! Example sched input for a simple VLBA observation. ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 1 expt = 'Test the S band birdy at PT.' expcode = tr018 piname = 'Craig Walker' address1 = 'National Radio Astronomy Observatory' address2 = 'P. O. Box O' address3 = 'Socorro, New Mexico, 87801' address4 = ' U.S.A. ' phone = '505 835 7247 ' obsphone = '505 835 7247 ' email = cwalker@nrao.edu fax = '505 835 7027 ' obsmode = '6cm 128-4-2 ' obstype = VLBA note1 = ' ' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = Socorro coravg = 2 corchan = 128 cornant = 1 corpol = off corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = DAT corship1 = 'Craig Walker' corship2 = 'P. O. Box O' corship3 = 'Socorro NM 87801' ! ========================================================== ! ================== 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 = S01 / band='13cm' nchan=16 bbfilt=8.0 pol=RCP bits=1 synth=15.4,2.9,15.4 bbc = 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8 netside = L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U freqoff = 2, 2, 17, 17, 32, 32, 47, 47, 62, 62, 77, 77, 92, 92, 107, 107 freqref=2283.99 / endset / setini = S02 / band='13cm' nchan=16 bbfilt=8.0 pol=RCP bits=1 synth=15.4,2.9,15.4 bbc = 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4 netside = L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U freqoff = 2, 2, 17, 17, 32, 32, 47, 47, 62, 62, 77, 77, 92, 92, 107, 107 freqref=2283.99 / endset / setini = S03 / band='13cm' nchan=16 bbfilt=8.0 pol=RCP bits=1 synth=15.4,2.9,15.4 bbc = 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8 netside = L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U freqoff = 2, 2, 17, 17, 32, 32, 47, 47, 62, 62, 77, 77, 92, 92, 107, 107 freqref=2291.99 / endset / setini = S04 / band='13cm' nchan=16 bbfilt=8.0 pol=RCP bits=1 synth=15.4,2.9,15.4 bbc = 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4 netside = L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U, L, U freqoff = 2, 2, 17, 17, 32, 32, 47, 47, 62, 62, 77, 77, 92, 92, 107, 107 freqref=2291.99 / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== year = 2002 month = 8 day = 19 start = 14:30:00 ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== optmode 'scans' opminel 20 opdur 5:00:00 stations = VLBA_PT ! Random sources spread in RA. dur=20:00 group 24 rep 3 source 'J0000+4054' setup=S01 / setup=S02 / setup=S03 / setup=S04 / source 'J0400+0550' setup=S01 / setup=S02 / setup=S03 / setup=S04 / source 'J0801+1414' setup=S01 / setup=S02 / setup=S03 / setup=S04 / source 'J1200+2008' setup=S01 / setup=S02 / setup=S03 / setup=S04 / source 'J1600+0412' setup=S01 / setup=S02 / setup=S03 / setup=S04 / source 'J2000-1748' setup=S01 / setup=S02 / setup=S03 / setup=S04 /