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I Mopra QRH The Mopra Quick Reference Handbook Available online at http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/ Current Date / Vers

Page 5 of 54 3. Observatory Characteristics 3.1. Location Mopra is located in the foothills of Siding Spring, near Coonabarabran in r

Page 6 of 54 7mm @ 42 GHz 82” ~ 80K 3mm @ 90 GHz 38” ~200K 3mm @ 115 GHz 30” ~ 600K Table 5 Beam widths and average Tsys's Frequency Efficien

Page 7 of 54 Figure 2 Antenna efficiency at 12mm and 7mm

Page 8 of 54 Figure 3 Tsys at 3mm from Ladd et al. The following fit is used to calculate in TOAD whether the Tsys is in range € Tsy

Page 9 of 54 Internally, MOPS contains 4 IF’s, or Bands. Refer to Figure 4 MOPS bands and IF's to see how they are arranged and relate

Page 10 of 54 Figure 4 MOPS bands and IF's In Zoom mode, the zoom windows are arranged as depicted in the following graph. Use

Page 11 of 54 Figure 5 MOPS zoom window definitions Further to this, the MOPS zoom window setups and spectral resolutions can be seen in the foll

Page 12 of 54 Figure 6 MOPS zoom mode specifications 3.4. Data rates You need to make sure you bring enough disk spa

Page 13 of 54 4. Command references 4.1. SPD Command Action select 1 2 3 4 View both pols in IF’s 1 & 2 in separate graphs, amplitude vs. fre

Page 14 of 54 4.2. MOTP Command Action sel * Selects all powers, required when MOPS has been restarted. sca y1 y2 Changes the Y scale of

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Page 15 of 54 5. Normal procedures 5.1. Observing Checklist Before starting your observations make sure you have • Selected a good pointing sour

Page 16 of 54 5.3. Find your zooms with mops_vis or OTF v6 or PSW v5 mops_vis is a script application written by Erik Muller, which runs on any p

Page 17 of 54 Alternatively, you can use the graphical editor from the on the fly (OTF) or the position switch (PSW) schedule maker

Page 18 of 54 5.5. Setting up the observatory software While observing from an ATNF supported Mopra control desk, you will be presented

Page 19 of 54 Screen 1 (TCS) Screen 2 (MOPS) Screen 3 (SPD) Screen 4 (TOAD) atdaemon TCS dclocks MOPS MOTP atdrivemon SPD Pointings attest

Page 20 of 54 Compare the layout of the screen you have just created, try to make it look similar: Figure 9 VNC screen 1 Then set

Page 21 of 54 o When the window has come up, dismiss the skyviewer window (unless you would like to use it), and dismiss any wa

Page 22 of 54 Figure 11 VNC screen 3 • Clicke the up arrow in the virtual screen square until it says “Pointing”. • Right click on the back

Page 23 of 54 Figure 12 VNC screen 3 on the pointing virtual desktop • Lastly, click on the up arrow one more time to access the “Utilities” scr

Page 24 of 54 purpose make use of the virtual screen button’s top right and bottom left arrows to click into to the next available virtual desktop:

III Table of contents 1.! Preamble... 1!1.1.! How to use the Quick Reference Handbook (Q

Page 25 of 54 Figure 14 VNC screens and virtual desktop arrangements in multi screen mode 5.6.2. Two screen setup In the two screen setup: • On

Page 26 of 54 section (5.7.1) detailing one facility we have installed to facilitate this coordination. This is to • Exchange informati

Page 27 of 54 If you’re in two-screen mode and would like to make sure MOPS is not running already, in the terminal window that starts MOPS

Page 28 of 54 Wavelength Subreflector focus position 3mm 16.2 7mm 16.2 12mm 16.2 2.5cm 10.0 3cm -2.0 20cm -25 Table 12 Focus positions Select the

Page 29 of 54 5.8.4. Starting your observations Upon completion of the pointing, you can start your schedule by loading the schedule

Page 30 of 54 Figure 17 QuickData interface 5.8.6. Processing your data Your data is initially stored on MPCCC1 (the MOPS control computer), and

Page 31 of 54 Mopra data is stored in /DATA/ARCHIVE_1/Mopra/ accessible from Kaputar. The file name convention is YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM-MXXX.rpf,

Page 32 of 54 Figure 18 Beam position map on a windy day Compare this to a map with missing scans. If you see a map like this, you are ve

Page 33 of 54 Figure 19 Beam position map with scans gone badly 5.10. Monitoring 5.10.1. TOAD TOAD (Telescope Operator Alerting Display) is a w

Page 34 of 54 Use this URL from inside or outside ATNF to load TOAD: http://mopra-ops.atnf.csiro.au/TOAD TOAD is compatible with Mozilla based b

IV 5.8.2.! Setting focus... 27!5.8.3.! Pointing ...

Page 35 of 54 The SYNOPtic page displays (Refer to Figure 21 TOAD synoptic display): • Antenna state (TRACKING, SLEWING, STOWED etc.) • Wea

Page 36 of 54 • Static quick access data. This data is always displayed, regardless of which page is selected. o Drive state, Azimuth a

Page 37 of 54 Always follow the instructions TOAD gives to recover from a failure. Acquaint yourself with the CLEAR and RECALL functions

Page 38 of 54 Figure 22 Wind monitoring page in Monica

Page 39 of 54 5.11. Finishing the observations When your observations are done, either hand over the telescope to the next observers

Page 40 of 54 6. Abnormal procedures Most system malfunctions and advisory conditions are programmed into TOAD. You will be presented with

Page 41 of 54 • After MOPS has restarted, TCS must be reconnected to MOPS. For that purpose, o dismiss the warning messages informing you

Page 42 of 54 6.4.2. Via MAPS reset button • Walk to the MAPS panel in the PMON rack at Narrabri (this obviously only works if you’re on site in

Page 43 of 54 6.6. Problems with the VNC sessions 6.6.1. VNC Server does no longer accept keyboard input Right-click with the mouse on the

Page 44 of 54 6.8. Unable to bring GTP’s down/up into normal range Under some circumstances (usually weather inflicted), it is possible that you a

V 9.2.1.! 30min WindMax High ... 47!9.2.2.! Telescope idle and not stowed...

Page 45 of 54 7. Emergency If an emergency occurs that is not covered by any of the other checklists or is not covered by TOAD: • Contact the Du

Page 46 of 54 8. Glossary Moprabub Your nemesis. Do you know what "nemesis" means? A righteous infliction of retribution man

Page 47 of 54 9.2.1. 30min WindMax High Message ID: 3 Triggers when: The 30 minute maximum wind is greater or equal 35km/h and the ant

Page 48 of 54 Triggers when: the ACC is in local mode. The ACC can be put into local or remote mode by connecting to the remote con

Page 49 of 54 The lightning threa level is derived from the lightning detector and expresses a threat level indicating the need to run

Page 50 of 54 This error can have many different origins and does not necessarily mean something is broken. When a hardware stow

Page 51 of 54 9.3.15. WIND Hardware Stow Message ID: 31 Triggers when: Mopra anemometers have issued a hardware stow. This stow cannot be overr

Page 52 of 54 9.3.22. MOPS Pol A noise diode faulty Message ID: 40 Triggers when: Pol A SDO is below 0.002 or above 1 This is indicative of the

Page 53 of 54 Figure 5 MOPS zoom window definitions ... 11!Figure 6 MOPS zoom mode specific

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Page 1 of 54 1. Preamble 1.1. How to use the Quick Reference Handbook (QRH) The QRH is meant to be used as a reference for all observ

Page 2 of 54 Normal procedures provide you with checklists on how to set up the software when you take over from previous observers, and ho

Page 3 of 54 2. Changes Date Who What 20 JUN 2009 ind006 QRH created 06 JUL 2009 ind006 New chapters: 5.2 Creating your schedule 5.3 Selecting yo

Page 4 of 54 5.7.1 Using Python Chat for coordination Error! Reference source not found. Error! Reference source not found. Modified: Repla