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10212005 31 Oct 2005 - 14:20 - NEW StephenMaher
Found performance issue with Inputs; Parser needs to makeAvailable(N) where N is the size of the basis set; anything smaller and the concatData stuff kicks in and ...  
10282005 31 Oct 2005 - 14:20 - NEW StephenMaher
Met with Troy and Nichola to discuss Crush/Sharc Fixed bug with mapping to DFB columns (didn't take into account NIST Channel Mask) Added Settle and RawModeStepsSkipped ...  
1072005 12 Oct 2005 - 19:02 - NEW StephenMaher
Met with Troy and did some performance analysis Met with XRay group to discuss IRC Finish majority of testing for Coadder Main.StephenMaher 12 Oct 2005  
11182005 21 Nov 2005 - 14:20 - NEW StephenMaher
Added coadding to Digital Inputs Did performance tests on UPenn GUIs Main.StephenMaher 21 Nov 2005  
11252005 01 Dec 2005 - 18:54 - NEW StephenMaher
No work. Main.StephenMaher 01 Dec 2005  
11306 13 Jan 2006 - 16:45 - r1.5 StephenMaher
Removing Java 1.5ism's. Asking team if they can move to 1.5 Looking at state management Trying to avoid telemetry header recreation (e.g., State.reset()) so that ...  
1142005 07 Nov 2005 - 14:52 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Responded to Brian's FITS email Met with Troy to discuss time domain (base/offset model) Chatted with Dominic about serial ports, extra computers, and housekeeping ...  
1172005 21 Nov 2005 - 14:21 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Fixed 22 bit mode with array mode Merging in coadd with non-coadd Freezes plots/everything when no coadding done.. Fixing some BasisBundleSizeProperties issues (b ...  
12006 19 Jan 2006 - 20:39 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Working with Rick/Simon on SETTLE commanding Updated SETTLE test Thoughts on HAWC HAWC telecon Raw mode not working ... debugging .. finally nudged it into working ...  
12162005 19 Dec 2005 - 14:14 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Analyzed toggling row mapping Created material for IRAD poster Noticed increased bit errors when signal generator activated notified Josh Planning GISMO work meet ...  
1222005 02 Dec 2005 - 15:36 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Double checked DFB signed commanding Checking syslogs for b21 pc Rearranging crate cards to worst case scenario, but noticed capacitors for "avoided" slots; checking ...  
12232005 23 Dec 2005 - 14:12 - r1.7 StephenMaher
Helping Melinda with CVS issues Responded to HAWC Investigated IRIG cards Added pattern plugin Found/fixed bug when changing coadd amount Hmm, observing swapping ...  
12706 26 Jan 2006 - 16:27 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Worked on state Added Models for NStep, LSync, LutStart/Delta Working on unit tests why is extra work in setUp skewing time in ClockTest? I moved the currentTimeMillis ...  
1292005 12 Dec 2005 - 17:41 - NEW StephenMaher
No work SSAI CMMI appraisal all week Main.StephenMaher 12 Dec 2005  
1606 06 Jan 2006 - 21:43 - r1.5 StephenMaher
1. Incorporating lutstart, lutdelta to row mapping 1. Tracking down/reporting stream configuration issue to Josh 1. NStep change in StartAll now recalculates LSync ...  
1_5_06 06 Jan 2006 - 19:41 - NEW StephenMaher
I did a MarkIII/IRC s/w checkin this morning. The following is what has changed: Moved Interface Card data to detector Basis Bundle This is to ensure synchronization ...  
21006 10 Feb 2006 - 18:48 - r1.9 StephenMaher
Checking 20 Stats didn't see anything obvious Adding generic refreshParameters() to use recent commands Making CommandHistory a singleton Fixed bug in CommandHistory ...  
21706 15 Feb 2006 - 15:28 - r1.4 StephenMaher
More IC testing I didn't have the amplitude high enough for my tests; but also input 2 (0,1,2) has all 1's but is supposed to be 0. Email to Josh Finished added ...  
22406 24 Feb 2006 - 18:13 - NEW StephenMaher
SSAI CMM Appraisal all week, except for a few hours on Friday File system was in error condition (mounted as read only). Rebooted, ran fsck, and fixed file system ...  
2306 06 Feb 2006 - 13:39 - r1.10 StephenMaher
Responding to Ben about StartAll Class name tweaks (Parser Adapter) and comments Generalizing coadding code in parseFrame. Fixed firmware check so that it is ignored ...  
31006 13 Mar 2006 - 13:29 - r1.13 StephenMaher
Ran long run over weekend. 3x32, 14Khz frames, 5.8MB/s, total was 1.855 TB no major problems Emailing w/ Ben about NameSpace bugs/fixes; also number of DFB cards ...  
31706 17 Mar 2006 - 19:44 - r1.13 StephenMaher
Testing client server; getting exceptions; tweaked client xml, tried java 1.6 Sent email to Troy Sending email about 'new' PC in lab (questions about name, dual boot ...  
32406 24 Mar 2006 - 21:08 - r1.10 StephenMaher
Ran weekend timing test, eclipse jvm ran out of memory I forgot to limit console output Time was starting to drift: most likely is the PC clock drift; made me think ...  
3306 03 Mar 2006 - 18:04 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Over the weekend was running endurance tests. Consistently saw CPU use rise after .5 2 hours. Tried varying basis set size and basis bundle size. Never got anything ...  
33106 31 Mar 2006 - 18:36 - r1.10 StephenMaher
Making javaIrig.c robust (adding software reset, etc.) Added status to event time Renamed things Added initializing time for FREE and year for IRIG Added warmup-period ...  
41406 30 May 2006 - 17:21 - r1.13 StephenMaher
Documenting IrigTimeAdjuster Cleaning up names and error factor use Resonding to Simon's History question Followup to IRC core about Amounts Implementing Irig tests ...  
4152005 17 Apr 2005 - 14:00 - r1.2 StephenMaher
April 15, 2005 1 Completed Interface Card parser. The card itself was having some hardware issues which were just fixed today. System testing should be completed next ...  
42106 21 Apr 2006 - 17:23 - r1.13 StephenMaher
Implementing irig declare time starting testing Doing unit testing Found problem with removing property change listener in AbsoluteTimeModel needed to add property ...  
4222005 24 Apr 2005 - 12:17 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Spoke to Joyce; she mailed the Address Card to Simon 4/21/2005 Added address card commands to StartAll script (enable switching and driver). Note, this started as ...  
42806 08 May 2006 - 13:20 - r1.6 StephenMaher
Testing latest firmware v12 default dac mostly okay, problems with targets creating/sending report to Josh Followup tests seeing if the settle/bleed threshold is ...  
4292005 02 May 2005 - 00:59 - r1.2 StephenMaher
Successfully parsed digital inputs from Interface Card. I tested all 6 inputs. Analog firmware encoding has problems. This was expected by Josh and shouldn't be a ...  
4706 07 Apr 2006 - 18:36 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Over weekend strange(?) threads tried checking with eclipse but it crased. Couldn't restart eclipse. tried attaching with jprobe but failed. if using java 1.6, eclipse ...  
5222005 22 May 2005 - 14:53 - NEW StephenMaher
Added performing a MarkIII clock reset to create the optimal case for syncing the system clock with the MarkIII clock. This had several ramifications: All commands ...  
5272005 28 May 2005 - 03:19 - NEW StephenMaher
Tried recreating plotter performance issues without success Fixed performance issue with archiver related to a change in the the underlying code to process units ...  
562005 09 May 2005 - 13:51 - NEW StephenMaher
Found and fixed NStep problem when starting IRC with 'running' datastream Couldn't attach to Coadder data so wrote a simple diagnostic component to display all basis ...  
6172005 17 Jun 2005 - 20:59 - NEW StephenMaher
Made raw mode more tolerant to bad data input (which sometimes caused blocking due to incorrect memory requests) Created components to maintain basis bundle size ...  
6242005 27 Jun 2005 - 13:23 - NEW StephenMaher
implementing command changes for V9 firmware analyzed performance 8x9 running at 11KHz frames while plotting and archiving implemented command history class for ...  
632005 10 Jun 2005 - 14:02 - NEW StephenMaher
For a second time, sirspeedy (PC) had disk errors ("journal aborted"). The disk may be going bad. Everything is in CVS, so I don't really need to do a backup. Had ...  
692005 10 Jun 2005 - 14:08 - NEW StephenMaher
Analyzing http://cvs588.gsfc.nasa.gov:443/bugzilla/show bug.cgi?id 1783 strange issues with version 6 of firmware Getting raw mode working and plotting Setting correct ...  
7222005 22 Jul 2005 - 21:29 - NEW StephenMaher
Helped GBT debug installation problem Ported to newer IRC databuffers Raw mode, Standard mode, and MinimalArchiver ported Still need to port Coadder Performance has ...  
7292005 04 Aug 2005 - 17:56 - NEW StephenMaher
Updated coadder test to work with new data buffers Refactored bbparseradapter a tad Installed new monitor Fixed tests that used older AutobahnBuffer semantics Analyzed ...  
8122005 19 Aug 2005 - 20:10 - NEW StephenMaher
Created branch for GBT and fixed stream core basis bundle publishing bug where the clock-low value wasn't being published Tested new IF card from Josh Analyzed test ...  
8192005 19 Aug 2005 - 20:14 - NEW StephenMaher
Did some cosmetic name changes Discovered bug in plotter Tried working with BasisSetSerializer but it was having erros on some basis bundles; consulted with Troy ...  
8262005 29 Aug 2005 - 14:25 - NEW StephenMaher
Spent the day with Brandon from Cornell. We discussed some issues he had about capabilities and timelines. Also met with GISMO team to discuss software direction. ...  
852005 05 Aug 2005 - 20:30 - NEW StephenMaher
Checked out new interface card with Josh; still has issues with analog inputs Fixed Status Dump parser Finished implementation to parse "header sections" (e.g., StreamCore ...  
9162005 19 Sep 2005 - 12:33 - NEW StephenMaher
Reviewed different pixel mapping scenarious with Johannes Implemented mapping to detector space for rows (was using LUT index space) Worked on (Chop) coadder Fixed ...  
922005 06 Sep 2005 - 14:38 - NEW StephenMaher
Met (separately, ad hoc) with Johannes and George to discuss the timing architecture for GISMO. Analyzed FIBRE scripts Generated scripts to pull out the heads of ...  
9232005 23 Sep 2005 - 20:55 - NEW StephenMaher
To fix the issue with unsynchronized basis bundles, I modifed the parser so that having the information for the digital and analog inputs within the same basis bundle ...  
9302005 30 Sep 2005 - 19:53 - NEW StephenMaher
Not a good day Forgot to checkin code at home so couldn't work on Coadder Redid parser buffer layer to eliminate bridged buffers with the expectation of performance ...  
992005 12 Sep 2005 - 14:45 - NEW StephenMaher
Did second pass through scripts and generated some "elimination" questions to help the science team determine their usefulness Created a dependency table to show ...  
ABwriter 17 Oct 2005 - 21:31 - r1.2 MelindaMello
Using the AB Writer Test Program for Simulation Introduction The PAR uses a kernel driver, called the 'autobahn' or ab driver. (The kernel module itself is called ...  
AasSummer08flyer 19 May 2008 - 18:21 - r1.2 BrianMason
MUSTANG Flyer for Summer 2008 AAS Meeting MUSTANG The Multiplexed SQUID TES Array for Ninety Gigahertz (MUSTANG) is a 64-pixel TES bolometer array which has been ...  
AddedBigmemSupport 12 Mar 2005 - 15:45 - NEW StephenMaher
I compiled a new kernel with bigmem downloaded kernel source ran make xconfig, etc... checked bigmem but forgot to add bigphysarea. Each new kernel compile requires ...  
ArraySensitivityEstimates 26 Sep 2007 - 21:09 - r1.8 BrianMason
Array Sensitivity Estimates MoreDetailedMustangSensCalc Datasets PT405, heat strap 1, GBT TPAR 02 first light 2006 09 26 00:39:25.fits (cal) ; 2006 09 26 00:31 ...  
AutoBahnDeviceDriver 29 Dec 2004 - 14:03 - NEW StephenMaher
Notes on the AutoBahn driver Source is in MarkIII CVS repository in /source/LinuxKernelModule/ab-2.4-bigphysarea/ Use build-redhat.sh or build-deb.sh to build module ...  
AutoBahnDeviceDriver26 29 Feb 2008 - 21:29 - r1.2 BrianMason
Autobahn Device Driver for Linux 2.6 The NIST PCI card driver has recently been ported to the 2.6 linux kernel. This page documents the changes and bugs fixed. One ...  
BadBiasResistors 09 Feb 2005 - 17:55 - NEW BrianMason
Message from Dominic (09feb05): The last time I saw traffic on this was Brian's report of yesterday: The tower electronics do not provide sufficient current to adequately ...  
BasisBundlePhysicalMapping 23 Nov 2005 - 05:01 - r1.6 BrianMason
DAC row,col (and SAE row,col ) in the dataspace have dimensions defined as the following. row The sensor row. If the row lookup table contains 5,10,15 and nstep 2 ...  
BasisBundles 18 Feb 2005 - 16:09 - r1.5 StephenMaher
Pixels in basis bundles are in row major order One basisbundle for each Stream Core, Stream Config, and Status Dump Basis bundle for echoed commands timestamp in ...  
BriansMuxNotes 11 Jul 2007 - 17:18 - r1.3 BrianMason
Some MarkIII Mux Notes These are notes that I've developed over the past year or so in a text file, mostly for myself, that may provide some useful context for new ...  
BriansVncMethod 06 Feb 2008 - 19:39 - NEW BrianMason
An example session, from start to finish, follows First, set up a vnc server on a gbt network machine mymachine ssh ssh.gb.nrao.edu ssh.gb ssh titania titania vncserver ...  
BsmPcaAnalys 05 Feb 2007 - 19:22 - r1.4 BrianMason
Principal Component Analysis of MUSTANG Lab and Telescope Data To provide a different view of the MUSTANG data in hope of shedding light on the excess noise we see ...  
CSOTelescopeSpecs 12 Sep 2005 - 17:19 - r1.2 StephenMaher
SHARC XML Data These get mapped to HDUs in the SHARC FITS file ATTACHURL /DsosHdu.xml DsosHdu.xml : ATTACHURL /DspHdu.xml DspHdu.xml : ATTACHURL /HardwareHdu.xml ...  
CalFind3mm 17 Mar 2005 - 22:00 - NEW BrianMason
bmason@mimas pointing $ pwd /home/astro-util/pointing bmason@mimas pointing $ calfind2 CALFIND: I find suitable GBT pointing calibrators north of 40 deg dec. Enter ...  
Calfind3mmPlusWmap 13 Jan 2006 - 15:47 - NEW BrianMason
! 1: nsou 177 ! 2: nsou 132 ! names posns from calfind ! fluxes are in Jy ! ! 0 in wmap flux column means not detected at 90 GHz, but was at other bands... ! note ...  
CalibratorAnalysDec07Mar08 25 May 2008 - 18:09 - r1.9 BrianMason
MUSTANG Calibrator Analysis bsm apr 2008 TOC Intro OBJECTIVES evaluate relative calibration stability evaluate sensitivity to focus position (TBD) evaluate stability ...  
CdRecordFix 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
CdRecordFix Added hdc ide-scsi to "append" line in lilo.conf I was overconfident about this solution wink Turns out you need to compile ide/scsi support into the kernel ...  
ClientServer 16 Mar 2006 - 14:20 - r1.2 StephenMaher
To start a client/server pair on the localhost, perform the following steps. When the client is on a remote host, the CommandClient.xml and BasisSetClient.xml hostname ...  
CodeLessonsLearned 22 Jun 2005 - 15:46 - r1.2 StephenMaher
CodeLessonsLearned 1 We shouldn't have "nstep" (and other parameters like nsamp) be number of rows (addresses) minus one . This is causing confusion. Main.StephenMaher ...  
CodePerformance 16 Mar 2006 - 14:35 - r1.3 StephenMaher
From 3.16.06 email I am currently running the system at 4x32 at 32,500 frames per second. All the data is unpacked and parsed (and yes, partial buffers must be taken ...  
ColumnConfiguration 17 Jun 2005 - 19:46 - NEW StephenMaher
MUX Endpoint configuration/mapping information. A MUX endpoint is a "pixel" or "sensor"; it's the single element that is addressed by the MarkIII ColumnId A "primary ...  
CommCheckList 08 Jan 2008 - 05:57 - r1.8 SimonDicker
GBT/PAR Commissioning Checklist Installation and setup Receiver in receiver database Lenscap removed from receiver Tune up and collect a few scans of data through ...  
CommandingComments 11 Jan 2005 - 19:41 - NEW StephenMaher
Josh said the Mark III should be able to process commands that are sent one right after another. So far that is working. Main.StephenMaher 11 Jan 2005  
CommandsSent 22 Apr 2005 - 19:26 - NEW StephenMaher
Commands sent for setting LUT to 1..32,0 . Sending command: 00000000 00000000 01000000 10000010 Sending command: 00010000 00000100 01000000 10000010 Sending command ...  
CompletedItems 10 Apr 2007 - 12:31 - NEW StephenMaher
Completed Items Description Status Date Added Who GBT GISMO Effort estimate (days) Date Completed Increase default basis bundle size To support fine-grained IVCurves ...  
ConfigureMux 15 Feb 2005 - 14:37 - NEW RickShafer
ConfigureMux Procedure to place the SQUID mux in closed loop operation, using default (or modified) model parameters. Initial conditions: TBD (everything powered ...  
ConfiguredOrUsedScripts 02 Sep 2005 - 19:56 - r1.3 StephenMaher
add coadded fft.py # Connect a FrameChunker, FFT, and DatasetCoadder to a specified output. # Optionally connect a visualization to either or both of the FFT and ...  
DFBMapping 18 May 2005 - 16:51 - r1.7 StephenMaher
IRC Attributes of DFB card: 1 Name (just a tag a user can set) 1 NIST PCI channel number 1 Crate slot location is this useful, or just an extra number we must keep ...  
DataAnalysis 30 Aug 2006 - 20:45 - r1.12 BrianMason
Penn Array Data Analysis Low level FITS file access "fv" is a very convenient way to look at FITS files if you think something is wrong. This is available on the ...  
DataPathologies 24 Jan 2008 - 21:37 - r1.3 BrianMason
A list of things we will or might have to deal with in analysis... rail/unlock DAC 1.2 Hz ugly glitches (sorta common mode) sometimes with slow smooth decay after ...  
DefinitionFromRick 07 Feb 2005 - 17:23 - NEW StephenMaher
DefinitionFromRick Here are some basic notes that I will flesh out further. SQUID "tuning" needs to generate optimal values for Tower command values 1st, 2nd, and ...  
DeleteMe 09 Jan 2008 - 18:26 - NEW SimonDicker
Notes on TPAR14,15,16 17 Analysis notes from Simon. TOC Bandpass The new bandpass from Cardiff is shown in the excel file below. It has an effective width of 18.4GHz ...  
DemoScience 07 Jul 2008 - 14:58 - r1.26 BrianMason
Penn Array Demonstration Science Projects An attempt to flesh out some of the details of what we'll observe in the first season or two. First, the GBT pointing won ...  
DetailedDataFileSpec 05 Dec 2005 - 20:18 - r1.6 MelindaMello
Detailed Specification of Data Archiver File editied by Simon 28/10/05 An important thing to remember is that the housekeeping can turn the DAQ power off. It does ...  
Details 07 Mar 2005 - 21:21 - r1.3 StephenMaher
These are notes specific to the Goddard install. 1 Ran apt-config and chose mirror to get more packages 1 Ran dselect, 'U' (suggestions), install 1 'Debian Configuration ...  
DfbFirmware 24 Jun 2005 - 12:31 - r1.4 StephenMaher
DfbFirmware DFB Firmware versions in B21 lab Label On Front Version Notes DFB86 ? DFB3C 2005? Latest from Josh (as of 2.28.2005) 7 11.24.2004 I (Josh) replaced the ...  
DoublesAsTime 12 Aug 2005 - 15:24 - r1.4 StephenMaher
A double has 15 significant digits. Storing "seconds" in a double gives you precision to 100KHz (ssssssssss.kkkkk) s seconds and k fractions of seconds) Timestamps ...  
DwellModes 18 Jan 2008 - 16:09 - r1.5 BrianMason
Dwell Modes Overview There a a multitude of combinations the Mustang hardward offers to support dwell modes through the row switching parameters and the LUT table ...  
EarlySciRunSched07 30 Jan 2008 - 05:18 - r1.2 BrianMason
For starters put X by dates you'd prefer not to cover. Y will designate observers for a run. we should aim to schedule two observers per run at the start. initially ...  
EarlySciRuns07 24 Jan 2008 - 21:48 - r1.3 BrianMason
Early Science Runs The intent of this page is to outline our strategy and procedures for early science runs. The observ{er,ing} schedules for our early science runs ...  
EclipseAsRoot 28 Apr 2006 - 18:44 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Running Eclipse Applications As Root on Linux The latest software doesn't require root Main.StephenMaher 28 Apr 2006 The primary symptom of not running irc/markIII ...  
EclipseJProfile 27 Feb 2006 - 19:44 - NEW StephenMaher
Activate "profiling" in Customize Perspective su to root run eclipse run app using default jre/bin/java Main.StephenMaher 27 Feb 2006  
ExampleArchive 19 Apr 2005 - 17:20 - r1.5 BrianMason
Example archive files Data is from a 20Hz signal. It was clipped I think because of "target" value. I'll try and get a clean sine wave soon. Two files: 1 MarkIII SAE ...  
ExpertObserving 20 Jan 2008 - 19:13 - r1.2 BrianMason
Things to do get two daisies at very different scan speeds on a bright source (perhaps primary calibrator) to verify timestamping Things to watch Keep elevation above ...  
FallCommFollowup 18 Oct 2006 - 18:11 - r1.3 BrianMason
Fall 2006 Mustang Commissioning Followup Control/DAQ software housekeeping timestamps in datafile sensible timestamp format (floating point mjd) Pull in Steve's ...  
FftPlot 30 May 2006 - 14:48 - NEW StephenMaher
Basis instructions for plotting a Frequency Spectrum in MarkIII 1. Run MarkIII 1. Tools Component Browser 1. Add "Frequency Spectrum" and name it "fs" 1. Connect fs ...  
FibreUpgrade 10 Feb 2005 - 11:43 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Upgrading FIBRE to IRC v6 Priority Description Effort (weeks) Upgrade parser, ports, DMA 8 Upgrade commands, scripts, formatters 3 Address synchronization issue, ...  
FlexLineBreakout 23 Feb 2005 - 05:42 - NEW RickShafer
Flex Line Breakout (Diagnostic) Card In order to characterize or diagnose unusual behaviors (or even failures) in either a tower card element, cryogenic harness, ...  
FrameCounterIssue 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
Problem: Getting frames dropped at "default" rate (clock divider/LSYNC div 1599/50) It looks like when a stream core/stream config are sent, something is getting overrun ...  
FrameRateNotesFromRick 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
FrameRateNotesFromRick The requirement is that the frame rate be fast compared to the R/L integration "rate" of the detector circuit. A factor of two would be nice ...  
GISMOSpecs 03 Oct 2005 - 12:46 - r1.2 StephenMaher
Main.StephenMaher 01 Oct 2005 ATTACHURL /GISMO Pixel Mapping color-4.xls GISMO Pixel Mapping color.xls : Pixel mapping  
GbtInstructions06 09 Nov 2006 - 08:54 - r1.5 BrianMason
GBT/MUSTANG How-to 30aug06 Describing our overall system setup, giving an overview of how to observe, how to tune the array, etc... Computers, Accounts, and Applications ...  
GbtRunNotes 04 Sep 2008 - 14:32 - r1.36 BrianMason
GBT Run Notes with brief summary sentence(s) of each... Original locations of log files /home/scratch/sdicker/data analysis Other data-related things of interest ...  
GbtSystemIntegChecklist 03 Oct 2007 - 12:55 - r1.3 BrianMason
GBT System Integration Checklist prior to installation on telescope, or immediately thereafter, check the association of row/col in FITS file to actual array face ...  
GismoAlgorithmAnalysis 09 Sep 2005 - 14:33 - r1.2 StephenMaher
Table of FIBRE algorithms and whether they're needed in GISMO Algorithm Description Comments Needed for GISMO ? AdcCountsToFluxCalibrator This class establishes the ...  
GismoScriptUpgradeAnalysis 16 Sep 2005 - 18:56 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Questions These questions are designed to help determine the need of the scripts marked maybe below 1 Are any "flux" configurations or computations needed for GISMO ...  
GismoSoftware 01 Oct 2005 - 11:27 - r1.9 StephenMaher
GISMO This wiki is a collection point for GISMO activities. Action Items, Plans GismoSoftwareToDo List of software items that need to be done, and things that are ...  
GismoSoftwareToDo 04 Oct 2007 - 17:42 - r1.130 StephenMaher
GISMO Software To Do List IRAM To-Do List Default order is priority MOVED LIST TO GISMO WIKI (10/4) Description Status Date Added Owner Effort estimate (days) Priority ...  
GreenInstructions 28 Aug 2005 - 21:19 - r1.7 BrianMason
UPenn Machine Operations (Green) Logging in, starting vnc, and starting housekeeping ON GREEN: ssh green l gbtuser (ReCeiverNpixelsTyPeofbolometer) su (1cerrotoco ...  
GsfcMtg01feb 28 Jan 2005 - 20:30 - r1.2 BrianMason
GSFC Software Meeting 01feb Agenda 1 Agree on a specific architecture for the Penn Array / GBT Antenna interface with a view towards the production system (not as ...  
HeadsOfAllScripts 02 Sep 2005 - 19:56 - r1.2 StephenMaher
./visualize.py # Connect a visualizer to the specified output # # Inputs: # dataToVis data to visualize # includedTime time span to include in the visualization ...  
HowToTune 11 Feb 2008 - 21:21 - r1.9 BrianMason
Tuning Up The Penn Array TuningPracticeLog Cold Start procedure Start crate and MUXing the hard way (no start all) clock card tab: set clock divider 8999 (LSYNCxNROW ...  
IRAMRelevantCorrespondence 09 Sep 2005 - 18:49 - NEW StephenMaher
Example files ATTACHURL /examples.tar examples.tar : ATTACHURL /smime.p7s smime.p7s : Email from Walter From: brunswig Date: Sep 9, 2005 12:21 PM Subject: Re: telescope ...  
IRAMTelescopeSpecs 01 Oct 2005 - 11:05 - r1.3 StephenMaher
IRAMRelevantCorrespondence Documentation sent to us ATTACHURL /synchro.pdf synchro.pdf (originally sent as synchro.ps) Documentation at IRAM http://www.iram.es/IRAMES ...  
IdlAnalysisCode 31 Jul 2008 - 20:13 - r1.6 BrianMason
MUSTANG IDL Data Analysis Code TOC Description of What the Pipeline Does Is at IdlPipelineDescription Public Version A tested, public version of the code is kept ...  
IdlPipelineDescription 18 Jul 2008 - 02:03 - NEW BrianMason
MUSTANG IDL Data Analysis Pipeline: Description of the Algorithms This page describes what our IDL data analysis algorithms do to form images from raw MUSTANG data ...  
InitialNotes 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
InitialNotes This algorithm is used to automatically generate various SQUID parameters. It is an iterative process of sending commands and analyzing the output data ...  
InstallNotes 04 Feb 2005 - 20:50 - NEW StephenMaher
Dear Steve: Thank you for your interest in StarTech.com! Please find below the information that you requested: Unfortunately our server is not allowing attachments ...  
IntensityCalibration 09 Sep 2008 - 19:30 - r1.8 BrianMason
Overall Scaling of the MUSTANG Data aka absolute calibration BSM 09sep08 Datasets: Saturn: tpar15, run8, run9, run10 Mars: tpar14,15,18,19; runs 1,2,4,6,9,10 both ...  
InterfaceCard 20 Dec 2005 - 19:17 - r1.5 StephenMaher
Interface Card Specs Analog /- 3 Volts, sampling freq: 700Hz default, 15kHz max Sampling rates I've had several discussions with Josh about the interaction of sampling ...  
IrcLogging 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
Irc logging tweak I wanted to reuse the same log file and was also experimenting setting log levels and !SocketHandlers. I needed to interfere with the default Irc ...  
IrcMarkIIITerminology 24 Nov 2005 - 04:25 - r1.13 RickShafer
Glossery of IRC/Mark III Terminology Using the Glossary #UsinG Glossary entries a short definitions and descriptions. Most links within the glossary are to other ...  
IrcRowColFix 01 Jan 2008 - 16:10 - NEW BrianMason
We never updated the sensor data table in IRC to write out the correct rows accounting for the row shifting that's going on. Here is the association between (physical ...  
IrigNotes 13 Jul 2006 - 13:23 - r1.2 StephenMaher
Current n1 and n2 parameters allows for 50mS pulse (50000, 20). PPO time is apparently on the rising edge /usr/bin/bc635pci/sample/pcidemo is the sample/test program ...  
JVMMemoryAllocation 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
To increase the memory space allowed for !BasisBundles (!DirectBuffers), use the following JVM arg: XX:MaxDirectMemorySize size, e.g., 300M Main.TWikiGuest 21 Oct ...  
JavaComm3 06 Nov 2006 - 13:36 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Using Javacomm 3.0 Sun has released http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/ javacomm 3.0 which adds support for Linux and doesn't require root to access the ports ...  
JunitTesting 08 Dec 2004 - 20:54 - NEW StephenMaher
JUnit Testing The !ClockTest suite (!ClockTest.java) may have failures when run with numerous other tests due to timing sensitivity. Run the CloctTest on it's own ...  
KernelModuleUtilities 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
KernelModuleUtilities lsmod list loaded modules (and how many processes are using the module) insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-bigphys/misc/aa.o num buffers 2 buffer size ...  
LostDevttyS0 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
Somehow, the /dev/ttyS0 device file got blown away on alien. I restored it with mknod m 660 /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64 Main.TWikiGuest 24 Sep 2004  
MarkIIIAlgorithms 27 May 2005 - 13:15 - r1.6 BrianMason
Mark III IRC algorithms This is an old list of algorithms for the MarkIII developed by Rick Algorithms proper General GREEN Coadd take short or long standard data ...  
MarkIIIBackground 30 Nov 2004 - 22:23 - NEW BrianMason
MarkIII Background Information ATTACHURL /EnhancementstoaSQUIDmultiplexerreadoutandcontrolsystem.doc EnhancementstoaSQUIDmultiplexerreadoutandcontrolsystem.doc : ...  
MarkIIICrate 23 Nov 2005 - 21:41 - r1.2 RickShafer
Digital Feedback Enclosure (The Crate) This is standard 3U rack enclosure, with XXX slots for XXX form factor cards. A XXX standard plug-in backplane provides signal ...  
MarkIIICryoHarness 23 Feb 2005 - 05:55 - r1.2 RickShafer
The main elements of the cryogenic harness are the flex lines and their associated MarkIIIFlexTerminator terminator cards , then various fanouts and connections between ...  
MarkIIICryogenic 05 Dec 2005 - 21:51 - r1.5 RickShafer
Cryogenic Subsystem The elements of the Mark III cryogenic subsystem include portions that are common to all Mark III implementations, and some that will vary widely ...  
MarkIIIDFBAlgorithm 17 Dec 2005 - 17:48 - r1.3 RickShafer
The Mark III Digital Feedback Algorithm WARNING: The number of the bits allocated for certain commanded values is uncertain at the moment, pending confirmation from ...  
MarkIIIDFBCard 16 Dec 2005 - 21:56 - r1.4 RickShafer
Digital Feedback (DFB) Card Summary The digital feedback cards sits at the functional center of the Mark III and are responsible for a number of different activities ...  
MarkIIIDevelopmentNotes 19 Sep 2006 - 15:18 - r1.23 StephenMaher
Mark III Development Notes UPennBiasRamper StatusNotes LSyncCalculation EclipseJProfile Running JProfiler with Eclipse EclipseAsRoot Running Eclipse applications ...  
MarkIIIDunkTestBoard 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
SQUID Mux Test Board Designed by NIST, this card is used for mounting and evaluating a SQUID Mux chip (see the ATTACHURL /SQUIDMuxTestBoardSchematic.pdf schematic ...  
MarkIIIFeedbackAlgorithm 24 Nov 2005 - 14:57 - NEW RickShafer
The basic Mark III Feedback Algorithm as implemented in the DFB Card firmware Each row select has the calculated DAC, and a feedback history value. It also has a ...  
MarkIIIFirmwareVersions 20 Dec 2007 - 16:22 - r1.11 StephenMaher
Mark III Firmware Tracking Who's Using What UPenn is using: v11 dfb; standard clock; 12/22 IX (?); and Debian 2.4.27 ("old" debian.... without the highmem patch that ...  
MarkIIIFlexTerminator 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
Flex Line Terminator Cards The flex line terminator cards provide the cold interface between the flex lines for all the functions except the address driver card. ...  
MarkIIIInterfaceCardIssues 14 Aug 2007 - 12:58 - NEW StephenMaher
Note, Josh is still contemplating some of the design of the I/F card, so I'm not listing these issues as "opened" or "closed". These are informal comments taken from ...  
MarkIIIIssues 19 Feb 2005 - 14:40 - r1.3 RickShafer
Mark III / IRC / Penn Array Integration Issues Note that Software bugs (both general and specific) are tracked on a http://cvs588.gsfc.nasa.gov:443 Bugzilla instance ...  
MarkIIINyquistL 03 May 2006 - 12:58 - NEW RickShafer
Nyquist Inductors The time division multiplexing scheme requires that the detector circuit "self-integrate" over a time range long compared to the time between visits ...  
MarkIIIOperationalNotes 25 Jul 2006 - 12:27 - r1.22 StephenMaher
Operational Notes This page provides links for active discussion of how to operate the Mark III / IRC as we discover its ideosyncracies. It also provides a top level ...  
MarkIIIOverview 03 Mar 2005 - 03:30 - r1.4 RickShafer
Mark III Overview The Mark III is designed to use time based multiplexing to read out an array of signals, specifically voltage biased low impedence signals where ...  
MarkIIIPerformance 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
Notes on IRC/MarkIII Performance 10.21 Main.TWikiGuest 21 Oct 2004  
MarkIIIPerformanceNotes 12 Jan 2006 - 16:18 - r1.4 StephenMaher
From HAWC comparison... I made sure I'm using the latest IRC code (and wasn't stuck with a sticky tag checking out older, pre-optimization code) Running outside of ...  
MarkIIIPixel 15 Feb 2005 - 15:55 - NEW StephenMaher
The Mark III is used to read out a set of cryogenic, low impedence, sources. Each individual source is referred to as a pixel , though some of them might be electrical ...  
MarkIIIPreampElement 08 Mar 2005 - 07:28 - r1.5 RickShafer
Preamp element This is the most complicated sort of element, responsible both for setting the 3rd stage SQUID bias, but also for measuring/amplifying the SQUID output ...  
MarkIIIProcedures 05 Apr 2006 - 16:13 - r1.5 RickShafer
Mark III Procedures This is a compendium of Mark III procedures, including some generic detector checkout and operation procedures. In some cases they should be specilized ...  
MarkIIIReleaseNotes 06 Jan 2006 - 19:40 - NEW StephenMaher
MarkIIIReleaseNotes ATTACHURL /MIS-ReleaseNotes-0 1.pdf MIS-ReleaseNotes-0 1.pdf : Version 0.1 Release Notes 1 5 06 Main.TWikiGuest 09 Nov 2004  
MarkIIIRicksLog 18 Mar 2005 - 19:20 - r1.2 RickShafer
Rick's Mark III Log In the spirit of trying to capture my activities as a user of the Mark III / IRC dev system, I will try to log my progress here. This will be ...  
MarkIIISQUIDChoices 18 Feb 2005 - 19:48 - r1.3 RickShafer
Hardware and Operational Choices For the Mark III SQUID multiplexor chips Clearly some of this will depend on the requirements for the particular instrument (noise ...  
MarkIIISQUIDConfig 15 Feb 2005 - 18:45 - r1.2 RickShafer
SQUID Characterization and Configuration The procedures for the determination of the SQUID characteristics and their operation. Note that there are specific procedures ...  
MarkIIISQUIDDunk 15 Feb 2005 - 15:54 - NEW StephenMaher
The Mark III SQUID MUX Evaluation Station This is a relatively simple setup for characterizing and screening the performance of the 1x32 SQUID MUX chip, as well as ...  
MarkIIISQUIDGeneric 06 Dec 2005 - 03:44 - r1.7 RickShafer
Generic Description of SQUIDs A true student of superconducting physics should excuse any errors of nomenclature and explanation made here. It is intended as a semi ...  
MarkIIISQUIDMux 05 Dec 2005 - 21:56 - r1.7 RickShafer
SQUID Multiplexer At the heart of the Mark III is the SQUID multiplexer developed and produced at http://www.boulder.nist.gov/div814/ NIST/Boulder . The multiplexer ...  
MarkIIISpecs 04 Sep 2007 - 16:04 - r1.29 StephenMaher
MarkIII Specs ATTACHURL /outputformat rev12-5 15 2006.xls outputformat rev12-5 15 2006.xls : Output format Firmware version 12 ATTACHURL /outputformatrev9092105jbfedit2 ...  
MarkIIIStartupParameters 23 Nov 2004 - 16:49 - NEW TWikiGuest
Commands to specify using old IRC GUI: clock divider 1599 (this should be LSYNCDIV NSTEP 1) master reset streammode 4,5,6 (0empty, 1raw, 2stnd) IORate 32 (50MHz divided ...  
MarkIIISystem 29 Dec 2005 - 03:04 - r1.13 RickShafer
The Mark III (sometimes abbreviated MkIII) is set of hardware and software to support the operation of a multiplexed array of TES (Transition Edge Sensor) detectors ...  
MarkIIITopLevel 28 Jul 2005 - 13:18 - r1.3 StephenMaher
Mark III Multiplexing The Penn Array uses Mark III SQUID Multiplexing electronics. MarkIIISystem A top level overview of the Mark III System, and links to drill ...  
MarkIIITower 08 Mar 2005 - 06:37 - r1.8 RickShafer
The Tower The tower's contents provide the warm electronic interface to most of the Mark III cryogenic elements. It consists of a stack of individual cards, of various ...  
MarkIIITowerBackplane 08 Mar 2005 - 06:35 - NEW RickShafer
Tower Backplane (ribbon cable) This is a ten conductor connection providing (analogue A, digital D) power, reference voltages, commands and synchs from the Tower ...  
MarkIIITowerCommandCard 08 Mar 2005 - 07:13 - r1.3 RickShafer
Tower Command Card Responsible for taking inputs and power and passing them through to the other tower cards via the backplane ribbon cable. The interfaces are (for ...  
MarkIIITuningApplications 24 Jun 2005 - 12:41 - r1.3 StephenMaher
MarkIII Tuning Applications The purpose of this page is to understand the functionality and interaction of some the items on MuxGuiAndArchiver. There kind of mutated ...  
MarkIVDraft 10 Feb 2006 - 19:35 - r1.5 RickShafer
Mark IV Draft Keeping an eye on the future... learning from the past This is a place where we can collectively pool our ideas on how we might improve on the Mark ...  
MasterMustangManagerMr 06 Feb 2008 - 19:09 - r1.50 PaulMarganian
Mustang Manager Meta-MR TOC MustangManagerTesting 1. Introduction This page collates all of the requirements for the MUSTANG manager development and attempts to provide ...  
MasterToDo 17 Jul 2007 - 00:39 - r1.11 BrianMason
Overall Penn Array to do list updated 18jul06 ToDoWinter07 Winter 2007 Eng/Astro run To Do (first drafted 16jul07) ToDoAug07 Aug 2007 Fit Check To Do (first drafted ...  
MeetingNotes02Jul08 09 Jul 2008 - 17:56 - r1.2 MartyBloss
Mustang Software Support Meeting 02-July-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Creager, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if ...  
MeetingNotes03Mar08 03 Mar 2008 - 19:15 - r1.2 BrianMason
!! Mustang Software Support Meeting 03-Mar-08 TOC Attendees: Creager, Whitehead, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs ...  
MeetingNotes080107 08 Jan 2008 - 18:13 - r1.2 MartyBloss
Mustang Software Support Meeting 080107 Attendees: Mello, Creager, Marganian, Mason, Bloss Agenda: Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if any) Other working ...  
MeetingNotes080117 17 Jan 2008 - 16:02 - r1.2 BrianMason
Main.MartyBloss 17 Jan 2008 Mustang Software Support Meeting 080116 Attendees: Mello, Creager, Marganian, Mason, Bloss Agenda: Status of working MRs Questions on ...  
MeetingNotes08Aug08 08 Aug 2008 - 17:25 - NEW MartyBloss
Mustang Support Meeting 08-August-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Creager, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if any) Working ...  
MeetingNotes10Jun08 18 Jun 2008 - 13:54 - r1.3 BrianMason
Mustang Software Support Meeting 10-Jun-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Creager, Mason, White, Woody, Bloss Agenda: Combined with MUSTANG team meeting Meeting Notes ...  
MeetingNotes10Mar08 11 Mar 2008 - 17:13 - NEW MartyBloss
!! Mustang Software Support Meeting 10/11-Mar-08 TOC Attendees: Creager (3/11 rvw.), Whitehead, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions ...  
MeetingNotes11Feb08 12 Feb 2008 - 16:56 - r1.2 AmyShelton
Mustang Software Support Meeting 11-Feb-08 Attendees: Mello, Creager, Whitehead, Marganian, Mason, Bloss TOC Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on ...  
MeetingNotes11Jul08 14 Jul 2008 - 18:01 - NEW MartyBloss
Mustang Software Support Meeting 11-July-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Creager, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if ...  
MeetingNotes12May08 12 May 2008 - 16:03 - NEW MartyBloss
Mustang Software Support Meeting 12-May-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Creager, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if any ...  
MeetingNotes14Apr08 15 Apr 2008 - 14:59 - r1.2 BrianMason
Mustang Software Support Meeting 14-Apr-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if any) Other ...  
MeetingNotes17Mar08 19 Mar 2008 - 15:22 - NEW MartyBloss
!!Mustang Software Support Meeting 17-Mar-08 TOC Attendees: Creager, Whitehead, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs ...  
MeetingNotes18Aug08 25 Aug 2008 - 13:23 - NEW MartyBloss
Mustang Support Meeting 18-August-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Creager, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if any) Working ...  
MeetingNotes19Feb08 19 Feb 2008 - 21:58 - r1.2 AmyShelton
!!Mustang Software Support Meeting 19-Feb-08 TOC Attendees: Mello, Creager, Whitehead, Marganian, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions ...  
MeetingNotes19May08 27 May 2008 - 13:17 - r1.3 MartyBloss
Mustang Software Support Meeting 19-May-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Creager, Mason, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if any ...  
MeetingNotes21Apr08 24 Apr 2008 - 20:18 - NEW MartyBloss
Mustang Software Support Meeting 21-Apr-08 TOC Attendees: Whitehead, Mason, Creager, Bloss Agenda (standing): Status of working MRs Questions on working MRs (if any ...  
MeetingNotes21Jul08