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 ====== The EVN Software Correlator at JIVE (SFXC) ====== ====== The EVN Software Correlator at JIVE (SFXC) ======
  
-The new EVN/JIVE software correlator was installed in February/March 2010 and has taken over all correlation in December 2012.  The original cluster has been extended in 2011 and again in 2012 and currently handles 16 stations +The new EVN/JIVE software correlator was installed in February/March 2010 and has taken over all correlation in December 2012.  The original cluster has been extended several times and currently handles approximately 20 stations 
-at 1Gbit/s in real-time e-VLBI mode and many more for traditional disk-based VLBI.  Here's some documentation on how this amazing machine works and was put together.+at 2Gbit/s in real-time e-VLBI mode and many more for traditional disk-based VLBI.  Here's some documentation on how this amazing machine works and was put together.
  
 === Usage === === Usage ===
  
-A very basic User's Manual for SFXC can be found [[http://www.jive.nl/~kettenis/sfxc.html|here]].+A very basic User's Manual for SFXC can be found [[sfxc-guide|here]].
  
-We kindly request users of SFXC to reference our paper that describes it+We kindly request users of SFXC to reference our paper that describes its algorithm and implementation
 [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ExA....39..259K|The SFXC software correlator for very long baseline interferometry: algorithms and implementation, A. Keimpema et. al., Experimental Astronomy, Volume 39, Issue 2, pp.259-279]]. [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ExA....39..259K|The SFXC software correlator for very long baseline interferometry: algorithms and implementation, A. Keimpema et. al., Experimental Astronomy, Volume 39, Issue 2, pp.259-279]].
  
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 The SFXC software correlator can be distributed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL). The SFXC software correlator can be distributed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL).
-We provide read-only access to the SFXC SVN code repository at [[https://svn.astron.nl/sfxc]].  The current production release is taken from the stable-3.4 branch which can be checked out using:+The SFXC Git repository can be found at [[https://code.jive.eu/JIVE/sfxc]].  
  
-  svn checkout https://svn.astron.nl/sfxc/branches/stable-3.4+The repository can be downloaded using: 
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 +  git clone https://code.jive.eu/JIVE/sfxc.git 
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 +The current production release is taken from the stable-5.1 branch which can be checked out using: 
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 +  git checkout stable-5.1
      
-In principle this branch will only receive bug fixes.  Development of new features happens on the trunk, which can be checked out using:+In principle this branch will only receive bug fixes. Development of new features happens on the master branch, which can be checked out using:
  
-  svn checkout https://svn.astron.nl/sfxc/trunk+  git checkout master
      
 using that version is not recommended unless you feel like being a guinea pig for testing the bugs we introduce while adding all the new cool stuff. using that version is not recommended unless you feel like being a guinea pig for testing the bugs we introduce while adding all the new cool stuff.
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 === Post-processing software === === Post-processing software ===
  
-To convert the SFXC correlator output into FITS-IDI, additional tools are needed.  Information on how to obtain and build these tools is available at [[http://www.jive.nl/~kettenis/sfxc/tools/README]].+To convert the SFXC correlator output into FITS-IDI, additional tools are needed.  Information on how to obtain and build these tools is available at [[https://code.jive.eu/verkout/jive-casa]].
  
  
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