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BST Data
Beamlet statictics (BSTs) are effectively dyanmic spectra produced by the station at a regular, r...
PSRCHIVE / DSPSR
Software: PSRCHIVE / DSPSR (intertwined) Key Type(s): Int, String Depends on: Sigproc, TEM...
Example Observations (Currently only HBA)
Combining everything found in this chapter, we can provide an example observation. This code bloc...
Sigproc
Software: Sigproc Key Type(s): Int, String Depends on: TEMPO1 Change at: Compilation Repo: ...
Antenna Sets, Subbands and RCU Bands (Modes)
Antenna Sets In international mode, we recommend using either the LBA_OUTER or HBA_JOINED antenn...
Beamforming the Station
Beamforming is the process by which the station electronics collect the antenna signals and delay...
Observing Bit Mode
There are 3 available bit modes available while observing with the station. 4, 8 and 16-bit, each...
Checking Antenna Spectra
This is typically performed in either swlevel 2 or swlevel 3, with the methodology differing betw...
Command References
rspctl (Expert mode) -bash-4.2$ rspctl -X rspctl usage: --- RCU control --------------------...
Mode 357 (Breaking the Station in the Name of Science) (Empty)
Generating XST Data (Empty)
I-LOFAR Monitor (EMPTY)
git clone https://github.com/canizarl/ILOFAR_Realtime Monitor cd /home/ilofar/Monitor tmux n...
Kaira Background Task (357, scheduling) (EMPTY)
cd /home/ilofar/Scripts/Python/obs_schedule # Currently a Python 2 script python ScheduleSola...
Recording with REALTA (empty)
Oddities
When observing with the HBAs, there can be a desync between beamforming beginning and delivery o...
Software Levels
In international mode, the station has 4 software levels, but only 3 of which are used extensivel...
Software
Charlie Giese collected his script in a git repository here. git clone https://github.com/Charli...
Getting TOA Measurements from Single Pulses
This page describes the process to get a TOA measurement for a single pulse, assuming You know ...
CEP Packet Stream
The CEP packet stream is the lowest level, constantly produced data product from the station. It ...
Processing Non-Pulse-Based Observations
The backend used for CDMT is also available in a CLI, lofar_udp_extractor, which is installed on ...