[daip] AIPS 31DEC10 SNPLT

[Leonia Kogan]

Yuri Y. Kovalev wrote:
> Dear Leonia,
> 
> SNTPL with dotv=1 in 31DEC10 gets the same result / the same problem.
> However!
> If I change timer=0 to timer=scantime(1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or ...) in SNPLT, 
> things improve and PC data are plotted correctly.
> So it seems, the problem occurs for timer=0 only.

This is a good piece of information. Still, I'd like to have your 
"tasaved" data as fits file.

Thanks

Leonia


> 
> TASAV could be found here:
> ftp://jet.asc.rssi.ru/outgoing/yyk/kogan/BL149DB.TASAV.bz2
> 
> Cheers,
> Yuri
> 
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Leonia Kogan wrote:
> 
>> Yura,
>>
>> I used SNPLT (to plot PC table) of 31DEC10 without any problem. At that
>> time it was 'TST' version of AIPS. I tested yesterday SNPLT using the
>> 31DEC11, and 31DEC10. Both versions work.
>> When I say "work" I mean SNPLT finishes successfully providing the
>> reasonable plots. You can wait for Eric. (he will be back March 18).
>> Right now please, use SNPLT with dotv=1 to brash aside a possible
>> problem at LWPLA. ( although I doubt that there is a  problem there.)
>> Then run TASAV (to save tables with only 1 visibility),
>> and send to us (daip at nrao.edu) the fits file of these data. We'll look
>> at the problem using these data.
>>
>> L. Kogan
>> Yuri Y. Kovalev wrote:
>>> Dear collegues,
>>>
>>> I had to install today the most recent version of the 31DEC10 AIPS since
>>> you do not update any more my favorite 31DEC09.
>>> Yes, 31DEC09 was very good. Thank you!
>>>
>>> I immidiately ran into a problem which I have heard about before but did
>>> not see myself yet. It seems, the problem is not fixed yet.
>>> I plot a postscript file with pulse-cal data in the following way:
>>>
>>> * Plot PC table and check if all antennas have meaninful PC data:
>>> task 'snplt'; inext 'pc'; pixr 0; timer 0;anten 0
>>> inv 1; nplot 8; optyp ''; source '';dotv false; factor 1
>>> stokes ''; runwait('snplt'); plver 1; inv 20; aspmm 0; outfil 'U:PC.PS
>>> runwait('lwpla'); inext 'pl'; inv -1;extdest
>>>
>>> Dataset: BL149DB.
>>> I did it two times.
>>> Ones, I was using 31DEC09 to reduce my data.
>>> Then, I used the most recent 31DEC10 to do the same.
>>>
>>> It seems, 31DEC09 did know how to plot pulse-cal data (attached
>>> PC_31DEC09.PS.gz) while 31DEC10 has certain issues (attached
>>> PC_31DEC10.PS.gz).
>>> Since I know that the pulse-cal data are there, the problem is for sure
>>> with plotting. I wonder if something could be done about it? Thank you.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Yuri
>>>
>>>
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