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GBTIDL Release Notes Version 1.0

• GBTIDL Release Notes Version 1.0
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started:
  • Running GBTIDL in Green Bank or Charlottesville:
  • Running your own copy of GBTIDL:
    • IDL License
    • Download GBTIDL
  • Known Issues
  • Future Plans

Introduction

We are pleased to announce the release of GBTIDL, version 1.0. GBTIDL is an interactive package for reduction and analysis of spectral line data taken with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. The package consists of a set of straightforward yet flexible calibration, averaging, and analysis procedures (the "GUIDE layer") modeled after the UniPOPS? and CLASS data reduction philosophies, a customized plotter with many built-in visualization features, and Data I/O and toolbox functionality that can be used for more advanced tasks. The entire package is written in IDL.

Getting Started:

• The starting point for GBTIDL documentation, bug reporting and tracking,

• http://gbtidl.nrao.edu/

Running GBTIDL in Green Bank or Charlottesville:

• At the unix prompt, simply type 'gbtidl'

Running your own copy of GBTIDL:

IDL License

• You must have an IDL license to run GBTIDL. If you don't have a license you can run GBTIDL remotely, using the computers in CV or GB. See the GBTIDL homepage for details.

Download GBTIDL

• To obtain GBTIDL, download the files here
• Create a directory for the installation and unzip the tar ball:
  • ex: mkdir mygbtidl
  • ex: cd mygbtidl
  • ex: gzip -d gbtidl-1.0.tar.gz
  • ex: tar -xvf gbtidl-1.0.tar
• go to the top level directory, 'gbtidl':
  • ex: cd gbtidl
• copy 'run_gbtidl' to 'gbtidl':
  • ex: cp run_gbtidl gbtidl
• edit the 'gbtidl' script to replace "PLACE_INSTALLATION_DIR_HERE" with the full path to the gbtidl executable script:
  • ex: export GBT_IDL_DIR=/home/mygbtidl/gbtidl
• start the package by calling the script 'gbtidl':
  • ex: ./gbtidl
• You may wish to add the installation directory to your unix path

Known Issues

• Continuum is not currently supported
• Sdfits from other observatories may not be compatible with GBTIDL
• Imaging is not currently supported

Future Plans

• We encourage you to provide feedback. Comments and requests from users of GBTIDL version 1.0 will be incorporated into version 1.1, to be released in the summer of 2005.

-- PaulMarganian - 31 May 2005