[daip] some srange fillm messages

[Eric Greisen]

bob at physics.ucdavis.edu wrote:
> hi, i am loading old FIRST data and getting the following messages
> 
> 1.
> FILLM4: Found 13180+42170     :    0 25.000 MHz at IAT   0/ 17:54:07.5
> FILLM4: MCANT: Bad total delay for antenna 12 at   0/17:56:10.0
> FILLM4: **********************************************
> FILLM4: SOME NON-0 STATIONS FOUND, SOME NOT - VERY ODD
> FILLM4: **********************************************
> FILLM4: Found 13210+42170     :    0 25.000 MHz at IAT   0/ 17:56:57.5
> 
> 2.
> 
> FILLM4: Found 14570+42170     :    0 25.000 MHz at IAT   0/ 19:36:57.5
> FILLM4: Found 15000+42170     :    0 25.000 MHz at IAT   0/ 19:39:47.5
> FILLM4: ANTENNAS APPEAR TO HAVE MOVED
> FILLM4: MCINI: Processing Correlator Code '4   ' with  27 antennas.
> FILLM4: MCINI - Mode 4: all compatible
> FILLM4: Ref. date = 19951023 A-C =  1.364900 B-D =  1.435100 GHz
> FILLM4: Appending new data to: 19951023    .CH 0  .  1 disk  4
> FILLM4: Ref. date = 19951023 A-C =  1.364900 B-D =  1.435100 GHz
> FILLM4: Appending new data to: 19951023    .LINE  .  1 disk  4
> FILLM4: Found 15000+42170     :    0 25.000 MHz at IAT   0/ 19:40:57.5

I am just back from Romania.

The first message has to do with a bit now used to test for station 
locations.  There are two possible vla centers at very high frequency (Q 
band) and so it tries two settings.  Normally only one has any hits and 
the other has none.  So the message is very odd indeed.  Check your 
antenna tables.

The other is also related - it checks antenna positions and may find 
that some antenna moved and went back into the array during your run. 
You will get a new data set at that point.

Eric Greisen