[daip] fatal CLCAL error in 31DEC03 AIPS

Daniel Lebach dlebach at cfa.harvard.edu
Wed Jun 4 17:01:38 EDT 2003


Hello,

For years I have run a very basic CLCAL operation with an input
SN table that was generated by TBIN.  Unfortunately, when I use
the 31DEC03 version of CLCAL, the operation crashes:

>imh
AIPS 1: Image=MULTI     (UV)         Filename=BR080B      .UVCOP .   2
AIPS 1: Telescope=VLBA               Receiver=VLBA
AIPS 1: Observer=BR080               User #= 2101
AIPS 1: Observ. date=14-JUL-2002     Map date=10-FEB-2003
AIPS 1: # visibilities    875726     Sort order  TB
AIPS 1: Rand axes: UU-L-SIN  VV-L-SIN  WW-L-SIN  TIME1  BASELINE
AIPS 1:            SOURCE  FREQSEL  INTTIM  GATEID  CORR-ID
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: Type    Pixels   Coord value     at Pixel     Coord incr   Rotat
AIPS 1: COMPLEX      3   1.0000000E+00       1.00  1.0000000E+00    0.00
AIPS 1: STOKES       2  -1.0000000E+00       1.00 -1.0000000E+00    0.00
AIPS 1: FREQ        16   8.4055213E+09       8.53  5.0000000E+05    0.00
AIPS 1: IF           4   1.0000000E+00       1.00  1.0000000E+00    0.00
AIPS 1: RA           1    00 00 00.000       1.00       3600.000    0.00
AIPS 1: DEC          1    00 00 00.000       1.00       3600.000    0.00
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: Coordinate equinox 2000.00
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type HI is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type FQ is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type CT is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type OB is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type WX is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type AN is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type CL is   9
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type CQ is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type FG is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type GC is   3
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type IM is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type MC is   2
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type NX is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type SN is   9
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type SU is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type TY is   3
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type PC is   1
AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type BP is   1
AIPS 1: Keyword = 'OLDRFQ  '  value =  8.41349000D+09
AIPS 1: Keyword = 'SUBARRAY'  value =            1
>inp
AIPS 1: CLCAL     Task to manage SN and CL calibration tables
AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: INNAME     'BR080B      '          Input UV file name (name)
AIPS 1: INCLASS    'UVCOP '                Input UV file name (class)
AIPS 1: INSEQ         2                    Input UV file name (seq. #)
AIPS 1: INDISK        5                    Input UV file disk unit #
AIPS 1: SOURCES    *all ' '                Source list to calibrate
AIPS 1: SOUCODE    '    '                  Source "Cal codes"
AIPS 1: CALSOUR    *all ' '                Cal sources for calibration
AIPS 1: QUAL         -1                    Source qualifier -1=>all
AIPS 1: CALCODE    '    '                  Calibrator code '    '=>all
AIPS 1: TIMERANG   *all 0                  Time range to calibrate
AIPS 1: SUBARRAY      0                    Subarray, 0=>all,
AIPS 1: ANTENNAS   *all 0                  Antennas selected, 0=> all
AIPS 1: SELBAND      -1                    Bandwidth to select (kHz)
AIPS 1: SELFREQ      -1                    Frequency to select (MHz)
AIPS 1: FREQID       -1                    Freq. ID to select.
AIPS 1: OPCODE     'CALI'                  Operation 'MERG','CALI',
AIPS 1:                                    'SMOO','CALP'; ' ' => 'CALI'
AIPS 1: INTERPOL   'SELF'                  Interpolation function,
AIPS 1:                                    choices are: '2PT','SIMP',
AIPS 1:                                    'AMBG','CUBE','SELF','POLY'
AIPS 1:                                    see HELP for more details.
AIPS 1: CUTOFF        0                    Interpolation limit in
AIPS 1:                                    time (min); 0=> no limit.
AIPS 1: SAMPTYPE   '    '                  Smoothing function
AIPS 1: BPARM      *all 0                  Smoothing parameters
AIPS 1: ICUT          0                    Cutoff for functional forms
AIPS 1: DOBLANK       1                    Blanked value interpolation
AIPS 1: DOBTWEEN      1                    > 0 -> smooth all sources
AIPS 1:                                    together; else separate them
AIPS 1: SMOTYPE    '    '                  Data to smooth
AIPS 1: SNVER         8                    Input SN table, 0=>all.
AIPS 1: GAINVER       7                    Input Cal table 0=>high
AIPS 1: GAINUSE      10                    Output CAL table 0=>high+1
AIPS 1: REFANT        7                    Reference antenna 0=>pick.
AIPS 1: BADDISK       1        *rest 0     Disks to avoid for scratch
>go clcal
CLCAL1: Task CLCAL  (release of 31DEC03) begins
CLCAL1: Using interpolation mode SELF
CLCAL1: Processing SN table    8
CLCAL1: WARNING: SN table    8 has already been applied
CLCAL1: Adjusting solutions to a common reference antenna =  7
forrtl: error (75): floating point exception
AIPS 1: TASK QUIT WITHOUT RESUMING ME
AIPS 1: Begin check for any 'standard' scratch files
AIPS 1: Scratch files -- destroyed:    0  still active:    0
AIPS 1: Resumes
>

Can you identify the problem?

A duplicate run of CLCAL in 31DEC02 AIPS worked perfectly fine,
as it always has.  In fact, CL 9 is the output of the operation
in 31DEC02 AIPS that you see crashing above in 31DEC03 AIPS.

Have I set one of the new adverbs wrong in CLCAL?  A few efforts
with different adverb values produced the same results.

I have made a TASAV file available to you via anonymous ftp
to cfa-ftp.harvard.edu .  Directory is /outgoing/del , file name
is br080b.tasav.fits.gz

Best regards,
Dan




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