GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 01/09/2018
2. Observation Sr. No. : 10506
3. Observer : Lucy Sarah Oswald, Aris Karastergiou, Dipanjan Mitra, Simon Johnston
4. Observer's Email : lucy.oswald@physics.ox.ac.uk, aris.karastergiou@physics.ox.ac.uk, dmitra@ncra.tifr.res.in, Simon.Johnston@atnf.csiro.au
5. Project Name : Single pulse studies with GMRT: An unprecedented view of the pulsar magnetosphere
6. Project Code : 34_006
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Rupsing
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/01sep/34_006_01sep2018_gsb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/01sep/34_006_01sep2018_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/34_006.FLAGS.1

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 306 MHz ,RF2 : 306 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 255 MHz, ILO2 : 255MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 24+24 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 4+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1_shivneri
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : OFF
20. Stokes : Full_Stokes
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : PA
23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 306 306 255 255 51 51
30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C10 : : Servo offset.

33. Note for Backup :data recording done on Node34:/mnt/pulsar/gsbusre/ and gwbh7:/data3/gpuuser/

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 01 Sep 2018 17:40:00 - 01 Sep 2018 19:40:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :29

37. Comments (During Observations) :
17:40:00 : Started setup.
18:09:43 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 2.2817 min.
18:20:24 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 0.134218 min.
18:20:48 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 5.90557 min.
18:27:24 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.55013 min.
18:30:19 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 5.50292 min.
18:38:24 : Started scan on B1556-44 for ~ 11.1401 min.
18:55:12 : Started scan on B1749-28 for ~ 35.9703 min.
19:32:43 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.81857 min.
19:35:00 : Observation session over.



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gsb_gac.dat
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# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
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gwb_gac.dat
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 W01 W02 Total=17


------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 2048
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:2047:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Full_Stokes
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 500  500
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 34_006
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 32
GPU_GAINEQ  	: OFF
GPU_TPA  	: From GWB GUI.
GPU_BITS  	: 8 Bits
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
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