CARMA Script Writer

Help File for Script Writer and FAQ for Observing Scripts

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Enter source name, position, project code, and obsblock (Section 1)
  2. Enter contact information (Section 2)
  3. Specify track type (Section 3)
  4. Select generic correlator setup (Section 4)
  5. Change optional parameters, if necessary (Section 5)
  6. Request output format (Section 6)
  7. Click on "Generate Observing Script" and download summary and/or script using browser

IMPORTANT: This program generates a template script only! You must modify this template to fit your specific observations.


  1. Source information

    2. Source Name (maximum 8 characters)
    Right Ascension (HH:MM:SS)
    Declination (DD:MM:SS)
    Project code
    Obsblock
    Source catalog

  2. Contact information

    3. Name (required)
    Email address(es) (required)
    Office Phone
    Home phone

  3. Track type (for finding calibrators)

    4. 3mm
    1mm

  4. Tuning/correlator setup

    5. Tuning Sideband
    Upper
    Lower
    		    
    Correlator configuration
    Spectral line
    Continuum

  5. Optional parameters

    6. Preferred phase calibrator [Xplore]
    Integration time - phase cal [minutes]
    Integration time - source [minutes]
    Integration time - passband [minutes]
    Integration time - flux cal [minutes]
    Record length [seconds]
    Minimum flux - phase calibrator [Jy]
    Minimum flux - passband calibrator [Jy]
    Minimum flux - pointing source [Jy]
    Elevation limit [degrees]

  6. Output

    7. Summary
    Script
    Summary and Script

Last updated: November 17, 2007 by John Carpenter