GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 27/03/2021 2. Observation Sr. No. : 13028 3. Observer : Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Roy, Paul Ray, Tyrel J. Johnson, Dale A Frail, Yashwant Gupta, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Elizabeth Ferrara, Toby Burnett, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur 4. Observer\'s Email : bhaswati@ncra.tifr.res.in, jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil, tyrel.j.johnson@gmail.com, dfrail@nrao.edu, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, dipankar@iucaa.in, elizabeth.c.ferrara@nasa.gov, tburnett@uw.edu, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in 5. Project Name : Fermi directed searches of millisecond pulsations with the upgraded GMRT 6. Project Code : 39_063 7. Operator(s) : Nilesh, Rupsing, Shilpa, Shriram 8. Command File : /data1/gtac/cmd/bhaswati/39_063_26mar.py 9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata2/27mar/39_063_27mar2021_gwb.lta 10. LogFlag File : 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_shivneri 15. GSB Mode : Realtime 16. GSB LTA : 8 17. GSB CTRL : TGC 18. GSB Fstop : ON 19. GAIN EQ : OFF 20. Stokes : Total_Intensity 21. Beam - 1 : IA 22. Beam - 2 : OFF 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 :26 32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : C03 : Mechanical Work. E04 : LMC down. E05 : LMC down. E06 : LMC down. C10 : Bad bandshape in GSB. 33. Note for Backup : 34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 27 Mar 2021 04:00:00 - 27 Mar 2021 09:00:00 35. ONLINE Machine : TGC 36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :25 37. RFI Status : 38. Comments (During Observations) : Pulsar Data Files on gwbh[7/8] : /data6/gpuuser/39_063_27mar2021_data6/* gwbh[7/8] : /data6/gpuuser/NA_27mar2021_data6/* gwbh[7/8] : /data3/gpuuser/NA_27mar2021_data3/* gwbh[7/8] : /data3/gpuuser/39_063_27mar2021_data3/* ------------GWB Setting--------------------------------------------------- GPU_MODE : Realtime GPU_LTA : 8 GPU_ACQ_BW : 200.0000 GPU_FINAL_BW : 200 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 : 39_063 GPU_CNTRL : TGC GPU_FSTOP : ON GPU_BEAM_1 : OFF GPU_BEAM_2 : IA GPU_BEAM_3 : PA GPU_BEAM_4 : OFF GPU_BM_INT : 4 GPU_GAINEQ : ON GPU_TPA : From online/TGC tpa GPU_BITS : 8 Bits GPU_FILRFI : RFI Filterring OFF GPU_BEAM_S : OFF GPU_PFB : OFF GPU_PFB_TAPS : 16 GPU_BEAM_BIT : 16 GPU_VLT_BIT : 8 GPU_ENV : RELEASED -------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GSB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=25 # BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GWB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=26 # BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=26 # BEAM-3:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24 # BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:20 : Started settings. 04:00 : Power equalized on 1822-096. 04:00 : Phasing done on 1822-096 for GWB. 04:02 : \'/data1/gtac/cmd/bhaswati/39_063_26mar.py\' command file started. 04:02 : C11 shows disconnected status, so restarted Miltek PC and started lmcstarter.sh. But after restarting Miltek PC, command file hung. 04:08 : Stopped command file. 04:08 : Scan 02 is bad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:15 : \'/data1/gtac/cmd/bhaswati/39_063_26mar.py\' command file started. 04:24 : C11 removed from GAC, due to power level fluctuations (tried to equalize power level). 05:34 : It has been observed that both command files running in the background. Therefore, restarted AGN1 to stop the both command files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:40 : Restarted GUI and MNCScript manager. 05:52 : Phasing done on 1822-096. C11 added in GAC. 05:56 : \'/data1/gtac/cmd/bhaswati/39_063_26mar.py\' command file started. 09:05 : W03 servo LMC down/disconnected. W03 Removed from GAC. 09:15 : GWB Pulsar Data disks changed to data3 and continued command file. Pulsar Data Files on gwbh[7/8] : /data6/gpuuser/39_063_27mar2021_data6/* gwbh[7/8] : /data6/gpuuser/NA_27mar2021_data6/* gwbh[7/8] : /data3/gpuuser/NA_27mar2021_data3/* gwbh[7/8] : /data3/gpuuser/39_063_27mar2021_data3/* 11:00 : Stopped command file and observation closed.