! GRB observing control file ! Uses 1 GHz recording mode at 20cm ! Based on egrdbe2.key ! Keith Bannister (26 Sep 2012) ! ! Example of a control file using the new RDBE and MARK5C ! wideband digital backend and recorder. This is a rather ! simpler example than egrdbe.key. But it still exercises ! one complexity - it uses Green Bank at a band where there ! needs to be sideband inversion at the correlator (IFs ! inverted). It also sets FREQ on a scan, which can trigger ! trouble in the VEX code so this tests that capability. ! ! Note that the sideband inversion scheme is thought to work ! on the DiFX correlator, but has not been verified as of ! Feb. 2012. ! ! As a demo, this example uses relatively simple setup files. ! ! Unlike egrdbe.key, there is no attempt here to do parallel ! Mark5A recording. ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! Schedule written by Craig Walker. Edited by Keith Bannister version = 1 expt = 'Rapid GRB follow-up with the LBA' expcode = TU002BB piname = 'Keith Bannister' address1 = 'CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science' address2 = 'P. O. Box 76' address3 = 'Epping NSW 1710' address4 = 'Australia' phone = '+61 2 9372 4295 ' obsphone = '+61 2 9372 4295 ' email = keith.bannister@csiro.au fax = ' ' obsmode = '20cm wideband continuum' 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 = 10 corpol = on corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = FTP corship1 = 'Keith Bannister' corship2 = 'P. O. Box 76' corship3 = 'Epping NSW 1710 AUSTRALIA' ! ========================================================== ! ================== 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 ==================== ! ========================================================== ! RDBE Setups using the PFB personality. ! The bbsyn values must be N*32 + 16 for N between 17 and 32 ! The N=32 option will give corrupted data, but is needed if it is ! desired to put all 16 channels in one polarization as in the ! second example setup. ! Note that bbsyn = abs( freqref + freqoff - firstlo ) and is ! the frequency within the IF of the DC edge of the output baseband ! channel. the firstlo value is normally picked up from the ! frequency file. ! KB - I've had to experiment to get these right. ! From fiddling around with the errors where it prints out BBSYN, it looks ! like the above formula is wrong, and ! BBSYN = abs(freqfreq + freqoff + firstlo ) + 32 ! OK - we're doing dual polarisation with 256 MHz of bandwidth you can put anywhere ! in 512 MHz ! There are 2 20cm bands: ! v20cm_1 1180-1588 MHz (B=408 MHz) lo1=2100 MHz ! v20cm_2 1376-1850 MHz (B=474 MHz) lo1=2400 Mhz ! By trial and error, I've found that freqref 596 works with the standard ! tuning set of ! freqoff = 1040.0, 1008.0, 976.0, 944.0, 912.0, 880.0, 848.0, 816.0, ! 784.0, 752.0, 720.0, 688.0, 656.0, 624.0, 592.0, 560.0 ! Now, aiming for v20cm_1, it's only got 408 MHz of bandwidth, so we'll take ! bands across teh 408 MHz with a few gaps. ! max freqoff = 976 and min freqoff = 624.0 - below/above that you disappear outside the band ! Worst RFI is between 1530 and 1560, I think this corresponds to 1008 and 976 ! setini = rdbe_db.20cm / dbe = 'rdbe_pfb' nchan = 16 bbfilt = 32.0 bits = 2 netside = U pol = dual freqref = 596 freqoff = 944.0, 944.0, 912.0, 912.0, 880.0, 880.0, 816.0, 816.0, 752.0, 752.0, 688.0, 688.0, 656.0, 656.0, 624.0, 624.0 pcal = '1MHz' / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ============Inline source catalog (GRB goes here) ======== ! ========================================================== SRCCAT / SOURCE='GCNT28' RA=23:37:4.80 DEC=61:51:0.00 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='B0329+54' RA=03:32:59.368 DEC=+54:34:43.57 EQUINOX='J2000' / ENDCAT / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year = 2013 month = 6 day = 14 start = 03:03:27 ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Interferometer schedules ! See egrdbe.key for how to switch between MARK5A and ! MARK5C files if doing piggyback observations. ! We assume 1 reference antenna and 3 sub arrays which periodically ! observe the calibrator ! ! refant = LA ! arr1 = BR, PT, HN ! arr2 = OV, FD, SC ! arr3 = KP, NL ! Each array observes the source for 2 mins and the calibrator for 45 secs gap = 0 Setup = rdbe_db.20cm ! Repeat the set of scans 10 times = 30 mintes group 6 repeat 10 ! Arr1 calibrating while arr2, arr3 on source Source = J2339+6010 Dwell = 00:45 stations = LA, BR, PT, HN / Source = GCNT28 Dwell = 1:00 stations = OV, FD, SC, KP, NL / ! Arr2 calibrating while arr1, arr3 on source Source = J2339+6010 Dwell = 00:45 stations = LA, OV, FD, SC / Source = GCNT28 Dwell = 1:00 stations = BR, PT, HN, KP, NL / ! Arr3 calibrating while arr1, arr2 on source Source = J2339+6010 Dwell = 00:45 stations = LA, KP, NL / Source = GCNT28 Dwell = 1:00 stations = BR, PT, HN, OV, FD, SC / ! Start using full array again - for final observations stations = LA, BR, PT, HN, OV, FD, SC, KP, NL ! Observe calibrator Source = J2339+6010 Dwell = 2:00 / ! Observe bright pulsar as a check Source = B0329+54 Dwell = 2:00 /