ALFA Software at NAIC

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ALFA Software at NAIC
Steve Torchinsky
GALFA Meet3, Arecibo August 29, 2004
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ALFA Software at NAIC
NAIC Software philosophy Datataking and Operation
Software Quicklook software Offline data
reduction software
August 28, 2004
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NAIC Software Philosophy for ALFA
Spectral line data is written in a standard file
format ALFA consortia are producing software for
data reduction Arecibo staff help with data
reduction software as part of their membership in
ALFA consortia NAIC provides datataking and
online data display software
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CIMA
ALFA observing is done through the Control
Interface Module for Arecibo Maintained by Jeff
Hagen
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Select ALFA Receiver
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Configure Frontend
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Configure Backend
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Pointing
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Observe!
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Help using CIMA
www.naic.edu/astro
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CIMA step-by-step
www.naic.edu/astro
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ALFA Online Data Display
By Mikael Lerner
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Versatile plot display control
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Waterfall plots
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Suppress menus
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Select individual beams
Color table selection
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Multiple data on a single plot
Both polarizations on a single plot
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Mix and Match
Select beams, data, plot type, colors
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Dump plots
Choose from Several formats
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Header data in realtime
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Position info in realtime
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Setup info
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Context sensitive Help
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Engineering Monitor
/home/aoui/alfa/alfaobswin
By Mikael Lerner
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Big Dish FITS
alfa.naic.edu/data
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WapRed
WAPP Reduction by Erik Muller
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WapRed Quickstart Guide
By Erik Muller
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Interrim Correlator IDL Routines
By Phil Perillat
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IC/WAPP IDL Routines
Additional routines for WAPP Spectral Line
reduction, including some ALFA specific
routines by Phil Perillat
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NAIC Software Philosophy for ALFA
Spectral line data is written in a standard file
format ALFA consortia are producing software for
data reduction Arecibo staff help with data
reduction software as part of their membership in
ALFA consortia NAIC provides datataking and
online data display software