[daip] FILLM failed?

Kristy Dyer kdyer at nrao.edu
Mon Mar 8 18:23:50 EST 2004


I'm loading the following files into AIPS using FILLM 

File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_1
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_2
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_3
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_4
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_5
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_6
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_7
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_8
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_9
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_10
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_11
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_12
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_13
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_14
File available : /home/lark2/DATA/outaips/AK331_15


and it stops with the following message

lark  > FILLM1: Opening OUT:AK331_8
lark  > FILLM1: MCINI: Processing Correlator Code '4   ' with  27 
antennas.
lark  > FILLM1: MCINI - Mode 4: all compatible
lark  > FILLM1: Zenith opacity set to 0.014
lark  > FILLM1: MCINI: Processing Correlator Code '4   ' with  27 
antennas.
lark  > FILLM1: MCINI - Mode 4: all compatible
lark  > FILLM1: ZEXIST: VOLUME NUMBER =      0 OUT OF RANGE
lark  > FILLM1: ZCREAT: DISK  0 OUT OF RANGE FOR FILE DA00:MADFFFFFF;
lark  > FILLM1: TABINI: ERROR  4 CREATING FILE FQ NO   1
lark  > FILLM1: FQINI: ERROR INITIALIZING FREQUENCY TABLE FOR WRIT
lark  > FILLM1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
lark  > FILLM1: lark         31DEC04 TST: Cpu=      30.2  Real=      44

and I'm using the following FILLM options:

AIPS 1: FILLM     Task to read a VLA archive tape
AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: INTAPE        1                    Tape drive number
AIPS 1: INFILE     'OUT:AK331_                                      '
AIPS 1:                                    Non-blank: disk file name
AIPS 1: NFILES        0                    Number of files to advance
AIPS 1:                                    Also applies to ON-LINE!
AIPS 1: BAND       '    '                  Freq. band (4,P,L,C,X,U,K,Q)
AIPS 1: QUAL         -1                    Source qualifier -1=>all
AIPS 1: CALCODE    '    '                  Calibrator code
AIPS 1: VLAOBS     '      '                VLA obs. pgm. name ('AZ99')
AIPS 1: VLAMODE    '  '                    VLA obs. mode ('  '=any)
AIPS 1: REFDATE    '        '              Reference date. 'yyyymmdd'
AIPS 1: TIMERANG   *all 0                  Timerange selected
AIPS 1: BCHAN         1                    First spectral channel
AIPS 1: ECHAN         0                    Highest spectral channel
AIPS 1: OUTNAME    '            '          Output UV file name (name)
AIPS 1: OUTSEQ        0                    Output UV file name (seq. #)
AIPS 1: OUTDISK       2                    Output UV file disk unit #.
AIPS 1: DOUVCOMP     -1                    1 (T) => compressed data
AIPS 1: DOALL        -1                    1 (T) => write all data.
AIPS 1: DOCONCAT     -1                    1 (T) => append data to old
AIPS 1:                                    files
AIPS 1: NCOUNT        0                    Number of files to read
AIPS 1: DOWEIGHT      1                    Use nominal sensitivity to
AIPS 1:                                    scale weights?
AIPS 1:                                    = 10, use Memo 108 weights
AIPS 1: DOACOR       -1                    Load autocorrelation data?
AIPS 1: CPARM         0           0        User options.
AIPS 1:               0           0        1 => Avg. time (seconds)
AIPS 1:               0           0        2 => bitmap    (see help)
AIPS 1:               0           0.1667        = 16 for planets & Sun
AIPS 1:               0.1667      0        3 => Max. OK IF status
AIPS 1:                                         <=3 => 3
AIPS 1:                                    4 => Control dropping of
AIPS 1:                                         shadowed data
AIPS 1:                                         < 0 => no shadow check
AIPS 1:                                         0 => 25 m limit
AIPS 1:                                         > 0 => Shadow limit is
AIPS 1:                                               CPARM(4) in meters
AIPS 1:                                    5 = channel code (see HELP)
AIPS 1:                                    6 => Subarray number-see HELP
AIPS 1:                                    7 => FQ entry tolerance (kHz)
AIPS 1:                                         (see HELP)
AIPS 1:                                    8 => CL table time incr. min
AIPS 1:                                    9 => TY table time incr. min
AIPS 1:                                    10=> Calibrator avg. time
AIPS 1: ** press RETURN for more, enter Q or next line to quit print **
#
AIPS 1: DPARM      *all 0                  Selection by Frequency
AIPS 1:                                    1+2 => A Frequency (Hz)
AIPS 1:                                    3+4 => B Frequency (Hz)
AIPS 1:                                    5+6 => C Frequency (Hz)
AIPS 1:                                    7+8 => D Frequency (Hz)
AIPS 1:                                    9 => tolerance for A&C
AIPS 1:                                    10 => tolerance for B&D
AIPS 1: BPARM      *all 0                  Opacity and Gain curve
AIPS 1:                                    control (see help)
AIPS 1: IN2FILE    '                                                '
AIPS 1:                                    Antenna gains file
>

I've also tried setting and unsetting ncount and nfiles to 15.

-- Kristy





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