[daip] Re: CLCAL bug

[Jim Ulvestad]

Hmm, I have no idea why the targets aren't in CL 7, but I'll try to
figure it out.

Thanks for sleuthing.

Jim

Amy Mioduszewski wrote:

> Hi Jim etal,
>
> So, it seems to be partially user error, but partially CLCAL behaving 
> badly when it is confused.
>
> I re-ran VLBAFRGP, a slightly altered version which changed the VNUM 
> and VPUT CLCAL after each run.  The error was reproduced, so then I 
> VGET each CLCAL in turn and ran them again.
>
> CLCAL #1: main calibrator calibrating itself: SNPLT fine
> CLCAL #2: secondary calibrator calibrating itself: SNPLT fine
> CLCAL #3: secondary calibrator calibrating itself: SNPLT fine
> CLCAL #4: main calibrator calibrating target #1: extra points in SNPLT
> CLCAL #5: main calibrator calibrating target #2: more extra points in 
> SNPLT
>
> Anyway, neither target was in the original CL table (CL/7) so CLCAL 
> seems to just stick in the SN table values for the calibrator.  This 
> is bad behavior by CLCAL, which logically should just tell the user 
> that the source they want to calibrate does not exist and die.
>
> I will look into fixing CLCAL and you should figure out why your 
> sources disappear from the CL tables.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Amy
>
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