Introduction

Most of the information in this chapter can be found within the LOFAR Station Cookbook, though there are a few other handy additions regarding the output formats that can be of interest. We will also discuss the current methogology for handling the data products and converting them to other formats, if needed.

Acronyms / Jargon / Etc

Preparing Observation Schedules

Preparing Observation Schedules With `prepquick.py`

Queuing an Observation Schedule

Interrupting Scheduled Observations

Processing Pulsar Data

Processing Solar Data (Basic)

Processing Other Data (EMPTY)

Bash Aliases

Introduction

XST Data

BST Data

ACC Data

CEP Packet Stream

TBB Data (Empty)

SST Data (Empty)

Software Levels

Observing Bit Mode

Antenna Sets, Subbands and RCU Bands (Modes)

Beamforming the Station

Example Observations (Currently only HBA)

Checking Antenna Spectra

Command References

Generating XST Data (Empty)

Mode 357 (Breaking the Station in the Name of Science) (Empty)

Oddities

Recording with REALTA (empty)

Kaira Background Task (357, scheduling) (EMPTY)

I-LOFAR Monitor (EMPTY)

(Archived) Handling Combined Solar/KBT/Beamformed Observations

(Archived) Handling KBT/Solar357 Observations (ScheduleKBT.py Method)

(Archived) Executing a Schedule and Processing Data

Introduction