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Support Tools
CCSBETA
make_lis - script that makes a lis file without having to use showlog:
usage: make_lis [-h] -e EXPERIMENT [-p PROFILE] [-m MPCSOURCE] [-s SAVE] Create LIS files optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -e EXPERIMENT, --experiment EXPERIMENT -p PROFILE, --profile PROFILE Profile to filter for. Default: use all profiles. -m MPCSOURCE, --mpcsource MPCSOURCE Multi phase center source to include calibrators. Default: all sources. -s SAVE, --save SAVE Save the LIS file to file. Default: <experiment>.lis in current directory. For multi phase center experiments, a file will be created for each source, where '{key}' will be replaced by the source name. In this case the default is: <experiment>-{key}.lis.
EEE(2)
flag_weights.py - flag all visibilities under weight threshold x:
usage: flag_weights.py [-h] <measurement set> <weight threshold> Flag visibilities with weights below the provided threshold. positional arguments: msdata Measurement set containing the data to be corrected. threshold Visibilities with a weight below this value will be flagged. Must be positive. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --version show program's version number and exit -v, --verbose Only checks the visibilities to flag (do not flag the data).
multiphase.py - script to setup a shell script (or multiple lis files) for multiple phase centre experiments. Should no longer be required with new showlog/make_lis:
usage: multiphase.py [-h] [-b] [-c] [-s] experiment pcBaseName phaseCenters [phaseCenters ...] This script will attempt to make a sane sfx2ms shell script file for multi- phase center experiments. Expects a <exp>.vxsm and a base <exp>_sfxc2ms.sh file in the working directory. positional arguments: experiment Experiment name pcBaseName Base phase center name phaseCenters list of phase centers (space delimited) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -b, --include-base Include the base phase center in the output? Default=False -c, --include-cal Include the calibrator sources in each measurement set. Defaults to False, which means calibrator sources will be included in the first measurement set only -s, --separate-lis Writes a lis file for each phase centre. Can then be run with j2ms2 -v lisfile
parallel - multiple phase centre speedups - parallel is a linux utility to run tasks in parallel. Here's an example for running flag_weights.py, tConvert for multiple phase centres in eg078f. Similar can be done for j2ms2 etc:
flagging:
parallel –eta -j 10 flag_weights.py {} 0.7 ::: *.ms_HD*
tConvert: Make a wrapper script:
#!/bin/bash ####tConv-wrap.sh #!/bin/bash tConvert $1 $2 echo "${1#eg078f.ms_*} -> $2" >> pc-idi.txt mv $1 msdone/
Run it in parallel:
parallel –dry-run –eta –xapply ./tConv-wrap.sh {1} eg078f_{2}_1.IDI ::: eg078f.ms* ::: {2..699}
parsePIletter.py - reads a piletter and adds station comments therein into the feedback database. Should be run for every experiment.
usage: parsePIletter.py [-h] [-s SESSION] PIfile This script will attempt to read a piletter and insert the station specific comments into the feedback DB. positional arguments: PIfile PI letter to parse optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -s SESSION, --session SESSION The session name in format xxxYY (e.g. oct17)
ysfocus.py - Sets the MOUNT field in the ANTENNA table correctly for Yebes/Hobart.
usage: ysfocus.py [-h] <measurement set> Change the MOUNT field in the ANTENNA table for Yebes to 'ALT-AZ-NASMYTH-RH'. It allows tConvert to put MNTSTA=4 into the FITS AN table to handle the parallactic angle correction for Ys's Nasmyth focus correctly. Also, changes Hobart X_YEW to X-YEW expected by tConvert (MNTSTA=3). positional arguments: msdata Measurement Set containing the data to be corrected. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --version show program's version number and exit
Pipe (jop83)
ampcal.sh - Run in '$OUT/expr/', adds any .ampcal information to the amplitude calibration database.
antab_check.py - tool to do some basic sanity checking of antab information: Do you have antabs/uvflg for every station, INDEX line is the right length. Also plots the tsys if requested.
usage: antab_check.py [-h] [-p] [-s STATION] [-i] [-l] [-f] Some basic sanity checking for ANTAB files (all uvflgs/antabfs present in current directory, does INDEX line appear to have right number of definitions?) Also will plot the tsys values if requested. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -p, --plot Shall we plot antab file(s)? Defaults to no -s STATION, --station STATION Choose to only plot one station (default is to plot all). Use 2 letter code (e.g. Ef). Auto adds -p,-i if not given -i, --no-pause Skips the input pauses. Defaults to no -l, --no-flag-line Turns off the line plotted at -2 -f, --no-flagged-data Does not plot flagged data (data at -2)
sftpvlbeer - for the very lazy (y/w - Jay)
alias sftpvlbeer=“sftp evn@vlbeer.ira.inaf.it”
uvflgall.csh - makes a uvflgfs file from any .log files in the current directory. Also changes flagr line to make uvflg.pl happier.