GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 27/01/2024
2. Observation Sr. No. : 16327
3. Observer : Suryarao Bethapudi, Visweshwar Ram Marthi, Laura Spitler, Dongzi Li, Robert Main, Robert Wharton, Marlon Luis Bause
4. Observer\'s Email : ep14btech11008@iith.ac.in, vrmarthi@ncra.tifr.res.in, lspitler@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, dongzili@caltech.edu, ramain@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, wharton@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, mbause@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
5. Project Name : Tracking the Rotation Measure of FRB 20180916B
6. Project Code : 45_109
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Nilesh, Surender
8. Command File : /data1/gtac/cmd/45_109/45_109_27Jan2024_1200_cmd_mod.py
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/27jan/45_109_27jan2024_b4_gsb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/27jan/45_109_27jan2024_b4_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File :  

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 591 MHz ,RF2 : 591 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 540 MHz, ILO2 : 540MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1_shivneri
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE/TGC
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : ON
20. Stokes : Full_Stokes
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : OFF
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) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
S03 : Mechanical work.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 27 Jan 2024 12:00:00 - 27 Jan 2024 15:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : TGC

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

37. RFI Status :

38. Comments (During Observations) :
12:00 : Started settings.

------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 200
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 2048
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:2047:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Full_Stokes
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 550  550
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 45_109
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE/TGC
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_2  	: IA
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 32
GPU_GAINEQ  	: ON
GPU_TPA  	: From online/TGC tpa
GPU_BITS  	: 8 Bits
GPU_FILRFI  	: Voltage Detection
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
GPU_PFB  	: OFF
GPU_PFB_TAPS  	: 4
GPU_BEAM_BIT  	: 16
GPU_VLT_BIT  	: 8
GPU_WALSH  	: OFF
GPU_ENV  	: RELEASED
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------GWB RFI Filter Setting-----
FILTERED_SIGNALS	:	RFI_ALL			# RFI_ALL=All signals filtered / RFI_CH1 =Channel 1 only / RFI_CH2=Channel 2 only
EXTERNAL MEDIAN	:	0			# integer value(-128 to 127)
THRESHOLD VALUE	:	4			# integer value(0 to 127)
CONSTANT VALUE		:	0			# integer value(-128 to 127)
FILTERING OPTION	:	DIGITAL NOISE		# BYPASS / CONSTANT= \'CONSTANT VALUE\' / THRESHOLD=\'THRESHOLD CLIP\' / DIGITAL=\'DIGITAL NOISE\'
DDC_STATUS		:	OFF			# DDC = ON/OFF
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Pulsar DATA files:
gwbh7:/data8/gpuuser/45_109_data8_27jan2024/*
gwbh8:/data8/gpuuser/45_109_data8_27jan2024/*
===================================================

# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=29
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=29
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=29
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=29


12:22 : Started command file.
          /data1/gtac/cmd/45_109/45_109_27Jan2024_1200_cmd_mod.py

15:35 : Stopped command file and observation over.