[daip] uvfits conversion using casa

[Eric Greisen]

On 04/16/2018 11:18 AM, Farhad Zadeh wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Hope all is well. I managed to download a casa reduced pipeline data, 
> converted it to uvfits in casa, loaded it into aips. I tried running 
> TVFLG and prtan and
> 
> I got these messages. Any suggestions?
> 
> I am including the fits header also
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Farhad
> 
> 
> Image=MULTI     (UV)         Filename=18A-091_7MM .UVDATA.   1
> AIPS 1: Telescope=EVLA               Receiver=EVLA
> AIPS 1: Observer=Dr. Farh            User #=  110
> AIPS 1: Observ. date=03-APR-2018     Map date=15-APR-2018
> AIPS 1: # visibilities   2675711     Sort order  TB
> AIPS 1: Rand axes: UU-L  VV-L  WW-L  TIME1  SUBARRAY  FREQSEL SOURCE
> AIPS 1:            INTTIM  ANTENNA1  ANTENNA2
> 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        64   4.5955990E+10      33.00 2.0000000E+06    0.00
> AIPS 1: IF          54   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 FQ 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 SU 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 NX is 1
> 
> TVFLG1: Task TVFLG  (release of 31DEC17) begins
> grote.> TVFLG1: Begin finding a list of times to enter the grid
> grote.> TVFLG1: UVGET: doing no flagging this time
> grote.> TVFLG1: Found  1715 time intervals to grid, so
> grote.> TVFLG1: begin gridding the data to a cataloged TVFLGR file
> grote.> TVFLG1: ANREFM: UNKNOWN AN FORMAT, # COLS =  13
> grote.> TVFLG1: ANTINI: ERROR  1 CORRECTING AN FORMAT, CONTINUING
> grote.> TVFLG1: ZOPEN: LUN =  16 ALREADY OPENED IN FTAB
> grote.> TVFLG1: TABINI: I/O ERROR FROM ISTAB ON AN
> grote.> TVFLG1: ANINI: ERROR   3 FROM TABINI OPCODE = READ
> grote.> TVFLG1: ANINI: ERROR   3 INITIALIZING ANTENNA TABLE FOR READ
> grote.> TVFLG1: GETNAN: ERROR  3 READING AN FILE     1
> grote.> TVFLG1: FINDNX: UNABLE TO READ ANTENNAS INFO - ERROR 3    1
> grote.> TVFLG1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
> grote.> TVFLG1: grote 31DEC17 TST: Cpu=    444.6  Real=    814 IO=    
> 425027
> grote.> PRTAN1: Task PRTAN  (release of 31DEC17) begins
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANREFM: UNKNOWN AN FORMAT, # COLS =  13
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANTINI: ERROR  1 CORRECTING AN FORMAT, CONTINUING
> grote.> PRTAN1: ZOPEN: LUN =  29 ALREADY OPENED IN FTAB
> grote.> PRTAN1: TABINI: I/O ERROR FROM ISTAB ON AN
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANINI: ERROR   3 FROM TABINI OPCODE = READ
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANINI: ERROR   3 INITIALIZING ANTENNA TABLE FOR READ
> grote.> PRTAN1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
> grote.> PRTAN1: grote        31DEC17 TST: Cpu=       0.0 Real=       0
> grote.> PRTAN1: Task PRTAN  (release of 31DEC17) begins
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANREFM: UNKNOWN AN FORMAT, # COLS =  13
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANTINI: ERROR  1 CORRECTING AN FORMAT, CONTINUING
> grote.> PRTAN1: ZOPEN: LUN =  29 ALREADY OPENED IN FTAB
> grote.> PRTAN1: TABINI: I/O ERROR FROM ISTAB ON AN
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANINI: ERROR   3 FROM TABINI OPCODE = READ
> grote.> PRTAN1: ANINI: ERROR   3 INITIALIZING ANTENNA TABLE FOR READ
> grote.> PRTAN1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
> grote.> PRTAN1: grote        31DEC17 TST: Cpu=       0.0 Real=       0
> 
>

I made a fix for this CASA stupidity on September 7.  You need to run a 
MNJ to update your version of AIPS.

Eric Greisen