attachment:Pako_help.txt of ListAstroTargetNika2

   1 PAKO preparation for 2010
   2 -------------------------
   3 
   4 Interface to NCS
   5 Summary of PAKO user's manual
   6 
   7 
   8 !   starts a comment line
   9 -   command is continued
  10 @ filename   to execute the script filename
  11 
  12 ! If not sending commands (outside normal run) do:
  13 SET DOSUBMIT NO
  14 
  15 
  16 SET LEVEL 0 0   ! very verbose
  17 SET LEVEL 1 1   ! chatty
  18 SET LEVEL 3 3   ! less
  19 SET LEVEL 5 5   ! none
  20 
  21 SET ANGLEUNIT arcsec   ! make sure angle units are arcsec.
  22 
  23 ; Telescope fits are in mrt-lx1
  24 /ncsServer/mrt/ncs/data/imbfits/
  25 het or bol
  26 
  27 ; To start pako
  28 ssh t16-10@mrt-
  29 gopako
  30 pakodisplay
  31 pako
  32 
  33 set project t16-10
  34 set pi "Alain"
  35 set observer "Aurelien"
  36 
  37 ! Remember to reset offsets!
  38 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  39 OFFSETS /Clear
  40 
  41 ! total power (no secondary wobbler)
  42 SWTOTAL
  43 
  44 
  45 ! prepare a catalog
  46 ! NIKA.sou (see wiki web) to put in the directory : 
  47 !   t16-10/pako
  48 
  49 ! Choose a catalog with a .sou extension
  50 CATALOG SOURCE NIKA.sou
  51 HELP source
  52 
  53 ! select a source
  54 ! No case matching, but name must be full
  55 SOURCE W3OH
  56 
  57 ! or a planet
  58 SOURCE Mars
  59 
  60 ! to check the catalog
  61 HELP SOURCE
  62 
  63 
  64 ! start an observation (MAKE SURE you want that)
  65 START
  66 
  67 ! procedure to focus
  68 ! to set focus
  69 SET FOCUS 0
  70 
  71 ! On the fly mode (cover all array pixels) for pointing and alignment. Expensive.
  72 OTFMAP -180 -180 180 -180  - ! offsets at start and end of first otf subscan
  73   /notf 61 ! number of subscans
  74   /step 0 6  ! steps between subscans in arcsecond
  75   /system truehorizon ! projection AzEl is used to define the map
  76   /totf 36 ! time of a subscan
  77   /zigzab  ! go back and forth
  78 
  79 ! Correct pointing to center on the array by giving a and b
  80 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM Nasmyth
  81 
  82 ! correct the focus
  83 SET FOCUS -1
  84 
  85 ! Small map to check the focus quickly
  86 OTFMAP -48 -48 48 -48  - ! offsets at start and end of first otf subscan
  87   /notf 17 ! number of subscans
  88   /step 0 6  ! steps between subscans in arcsecond
  89   /system truehorizon ! projection AzEl is used to define the map
  90   /totf 10 ! time of a subscan
  91   /zigzab  ! go back and forth
  92 
  93 
  94 
  95 ! 4 switching modes (3 useful for bolometers)
  96 ! total power
  97 SWTOTAL
  98 ! Beam switching
  99 SWBEAM
 100 ! wobbler switching negAmplitude posAmplitude  0.6 seconds per phase!
 101 SWWOBBLER -30 +30 /TPHASE 0.6
 102 
 103 ! Observing modes
 104 CALIBRATE
 105 
 106 ! pointing cross of given length (in trueHorizon system)
 107 POINTING 120
 108 
 109 
 110 
 111 ! skydip
 112 ! stop wobbler
 113 SWTOTAL /tphase 0.6
 114 ! tip at azimuth 180, scan airmass from 1.1 to 4.1 by steps of 0.6
 115 TIP  180 /airmass 1.1 4.1 0.6 /tsubscan 12.0
 116 
 117 ! position switching
 118 ONOFF   !
 119 ! example (give ON offsets and OFF offsets, 2 positions each, 2 systems)
 120 ONOFF 30 40 /reference -600 -700 projection /SYSTEM projection
 121 ! other options (30 seconds per subscan):
 122 /nsubscans 12 /symmetric /tsubscan 30
 123 
 124 ! projection is RADEC system here
 125 ! can use /SYSTEM trueHorizon too
 126 
 127 ! if wobbler on use the following special mode
 128 ! in that case the off position is automatically on the off wobbler position
 129 ONOFF /swwobbler /nsubscans 12 /symmetric /tsubscan 30
 130 
 131 
 132 ! not used by bolometers
 133 TRACK
 134 
 135 ! everything in J2000
 136 ! x=(l-lsource)*cos(b)
 137 ! y=b-bsource
 138 ! to define the source
 139 SOURCE
 140 ! if needs to offset from source use
 141 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM projection
 142 ! then it is in x and y as above
 143 
 144 ! or
 145 
 146 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM trueHorizon
 147 ! then Delta az= (az-azsource)*cos(elev)
 148 ! and  Delta el= elev-elevsource
 149 
 150 ! or 
 151 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM Nasmyth
 152 
 153 ! Remember to reset offsets!
 154 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 155 OFFSETS /Clear
 156 
 157 
 158 !options
 159 /t... refers to time
 160 /n... refers to number
 161 /f... refers to frequency
 162 /temp... refers to temperature
 163 
 164 
 165 ! See example of startup p21
 166 
 167 
 168 ! Pointing
 169 SWBEAM
 170 POINTING /default
 171 START
 172 
 173 
 174 ! Set the corrections
 175 SET POINTING 3.4 -1.2
 176 
 177 
 178 ! Focus (length in mm)
 179 FOCUS 2  /nsubscans 6 /tsubscans 12
 180 START
 181 
 182 ! enter the correction
 183 SET FOCUS -2.1
 184 
 185 
 186 ! Useful in a script
 187 PAUSE "Sequence Something OK to start ? [c/q]"  ! a chance to check
 188 
 189 ! and also
 190 SAY " blabla "
 191 
 192 
 193 ! save last command
 194 SAVE name
 195 ! retrieve a command
 196 @ command_name