GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 14/01/2018 2. Observation Sr. No. : 10022 3. Observer : Jayanta Roy, Paul Ray, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Ben Stappers, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur, Sanjay S. Kudale, Tyrel J. Johnson 4. Observer's Email : jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil, bhaswati@ncra.tifr.res.in, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in, ksanjay@gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in, tyrel.j.johnson@gmail.com 5. Project Name : Long-term timing follow-up for the third transitional redback millisecond pulsar J1227-4853 6. Project Code : 33_058 7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Shilpa 8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/33_058_14jan.cmd 9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/14jan/33_058_14jan2018.lta, /gwbifrdata1/14jan/33_058_14jan2018_gwb.lta 10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/TEST.FLAGS.4597, /odisk/online1/logflags/DDTB304.FLAGS.2, /odisk/online1/logflags/33_058.FLAGS.10 ANTENNA SETTINGS : 11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 591 MHz ,RF2 : 591 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB 12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 540 MHz, ILO2 : 540MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF GSB SETTINGS : 14. GSB Host : gsbm1 15. GSB Mode : Realtime 16. GSB LTA : 8 17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE 18. GSB Fstop : ON 19. GAIN EQ : OFF 20. Stokes : Total_Intensity 21. Beam - 1 : PA 22. Beam - 2 : PA 23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz 24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0 25. Maximum Channels : 512 26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1 27. LO5 -1 : 149 28. LO5 -2 : 156 29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 591 591 540 540 51 51 30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec 31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :30 32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : 33. Note for Backup : 34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 14 Jan 2018 05:25:00 - 14 Jan 2018 07:20:00 35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri 36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :30 37. Comments (During Observations) : ------------GWB Setting---------------------------------------------------- GPU_MODE : Realtime GPU_LTA : 4 GPU_ACQ_BW : 200.0000 GPU_FINAL_BW : 200.0000 GPU_EDGE_FRQ : 0 GPU_CHAN_MAX : 4096 GPU_CHAN_NUM : 0:4095:1 GPU_STOKES : Total_Intensity GPU_SIDEBAND : 1 1 GPU_RF4 : 550 550 GPU_DDCLO4 : 0.0000 0.0000 GPU_SB4 : -1 -1 GCODE4 : 33_058 GPU_CNTRL : ONLINE GPU_FSTOP : ON GPU_BEAM_1 : OFF GPU_BEAM_2 : Voltage GPU_BEAM_3 : OFF GPU_BEAM_4 : PA GPU_BM_INT : 4 GPU_GAINEQ : OFF GPU_TPA : From GWB GUI. GPU_BITS : 64 inputs. GPU_FILRFI : RFI Filterring OFF GPU_BEAM_S : OFF --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GWB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 S01 S02 S03 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 Total=25 # BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 S01 S02 S03 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 Total=25 # BEAM-4:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 S01 S02 S03 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 Total=25 # BEAM-4:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 S01 S02 S03 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 Total=25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:25 : Started settings. 05:35 : GSB gives the network switch error. 05:45 : Restarted GSB, but GSB shows buffer loss. 06:00 : Power equalised on 1154-350 @ 150 counts for GWB. 06:07 : Phasing done on 1154-350. 06:15 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/33_058_14jan.cmd' command file started. 07:20 : Stopped command file and observing session over.