! Example sched input for a simple VLBA observation. ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! expt = 'HR 5110 Chandra/VLA/VLBA' expcode = 's9644b' version = 3 piname = 'Rachel Osten' address1 = 'Department of Astronomy, U. Maryland' address2 = 'College Park, MD 20742' address3 = 'USA' phone = '301-405-0469 (work) or 301-741-3462(cell)' obsphone = '301-405-0469 (work) or 301-741-3462(cell)' fax = '301-314-9067' email = 'rosten@astro.umd.edu' obsmode = '4 cm 128 Mbits/s' obstype = 'VLBA' correl = 'VLBA' note1 = ' ' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = Socorro coravg = 4 corchan = 16 cornant = 10 corpol = on corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = FTP corship1 = 'Rachel Osten' corship2 = 'Astronomy Department, University of Maryland' corship3 = 'College Park, MD 20742' ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. ! If you want this protection, comment this following line. overwrit ! Use automatic tape allocation. Required for most VLBA ! projects. Does not affect stations with only 1 drive. autotape = 2 ! These parameters can be used to encourage continuous tape ! motion if you have lots of short scans. See the manual. minpause = 10 ! Minimum playback tape stop duration. prestart = 20 ! Start tapes this long before scan start. sumitem = el1, az1, tape1, tpstart ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! These are sched defaults so they are not really needed. stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba freqfile = $SCHED/catalogs/freq.dat ! ========================================================== ! ======================= Setup file ===================== ! ========================================================== ! setini= vlba.4cm / nchan = 4 bits = 2 bbfilter = 8.0 freqref = 8416.99 freqoff = -3.50, -3.50, 4.50, 4.50 netside = U, U, U, U pol = dual / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year = 2008 month = 4 day = 6 start = 01:30:00 srccat / SOURCE='HR5110' RA=13:34:47.929 DEC=+37:10:56.527 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='1340+360' RA=13:40:35.99 DEC=+36:00:27.00 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='1308+326' RA=13:10:28.664 DEC=+32:20:43.783 EQUINOX='J2000' / endcat / ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! When not using DWELL, leave time for long slews with GAP. ! Allow a readback test occasionally. ! Only things that change need to be specified. stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK !setup = $SCHED/setups/v4cm-128-4-2.set' setup=vlba.4cm group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src !scan for a readback ? !rep=1 !setup=vlba.4cm !source='1338+381' gap=0:20 dur=4:00 / group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src !scan for a readback ? !rep=1 !setup=vlba.4cm !source='1338+381' gap=2:00 dur=4:00 / group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src !scan for a readback ? !rep=1 !setup=vlba.4cm !source='1338+381' gap=2:00 dur=4:00 / group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src rep=1 source='1308+326' gap=0 dur=300 /amplitude check group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src !scan for a readback ? !rep=1 !setup=vlba.4cm !source='1338+381' gap=2:00 dur=4:00 / group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src !scan for a readback ? !rep=1 !setup=vlba.4cm !source='1338+381' gap=2:00 dur=4:00 / group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src !scan for a readback ? !rep=1 !setup=vlba.4cm !source='1338+381' gap=2:00 dur=4:00 / group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src !scan for a readback ? !rep=1 !setup=vlba.4cm !source='1338+381' gap=2:00 dur=4:00 / group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 10 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src group 2 rep 3 setup=vlba.4cm source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !nearby phase calibrator source='HR5110' gap =0 dur=120 / !target source='1338+381' gap=0 dur=60 / !phase cal source='1340+360' gap=0 dur=60 /!need check1 src