[daip] calib question

Eric Greisen egreisen at nrao.edu
Mon Oct 8 19:35:44 EDT 2012


bob at physics.ucdavis.edu wrote:
> hi, so i have combined the c and b config data with reway run.
> when i try to selfcal, the P only works fine but when i try to
> selfcal both p and A it always fails.
> 
> CALIB6: Field  123 used       0 CCs
> CALIB6: Determining solutions using full vector averaging
> CALIB6: Writing SN table    2
> CALIB6: RPOL, IF= 1 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: RPOL, IF= 2 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: RPOL, IF= 3 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: RPOL, IF= 4 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: LPOL, IF= 1 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: LPOL, IF= 2 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: LPOL, IF= 3 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: LPOL, IF= 4 The average gain over these antennas is  1.000E+00
> CALIB6: ERROR: NO VALID SOLUTIONS FOUND
> CALIB6: Destroyed UV image file: catno=      6 disk= 2
> CALIB6: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
> CALIB6: first 31DEC11 TST: Cpu=   2137.1  Real=   2451  IO=     27826
> 
> the inputs for calib are as follows. do you see any obvious mistakes?
> 
> AIPS 6: INNAME     'M33L3BC'                  UV file name (name)
> AIPS 6: INCLASS    'CALIB'                    UV file name (class)
> AIPS 6: INSEQ         3                       UV file name (seq. #)
> AIPS 6: INDISK        2                       UV file disk drive #
> AIPS 6:                                    Data selection (multisource):
> AIPS 6: CALSOUR    *all ' '                Calibrator sources
> AIPS 6: QUAL         -1                    Calibrator qualifier -1=>all
> AIPS 6: CALCODE    ' '                     Calibrator code '    '=>all
> AIPS 6: SELBAND      -1                    Bandwidth to select (kHz)
> AIPS 6: SELFREQ      -1                    Frequency to select (MHz)
> AIPS 6: FREQID       -1                    Freq. ID to select.
> AIPS 6: TIMERANG   *all 0                  Time range to use.
> AIPS 6: ICHANSEL   *all 0                  Array of start and stop chn
> AIPS 6:                                    numbers, plus a channel
> AIPS 6:                                    increment and IF to be used
> AIPS 6:                                    for channel selection in the
> AIPS 6:                                    averaging. See HELP ICHANSEL.
> AIPS 6:                                    Default = center 75% of band.
> AIPS 6: ANTENNAS   *all 0                  Antennas to select. 0=all
> AIPS 6: DOFIT      *all 0                  Subset of ANTENNAS list for
> AIPS 6:                                    which solns are desired.
> AIPS 6: ANTUSE     *all 0                  Mean gain is calculated
> AIPS 6:                                    (CPARM(2)>0) using only the
> AIPS 6:                                    listed antennas. See explain.
> AIPS 6: SUBARRAY      0                    Subarray, 0=>all
> AIPS 6: UVRANGE       2         200        Range of uv distance for full
> AIPS 6:                                    weight
> AIPS 6: WTUV          0                    Weight outside UVRANGE 0=0.
> AIPS 6: WEIGHTIT      0                    Modify data weights function
> AIPS 6:                                    Cal. info for input:
> AIPS 6: DOCALIB      -1                    > 0 calibrate data & weights
> AIPS 6:                                    > 99 do NOT calibrate weights
> AIPS 6:                                    NOT for single-source files
> AIPS 6: GAINUSE       0                    CL table to apply.
> AIPS 6: DOPOL        -1                    If >0 correct polarization.
> AIPS 6: PDVER         0                    PD table to apply (DOPOL>0)
> AIPS 6: BLVER        -1                    BL table to apply.
> AIPS 6: FLAGVER      -1                    Flag table version
> AIPS 6: DOBAND       -1                    If >0 apply bandpass cal.
> AIPS 6:                                    Method used depends on value
> AIPS 6:                                    of DOBAND (see HELP file).
> AIPS 6: BPVER        -1                    Bandpass table version
> AIPS 6: SMOOTH     *all 0                  Smoothing function. See
> 
> AIPS 6: IN2NAME    'M33L3BC'                  Cleaned map name (name)
> AIPS 6: IN2CLASS   'ICL001'                   Cleaned map name (class)
> AIPS 6: IN2SEQ        2                       Cleaned map name (seq. #)
> AIPS 6: IN2DISK       6                       Cleaned map disk unit #
> AIPS 6: INVERS        0                    CC file version #.
> AIPS 6: NCOMP      *all 0                  # comps to use for model.
> AIPS 6:                                    1 value per field
> AIPS 6: FLUX          0                    Lowest CC component used.
> AIPS 6: NMAPS       123                    No. Clean map files
> AIPS 6: CMETHOD    ' '                     Modeling method:
> AIPS 6:                                    'DFT','GRID','    '
> AIPS 6: CMODEL     'COMP'                  Model type: 'COMP','IMAG'
> AIPS 6:                                    'SUBI' (see HELP re images)
> AIPS 6: SMODEL     *all 0                  Source model, 1=flux,2=x,3=y
> AIPS 6:                                    See HELP SMODEL for models.
> AIPS 6:                                    Output uv data file.
> AIPS 6: OUTNAME    ' '                        UV file name (name)
> AIPS 6: OUTCLASS   ' '                        UV file name (class)
> AIPS 6: OUTSEQ        0                       UV file name (seq. #)
> AIPS 6: OUTDISK       2                       UV file disk drive #
> AIPS 6: DOAPPLY       0                       >= 0 write output if
> AIPS 6:                                            single source
> AIPS 6:                                    Solution control adverbs:
> AIPS 6: REFANT        8                    Reference antenna
> AIPS 6: SOLINT       15                    Solution interval (min)
> AIPS 6: SOLSUB        0                    Solution subinterval
> AIPS 6: SOLMIN        0                    Min solution interval
> AIPS 6: APARM      *all 0                  General parameters
> AIPS 6:                                       1=min. no. antennas
> AIPS 6:                                       2 > 0 => data divided
> AIPS 6:                                       3 > 0 => avg. RR,LL
> AIPS 6:                                       5 > 0 => avg. IFs.
> AIPS 6:                                       6=print level, 1=good,
> AIPS 6:                                         2 closure, 3 SNR
> AIPS 6:                                       7=SNR cutoff (0=>5)
> AIPS 6:                                       8=max. ant. # (no AN)
> AIPS 6:                                       9 > 0 => pass failed soln
> AIPS 6:                                      10 < 99 cal output weights
> AIPS 6:                                    Phase-amplitude Parameters:
> AIPS 6: DOFLAG        0                    Flag on closure error?
> AIPS 6: SOLTYPE    'GCOR'                  Soln type,'  ','L1','GCON',
> AIPS 6:                                       'R', 'L1R', 'GCOR'
> AIPS 6: SOLMODE    'GCON'                  Soln. mode: 'A&P','P','P!A',
> AIPS 6:                                    'GCON',
> AIPS 6: SOLCON        0                    Gain constraint factor.
> AIPS 6: MINAMPER      0                    Amplitude closure error
> AIPS 6:                                    regarded as excessive in %
> AIPS 6: MINPHSER      0                    Phase closure error regarded
> AIPS 6:                                    as excessive in degrees
> AIPS 6: NORMALIZ      0                    >0 => normalize gain:
> AIPS 6:                                      1 globally, 2 by subarray,
> AIPS 6:                                      3 by subarray,IF
> AIPS 6:                                      4 by subarray,IF,pol
> AIPS 6: CPARM      *all 0                  Phase-amp. parameters
> AIPS 6:                                       1 = Min el for gain
> AIPS 6:                                            normalization (deg)
> AIPS 6:                                       2 > 0 normalize w median
> AIPS 6:                                            else use mean
> AIPS 6:                                       3 avg. amp. closure err
> AIPS 6:                                       4 avg. ph. closure err
> AIPS 6:                                       5  = 1 vector average
> AIPS 6:                                         channels, scalar avg
> AIPS 6:                                         between times
> AIPS 6:                                         >= 2 scalar average
> AIPS 6:                                       6 limit clipping in robust
> AIPS 6:                                       7 limit display of closure
> AIPS 6:                                         errors
> AIPS 6: SNVER         0                    Output SN table, 0=>new table
> AIPS 6: ANTWT      *all 0                  Ant. weights (0=>1.0)
> AIPS 6: GAINERR    *all 0                  Std. Dev. of antenna gains.
> AIPS 6: BADDISK    *all 0                  Disk no. not to use for
> 

I could have used more messages about components used etc but I am 
looking at the GCOR and GCON adverbs here with which I am not familiar 
but I believe they require additional information elsewhere which I do 
not see in your adverbs.  Try with 'L1' and 'P' to start...

Eric Greisen




More information about the Daip mailing list