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PTCS software utilities

• Matlab
  • current list of Matlab licenses
  • instructions for running Matlab remotely on ptcs Linux machine
• log_collator manual
  • Contents of various Servo-related log files
  • Note that older files are found in /home/archive/gbtlogs and /home/archive/gbtlogs2
• Instructions on pointing model generation
• Instructions on azimuth track map generation
  • Alternative instructions, including plotting with Gildas
• Project summarizer: type "projsum" then it will ask for the project ID (full path is /opt/local/bin/projsum)
• WeatherSummarizers (Frank Ghigo)
• Quadrant Detector tab in Astrid: File -> New Window -> Quadrant Detector
• Surface-related items
  • OOF Holography software
  • how to run showSurface:
    • log into prospero
    • source /home/gbt/gbt.csh
    • showSurface &
  • How to dump actuator commanded and actual positions
    • /home/groups/ptcs/bin/DumpActiveSurface.tcl > file.txt
    • before running this, you must source /home/gbt/gbt.csh (but you no longer have to setenv CLEODIR /netapp/apps/cleoversions/FreeWrap2/ )
    • For plotting these files in Matlab or python, see this page, which also describes how to enable FITS file generation by the Active Surface Manager in Astrid.
  • Active Surface Operations instructions
  • Location of actuator files
    • /home/gbt/etc/config/SurfaceActZeros.conf
    • /home/gbt/etc/config/LvdtCompensation.conf
    • /home/gbt/etc/config/AsZernike.conf
      • This is read in: /netapp/code/monctrl/gbt2/monctrl/8.1/gbt/devices/antenna/ActiveSurface/manager/Manager/ZernikeIO.cc
  • Active surface MRs
    • add gravitational Zernike terms
    • add offset file version number to FITS header
    • add thermal Zernike terms (to be written...)
• viewing FITS tables:
  • /users/thunter/usr/local/bin/dtfits
  • /opt/local/bin/fv
  • arcturus:/usr/local/bin/rf (this is a Solaris machine)

-- ToddHunter - 31 Jan 2008