! This is a somewhat contrived example of a 24 hour schedule that ! can be wrapped around the clock to start at times that might be ! convenient for dynamic scheduling. ! ! It shows a commenting style to give VLBA operations guidance ! on places that would be good alternate start times. ! ! To accomplish the wrap, the parameters WRAP24 and DOSCANS are used. ! WRAP24 causes the entire schedule to be duplicated, so it lasts 48 ! hours. The full 2 days are shown in the summary file. Then DOSCANS ! is used to select the desired 24 hours (or other time, for that ! matter. Normally the user will provide the 24 hour schedule and ! VLBA operations will use WRAP24 and DOSCANS. ! ! Written, mostly, by Walter Brisken. ! Modified slightly and put in the SCHED system Sept. 18, 2011 by RCW. ! Other than the 24 hr aspect, this is a rather generic schedule. ! Some day it should be combined with another simple schedule like ! egvlba.key. ! WRAP24 and DOSCANS added Feb. 9, 2013. RCW. ! Convert to RDBE_DDC, mostly by using 8 rather than 16 channel ! setups. Jan. 11, 2014 RCW wrap24 doscans=169,456 ! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Constraints. Alter [defaults] as desired. ! ================================================================ ! Equipment constraints: ! Stations. Below each station code, the "o" indicates an ! [optional] station that is to be used if it is available. ! Change "o" to "r" if the station is required or change ! "o" to "n" if the station is not to be used. ! SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK ! o r r o o o r r r o ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]: 7 ! Bands and polarizations. Below each band code, insert "R" ! if the righthand polarization is to be used, "L" if the ! lefthand polarization is to be used, "d" if dual ! polarizations are to be used, or "o" if the band is in ! your setups but scheduling should not be constrained by ! its availability. ! 90cm 50cm 20cm 13cm 6cm 4cm 2cm 1cm 7mm 3mm ! d d ! Weather constraints: ! [appropriate for bands marked "L", "R", or "d" above ! and for at least the minimum number of stations] ! Date constraints: ! Preferred date(s), usually a series start: ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: ! Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time): nighttime observations ! Start-time constraints: ! Start-time range in (hhmm - hhmm), in PT_LST [none]: ! 24hr file with start times every hour ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 1 expt = 'Twenty four hour observation with scheduling hints' expcode = eg24 overwrit piname = 'Walter Brisken' address1 = 'National Radio Astronomy Observatory' address2 = 'P. O. Box O' address3 = 'Socorro, New Mexico, 87801' address4 = ' U.S.A. ' phone = '505 835 7133' obsphone = '505 835 7133' email = wbrisken@nrao.edu fax = '505 835 7027 ' obsmode = 'S/X' obstype = 'VLBA' note1 = 'This is an example of alternate starting times' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = VLBADiFX coravg = 2 corchan = 64 cornant = 2 corpol = off corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = FTP corship1 = 'Walter Brisken' corship2 = 'P. O. Box O' corship3 = 'Socorro NM 87801' cornote1 = ' ' ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! The main source catalog options are sources.gsfc (Goddard) ! and sources.rfc (Petrov). stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations_RDBE.dat srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.rfc freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year = 2011 month = 12 day = 24 start = 23:00:00 ! For the uninitiated, Walter's humor is showing here. Much of ! the 24 hours starting at that time is down time on the VLBA for ! Christmas. ! ========================================================== ! ========================================================== stations = VLBA_BR, VLBA_FD, VLBA_HN, VLBA_KP, VLBA_LA, VLBA_MK, VLBA_NL, VLBA_OV, VLBA_PT, VLBA_SC comment='Original schedule starting point.' ! Note that it is a good idea to always explicitly reset the setup after each ! schedule starting point to ensure all scans are scheduled with the right setup. setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 1.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 2.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 3.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 4.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 5.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 6.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 7.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 8.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 9.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 10.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 11.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 12.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 13.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 14.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 15.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 16.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 17.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 18.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 19.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 20.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 21.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 22.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v18cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 6 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / comment='Alternate schedule start point 23.' setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-512-8-2.set dur = 290 gap = 120 source = '1053+815' / gap = 0 group 2 rep 5 source = '0718+793' / source = '1053+815' / ! Without wraps, this is the end of the observation. ! Note that a comment= statement here will not make it ! into the output files because it is after the last ! "/"