Welcome to program SCHED. Version: 11.30 Version 11.3 update 1. April 14, 2014 The manual is at http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/software/sched/index.html Unix users should set $SCHED to the base area where SCHED is installed. Most run time messages will be in sched.runlog Some useful commands to give now if running interactively: SCHedule= : Specify input file. PLOT : Invokes uv, xy, rd, and uptime plotting. FREQLIST=lowF,highF : Make frequency list (MHz). Then exit. EXIT : Leave program. / : End of inputs - run program (or EXIT). RDSET: Reading setup file: ra1cm2.set RDSET: Reading setup file: ra6cm2.set SRREAD: Reading source catalog: Program_input STREAD: Reading station catalog: ./eg086b_stations.dat STREAD: Reading locations file: ./eg086b_locations.dat STREAD: Ignoring extra station catalog entry for KVNYS STREAD: Ignoring extra station catalog entry for KVNUS STREAD: Ignoring extra station catalog entry for KVNTN SRREAD: Reading source catalog: ./eg086b_sources.radioastron GETFREQ: Reading frequency file: ./eg086b_freq.dat INPUT: Found 97 input scans. SETBAND: Both BAND and adequate information to set frequencies were provided BAND will be ignored. Only one warning will be issued. Setup file: ra1cm2.set SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station TORUN WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band tr1cm 1 1 F T T T T T T T tr1cm 2 2 F T T T T T T T tr1cm 3 1 F T T T T T T T tr1cm 4 2 F T T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station EFLSBERG WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band ef1cm 1 1 F F T T T T T T ef1cm 2 2 F F T T T T T T ef1cm 3 1 F F T T T T T T ef1cm 4 2 F F T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station ONSALA60 WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band ons1cm 1 1 F T T T T T T T ons1cm 2 2 F T T T T T T T ons1cm 3 1 F T T T T T T T ons1cm 4 2 F T T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station HART WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band hh1cm 1 1 F T T T T T T T hh1cm 2 2 F T T T T T T T hh1cm 3 1 F T T T T T T T hh1cm 4 2 F T T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station MEDICINA WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band mcredH2O 1 1 F F T T T T T T mcredH2O 2 2 F F T T T T T T mcredH2O 3 1 F F T T T T T T mcredH2O 4 2 F F T T T T T T mc13mm 1 1 F T T T T T T T mc13mm 2 2 F T T T T T T T mc13mm 3 1 F T T T T T T T mc13mm 4 2 F T T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station METSAHOV WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band mh1cm 1 1 F T T T T T T T mh1cm 2 2 F T T T T T T T mh1cm 3 1 F T T T T T T T mh1cm 4 2 F T T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station SARDINIA WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station YEBES40M WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band ys40_1cm 1 2 F T T T T T T T ys40_1cm 2 1 F T T T T T T T ys40_1cm 3 2 F T T T T T T T ys40_1cm 4 1 F T T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station KVNYS WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station KVNUS WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station KVNTN WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra1cm2.set Station PUSH WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra6cm2.set Station EFLSBERG WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band ef6cmOH 1 1 F F T T T T T T ef6cmOH 2 2 F F T T T T T T ef6cmOH 3 1 F F T T T T T T ef6cmOH 4 2 F F T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra6cm2.set Station ONSALA85 WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band onb6cmOH 1 1 F T T T T T T T onb6cmOH 2 2 F T T T T T T T onb6cmOH 3 1 F T T T T T T T onb6cmOH 4 2 F T T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra6cm2.set Station NOTO WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band nt6cm 1 1 F F T T T T T T nt6cm 2 2 F F T T T T T T nt6cm 3 1 F F T T T T T T nt6cm 4 2 F F T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra6cm2.set Station WSTRBORK WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band wb6cmOH 1 1 T F F T T T T T wb6cmOH 2 1 F F T T T T T T wb6cmOH 3 1 T F F T T T T T wb6cmOH 4 1 F F T T T T T T wb6cm 1 1 T F F T T T T T wb6cm 2 1 F F T T T T T T wb6cm 3 1 T F F T T T T T wb6cm 4 1 F F T T T T T T --------------------------------------- SETFCAT: In setup: ra6cm2.set Station JODRELL1 WRTMSG: Special message from routine SETFCAT: ----------- WARNING ----------- SCHED could not find a frequency catalog group that matched the setup file and station mentioned above. Below are the closest matches with at least some overlap in RF frequency. You can use FREQLIST (a main program input) to get the frequency catalog group and IF numbers that are available. Or you can look in freq.dat in the catalogs area. Since SCHED cannot confirm the validity of your setup, check and be very sure it is correct! In the table below, a match is indicated by a T. A mismatch is indicated by F. FreqCat Baseband FreqCat IF First Pol RF VLA FE RF RF Group Channel IF Name LO Chan 1 IF Freq Band --------------------------------------- CHK4DAR: Inconsistent patching BBC#02 is not on Low CHK4DAR: Inconsistent patching BBC#01 is not on Low CHk4DAR: Requested mixed patching for URUMQI in setup ra6cm2.set Decrease frequency coverage or change LO, or verify with station that this is OK! SCHOPT: First output scan will be number 1 SCHOPT: There will be 97 output scans ( 1 - 97) from 64/20:00:00 to 65/05:00:00 SUMOPE: Writing summary file eg086b.sum STALST: WARNING - A station has zero axis offset, which is unlikely. Accurate positions, including axis offsets are needed for correlation. Is your station location information adequate? See the summary file station list to see which stations are suspect. OMSOUT: Writing OMS file eg086b.oms VXWRT : Writing V E X file eg086b.vex VXWRIF: WARNING, Phase cal not under computer control for some stations. Contact stations by e-mail to make sure phase cal is switched off Phase cal is under computer control for VLBA stations and many others. VXSCH: TORUN has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: ONSALA60 has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: METSAHOV has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: KVNYS has 42 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: KVNUS has 41 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: KVNTN has 41 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: JODRELL1 has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: ONSALA85 has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: SHANGHAI has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: URUMQI has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: SVETLOE has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: ZELENCHK has 33 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: BADARY has 43 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: PUSH has 11 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: MEDICINA has 41 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: SARDINIA has 37 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: NOTO has 34 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: YEBES40M has 33 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: WSTRBORK has 25 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: HART has 21 Tsys measurements. Maximum interval = 20 minutes. VXSCH: Tsys calibration at most MkIV stations is taken during every gap in recording, but these appear over 15 min apart for the stations listed above! This can be improved by inserting gaps at regular intervals. Note this is not an issue for Westerbork or Arecibo WRTMSG: Special message from routine VXSCH: For most MkIV stations (e.g. most of the EVN) the calibration diode is only fired during gaps in recording. Although the total power is monitored continuously during scans, the calibration diode must be fired regularly to allow these total power levels to be accurately converted to system temperatures. It is recommended that, where possible, you leave a gap in recording at least every 15 minutes to allow the system temperature measurements. The gap should be at least 15 seconds, but you should also try to ensure that these gaps are long enough that all the antennas are on source before the next scan starts. Note that warnings about Westerbork and Arecibo can be safely ignored because they have continuous system temperature measurements. VXSCH: BADARY : only 42 out of 43 Tsys measurements are on-source VXSCH: HART : only 20 out of 21 Tsys measurements are on-source VXSCH: Stations listed above are affected by slewing during Tsys calibration WRTMSG: Special message from routine VXSCH: Note that although you may have left gaps during which the system temperature can be measured at MkIV stations, one or more stations are still slewing at the scan starts. System temperatures measured when the antennas are slewing are unlikely to be useful. The time between useful Tsys measurements is therefore likely to be longer than the recommended 15 minutes at the stations listed above. Note that warnings about Westerbork and Arecibo can be safely ignored. V2DOUT: Writing V2D file eg086b.tv2d FLAGS: Writing apriori flagging file eg086b.flag Processing TORUN Processing ONSALA60 Processing METSAHOV Processing KVNYS Processing KVNUS Processing KVNTN Processing JODRELL1 Processing ONSALA85 Processing SHANGHAI Processing URUMQI Processing SVETLOE Processing ZELENCHK Processing BADARY Processing PUSH Processing MEDICINA Processing SARDINIA Processing NOTO Processing YEBES40M Processing EFLSBERG Processing WSTRBORK Processing HART