! Example of a control file using the new RDBE and MARK5C ! wideband digital backend and recorder. This is a simple ! example made by stripping down egrdbe2.key to a basic ! VLBA schedule. ! ! A SCHED standard setup file is used. ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! Schedule written by Craig Walker version = 1 expt = 'RDBE test with mixed sidebands' expcode = rdbepfb piname = 'Craig Walker' address1 = 'National Radio Astronomy Observatory' address2 = 'P. O. Box O' address3 = 'Socorro, New Mexico, 87801' address4 = ' U.S.A. ' phone = '575 835 7247 ' obsphone = '575 835 7247 ' email = cwalker@nrao.edu fax = '575 835 7027 ' obsmode = '6cm 128-4-2 ' obstype = VLBA note1 = ' ' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== ! Note that enough channels should be requested to have channel ! bandwidths of no more than 0.5 MHz. Otherwise there is risk ! of smearing the data because of uncertainties in the a priori ! delays used for correlation. correl = Socorro coravg = 2 corchan = 64 cornant = 2 corpol = on corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = FTP corship1 = 'Craig Walker' corship2 = 'P. O. Box O' corship3 = 'Socorro NM 87801' ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. ! If you want this protection, comment this following line. overwrit ! Set the items desired in the scan listing in the .sum file. sumitem = el1, early ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! Be sure to use the station and freq files that have the ! right hardware specifications and IF bandwidth for the ! RDBE/MARK5C system. These are not the SCHED defaults (yet). srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations_RDBE.dat ! ========================================================== ! ======================= Setup files ==================== ! ========================================================== ! Use the standard SCHED setup file for a band near the old ! 6cm standard frequency. setup = $SCHED/setups/rdbe_pfb_4980_dual.set ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year = 2010 month = 12 day = 3 start = 15:30:00 ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Interferometer schedules ! Demonstrate PREEMPT while at it for optional ends ! and protection from losing USNO for PT and MK ! Start with a few optional VLBA scans at the start: preempt = extra stations = VLBA_HN, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK dwell = 4:40 gap = 20 source = '3C279' / source = '3C273' / source = '3C279' / ! Into the core and protect against USNO preemption: preempt = no group=18 rep=2 dwell = 4:40 gap = 20 group = 2 rep = 5 source = '3C279' / source = '3C273' / ! Loop over M87 and M84, but ending on M87 group = 2 rep = 5 source = 'M87' / source = 'M84' / source = 'M87 / ! Allow preemption at the end. preempt = 'ok' group = 2 rep = 5 source = 'M87' / source = 'M84' / source = 'M87 /