! Show the use of doscans to not use all of the end scans. doscans = 9, 125 ! Example sched input for a simple VLBA observation. ! ! Add PREEMPT for USNO and EXTRA scans Jan 26, 2013 RCW. ! Switch to dwell some time. ! Switch to RDBE and 2 Gbps. March 17, 2014 ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 1 expt = '2 bit high dynamic range test' expcode = egvlba piname = 'Craig Walker' address1 = 'National Radio Astronomy Observatory' address2 = 'P. O. Box O' address3 = 'Socorro, New Mexico, 87801' address4 = ' U.S.A. ' phone = '505 835 7247 ' obsphone = '505 835 7247 ' email = cwalker@nrao.edu fax = '505 835 7027 ' obsmode = '6cm 128-4-2 ' obstype = VLBA note1 = ' ' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== ! Note now uses 128 MHz bands and we channels no wider than ! 0.5 MHz to allow for undertainties in the apriori clocks. correl = Socorro coravg = 4 corchan = 256 cornant = 10 corpol = on corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = FTP cordfmt = FITS 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 sumitem = el1, az1, disk, tpstart ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations_RDBE.dat srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat ! ========================================================== ! ======================= Setup file ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Note setting the frequency just by band not yet working for RDBE. ! Total bit rate = 2*bbfilt*nchan*bits setini = egvlba.6cm / band = '6cm' ! Observing band. SCHED had frequency. nchan = 4 ! Number of baseband channels. bbfilt = 128.0 ! Bandwidth per baseband channel (MHz) pol = dual ! RCP, LCP, or DUAL. bits = 2 ! Bits per sample freqref = 4100.25 ! This is close to the LO with a pcal offset. freqoff=640,640,768,768 ! Set the frequency per channel / endset / setini = egvlba.2cm / band='2cm' nchan=4 bbfilt=128.0 pol=DUAL bits=2 freqref = 14600.25 freqoff=640,640,768,768 / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year = 2014 month = 7 day = 5 start = 16:00:00 ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Consider the first scans optional preempt = 'extra' ! MK down at start. ! This file accumulates uv coverage in 2 bands. ! When not using DWELL, leave time for long slews with GAP. ! Allow a readback test occasionally. ! Only things that change need to be specified. stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR group 2 rep 4 setup = egvlba.6cm source='4C39.25' gap=0:20 dur=4:00 / setup = egvlba.2cm gap=0:20 / ! This scan for a readback. Needs 2:20 because of PRESTART rep = 1 setup = egvlba.6cm source='4C39.25' gap=2:20 dur=4:00 / setup = egvlba.2cm gap=0:20 / ! Now begin the project core, but allow preemption for USNO ! daily EOP runs. preempt = 'ok' group 2 rep 9 setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK ! For one of the following scans, try the label SCANTAG group 14 rep 4 setup = egvlba.6cm source='DA193' gap=4:00 dur=4:00 / setup = egvlba.2cm gap=0:20 / setup = egvlba.6cm source='4C39.25' gap=4:00 / setup = egvlba.2cm gap=0:20 / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / group 14 rep 3 setup = egvlba.6cm source='OQ208' gap=4:00 dur=4:00 / setup = egvlba.2cm gap=0:20 / setup = egvlba.6cm source='4C39.25' gap=4:00 / setup = egvlba.2cm gap=0:20 / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / setup = egvlba.6cm / setup = egvlba.2cm / ! Do a few optional scans at the end. preempt = 'extra' group 2 rep 3 setup = egvlba.6cm source='OQ208' gap=4:00 dur=4:00 / setup = egvlba.2cm gap=0:20 /