PoolObs

Pool/NCS

• How to start the pool session with the NCS

Login at the control room:

•     - Open a session at mrt-lx4: pool/passwd (ask operator or AoD for passwd)
      - Open a session at mrt-lx7: flexible/passwd (ask operator or AoD for passwd)

Start Pako in mrt-lx4:0.0:

•     - Go to "paKo" virtual desktop.
      - Open a paKo terminal (same passwd as for the pool account).
      - > goPako (setup the pako session).
      - > pakoDisplay (open a window with the paKo output).
      - > pako (enter in the paKo program).

Start the observation monitoring in mrt-lx4:0.1:

•     - Go to "ObsMonitor" virtual desktop.
      - Open a paKo terminal (same passwd as for the pool account).
      - > antenaCSDataStreamViewer  (start the observation monitoring)
      - Open the web browser konqueror and open various Tab at the following URI (should be bookmarked):   
         - file:/ncsServer/mrt/ncs/monitor/scanInfo.html  (Job Informations)
         - file:/ncsServer/mrt/ncs/observationQueues (look at the pool directory for the job submitted)
         - http://mrt-lx1/mainWiki  (internal wiki with informations for NCS, Pool, etc: Use it as a feedback for NCS and Pool)

Start Xephem:

•     - In the "Xephem" virtual desktop (mrt-lx4:0.0) open the xephem sw.
      - All the .edb files for the different projects should be available from there.

Open the pool database sessions in mrt-lx7:0.1:

•     - Ih the virtual desktop "DB Pool" and "DB LST" open a mozilla web broswer and the database with the account: observer/passwd (ask opeator or AoD for passwd)
      - Open in the virtual desktop "BoloLog"  a pool database and the automatic BoloLog for bolometer observations.
      - If the observations are heterodyne, open the PakoLog sheet (OpenOffice) according the project.