• To check the experiment code and the included stations, open up a terminal and type

  nobs -cp

• You can process the schedule files with

  schedules $exper $station1 $station2

  (same syntax as nobs outputs). This will loop through the list of stations and run

  slogit.auscope.sh

  with the appropriate arguments.

• If you have problems with any problems with slogit( being unable to find/download the schedule files), you may need to do this yourself. Some notes are here
• Once the emacs sessions to the proc files are open, you will need to make sure the right IFs are selected. For most experiments (R1, R4, AUSTRAL, CRF, CRDS, AUG, AUA and RDV) they should be:

  YARRAGADEE 
  ifa=1,agc,1
  ifb=4,agc,4
  ifc=2,agc,2
  ifd=2,agc,2
  dbbcform=geo
  
  HOBART26
  ifa=1,agc,2
  ifb=4,agc,1
  ifc=2,agc,2
  ifd=2,agc,2
  dbbcform=geo

  For some APSG, OHIG, AOV and T2 experiments (which only use a narrow X-band range) they should be:

  YARRAGADEE 
  ifa=1,agc,1
  ifb=4,agc,1
  ifc=2,agc,2
  ifd=2,agc,2
  dbbcform=geo
  
  HOBART26
  ifa=1,agc,2
  ifb=4,agc,2
  ifc=2,agc,2
  ifd=2,agc,2
  dbbcform=geo

• These are the default IF power levels for the three DBBCs.

  Telescope    ifa    ifb    ifc    ifd 
  Yarragadee   25000  29000  35000  35000
  Hobart26       48000  48000  32500  35000

• Check that the appropriate software is running on the pcfs, timing, maser, and the DBBC computers.

  **Timing PC:** HMI ("UOT 12m Antenna-xxx"), Tac32Plus, and the AneMonitor.
  **PCFS:** field system 
  **DBBC:**DBBC2 Control DDC v104_2.exe 
  **Maser** H-server, Standard VCH-1005A Manager  

The DBBC version may change in/after July 2021 depending on the results of testing

• To set up the log monitoring and start the checklists, please use the following command from an ops8 terminal:

  auscope_start.sh r11010 yg

• This will set the logfile name on the pcfs, start streaming to the log to /tmp/$st.log, launch the log monitor and checklist script
• A start checklist will appear, as long as the schedule has not already been loaded. Mid-observation checklists will pop up 2.5 hours after each one is completed. Checklist parameters are explained here.

If thescript fails, you can pipe the logfile to ops8 by opening a terminal (dont close this terminal window) and typing stream_log yg. Start the Log Monitor from the “AuScope Utilities” menu and open the /tmp/yg.log to read the file and raise alarms as needed.

Checklists can be launched manually from ops8 with checklist$st.py (e.g checklistyg.py for Yarragadee will launch a mid-observation checklist, checklistyg_start.py a start one)

• Type the following commands, one by one, into operator input on pcfsyg (with the correct experiment codes of course)

  proc=r1556yg
  exper_initi
  log=r1556yg

• Configuring the RF and IF signal paths
• DBBC Setup
• In oprin please type

  setupsx
  iread
  bread

• Do not start DIMino with jive5ab running, you will crash the mk5 and perhaps destroy the data records already on the module. Confirm that DIMino is running on mk5yg, rather than jive5ab using the command

  ps -ef | grep  DIM

  . It not, you must stop any jive5ab process with

  pkill jive5ab

  and restart the program with

  ./dim r1556yg

• All these commands should be issued as “oper@mk5yg”
• Please make sure you are using the correct module Module and Data Library and contact Yarragadee if this is incorrect. Also confirm that the physical label matches what is return by

  mk5=vsn?

• Checking clock offsets and delays
• Making a test recording
• Tsys measurement
• Antenna checks
• Weather conditions
• Sending a station ready email to IVS
• Starting and monitoring the observations
• Finishing up
• Processing logs and shipping data

• Following on with another experiment