VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY OBSERVING LOG -------------------------------------- Project: BR096 Observer: Rawlings, S. Project type: VLBA Obs filename: br096crd.* Date/Day: 2004DEC31/366 Ants Scheduled: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK =UT-Time===Comment===============================================MF#===%AD==AMD= 0003 Begin file VCLOCK check ok SC at -0.092 UT1-UTC check ok (-0.50) GPS delta < 10 us Operator: T. Perreault LA recording Mark 5 bank A pack NRAO-064 PT recording Mark 5 bank A pack NRAO-032 KP recording Mark 5 bank A pack NRAO-003 0154 Readback check ok 0220 BR wea: snowing 0336 Readback check ok 0516 Readback check ok 0516-0540 *KP not recording to disc. OTHER 100 24 Getting message that tDiscLoop is not running. 0522 SC observing ends 0522 KP called operations supervisor, got instructions on how to deal with the Mark 5. Rebooted the Mark 5 unit at 0524 UT, rebooted station VME at 0530 UT. 0533 KP reboot of station VME failed to correct the problem. Mark5 came back with no disc pack in any bank and it was in IDLE mode. Called operations supervisor, switched to tape. Called site tech to notify that the disc pack failed. Site tech mentioned that there was a note on the module to watch out for disk drive 2. 0540 KP rebooted station VME to load in the file to write to tape. Next observing file also sent out to the site - it will now write to tape. Put the Mark5 into STMODE. 0541 HN observing ends 0554-0556 *KP station VME rebooted due to task tDiscLoop SW 100 2 not running. Task tSuper will try to restart a stalled task several times and then reboot the station computer. 0604 End. Downtime Summary: Total downtime : 26 min Percentage downtime of observing: 0.7% Average downtime per hour : 0.4 min Total scheduled observing time (# Antennas): 3610 min (10) Notes: * = Entries where data was affected. % = Entries where data may have been affected. & = Entries where the site tech was called out. WEA = Weather entries. MF# = Maintenance form or major downtime category associated with a problem. %AD = The percentage of an antenna affected by a problem. AMD = Total antenna-minutes downtime for a problem. Tsys = System Temperature (TP/SP x Tcal/2) ACU = Antenna Control Unit FRM = Focus/Rotation Mount RFI = Radio Frequency Interference VME = Site control computer CB = Circuit Breaker vclock = Program that compares site clock time to a standard.