attachment:Pako_helpv2.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 ! Choose a well known heterodyne instrument for pointing purpose
  45 ! ASK Samuel
  46 
  47 ! prepare a catalog
  48 ! NIKA.sou (see wiki web) to put in the directory : 
  49 !   t16-10/pako
  50 
  51 ! Choose a catalog with a .sou extension
  52 CATALOG SOURCE NIKA.sou
  53 HELP source
  54 
  55 ! select a source
  56 ! No case matching, but name must be full
  57 SOURCE W3OH
  58 
  59 ! or a planet
  60 SOURCE Mars
  61 
  62 ! to check the catalog
  63 HELP SOURCE
  64 
  65 
  66 ! start an observation (MAKE SURE you want that)
  67 START
  68 
  69 ! procedure to focus
  70 ! to set focus
  71 SET FOCUS 0
  72 
  73 ! On the fly mode (cover all array pixels) for pointing and alignment. Expensive.
  74 OTFMAP -180 -180 180 -180  - ! offsets at start and end of first otf subscan
  75   /notf 61 ! number of subscans
  76   /step 0 6  ! steps between subscans in arcsecond
  77   /system truehorizon ! projection AzEl is used to define the map
  78   /totf 36 ! time of a subscan
  79   /zigzab  ! go back and forth
  80 
  81 ! Correct pointing to center on the array by giving a and b
  82 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM Nasmyth
  83 
  84 ! correct the focus
  85 SET FOCUS -1
  86 
  87 ! Small map to check the focus quickly
  88 OTFMAP -48 -48 48 -48  - ! offsets at start and end of first otf subscan
  89   /notf 17 ! number of subscans
  90   /step 0 6  ! steps between subscans in arcsecond
  91   /system truehorizon ! projection AzEl is used to define the map
  92   /totf 10 ! time of a subscan
  93   /zigzab  ! go back and forth
  94 
  95 
  96 
  97 ! 4 switching modes (3 useful for bolometers)
  98 ! total power
  99 SWTOTAL
 100 ! Beam switching
 101 SWBEAM
 102 ! wobbler switching negAmplitude posAmplitude  0.6 seconds per phase!
 103 SWWOBBLER -30 +30 /TPHASE 0.6
 104 
 105 ! Observing modes
 106 CALIBRATE
 107 
 108 ! pointing cross of given length (in trueHorizon system)
 109 POINTING 120
 110 
 111 
 112 
 113 ! skydip
 114 ! stop wobbler
 115 SWTOTAL /tphase 0.6
 116 ! tip at azimuth 180, scan airmass from 1.1 to 4.1 by steps of 0.6
 117 TIP  180 /airmass 1.1 4.1 0.6 /tsubscan 12.0
 118 
 119 ! position switching
 120 ONOFF   !
 121 ! example (give ON offsets and OFF offsets, 2 positions each, 2 systems)
 122 ONOFF 30 40 /reference -600 -700 projection /SYSTEM projection
 123 ! other options (30 seconds per subscan):
 124 /nsubscans 12 /symmetric /tsubscan 30
 125 
 126 ! projection is RADEC system here
 127 ! can use /SYSTEM trueHorizon too
 128 
 129 ! if wobbler on use the following special mode
 130 ! in that case the off position is automatically on the off wobbler position
 131 ONOFF /swwobbler /nsubscans 12 /symmetric /tsubscan 30
 132 
 133 
 134 ! not used by bolometers
 135 TRACK
 136 
 137 ! everything in J2000
 138 ! x=(l-lsource)*cos(b)
 139 ! y=b-bsource
 140 ! to define the source
 141 SOURCE
 142 ! if needs to offset from source use
 143 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM projection
 144 ! then it is in x and y as above
 145 
 146 ! or
 147 
 148 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM trueHorizon
 149 ! then Delta az= (az-azsource)*cos(elev)
 150 ! and  Delta el= elev-elevsource
 151 
 152 ! or 
 153 OFFSET a b /SYSTEM Nasmyth
 154 
 155 ! Remember to reset offsets!
 156 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 157 OFFSETS /Clear
 158 
 159 
 160 !options
 161 /t... refers to time
 162 /n... refers to number
 163 /f... refers to frequency
 164 /temp... refers to temperature
 165 
 166 
 167 ! See example of startup p21
 168 
 169 
 170 ! Pointing
 171 SWBEAM
 172 POINTING /default
 173 START
 174 
 175 
 176 ! Set the corrections
 177 SET POINTING 3.4 -1.2
 178 
 179 
 180 ! Focus (length in mm)
 181 FOCUS 2  /nsubscans 6 /tsubscans 12
 182 START
 183 
 184 ! enter the correction
 185 SET FOCUS -2.1
 186 
 187 
 188 ! Useful in a script
 189 PAUSE "Sequence Something OK to start ? [c/q]"  ! a chance to check
 190 
 191 ! and also
 192 SAY " blabla "
 193 
 194 
 195 ! save last command
 196 SAVE name
 197 ! retrieve a command
 198 @ command_name