[daip] problem with VLANT?
Eric Greisen
egreisen at nrao.edu
Mon Feb 15 12:50:36 EST 2010
Amanda Kepley wrote:
> Eric Greisen wrote:
>> Amanda Kepley wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm running VLANT on several similar files in a data set. VLANT was
>>> able to apply the corrections on the first file I put through, but
>>> not the second. I copying and pasting the file headers and the VLANT
>>> inputs and results below. Please let me know if you need any more
>>> information.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Amanda
>>>
>>>
>>> AIPS 1: Image=MULTI (UV) Filename=20060820 .K BAND. 1
>>> AIPS 1: Telescope=VLA Receiver=VLA
>>> AIPS 1: Observer=AJ324 User #= 333
>>> AIPS 1: Observ. date=20-AUG-2006 Map date=29-JAN-2010
>>> AIPS 1: # visibilities 1852120 Sort order TB
>>> AIPS 1: Rand axes: UU-L-SIN VV-L-SIN WW-L-SIN BASELINE TIME1
>>> AIPS 1: SOURCE FREQSEL
>>> 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 4 -1.0000000E+00 1.00 -1.0000000E+00 0.00
>>> AIPS 1: FREQ 1 2.2485100E+10 1.00 5.0000000E+07 0.00
>>> AIPS 1: IF 2 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
>>> LOGFILE FOR USER 333 GETTING LARGE: USE PRTMSG AND CLRMSG
>>> NOW! 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 AN is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type NX is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type SU 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 CL is 4
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type TY 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 OF is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type FG is 3
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type SN is 2
>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'CORRMODE' value = ' '
>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'VLAIFS ' value = 'ABCD '
>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'CORRCOEF' value = -1
>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'MAXABSU ' value = -1.000000E+00
>>>
>>> AIPS 1: VLANT Task to apply VLA antenna position corrections from OPs
>>> AIPS 1: Adverbs Values Comments
>>> AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> AIPS 1: INNAME '20060820' Input UV file name (name)
>>> AIPS 1: INCLASS 'K BAND' Input UV file name (class)
>>> AIPS 1: INSEQ 1 Input UV file name (seq. #)
>>> AIPS 1: INDISK 10 Input UV file disk unit #
>>> AIPS 1: SUBARRAY 0 Input subarray = AN file
>>> AIPS 1: GAINVER 0 Input CL table 0=>high
>>>
>>> sereni> VLANT1: Task VLANT (release of 31DEC10) begins
>>> sereni> VLANT1: TFETCH: wget OF DATA FILE FAILED AFTER wget
>>> sereni> VLANT1: Trying curl instead
>>> sereni> VLANT1: /tmp/baselines.vlais10 copied from the VLA web site
>>> sereni> VLANT1: WARNING: 1 ANTENNAS MAY STILL GET MORE CORRECTION
>>> sereni> VLANT1: Copied CL file from vol/cno/vers 10 18 1 to 10
>>> 18 2
>>> sereni> VLANT1: CL version input 1 output 2
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID( 1) = 'N36'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR( 1) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR( 1) = 0.0012
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR( 1) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID( 7) = 'N32'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR( 7) = 0.0035
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR( 7) = 0.0013
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR( 7) = 0.0023
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID( 8) = 'W16'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR( 8) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR( 8) = 0.0007
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR( 8) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID(12) = 'E12'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR(12) = -0.0039
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR(12) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR(12) = -0.0020
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID(13) = 'W12'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR(13) = -0.0180
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR(13) = -0.0100
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR(13) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID(14) = 'N16'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR(14) = 0.0100
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR(14) = -0.0150
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR(14) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID(20) = 'N20'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR(20) = 0.0000
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR(20) = -0.0008
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR(20) = -0.0018
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT STNID(27) = 'N28'
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT XCOR(27) = 0.0030
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT YCOR(27) = -0.0013
>>> sereni> VLANT1: VLANT ZCOR(27) = -0.0011
>>> sereni> VLANT1: Appears to have ended successfully
>>> sereni> VLANT1: serenity 31DEC10 TST: Cpu= 0.9 Real= 36
>>> IO= 157
>>>
>>>
>>> AIPS 1: Image=MULTI (UV) Filename=20060821 .K BAND. 1
>>> AIPS 1: Telescope=VLA Receiver=VLA
>>> AIPS 1: Observer=AJ324 User #= 333
>>> AIPS 1: Observ. date=21-AUG-2006 Map date=29-JAN-2010
>>> AIPS 1: # visibilities 1906448 Sort order TB
>>> AIPS 1: Rand axes: UU-L-SIN VV-L-SIN WW-L-SIN BASELINE TIME1
>>> AIPS 1: SOURCE FREQSEL
>>> 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 4 -1.0000000E+00 1.00 -1.0000000E+00 0.00
>>> AIPS 1: FREQ 1 2.2485100E+10 1.00 5.0000000E+07 0.00
>>> AIPS 1: IF 2 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 AN is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type NX is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type SU 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 CL is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type TY 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 OF is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Maximum version number of extension files of type FG is 1
>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'CORRMODE' value = ' '
>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'VLAIFS ' value = 'ABCD '
>>> AIPS 1: Keyword = 'CORRCOEF' value = -1
>>>
>>> >inp
>>> AIPS 1: VLANT Task to apply VLA antenna position corrections from OPs
>>> AIPS 1: Adverbs Values Comments
>>> AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> AIPS 1: INNAME '20060821' Input UV file name (name)
>>> AIPS 1: INCLASS 'K BAND' Input UV file name (class)
>>> AIPS 1: INSEQ 1 Input UV file name (seq. #)
>>> AIPS 1: INDISK 10 Input UV file disk unit #
>>> AIPS 1: SUBARRAY 0 Input subarray = AN file
>>> AIPS 1: GAINVER 1 Input CL table 0=>high
>>>
>>> sereni> VLANT1: Task VLANT (release of 31DEC10) begins
>>> sereni> VLANT1: FORMAT ERROR IN YEAR 2006
>>> sereni> VLANT1:
>>> sereni> VLANT1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
>>> sereni> VLANT1: serenity 31DEC10 TST: Cpu= 0.0 Real= 0
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I am baffled - did the file it is reading somehow change? It is a
>> simple minded read of the text file into a character and then a
>> formatted read with an error branch. It will do the same reads every
>> time it accesses the 2006 file. That file is in
>> $AIPS_ROOT/TEXT/STARS/VLA.ant.2006
>> Take a look at it and see of there are non-blank lines that do not
>> start with ; and do not have the format of the other lines. But why
>> it works on one and not the next I do not know. Try doing it again on
>> the first one (deleting the resulting CL table afterwards if it works).
>>
>> Eric Greisen
>
> Just did a quick look at the files in $AIPS_ROOT/TEXT/STARS/VLA.ant.2006
> and all the VLA.ant.* files appear to be corrupted on my Linux desktop
> (Centos, which is essentially Redhat) compared with the "good"
> installation on my laptop. I've attached an example file.
>
> A hint to what might have gone wrong was that the VLANT occurs a couple
> of days apart.
>
> Is this a problem with the AIPS installation at my end? Should I involve
> my sysadmin or will a regular MNJ take care of it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Amanda
>
>
Try deleting all of the VLA.ant.yyyy files and then running a MNJ. They
should all automatically be reloaded.
Eric Greisen
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