERROR sc -13 setcl: formatter to FS time difference 0.5 seconds or greater

operations:agenda2021_02_11

2021-02-11T02:12:26+00:00

Chair: Katie Next meeting chair: Attended: Jay, Earl, Guifre, Mas, Simin, Lim, Prad Apologies: General Issues * Ke still has some bad dbbc delays, due to bad maser.Trying to track down the issue - probably related with stability. Handover Issues

operations:agenda2021_02_25

2021-02-25T02:22:20+00:00

Chair: Jamie Next meeting chair: Jay Attended: Jay, Simin, Jasper, Patrick +++ Apologies: General Issues * Meeting roster - Earl to swap for Eloise (25th March)? * New observer (Jasper Edwards) who will be looking to sit in on some observing shifts for training.

operations:agenda2021_03_11

2021-03-11T02:23:47+00:00

Chair: Jay Next meeting chair: Earl Attended: Lim, Simin, Mas, Katie, Jamie, Prad Apologies: General Issues * Hb dbbc3 samplers values were bad for couple of aua/aum experiments - Jamie will have a look into it Handover Issues aum029: * one flexbuffhb system disk still down guifre and warren working on rebuild - one of the disk was bad, had to be removed, disk13 was the usual culprit last couple of times. drives are getting bit old. flexbudfhb will go offline in near future for some…

operations:agenda2021_03_25

2021-03-25T02:15:44+00:00

Chair: Earl Next meeting chair: Pradyumna Attended: Jamie, Simin, Lim, Mas, Pradyumna, Jay Apologies: General Issues * auscope0 link vs new auscope site, (up and down with testing). * email exploder issues. * resume SI experiments from 16/4/21 - best time at end of r4 experiments, weekly, extra 1 hour, same mode.

operations:agenda2021_04_08

2021-04-08T03:07:59+00:00

Chair: Pradyumna Next meeting chair: Lim Attended: Pradyumna, Jamie, Simin, Lim, Earl Apologies: General Issues * S/X receiver and other Ho26m updates? Out for IVS observations. LNA needs fix. Should have some update next week possibly. Plan to have a larger shutdown at some point in the future.

operations:analysis

2017-04-28T03:33:09+00:00

Analysis some notes that I can remember where things are. NuSolve observer@ops7 NuSolve

operations:aum-hb

2021-04-27T05:13:26+00:00

Some background The AUM experiments are designed to investigate and hopefully demonstrate the compatibility of the new wideband VGOS receiver with the existing S/X system. This is important for maintaining a global geodetic network during the transition to a fully global VGOS array.

operations:aust14_system_check

2014-09-04T14:06:13+00:00

System checks Firstly, check the schedule summary out and find out which is the first scan to finish after the start of the check period (check times for each antenna are given in the table on this page). The idea is to stop the schedule while no data are being recorded. For example, if the check time is 19:00 UT, then in the schedule below, it could be halted after 19:05:45 UT but before 19:07:43 UT:

operations:backup_control

2014-11-22T02:31:02+00:00

Backup control system Occasionally, especially for Yg, eRc can refuse to connect or frequently drop out. The VNC session can also suffer some problems, has quite a heavy network load, and doesn't allow copy-paste. The field system ships with a suite of tools to allow it to be access from a terminal, so as an alternative to eRc and VNC, a 'tmux' layout has been created to present these tools in a convenient manner. As this is purely text based and amenable to compression over ssh, it is very lig…

operations:big_screens

2017-12-05T00:10:32+00:00

Raspberry Pi Video Display The Stairwell displays are run by four Raspberry Pi mini computers. Communication to the Pis is from the Ubuntu machine, auscope-screens at 131.217.62.142. User auscope, password the usual. Please power down the stairwell monitors using the switches under the main desk labelled Screen 1, Screen 2, after hours to save power. Please power them up at 8-9am weekdays if you are in the control room. The Raspberry Pi's are shutdown automatically at 4:55pm each day by a cro…

operations:bonnship

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Shipping Mark5 modules to the Bonn correlator NOTE: In the instructions below, replace XX with yg for Yarragadee and ke for Katherine. * Print a module experiment barcode * In a pcfsXX terminal window do: cd /usr2/log drudg r1497ke.log all R C

operations:checklist_parameters

2013-08-29T01:05:11+00:00

Checklist Parameter Descriptions Below is an explanation of the current list of items to check during an observation: * HMI: Antenna drives OK Check the antenna status display in HMI on the Windows PC (to view it, start a VNC session via the Applications menu to time[hb|ke|yg]). If DRIVES STATUS, SOFT LIMITS, DEMAND LIMITING and HARD LIMITS are all green then all is well. If HMI isn't running or you want to restart it here are some notes on

operations:click_here

2015-02-19T10:16:09+00:00

Austral 15, Feb 2015 This is the link to the Station Checking Procedure. It is similar to the Aust14 procedure, but please follow it carefully. If the gap between the schedules is only half an hour and it is time to do a station check, please do the whole station check, then start the schedule after the station check is complete.

operations:cont14_observatory_check

2014-05-16T05:04:47+00:00

CONT14 Observatory System Checkout Procedure Firstly, check the schedule summary printout and find out which is the first scan to finish after the start of the check period (check times for each antenna are given on this page). The idea is to stop the schedule while no data are being recorded. For example, if the check time is 19:00 UT, then in the schedule below, it could be halted after 19:05:45 UT but before 19:07:43 UT:

operations:contact

2014-11-25T03:35:53+00:00

Contact Information Mailing lists * auscope-operations@list.utas.edu.au : people involved in operations (organisation, logistics, data transfers etc) * auscope-observers@list.utas.edu.au : Our observers * auscope-ke@list.utas.edu.au : Local people at Katherine

operations:correlator_reports2014-11-06

2014-11-06T00:31:06+00:00

---------- AUST37 Hb: wind stows early in experiment, scan missed. Ross didn't record which scans were missed so I will have to manually go through the log at the end Ke: Tsys bands 09, 11, 12 been a bit high 160-190 all experiment, and this has been happening with band 09 continuously in previous experiments too

operations:cuppa

2013-11-21T19:17:52+00:00

Transfers directly to the to Cuppa cluster are a temporary measure while the PBstore is offline. The process uses Tsunami and is mostly similar to the Bonn transfers. Setting up the server First move to the directory where the data to be copied is located with

operations:currentissues

2018-06-19T01:38:09+00:00

Current Issues Yarragadee Maser VNC Not Working Symptom * VNC for maser pc is not working from the drop-down menu * Manually attempting to VNC to the maser pc returns some form of unreachable message Solution * Contact staff at Yg and ask them if they can reboot the maser pc

operations:dbbc_yg_optimisation_2013_jan

2013-01-30T02:51:16+00:00

Using pcfsyg:~/pcalmon_dim.sh for testing. Summary: CoMo B still shows low phase cal amplitude, about 20 units compared to ~40 for CoMo A on the same settings. Eliminated X-band inputs as the cause by swapping them. Given the old CoMo B and the new one behave similarly, it seems likely that the CoMo is not the problem. It could be the IF cable from the output of the CoMo, so we'll swap that and see if there's an improvement

operations:disk_pos.py

2016-11-11T05:46:09+00:00

Using the disk_pos.py script Disk_pos.py will calculate the difference between recorded and expcted data amounts. You only need to set it up once for each experiment. On a terminal in ops8 (in the home directory) type gedit disk_pos.py This will open the script in a text file. Scroll down to the

operations:documentation.clock_and_delay_check

2019-01-15T03:52:41+00:00

Clock offsets and Delays Field System and station time agreement The fmset program can be used to confirm that the Field system time agrees with the station time. Open a terminal on pcfs[hb|ke|yg], and type fmset The Field System and Computer times should agree. Press the key to exit fmset.

operations:documentation.contcal

2014-04-24T04:38:13+00:00

Continuous calibration Continous cal is a way of constantly measuring system temperature (Tsys). It is achieved by continuously modulating a noise diode via a 80 Hz square-wave signal from the DBBC. The DBBC detects the return signal, demodulates it, and uses the on/off values to measure Tsys.

operations:documentation.dbbcsetupivs

2016-05-16T12:48:17+00:00

DBBC Setup for IVS Open a VNC session to the DBBC you want to configure from the Applications menu on Ops4: In C:\DBBC_CONF\ are several configuration files for different experiment types. The configurations used for IVS are: * dbbc_config_file_geo.txt

operations:documentation.dbbcsetupivs_9.10.5

2016-07-27T18:19:59+00:00

DBBC Setup for IVS Open a VNC session to the DBBC you want to configure from the Applications menu on Ops2: If you can't connect to the DBBC VNC server, the DBBC may have died. In which case, follow these notes on Recovering from a DBBC Failure In C:\DBBC_CONF\ are several configuration files for different experiment types. The default configuration is kept in

operations:documentation.dbbcsetupivs_v2

2016-10-08T16:08:08+00:00

DBBC Setup for IVS Open a VNC session to the DBBC you want to configure from the Applications menu on Ops2: In C:\DBBC_CONF\ are several configuration files for different experiment types. The configurations used for IVS are: * dbbc_config_file_104_rapid.txt

operations:documentation.eremotecontrol_checklist_end

2014-08-13T05:56:32+00:00

End of Experiment Checklist Parameter Descriptions Below is an explanation of the current list of items to check during an observation: * Antenna: back in stow position Check the antenna status display in the system monitor window and check that the antenna has returned to stow. If not, issue a

operations:documentation.eremotecontrol_checklist_midob

2018-03-13T11:14:52+00:00

Checklist Parameter Descriptions Note: In case of a power outage, you cannot assume that anything is safe! Use the pre-observation checklist. Below is an explanation of the current list of items to check during an observation: * Antenna: drives OK

operations:documentation.eremotecontrol_checklist_midob26

2019-05-15T02:08:38+00:00

26m Checklist * Antenna : on source and tracking. Use the onsource command to check the antenna is where it should be, * * Time: Field System time (econtrol StatusMonitor) agrees with station time * Time: Maser status OK Check the “Standard VCH-1005A Manager

operations:documentation.errors

2017-09-27T06:29:37+00:00

Alarm and error documentation page This page is dedicated to presenting new and current observers with the myriad (or miriad ;) ) of problems that the observer may face. And more importantly, the successful solutions to them. If you come across an error whilst observing, no matter how small, please add:

operations:documentation.ivs.bonnetransfer

2013-07-12T06:30:48+00:00

Transferring Data to Bonn Update: Transfers directly from mounted diskpacks have significantly higher rates of failure. Staging data to RAID is strongly recommended! Update: The mark5B upgrade to SDK9.2 has adversely affected fuseMk5 performance. It is not uncommon for the program to crash, sometimes with kernel panic during copy operations. A workaround script using DIMino has been kludged together and is in ~oper/recovery/ but is still in development.

operations:documentation.ivs.commentsfile

2016-10-02T11:45:02+00:00

Prepare the comments file and transfer the logs This can now be done from ops2. manually extract weather data * If it's Yarragadee, process the weather data manually first. * Prepare the comments file for the log/end email: * First, check the handover notes for any comments or notes. * On ops run comments.sh

operations:documentation.ivs.drudg

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Preparing Schedule and Procedure Files There are two ways of doing this: via the slogit.auscope.sh script or manually. The script is much faster and easier although there are some things to beware of. The script is currently based on ops-serv2 as

operations:documentation.ivs.drudg_9.10.5

2018-03-21T22:05:58+00:00

Preparing Schedule and Procedure Files Open a terminal and ssh into observer@ops-serv2 and run: slogit.auscope.sh When run, it will prompt you for the experiment code and observatory. Both should be entered in lower case. It will download the schedule file (or ask if you want to re-download the file if it currently exists) to

operations:documentation.ivs.drudg_ureop

2013-01-22T21:31:32+00:00

The ultra-rapid EOP measurements use either modified IVS schedules (with Hobart in “tag-along” mode) or bespoke schedules. In either case, the usual slogit procedures can be used but you should make sure that the correct skd file is in /vlbobs/ivs/sched/ on ops-serv2 before starting & make sure it doesn't get overwritten by downloading the unmodified schedule.

operations:documentation.ivs.drudg_ureop_9.10.5

2012-10-10T22:28:52+00:00

Prepare the schedue and procedure files as usual but make sure the preob and checkmk5 procedures look like this: define preob 12276061017 "tsys commented out until there is diode control "!* systemp12 onsource sy=run setcl offset & disk2file=abort,, !+5s "!*+4s "caltsys_man enddef define checkmk5 12276045959x "sy=/home/oper/bin/auto_cor_check.sh & scan_check mk5=get_stats? mk5=status? !+3s sy=/home/oper/bin/data2vortex.sh & enddef

operations:documentation.ivs.finishing

2011-12-05T05:25:51+00:00

Finishing an observation At the end of an observation, the antenna should return to stow. After it has, exit from the Field System, by typing the following command in the oprin window: terminate Fill in as much of the “After” section of the checklist GUI that you can, then exit it with a

operations:documentation.ivs.finishing_v2

2019-02-09T00:41:04+00:00

Finishing an observation At the end of an observation, the antenna should return to stow and eRemoteControl will bring up a checklist to run through. Here are some notes on the checklist: * Description of end experiment checklist parameters If it was an IVS experiment, process logs, comment on the experiment and and send the end of experiment e-mail:

operations:documentation.ivs.hbpaperwork1

2014-05-02T10:32:35+00:00

Hobart shipping paperwork, part 1 * Remove module from the Mark5B recorder and put a red sticker over the green dot. The sticker will (should) be on the workbench under the whiteboard. * Go to the printer in the office and put a sheet of sticky labels into the printer's tray (printable side down, and make sure it's the correct size with 7 rows and 2 columns) and note the row and column of the label to be printed to (Counting from the top left of the sheet as you look at it in the tray).

operations:documentation.ivs.hbpaperwork2

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Completing the paperwork and shipping modules at Hobart * If the modules are being shipped: * If the ares mailserver is working then use your webmail to print off a copy of the email. Otherwise, use emacs /vlbobs/ngs/logs/hb_end.mail

operations:documentation.ivs.logs

2013-12-04T19:38:28+00:00

Processing log files and shipping the data The procedure to follow here will depend on whether the data are being transferred to the correlator electronically (eTransfer) or shipped: From To: Bonn Washington Haystack VLBA Hb eTransfer

operations:documentation.ivs.mark5

2013-02-25T01:16:33+00:00

Mark5B setup Loading and unloading modules If necessary, load a new module. Here are a couple of videos showing how to install and remove modules: * Mark5 module installation * Removing a Mark5 module Setting up and configuring the Mark5 software Log in to Mark5 you want to set up (either mk5hb, mk5ke or mk5yg) as oper.

operations:documentation.ivs.mark5_module_selection

2019-01-25T00:24:46+00:00

Choosing the right module for the experiment A module should be allocated by observatory staff, see the Experiment and Module Library. 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…

operations:documentation.ivs.mark5_v2

2016-08-02T11:33:48+00:00

Mark5B setup The following assumes that a module (or modules) have already been loaded at the station. Starting the Mark5 software From within the pcfs[hb|ke|yg] VNC session log in to Mark5 you want to set up (either mk5hb, mk5ke or mk5yg) as oper.

operations:documentation.ivs.mark5_v2_swap_modules

2012-11-13T02:37:51+00:00

Swapping between Mark5 Disk modules Please read all of this page before executing any commands. These commands can all be sent from eRemoteControl or the PCFS Operator input window. There are two commands, one that will switch to the module not currently in use, and one where you specify precisely which one you want:

operations:documentation.ivs.mark5mode

2018-02-27T05:19:20+00:00

For VSI recording, 1-bit sampling and 8 MHz bandwidths (e.g. R1 and R4 experiments): mk5=mode=ext:0x55555555:2 For VSI recording, 1-bit sampling and 4 MHz bandwidths (e.g. APSG, CRF, OHIG and T2 experiments): mk5=mode=ext:0x55555555:4 Mark5 Data Recording Mode

operations:documentation.ivs.modules

2019-01-25T04:42:39+00:00

Managing Mark5 Media Allocating Modules Check the Module and experiment library to see what size modules need to be loaded for the next couple of experiments. The information is updated daily by a script, if the experiment is not listed it is because the observing notes file hasn't been posted , so look at a previous experiment of the same type in previous experiments for an idea of the data space required. If the sched or vex file is available, drudge the experiment and check the summary fil…

operations:documentation.ivs.newstart

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Following on with another observation Sometimes, another IVS observation will follow from the one just finished. In this case, it is a good idea to exit from the field system with a terminate in the oprin window. If a new Mark5 disk module is needed, remove the old one, making sure you label it and put a red sticker over the green dot. Then

operations:documentation.ivs.newstart_v2

2012-09-04T06:36:27+00:00

Following on with another observation Sometimes, another IVS observation will follow from the one just finished. In this case, some of the setup procedure will need repeating. Specifically: e-Remote Ctrl * Open a new PCFS log file * Next, set up the log monitor to provide warnings and alarms. you shouldn't need to restart it, but it will need to point to the new log file.

operations:documentation.ivs.newstart_v3_fs9.10.5

2018-09-25T22:09:59+00:00

Following on with another observation Sometimes, another IVS observation will follow from the one just finished. In this case, some of the setup procedure will need repeating. Here's a run-down of what needs doing and what can be skipped: Prepare the schedule file

operations:documentation.ivs.timingsw

2017-05-30T06:29:10+00:00

Software on the timing PC On the timing PC Desktop (Use Applications menu or on ops2 run vncviewer time[hb|ke|yg]:0), check to see if the following software is running by looking for the following application names in the Windows toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Notes on starting them if they're not running can be found by following the links:

operations:documentation.ivs

2013-10-03T05:22:33+00:00

IVS Experiments Setting Up * Preparing the schedule and procedure files * DBBC configuration * Mark5B recorder setup * Running the schedule Mark5B As oper@mk5ya, first check if the dimino program is running (ps -ef | grep dim). If not, start it with “dimino -m0&”. While your at the prompt, check that the ntp time is correct by running

operations:documentation.ivs.useful

2012-09-19T00:33:37+00:00

Extracting maser-gps and formatter-gps offsets grep hpib crds51hb.log | grep E | sed 's/\// /g' | sed 's/2012.//' | sed 's/\./ /' | sed 's/\...//' | awk '{print $1, $2, $4}' > hpib.txt grep fmout crds51hb.log | grep E | sed 's/\// /g' | sed 's/2012.//' | sed 's/\./ /' | sed 's/\...//' | awk '{print $1, $2, $4}' > fmout.txt gnuplot set timefmt "%j %H:%M:%S" set xdata time set xtics format "%H:%M" set key outside set title 'CRDS51 clock offsets' plot 'fmout.txt' u 1:($3*1.0e+6) t 'Formatter -…

operations:documentation.logmonitor

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

* First make sure that econtrol is running for the antenna you wish to monitor. * In econtrol, in the “Logging and Operator Input” section, click on the red dot icon (“record the logfile”): This will open a dialog window where you need to give a name for the log file to be saved. Select the

operations:documentation.logmonitor_eremotectrl

2016-12-20T04:05:12+00:00

Starting the log monitor For some background information: * Some notes on log files and what they're for. * First make sure that e-remote control is running for the antenna you wish to monitor. * In e-remote control, in the “Logging and Operator Input” section, click on the red dot icon (

operations:documentation.logmonitor_v3

2017-08-16T10:35:32+00:00

Log Monitor Version 3 The new version of the log monitor works as a GUI and as a text-based interface, allowing you to monitor a telescope from a terminal window. It also now keeps a text log of its output, will take the telescope name and input log on the command line and has a few other bug fixes.

operations:documentation.monitor_hart15

2015-02-19T10:50:27+00:00

Monitoring the Hart15m (Ht) To bring up the eRemoteCtrl display for the Hart 15m (Ht), Choose it from the Applications menu on the desktop. When you start, you'll be asked for a username and a password. The username is auscope and the password is the usual one. This is a monitoring-only account so commands won't be accepted. Please

operations:documentation.parkes_monitoring

2015-05-15T13:12:25+00:00

Monitoring of Parkes during IVS observations. * For IVS astrometric observations with AuScope, Parkes will use S/X receiver, Mark IV rack and Mark5B+ recorder. * The ATNF Unix account is used for the gateway to the Parkes system and all other services:

operations:documentation.pmstalm

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

pmSTALM is a script that will player an alarm over the PC speakers when significant alarms occur in the pcfs logs. It's run from a shell script on ops4 (main observing PC with 4 monitors) and/or ops6 (PC in the bedroom). After you start the schedule, you should run

operations:documentation.rapidsetup

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

DBBC Go to the DBBC terminal on the KVM (switch position is 2) or open a VNC session to the DBBC with : vncviewer -shared 131.217.63.248:0 After editing the proc file, it is necessary to set up the DBBC and Mark5B. The C:\DBBC_CONF\dbbc_config_file.txt has been edited to set the frequencies correctly for R1/R4 type experiments. For other experiments, the DBBC frequencies can be calculated either from the sky frequencies or from the original values of the VCs in the proc file. The sky freque…

operations:documentation.station_ready_email

2016-04-21T22:59:43+00:00

The Station Ready email A script is available to extract information from the schedule and log file and prepare and send a station ready email to IVS. Before sending it, you will be asked to read it and make any necessary corrections or additions. Details on Tsys, SEFD and fringe checks are not currently extracted from the log and so will need to be included by hand.

operations:documentation.test_antenna

2016-07-04T16:05:08+00:00

Antenna Checks At this stage the antenna should still be in the stow position (Az = 1, El = 88). Check antenna pad Before moving the antenna, check that the area surrounding it is clear of obstructions. This is best done via the live web cameras so that you can be sure the image is current. The username is observer and the password is the usual one:

operations:documentation.test_recording

2012-08-16T02:14:44+00:00

Making a Test Recording Now make a test recording using the Mark5. This is done through the Operator Input window. disk_record=on mk5=dot? (Output should appear as before, but it should say FHG_on) disk_record=off Now check the data are OK:

operations:documentation.test_recording_fs9.10.5

2014-01-29T21:03:29+00:00

Making a Test Recording Now make a test recording using the Mark5. This is done through eRemoteControl or the Operator Input window. disk_record=on mk5=dot? (Output should appear as before, but it should say FHG_on) disk_record=off

operations:documentation.test_tsys

2013-09-25T06:18:55+00:00

System Temperature Check A good check of the health of the receiver system is a System Temperature (Tsys) check. This can be run from the Operator Input window with the command systemp12 Tsys values are reported after about 15 seconds. Expected values are given in the checklist. If they are unusually high, there could be water (condensation) on the feed window or overcast conditions can raise the Tsys. If you suspect a wet feed window, try another Tsys measurement with the antenna tipped to s…

operations:documentation

2012-08-13T04:21:21+00:00

Operator Documentation Background * About the AuScope VLBI Project * Operator [training documentation] (PDF). Includes project background, info on scheduling and rosters, overview of the telescopes and related hardware. * Acronym dictionary Observations on the 12m telescopes from the Control Room These are notes on IVS observations from ops4, the four-monitor PC in the AuScope VLBI Operations room in Hobart.

operations:documentation.weather_check

2012-08-15T05:27:28+00:00

Weather conditions * Use the wth commena in e-Remote control to get the current Temperature, Pressure and Humidity (they are also visible in the Station Monitor display, and should agree! * Check the System monitor for current wind conditions. If they aren't reported (we have problems with loggin sometimes), check the anemometer display on time[hb|ke|yg]. Log the current state on the checklist.

operations:documentation_austral15day_module_swaps

2013-12-09T05:47:56+00:00

Module Swapping Timetable Time Event Local time at Katherine Local time at Hobart 28 Nov 21.00.00 - 30 Nov 18.47.08 Recording to Module 1 (16 TB), Bank A 30 Nov 18.47.08 Observer : bank swap, recording to Module 2 (16 TB), Bank B 30 Nov 18.47.08 - 19.30.00

operations:documentation_austral15day_overview

2014-09-11T03:53:50+00:00

AUSTRAL 15-day Session, Sep 2014 The AUSTRAL schedules are named A14nn where (nn = 01, 02, 03, ... , 15). Interleaved with the AUSTRAL sessions are APSG34 and R1653. Before starting your shift, please make sure you know answers to the following questions

operations:documentation_cont14_module_swap

2014-11-25T03:35:32+00:00

Module Swaps in CONT14 and AUST Marathon Module swaps should be coordinated with local staff at the observatories and should only occur at the start of a System Check period. Remember that not all System Check periods require a module swap. Before a module is swapped, you and the local person

operations:documentation_cont14_overview

2014-05-01T00:17:18+00:00

CONT14 Session Overview The CONT14 campaign is a continuous 15-day geodetic VLBI observation involving 17 antennas in 12 countries. All of the AuScope antennas and our Hobart 26m antenna are participating. To quote the CONT14 page on the IVS web site: " The plan for the CONT14 campaign is to acquire state-of-the-art VLBI data over a time period of about two weeks to demonstrate the highest accuracy of which the current VLBI system is capable. This will support high resolution Earth rotation s…

operations:documentation_cont14_timetable

2014-05-28T03:06:59+00:00

Observation Timetable and Modules “Bank swap” “Module swap” The “vsn?” section is filled by the local staff at the telescopes after the module has been inserted into the bank during the system check. Start Date Obs Code Module Module capacity (TB)/vsn used

operations:documentation_lba_mtp

2013-03-14T02:01:58+00:00

LBA Observations with AuScope Antennas With Katherine & Yarragadee joining the LBA, experiments using them in a non-geodetic mode are becoming more frequent. This is a guide to setting up the AuScope dishes for LBA observations. Katherine is being used as an example here. These notes assume some familiarity with the system from IVS observing. If you’re completely new to this, please have a read through the AuScope Wiki in parallel for definitions, etc. Some useful starting points

operations:documentation_ops2

2012-09-18T06:18:27+00:00

Operator Documentation for observations from ops2 Background * About the AuScope VLBI Project * Operator [training documentation] (PDF). Includes project background, info on scheduling and rosters, overview of the telescopes and related hardware. * Acronym dictionary Observations on the 12m telescopes from the Control Room

operations:documentation_ops2_austral15day

2014-11-25T03:36:53+00:00

AUSTRAL 15-day Observations : Nov 28 to Dec 16 2013 * * * * (every 3 days) * Schedule Overview and Module Usage Please read the Overview Page for information on the observations, start and stop times etc. The google calendar on the schedules page describes experiment and shift times.

operations:documentation_ops2_australweekend

2014-07-10T02:36:57+00:00

AUSTRAL Weekend Observations * * Schedule Overview and Module Usage The table on the AUSTRAL 2014 schedule page describes experiment dates and times. The schedules run back-to-back and should be treated as one long 48h schedule. The observing roster (Hobart time) is

operations:documentation_ops2_cont14

2014-05-07T10:31:05+00:00

CONT14: Notes for operators anything * * * * * * Schedule Overview and Module Usage Please read the Overview Page for general information on the CONT14 observations as well as session notes from IVS. The google calendar on the schedules page describes experiment and shift times.

operations:documentation_ops2_pcfs9.10.5plus

2020-09-21T05:49:07+00:00

Operator Documentation for observations Background * Background reading for new operators * About the AuScope VLBI Project * [VLBI: A fascinating technique for geodesy and astrometry] by Schuh and Behrend (2012) * International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry by Nothnagel, Arts Behrend & Malkin, 2016 * [The AuScope Geodetic VLBI Array] by Lovell et al. * [Operator training documentation] (PDF). Includes project background, info on scheduling and rosters, overview of th…

operations:down_under_2015_08_03_minutes

2015-08-04T04:32:20+00:00

Minutes: 3 Aug 2015 Attendance: Rich, Ed, Stuart, Jamie, Brett, Jim * AuScope: * Does Hb have any problems starting up when cold? Tomorrow could be a good opportunity to find out. * Ke delay jumps are still a problem. Maser or DBBC? * PCFS auto-stow tests are needed. Ed to run some tests on Hb tomorrow. Jim and Brett to call in over Skype to artificially trigger stows. Brett to make sure antenna movable today.

operations:down_under_2015_08_11_agenda

2015-08-11T22:33:42+00:00

Agenda * Issues from Ww * Issues from AuScope Review of reported station issues: * Ww has new internet power switch to cylce GPIB when it fails will replace GPIB controller with RS-232 connection * Yarragadee r4696. VNC connection lost for several hours, no monitor (what about eRemoteControl?)

operations:down_under_2015_08_11_minutes

2015-08-12T00:48:21+00:00

0. Rich & Brett: * Ho receiver on-axis comment is confirmation of correct positioning " 1. Issues from Ww" * Real time etransfer to Bonn partially successful, Harro explained that there was a port conflict, try again next week * New power switch on gpib, not RS-232 yet

operations:down_under_2015_08_18_agenda

2015-11-09T22:53:33+00:00

Any additions, changes? Agenda: 1. Issues from AuScope 2. Issues from Warkworth 3. AuScope clock jumps (~0.7 nanoseconds) At Katherine and Hobart we’ve been getting clock jumps which are having an impact on the geodetic results. Below is a summary of four jumps that occurred in R1696 at Hobart (days 194/195) with sizes from 0.7 to 3.7 ns. Still the step size of the jumps suggests something "hydrogen related" as a more like culprit.

operations:down_under_2015_08_18_minutes

2015-09-01T16:28:47+00:00

Stuart was no available 1. New issues from AuScope None 2. New issues from Warkworth 3. AuScope clock jumps (~0.7 nanoseconds) At Katherine and Hobart we’ve been getting clock jumps which are having an impact on the geodetic results. Below is a summary of four jumps that occurred in R1696 at Hobart (days 194/195) with sizes from 0.7 to 3.7 ns. Still the step size of the jumps suggests something "hydrogen related" as a more like culprit.

operations:down_under_2015_09_01_agenda

2015-11-09T22:54:13+00:00

Sep 01, 2300UT Any additions, changes? Agenda: First items: 1. New issues from Warkworth 2. New issues from AuScope 3. Phase-cal measurements At AuScope (Brian) 4. Clock jumps Any Maser comparison data showing jumps? Most recent experiment analyzed was r1700 (Aug 11), which is not recent enough for cross check

operations:down_under_2015_09_01_minutes

2015-09-02T16:02:53+00:00

ACTION ITEMS Ed: Ask Dan about how large an az/el effect is needed to explain southern source issue Jim/Jamie: Phase-cal measurements Jim: re-do case 1 of auto-stow tests Ed: install new auto-stow code at Ke and Yg once Jim finishes test Jim: look at stability of Ke DBBC

operations:down_under_2015_10_20_agenda

2015-11-09T22:58:33+00:00

Oct 20, 2200UT Any additions, changes? 6. Follow-up on clock breaks, Maser and A/C moved to different circuits. 7. Final testing of windstow recovery fix. 8. NTP (pcfshb): a. pcfshb needs more stratum 1 servers, especially remote b. is cnsshb a CNS II clock directly serving NTP or through a TAC32 program? c. is tac32ho a TAC32 program connected to a CNS I or a CNS II clock? d. are there similar issues at other sites and/or 26m?

operations:down_under_2015_10_20_minutes

2015-11-09T23:02:05+00:00

Oct 20, 2200UT Stuart and Rich not available 6. Follow-up on clock breaks, Maser and A/C moved to different circuits. Ed: R4705had two small breaks at Ho, but no conclusive Brett: sees some jumps when 26m moves Ed: since we aren't recording frequency recording, could a frequency jump be induced to see if it causes a clock jump Brett: let us know when clock jumps occur in experiments Brett: will try looking at power monitor output data for issues Ed: asked Sergei for r4705 break i…

operations:down_under_2015_11_10_agenda

2015-11-10T23:03:42+00:00

Nov 10, 2200UT (unless people prefer 2300) Any additions, changes? 1. Any new issues from Warkworth? 2. Any new issues from Auscope? 3. FMSET “freezing” issue at Warkworth 4. Follow-up on clock breaks. Recent reported breaks: r4704 (Sep10) KATH12M had three clock breaks: one break has same magnitudes in SB and group delays on both bands (perhaps, a real clock break), it appeared on 15/09/11 10:50 with the magnitude of about -11ns (plus some band-dependent remainders)…

operations:down_under_2015_11_10_minutes

2015-11-10T23:04:30+00:00

Nov 10, 2200UT Rich and Stuart not available; Jim Palfreyman attending 1. Any new issues from Warkworth? 2. Any new issues from Auscope? Brett and Jim L: worked on S-band waveguide on Ho26 and improved S-band performance by a dB 3. FMSET “freezing

operations:eremotectrl_newpcfslog

2014-06-05T06:32:46+00:00

Open a New PCFS Log file Before going further, it's a good idea to make sure all activity is logged in the appropriate log file on th PCFS machine. So in the Operator Input section of e-remote Control (or in the Operator Input windown on the pcfs[hb|ke|yg] VNC session) type:

operations:field_system_proc_change_13feb14

2014-04-23T02:44:05+00:00

Request for field system procedure file changes, Feb 2014 These updates were made on 23 April 2014 to all three 12m antennas and the 26m From Ed Himwich to pcfs@ivscc on 13 Feb 2014: To: All FS stations From: Ed Himwich, Bob Campbell, Bob Eldering, Martin Leeuwinga, Michael Lindqvist, Richard Strand, Dan Smythe RE: FS Procedures for Mark 5 Recorders We would like to ask all stations that use Mark 5 recorders to make two changes to their FS procedures. This request comes from both IVS…

operations:fixwth

2018-03-13T12:22:18+00:00

Fixing Weather monitor (wth) If the weather is either not updating (basically every few mins, no weather or sensor is that stable) then the system will need a reset. The different antennas have different systems getting the weather. Katherine (Ke)

operations:handover

2018-10-29T16:27:36+00:00

Handover notes Please use this page to write up any notes on anything that needs to be passed on to the next observer or should go into the end of experiment message. Notes should be placed below the horizontal line as a new blog entry. Continuing problems should be copied to the

operations:hbdisks

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Disks Currently at Hobart

operations:how_to_check_autocorrelation_spectra

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

* On PCFS: * Wait for a gap in recording, then * mk5=pointers? to identify current end byte (the last number). * Calculate the start byte as end-byte - 32000000 * mk5=disk2file=/home/oper/test_nov5_5.m5b:724613580800:724645580800:n where the big numbers are the start and end bytes. Output file name should be unique

operations:ips

2014-08-25T10:40:46+00:00

Internet Power Switches (IPS) There are three IPSs that can can be used to reboot computers in the event they are unreachable using normal (ssh/vnc) methods. They are: ipshb.phys.utas.edu.au ipske.phys.utas.edu.au ipsyg.phys.utas.edu.au They have a fairly straightforward web interface. The username for all three is 'admin', and the password should be the standard root password, however one may be non standard. If you run into any problems you should consult your on-call person.

operations:kedisks

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Disks currently at Katherine NOT-0001/960/1024 IAA-0006/980/1024 OSOD-012/1317/1024 ASI-0004/1600/1024 ASI-0006/1600/1024 JPL-0003/1600/1024 (Error: cannot condition) USN-0165/2000/1024 USN-0174/2000/1024 USN-0081/2000/1024 ERROR cannot condition USN-0109/2000/1024 IAA-0023/2000/1024 NYAL-011?/2560/1024 HOB +0038/6000/1024 HOB +0040/6000/1024 HOB +0015/6000/1024 HOB +0039/6000/1024

operations:log

2019-01-25T04:45:51+00:00

Operations Schedules * Observing schedules Operations Meetings * Minutes of previous meetings and agendas for future meetings * Observation summaries, correlation reports Data Handling and Disk Logistics Transfers Please use the Transfers Page for information on data transfer. Modules See the Modules Page AuScope IVS Module Allocation See Experiment and Module Catalog for module allocations, inventory, transfers, upcoming and historic experiments;

operations:log_files_explained

2014-06-05T06:36:42+00:00

Log Files Explained The first thing to remember is that, all being well, each Field System PC (pcfshb, pcfske or pcfsyg) is running the field system software locally and keeping a local copy of the experiment log. The log lives on that PC in /usr2/log. We usually run the field system software in the VNC session on the PC (it’s started by typing ‘fs’ in a terminal window).

operations:log_recent_events

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Date Time Experiment / Event S-band VLBI SEFD X-band VLBI SEFD Comment Jan 17 23.00 Pointing Pointing updated with +0.155 deg El offset Jan 18 17.00 R1466 4844 5287 Jan 20 18.30 R4466 10679 18892 No data after 01.55 UT until end due to problems with Az drive tripping out

operations:maps

2017-03-17T00:47:11+00:00

IVS Usage maps 1979 to the present * World map: [ map1] * Regional: [ map2]

operations:maser_check

2016-12-02T00:54:25+00:00

Maser Status Check Check the “Standard VCH-1005A Manager” display on the Windows PC. After the maintenance in 2016 the masers run on separate locations. they can be viewed with the following commands in a terminal: vncviewer 131.217.63.156

operations:meeting_archives_local_ops

2015-08-04T01:52:01+00:00

Local Operations Meeting Archive * 2013 August 29 minutes * 2013 September 10 agenda, minutes * 2013 September 26 agenda, minutes * 2013 October 8 agenda, minutes * 2013 October 31 agenda, minutes * 2013 November 12 agenda, minutes * 2014 August 6 agenda, minutes * 2014 Thu August 21 1:00 PM agenda, minutes * 2014 Wed September 03 1:00 PM

operations:meeting_discussion_topics

2016-04-21T01:31:00+00:00

"Did you know?..." topics * What are SEFD and Tsys? * What does fmset do? * Review of Current Issues wiki page. (check they are all still issues, update if necessary, describe each one at the meeting) * What the responses from the mk5=mode, dot commands tell us

operations:meeting_roster

2021-01-13T23:55:59+00:00

Observers meeting organisation roster Meeting date Chair 2021: 14/1 Simin 28/1 Patrick 11/2 Katie 25/2 Earl 11/3 Jay 25/3 Eloise 8/4 Pradyumna 22/4 Lim 6/5

operations:meetingminutes

2021-04-21T23:31:29+00:00

Observers Meetings: Thursdays 12:00 PM * Archive (pre-2015) * 2015 Wed Jan 21 1:00 PM agenda, minutes * 2015 Wed Feb 11 1:00 PM agenda, minutes * 2015 Wed Feb 25 1:00 PM agenda, minutes * 2015 Wed March 11 1:00 PM agenda, minutes * 2015 Wed March 24 2:00 PM agenda, minutes * 2015 Wed Apr 01 1:00 PM agenda, minutes * 2015 Wed Apr 15 ~1:00 PM (after Astro meeting)

operations:minutes2013_08_29

2013-08-29T05:10:57+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 29 Aug 2013 Present: Jim Lovell, Jamie McCallum, Ellen Manning, Imogen Jones, Mark Howe, Dave Horsley, Jacqui Howe, Warren Hankey * Review of recent experiments. The following items were raised following an examination of recent operator logs, correlator reports and analyst reports:

operations:minutes2013_09_26

2013-09-26T03:50:36+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 26 Sep 2013, 10 AM, AuScope Operations Room: Minutes * Review of recent experiments. * R4599, AUST12 and R1603 were reviewed. The latter two have been observed and we await correlation reports. * Please remember to use

operations:minutes2013_10_08

2013-10-09T03:07:24+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 8 Oct 2013, AuScope Operations Room: Minutes * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments reviewed * CRF77 - Hb started with wrong frequency setup, leading to poor data yields. Yg had several clock jumps. * RD1307 *

operations:minutes2013_10_31

2013-10-31T04:29:28+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 31 Oct 2013, 10 AM, Minutes * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments reviewed: * Correlation/analysis reports: * CRDS66 * RD1306 * CRDS67 * R1603 * R4604 * R4605 * recently observed *

operations:minutes2013_11_12

2013-11-14T03:17:48+00:00

AuScope VLBI Operations meeting : 12 Nov 2013, 2 PM, Minutes * Review of recent experiments. * Experiments reviewed: * Correlation/analysis reports: * CRF76 * R1606 Chase up Ke problem (Jim) * CRF78 * R4606 * R1607 * R4607 *

operations:minutes2014_08_06

2014-08-08T00:23:27+00:00

1. Resent experiments that were reviewed: * R1635 * CONT1403 * CONT1405 * CONT1406 * CONT1410 * R4636 * R4637 * R1639 * R4643 The recent AUSTs experiments are still awaiting correlation and will be reviewed as soon as available. Remasks:

operations:minutes2014_08_20

2014-08-21T18:31:48+00:00

Actions on current issues discussed * 21.08.2014 Hb stopped responding and did not move out of stuck due to pull switch was pulled out because of the loose cable wrap. This rare condition was solved by Brett. * Anemometer at Yg does not show in system monitor

operations:minutes2014_10_09

2014-10-21T01:43:21+00:00

Minutes of the meeting 09.10.2014. Action items: * Liza is to edit the observers documentation and place the 26m on separate page, also expand the instructions for setting up. * Imogen developed new standard for the handover notes.

operations:minutes2014_10_22

2014-11-04T04:34:07+00:00

Outcomes of the operation meeting 22.10.2014: * Calendar: people are encouraged to add the AuScope calendar to their own google calendar if they can. * Calendar: the person who sets up the experiment is to be marked by a star in the calendar. *

operations:minutes2014_12_03

2014-12-17T06:15:32+00:00

Summary of the meeting 03.12.2014 * Alarm problem at Mt Pleasant is a BIG THING -- what could be done? * ERC log files should be save locally or under different name of erc log at different machines – in temp folder in Mt Pleasant to avoid confusion and file multi-use for the next version of ERC that create problems.

operations:minutes2014_12_18

2014-12-22T05:31:12+00:00

Operators meeting 18.12.2014 Minutes 1. Discussion outcomes: * Alarms at Mt Pleasant: * Issue is most probably due to the sound system, as the Log Monitor code is the same as on ops4. Possible reasons include: * “alarm” sound is in .ogg format unlike the

operations:minutes2015_01_21

2015-01-27T18:17:42+00:00

Minutes of the observers meeting 21.01.2015 * Analysis of the last Austral Continuous 2014: last half is significantly worse than previous. Missed scans and other problems may be the culprit. * a15.01 will use new schwduling scheme: only sources with correlated flux density of >0.8 Jy will be used (instead of the current cut-off 0.5), 75 sources per session (instead of 180). This leads to shorter scan and therefore more scans in the experiment. However, the amount of data will be reduced by…

operations:minutes2015_04_01

2015-04-13T22:44:50+00:00

1) Ke Tsys in some narrow-bands in X-band were reported high: must be way to monitor Tsys and plot them for the whole experiment. Erc may be able to do it, or Monica. 2) Jamie will update LBA instructions for the observers.

operations:minutes2015_04_15

2015-04-17T07:20:53+00:00

Minutes of 15.04.2015 Observers' Meeting * Tsys: Jacob is doing Tsys extraction from the log files to crosscorrelate it with geodetic parameters. Liza to ask him if his extraction script can be used for the real-time Tsys monitoring. * Feedback

operations:minutes2015_05_27

2015-05-29T04:50:01+00:00

Minutes of observers meeting 27.05.2015 * Setting up and monitoring Hobart26: please follow instructions precisely! In case of doubt, call the on-call person. * Parkes observations summary. Parkes observations went well, John Reynolds was of a great help. Only exception was the last experiment AOV003: the VC frequencies were wrong, plus physical patching wasn't changed due to the weekend, so we had no chance. Not AuScope observers fault though.

operations:minutes2015_06_10

2015-06-10T03:55:11+00:00

Meeting 10.06.2015 * ERC 26m change set-up list * Date wrong -- don't report * Yg attenuation 15dB now, * WiFi at Yg -- contact them about using it -- don'd! * Error -524 -- IPS in hobart, power cycle gpib (in the notes). Fixes if it is communications

operations:minutes2015_06_23

2015-06-25T23:21:22+00:00

Action items: * Jim to tell to IVS that AuScope switches to Ho in all experiments from August 1 because of the broadband receiver test on 12m * Liza to look at the pcal-diagnostic scripts for Katherine to figure out how to plot ampl/phase vs elevation and possibly other quantities.

operations:minutes2015_07_08

2015-07-08T03:47:28+00:00

* Next week Jamie to backup pcfshb to the new, new mac address-- how? * Ke dbbc-maser: clock drifts and breaks reported. 28 May, 4 June. Should be checked next time. Gino to Katherine? * Mk5hb issue? Probem with R1495hb -- when Dave attempted the record or just vsn check?

operations:minutes2015_07_29

2015-07-29T02:13:32+00:00

Minutes Observers meeting 29.07.2015 * Alarm for cryomon for 26m * Comment section in Erc is too short * 26m live page -- label on top for current project observing

operations:monitoring.ivs.etransfer

2015-03-26T20:52:16+00:00

Monitoring R1 e-transfers R1 and R4 are the IVS “Rapid” experiments meaning their turnaroud time (from observation to the ready product) should be less than 15 days. They supply fast EOP results. R1 data are correlated in Bonn, Germany, and it is sent there by e-transfer. More about rapids can be found here:

operations:monitoring_autocor

2013-09-30T07:52:28+00:00

Autocorrelation spectra plots At the end of every scan, the postob procedure will run a script to extract some Mark5 data and display the autocorrelations of the 16 channels. Good data should contain quite flat bandpasses and zero phase. For example:

operations:monitoring_hb

2014-12-17T09:53:07+00:00

Starting and Monitoring IVS sessions on the Hobart 12m PC Field System Start the schedule with e.g. schedule=r4447hb,#1 as usual. Then send a start message to IVS. If in the operations room, start econtrol: Applications -> AuScope Hobart -> econtrol Click on the boxes next to “StatusMonitor

operations:monitoring_ke

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Observations on the Katherine 12m Setting up for a Katherine observation. This can be done from ops4, the 4-monitor PC in the control room. 1. Bring up VNC sessions on the katherine field system, timing PC and DBBC. This can be done via the Application menu in

operations:monitoring_yg

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Observations on the Yarragadee 12m Note that the procedures for setting up and monitoring Yarragadee are almost the same as Hobart. Familiarise yourself with Hobart first. This can be done from ops4, the 4-monitor PC in the control room. 1. Bring up VNC sessions on the Yarragadee field system, timing PC and DBBC. This can be done via the Application menu in

operations:observer_availability

2021-04-24T03:52:04+00:00

Note: As a general guideline, the more complicated the requests, the more difficult it is for me to accommodate. If it is too hard, you just get less shifts. Rest assured, people with less things for me to work around are more likely to get more hours.

operations:observerduties

2016-07-20T23:56:23+00:00

Observer Duties and Shift Times Shift times and handovers Shift change times are usually 9 AM, 5 PM and 11 PM. Please allow for a ~10 minute handover before the shift change time. The handover should occur in person or over the phone (if one observer is at Mt Pleasant for example).

operations:obsipads

2014-11-10T05:05:21+00:00

To access UTas computers (e.g. via VNC) from a 3G connection or wireless away from the observatory, you will need to start the VPN. To do this: Open the Settings app. Near the top left, activate the VPN. You will be asked for a UTas username and password.

operations:obssummary

2013-11-11T22:32:54+00:00

Observation Summaries * 2013 July (all now reviewed) * 2013 August * 2013 September Note: A comment of “review” indicates the experiment requires reviewing at an operations meeting once it has been correlated Code UT Start Antennas Roster On Call Reports

operations:obssummary_2013_07

2013-10-30T02:05:45+00:00

Code UT Start Antennas Roster On Call Reports % Used Comments Date Time Observation Correlation Analyst Ho Hb Ke Yg R1595 JUL 22 17:00 HbKeYg Anita, Jacqui, Dave Jim OK

operations:obssummary_2013_08

2013-11-11T21:56:30+00:00

Code UT Start Antennas Roster On Call Reports % Used Comments Date Time Observation Correlation Analyst Ho Hb Ke Yg R1597 AUG 05 17:00 HbYg Warren, Jacqui, Anita Jim Hbyes yes

operations:obssummary_2013_09

2013-10-30T02:18:36+00:00

Code UT Start Antennas Roster On Call Reports % Used Comments Date Time Observation Correlation Analyst Ho Hb Ke Yg CRDS67 SEP 02 16:30 HbHoKeYg Jacqui, Dave, Claire Jamie Ho Yg yes

operations:operations.vsn_check

2014-08-25T01:42:17+00:00

Mark5 Module VSN Check The Mark5 modules have a unique label (VSN) written on a sticker on the disk and electronically on the module itself. They should agree. This procedure describes how to check them and what to do if they disagree. Reading In e-Remote control, type :

operations:opsroomtodo

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

* Tsys missing from PreOb definition on r4485. Why? * HMI Display Update check box should default to ON * HMI Current Time display - correct spelling error 'Initialize' (or preferably 'Initialise') vice 'Intitialize'. * Remove pmSTALM from wiki?

operations:pointing

2017-05-30T07:12:17+00:00

Antenna Pointing Solutions Reduction of observations and producing a model There are two methods of producing a pointing model for the 12m antennas. There's the 'old' way using octave scripts and the power sensor or the 'new' way using the built-in PCFS pointing routines. The 'new' way is recommended because the Field System no longer uses the pointing model in the antenna controller by default. However it's important to keep the pointing models synchronised between the PCFS and antenna contro…

operations:r4447_set_up_and_monitoring_instructions

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Drudg The .skd file was drudged on pcfsya. The rack and recorder hardware was first selected (option 11) and set to “Mark5 rack” “Mark5B recorder” “No second recorder” and “Start with 1” (options 16 14 1 1). Then the procedures and snap file were made, and a summary printed (options 12, 3 and 5 in sequence). Printing from drudg does not seem to work at present so the summary was printed using the command

operations:r4455_notes

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

The DBBC sometimes loses a channel. First spot-check done at 308/22:50 and found three channels to be suspect: 1 (X-band 1u), 9 (X-band 1l) and 11 (S-band 9u): After reconfiguring DBBC, before scan 308-2256, all autocorrelations were fine: Another spot-check at 309/03:12 showed bad looking autocorrelations in channels 1, 4, 9, 11 and 14:

operations:restart_monica_rxmon_ifbox

2016-05-18T05:55:16+00:00

Restarting Rxmon & IFBox If you have issues setting the attenuation levels, and are seeing the error: WARNING: error s1 -104 ifpcn: time-out, connection closed Then you can try restarting Rxmon and IFBox on pcfs. To do this, ssh to pcfs[hb/ke/yg] and login as superuser. The commands to issue are:

operations:revised_procedure_using_scripts

2018-01-14T23:16:52+00:00

This is a slightly faster method to setup the telescopes using a variety of scripts developed by the observers and operations staff over the years. The procedure listed below hasn't undergone much testing and as a result should only be used if you are experienced in setting up the telescopes the old way.

operations:rf_if_check

2013-02-12T03:03:01+00:00

RF and IF Configuration Check the Status Monitor to see if the Cross-over switches and RCP IF Attenuators are at the default levels: * At all sites, cross-over switches should be Direct * IF Attenuator settings should be as follows * At Hobart:

operations:rf_if_check_9.10.5

2016-10-17T09:18:30+00:00

operations:rpiips

2021-03-25T19:28:21+00:00

Paged moved IPSPi1Hb: Raspberry Pi Internet Power Switch An Internet Power Switch (IPS) has been built for Mt Pleasant. Its main purpose is to provide remote and local control of power to a small cluster in the computer room. This can be operated from the front panel of the device or remotely via a terminal window. There are also several Remote Switches which plug into a wall socket and allow remote control of a single device via WiFi. Software on the IPS allows for control of these devices.

operations:sar

2018-01-14T23:15:30+00:00

SAR satellite tracking with the AuSCope Array SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites are orbiting satellites which use radars (generally at C- or X-band) to map terrain and measure it properties such as soil moisture, etc. From late 2017, the AuScope telescopes have been used to track the SENTINEL-1 SAR satellite, which makes a pass over the sites once every 12 days. By pointing the telescopes to a fixed direction, the telescopes provide a clear reflection to the radar beam and appear as bri…

operations:schedule

2021-02-02T17:34:24+00:00

Hb = Hobart 12m, Ho = Hobart 26m, Ke = Katherine, Yg = Yarragadee * 2021 IVS Master schedule (ASCII version) * 2020 IVS Master schedule (ASCII version) See below for old IVS Master schedules * Observer availability information * Google calendar and observing rosters for AuScope: * 2014 IVS Master schedule * 2014 (ASCII version) * 2014 AUSTRAL sessions * 2013 IVS Master schedule (ASCII version) * 2012 IVS Master schedule (ASCII version) * 2011 IVS Master schedule (ASCII…

operations:start

2015-06-24T05:07:51+00:00

AuScope Operations * Contact information for the three observatories Regular IVS Operations * Documentation for operators on ops2 * ... and just for reference (this should not be needed any more) Documentation for operators (old ops4 version) * LBA Observations from Mt Pleasant * Observing schedules * AuScope web cams * Operations Meetings * Minutes of previous meetings and agendas for future meetings * Observation summaries, correlation reports * RFI at Yarragadee …

operations:starting_eremotectrl

2021-01-20T05:06:25+00:00

Starting e-Remote Control Note that these steps are only necessary if e-remote Control is not already running. It seems its best to start Hobart 12 [hb] first to avoid communication conflicts between econtrol and other field systems. e-Remote Control (formerly known as econtrol) can be started from the Applications menu on ops2 (or on the local ops machines at Yarragadee and Katherine):

operations:starting_eremotectrl_checklist

2012-08-15T01:54:23+00:00

Starting the e-remote Control Checklist First, if you haven't already done so, open a log file specific to the next experiment on the PCFS machine. Next, in the input window on e-remote control, type exper_init to bring up the “Before observation” checklist. Expand and move the new window so you can see all of the entries. Enter your name at the top.

operations:starting_fs

2014-09-20T05:51:11+00:00

Starting the PC Field System Software The following steps are done through the Field System. If not already started, start the Field system software on pcfs[hb|ke|yg] by starting a new terminal in the VNC session on pcfs[hb|ke|yg] (use Applications menu or on ops2

operations:starting_monica

2014-03-25T05:29:10+00:00

Starting MONICA MONICA allows you to select, monitor and log many monitor points at the observatories. It's especially useful when diagnosing problems or monitoring things that are only important on some occasions (e.g. wind conditions at Hobart on a stormy day).

operations:starting_monitoring

2012-07-25T23:34:50+00:00

Starting and Monitoring IVS sessions Make sure that the field system software is running in the pcfs VNC session so that econtrol can connect to it. From ops4 in the operations room, start econtrol: Applications -> AuScope [Hobart|Katherine|Yarragadee] -> econtrol

operations:starting_monitoring_9.10.5

2017-06-23T03:24:09+00:00

Starting and Monitoring IVS sessions Always try to start the schedule at least 5 mins in advance of the first scan. If the scheduled start time is in the future, start the schedule with schedule=r4447hb,#1 You can schedule commands in the field system through the operator input with a command like

operations:starting_monitoring_ureop

2014-10-13T16:52:35+00:00

* Look on to Vortex as observer and make sure that /exports/vortex_internal is mounted df -h If you don't see it, mount it with a su mount /exports/vortex_internal df -h exit * Log on to the target machine at Tsukuba and create a directory for the log. E.g. for RD1106:

operations:starting_monitoring_ureop_9.10.5

2012-10-10T22:39:26+00:00

operations:starting_monitoring_v2

2012-09-20T02:09:23+00:00

Starting and Monitoring IVS sessions For Hobart and Katherine, start the schedule with e.g. schedule=r4447hb if there is longer than 5 minutes until the nominal start of the schedule. For Yarragadee, ALWAYS start the schedule with schedule=r4447yg,#1

operations:starting_sysmon

2016-04-21T06:48:24+00:00

Starting the System Monitor The system monitor provides a useful summary of the drives and other Monica parameters. You can run it on ops2, ops4 or ops5 with the command monitor_system.pl or from the drop-down menu on the desktop “Applications -> AuScope

operations:startmessage

2016-06-24T02:35:35+00:00

Sending a start of observation email to IVS. Once the experiment has started and valid data are being recorded, send a start message to IVS. Note, you may need to manually enter weather details (especially for Yarragadee). On ops2, open a terminal and type

operations:station_checking_procedure

2015-02-02T09:39:13+00:00

12m Antenna Check Procedure * Send the antenna to (Az, El) = (1, 87) deg test1 * Wait for it to get there (look for flagr/antenna,acquired or watch the system monitor display). While you're waiting, Check the generator status: * At Hobart and Katherine you can check the status of the backup generator via the System Monitor interface. The default mode is

operations:temphumidmonitor

2019-03-25T21:20:52+00:00

Monitoring at AuScope sites Raspberry Pi PCs are being installed at the sites for monitoring temperature and humidity in the antenna and (in Katherine) any vibrations on the maser. First system is in at Katherine which has two raspberry pi PCs, one for the antenna and one for the maser room. The other sites will have PCs in the antenna.

operations:temphumidmonitor_hardware

2019-04-03T23:22:41+00:00

Hardware setup and configuration Katherine is set up with a different set of temperature and humidity sensors to the other two sites (DHT11 compared to DHT22). The Raspberry Pi in the maser room also has an Arduino board attached to it for the accelerometer and some analog temperature sensors.

operations:temphumidmonitor_rpisetup

2019-05-13T23:10:12+00:00

Raspberry Pi access and configuration Access: Access via VNC or SSH: username is pi, password is as usual Network config This should be done already, but just in case... * For masertempke the IP address should be 131.217.61.28. * For antennatempke the IP address should be 131.217.61.29.

operations:temphumidmonitor_software

2019-03-25T21:18:36+00:00

Software All sites Edit the TempHumid.conf file accordingly (see below), then either restart the software by typing CTRL-C in the start_THRecord xterm or by rebooting the Pi. Temperature and Humidity monitoring Software Software, config file etc are stored in

operations:temphumidmonitorrpi

2018-09-09T22:06:14+00:00

apt-get install spyder3 apt-get install ipython3 sudo apt-get install mysql-server python-mysqldb sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-openssl git git clone https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_DHT.git && cd Adafruit_Python_DHT sudo python setup.py install sudo python3 setup.py install sudo apt-get install emacs sudo apt-get install sqlite3 sudo apt-get install xterm sudo apt-get install python3-plotly # Plotly graphing library used in examples sudo pip3 install dash==0…

operations:tsys

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Y-Factor and Tsys Measurements Calculation A description of the method used to calculate Tsys and Tcal Results A spreadsheet containing all data and calculations to date is in The following is a summary of the data so far Tsys (K) Date S-band X-band LCP RCP LCP RCP Note 2010 Sep 06

operations:tsys_method

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Tsys and Tcal calculations based on Y-factor data System temperature includes a number of contributions: receiver, atmosphere, CMB, plus antenna effects such as groundspill, surface imperfections etc. It can be measured by comparing observations of the sky and of a known load,

operations:van_setting

2014-08-25T01:46:55+00:00

Setting VSN labels If the VSN reported by e-Remote control doesn't agree with the sticker, do the following: First make sure you have the correct module selected, then... If the bar-coded label says, for example “HOB+0056”, at e-Remote Control prompt:

operations:washingtonship

2012-06-23T13:12:13+00:00

Shipping Mark5 modules to the Washington correlator NOTE: In the instructions below, replace XX with yg for Yarragadee and ke for Katherine. * Print a module experiment barcode * In a pcfsXX terminal window do: cd /usr2/log drudg r4497ke.log all R C

operations:yarragadeerfi

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

S-band RFI from USN WA01 13m. USN antenna at stow, LRO transmit config. Plots show S-band IFs received on AuScope 12m, at stow (Az=1, El=88). First LO is 1900 MHz. USN transmitter off: LCP received: RCP received: USN RCP transmitter on: LCP received:

operations:yg_vpn_reset

2016-09-20T09:40:23+00:00

Resetting the Yarragadee VPN This can be done from op2, or anywhere you can start a VNC client vncviewer 59.167.111.242 It's the usual password. Theres a file open (possibly iconified) called VPNrouter.txt that contains instructions. But here's a summary:

operations:ygdisks

2011-10-26T06:37:12+00:00

Disks Currently at Yarragadee NYAL-020/2000/1024 SHAO-014/2000/1024 NRCAN-01/2000/1024 UVLBI-03/2400/1024 loaded in MK5YG UVLBI-06/2400/1024 BKG-0045/2000/1024 USN-0099/4000/1024 USN-0140/4000/1024 BKG-0035/2000/1024 r4503yg shipped 20 Oct 2011 to Washington DHL 562 0506 651