# Observing with the Station (REALTA)



# Oddities

- When observing with the HBAs, there can be a desync between beamforming beginning and delivery of data to the LCU. As a result, always ensure there are at least 10 seconds between the end of beamforming initialisation ("Points accepted") and recording begining.
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# Recording with REALTA (empty)



# Changing Recording Drive

Depending on the circumstance, you may want to change where voltages are being recorded. To swap between `ucc1_recording1` and `ucc2_recording2`. Two changes have to be made.

1. First `/home/ilofar/scheduling/quicksched.py` must have line 57, changed to preferred drive. <div style="white-space: pre;">`<span style="color: #a9d9be;">recordingDrive </span><span style="color: #85d0b7;">=</span><span style="color: #a9d9be;"> </span><span style="color: #bfd5de;">"</span><span style="color: #a9d9be;">ucc1_recording1"</span>`</div>
2. The line 37 of `/home/ilofar/scheduling/scheduleAndRun.py` must be changed to desired drive. <div>`<span style="color: #baebe2;">RECORDING_PATH</span><span style="color: #85d0b7;">=</span><span style="color: #bfd5de;">"</span><span style="color: #a9d9be;">/mnt/ucc1_recording1/data/observations/</span><span style="color: #bfd5de;">"</span>`</div>