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5. NCCS programming and operations

5.1 NCCS Operations

NCCS Operations Guide of 2000/01/27, in ../nccs/text/nccs.summary

Configure the 18cm receiver in total power mode through the NCCS of 2000/11/23, in ../nccs/text/setup.18tp

Configure the 6cm receiver in total power mode through the NCCS of 2000/11/23, in ../nccs/text/setup.6tp

Configure the 4.5cm receiver in total power mode through the NCCS of 2000/11/23, in ../nccs/text/setup.4p5tp

Configure the 2.5cm receiver in total power mode through the NCCS of 2000/11/23, in ../nccs/text/setup.2p5tp

5.2 Test programs

Test programs are found in directory ../nccs/libhart/src/

tryscan.c is the prototype observing program. Netscape will not display C source code so no link is made to it here.

To work on program calt, for example:

check out from RCS: co -l calt.c

To make calt: linuxmake utilities

5.3 HartRAO Station Library

The System Parameter database (SYPARM) defines how the telescope, receiver systems and instruments (backends) can be configured and controlled, and contains operational parameters such as beamwidths, usable frequencies etc.

SYPARM (System Parameter) calls in ../nccs/libhart/doc/syparm_api.txt

SYPARM Library design, of 1997/10/30, in ../nccs/doc/text/syparm.library

SYPARM Contents, of 1997/10/21, in ../nccs/doc/text/syparm.contents

Resource file for SYPARM System Configuration Database Library, of 1999/05/31, in /nccs/doc/syparm/Syparm.res.dup

Resource file for SYPARM System Configuration Database Library, of 1999/05/31, in /usr/local/src/dserver/dbase/res/SYPARM/Syparm.res

Logging, alarm and watchdog calls in ../nccs/libhart/doc/logger_api.txt

5.4 Device control via Device Servers

Printed versions of these manuals are found in the file "NCCS - Device Server"

Hartebeesthoek Local Guide for Device Server Programmers (DSP), Version 1.0 of 1996/05/24, postscript version in ../nccs/doc/dserver/local/local.ps

Hartebeesthoek Local Guide for Device Server Programmers (DSP), Version 1.0 of 1996/05/24, html version in ../nccs/doc/dserver/local/localm/localm.html

Device Server Programmer's Manual, version 2.0 of 1993/04/06, in ../nccs/doc/dserver/ProgMan.dup.ps

Device Server Programmer's Manual, version 2.0 of 1993/04/06, in /usr/local/src/dserver-old/doc/system/DSM/DSMA001/ProgMan.ps

Automatic Class Generation Tool User's Guide, revision 2.0 of 1993/04/13 in ../nccs/doc/dserver/DSMA002.dup.ps

Automatic Class Generation Tool User's Guide, revision 2.0 of 1993/04/13 in /usr/local/src/dserver-old/doc/system/DSM/DSMA002/DSMA002.ps

TACO Device Server Programmer's Interface for C and C++ Programs (DSAPI), version 6.0 of 1997/11/13, in /nccs/doc/dserver/DSN101.dup.ps

TACO Device Server Programmer's Interface for C and C++ Programs (DSAPI), version 6.0 of 1997/11/13, in /usr/local/src/dserver-old/doc/system/DSN/DSN101.ps

link to Telescope and Accelerator COntrol (TACO) System home page at http://www.esrf.fr/computing/cs/taco/taco.html

link to TACO Manual home page at http://www.esrf.fr/computing/cs/taco/doc/manual.html

5.5 Hardware control using the Serial Digital Input Output System (SDIO)

HartRAO SDIO, of 1997/11/17, in ../nccs/doc/sdio/manual.ps

representative machine-made device server documentation:

Toggle Device Class User's Guide, of 1998/04/17, in ../nccs/dservers/sdio/toggle/ug/Toggle.ps

5.6 Antenna control using STEER

Antenna Control System, of 1997/05/28, in ../nccs/antenna/doc/manual.ps

Steer Device Server Users Guide, of 1996/10/12, in ../nccs/antenna/steer/ug/Steer.ps

Clearing PC Steer Faults, of 2001/05/04, in ../nccs/doc/text/pcsteer.faults

Contents of /antenna/hardware/src, in ../nccs/antenna/hardware/src/README

PC-Steer Mark II Cage Design, of 1996/02/22, in ../nccs/doc/text/cage.design

5.7 Plotting data

Plotting incoming data is achieved using program "plotserver".

How to plot data, of 2001/10/11, in ../nccs/doc/plotting/plotting.txt.

5.8 Spectroscopy using the AT Multibeam Correlator

Printed versions of these manuals are found in the file "ATNF Multibeam Correlator". Emails relating to the correlator are in ../nccs/correlator/emails/, and printed copies are in a file.

The original software for the multibeam correlator comes from Warwick Wilson's ftp directory, at ftp://atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/wwilson/cor/

Correlator Software

Running the correlator, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/correl.run

DUMMSY correlator commands, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/dummsy.html

SPD spectra display for ATNF correlators, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/spd_linux.html

Contents of /correlator directories, in ../nccs/correlator/README

SPC spectra analysis package, part 1 , used at the ATNF, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/spc2.txt

SPC spectra analysis package, part 2, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/spc3.txt

SPC spectra analysis package, part 3, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/spc4.txt

SPC spectra analysis package, part 4, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/spc5.txt

Glish 2.7 User Manual, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/glish.ps

Correlator Hardware

The NRAL Multibeam Correlator System, of 1997/03/19, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/mbsys.ps

Multibeam Correlator Installation Guide, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/mbinst.ps

Multibeam Block Control Computer, of 1997/03/19, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/mbcc.ps

Multibeam Correlator Module, of 1997/03/10, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/mbman.ps

Contents of AT Distributed Clock (ATDC) directories, in ../nccs/correlator/atdc/README

Printed versions of the documentation on the LBA_DAS video filter and sampling system and its controlling software, which is used by the MB correlator (and S2 VLBI system), are in the LBA_DAS manual.

Correlator - other related docs

link to Australian documentation on the ATNF multibeam correlator at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/electronics.html

Telescope Control System Graphical User Interface for ATNF Telescopes, in ../nccs/correlator/docs/tcs.ps


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