[evlatests] last bit of VLA data still bad
Michael Rupen
mrupen at nrao.edu
Tue Jan 8 11:42:47 EST 2008
Hi Walter,
> It is clear the obs2script bug fix is in and working.
>
> I claim that the last source of your file ended at 18:04:20 IAT and that
> everything IDCAF did was fine. after 18:04:20 IAT, a source called FINISH
> at 18:00:00 RA 00:00:00 dec was configured. This is the standard source
> that informs IDCAF not to write more records. This source was observed,
> but not recorded, until 18:05:06 IAT. It seems the odd end effects you
> are seeing are something completely different from previous end-of-expt
> problems. It is suspicious that it is the last 10 seconds of a source and
> that a second subarray was running at the same time (sysstartU). I don't
> think this is an IDCAF or obs2script problem. If you see a source named
> "FINISH" in your database then something is wrong with idcaf. I'm not
> sure what could cause screwy amplitudes in the last 10 sec of the file.
> It would be good to get feedback from others doing tests or observations
> with single subarrays.
There is no source names FINISH, so I guess you can rest easy -- for a little
while at least...
> WANTED FROM TESTERS -- reports on the end of tests or observations -- are
> the last unflagged records good or not? Does the observation end at the
> right IAT time?
I'll keep my eyes open...
Michael
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