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BST Data

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Station Data Products

Beamlet statictics (BSTs) are effectively dyanmic spectra produced by the station at a regular, r...

Updated 3 years ago by David

PSRCHIVE / DSPSR

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  Software: PSRCHIVE / DSPSR (intertwined) Key Type(s): Int, String Depends on: Sigproc, TEM...

Updated 3 years ago by David

Example Observations (Currently only HBA)

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

Combining everything found in this chapter, we can provide an example observation. This code bloc...

Updated 3 years ago by David

Sigproc

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Software: Sigproc Key Type(s): Int, String Depends on: TEMPO1 Change at: Compilation Repo: ...

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Antenna Sets, Subbands and RCU Bands (Modes)

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

Antenna Sets In international mode, we recommend using either the LBA_OUTER or HBA_JOINED antenn...

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Beamforming the Station

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

Beamforming is the process by which the station electronics collect the antenna signals and delay...

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Observing Bit Mode

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

There are 3 available bit modes available while observing with the station. 4, 8 and 16-bit, each...

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Checking Antenna Spectra

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

This is typically performed in either swlevel 2 or swlevel 3, with the methodology differing betw...

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Command References

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

rspctl (Expert mode) -bash-4.2$ rspctl -X rspctl usage: --- RCU control --------------------...

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

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

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Generating XST Data (Empty)

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

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I-LOFAR Monitor (EMPTY)

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Station Services

git clone https://github.com/canizarl/ILOFAR_Realtime Monitor   cd /home/ilofar/Monitor tmux n...

Updated 3 years ago by David

Kaira Background Task (357, scheduling) (EMPTY)

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Station Services

cd /home/ilofar/Scripts/Python/obs_schedule # Currently a Python 2 script python ScheduleSola...

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Recording with REALTA (empty)

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (REALTA)

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Oddities

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (REALTA)

When observing with the HBAs, there can be a desync between beamforming beginning and delivery o...

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Software Levels

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Observing with the Station (LCU)

In international mode, the station has 4 software levels, but only 3 of which are used extensivel...

Updated 3 years ago by David

Software

REALTA Users Guide SETI

Charlie Giese collected his script in a git repository here. git clone https://github.com/Charli...

Updated 3 years ago by David

Getting TOA Measurements from Single Pulses

REALTA Users Guide Processing Methodologies

This page describes the process to get a TOA measurement for a single pulse, assuming You know ...

Updated 3 years ago by David

CEP Packet Stream

I-LOFAR Observers Guide Station Data Products

The CEP packet stream is the lowest level, constantly produced data product from the station. It ...

Updated 4 years ago by David

Processing Non-Pulse-Based Observations

REALTA Users Guide Processing Methodologies

The backend used for CDMT is also available in a CLI, lofar_udp_extractor, which is installed on ...

Updated 4 years ago by David