Software Plan of Record

Cycle 1 2006 (January 1 - February 15, 2006)

Releases this Cycle:

M&C, ~February 15
Astrid/GFM release ~February 15, to include matplotlib and spectral line plugin (final plans to be discussed at Jan 25th Observing Issues Meeting)
GBTIDLv2, by February 15

Weeks

Week 1 1/2 - 1/6 (Monday Holiday)
Week 2 1/9 - 1/13
Week 3 1/16 - 1/20 (Monday Holiday)
Week 4 1/23 - 1/27
Week 5 1/30 - 2/3
Week 6 2/6 - 2/15 (spans 1.5 weeks)

Who's in the Box?

Science - 100% Bob (Except for AAS)
Astrid Support - 50% Mark
CCB Commissioning Support - 50% Mark
Config/LO - 16% Melinda (1 wk)
Penn Array - 50% Melinda (3 wks)
Gbtstatus - 34% Melinda (2 wks)
Data - 50% Paul
GFM - 100% Amy, 50% Paul
Infrastructure, Integration Tests - Joe and Ray 100%

Key for the "Status" column:

(%Y%) means the task has been successfully completed
(%M%) means the task has been completed and is awaiting integration tests
(%S%) means the task has been completed and is awaiting sponsor tests
(%X%) means the task will not be completed this cycle, but was expected to be completed
ok means that the task is not yet complete or ready for tests, but NMR has evaluted results & progress is clearly on track

1. Operational/Scientific Support Items Completed During C1 2006

date - who - what - why
6 Jan 2006 - PaulMarganian, JoeBrandt, MarkClark - GFM missed scan log entries - ScanCoordinator not on data machine
6 Jan 2006 - JoeBrandt, MarkClark, RamonCreager - Multiple missed start times - unknown
7 Jan 2006 - JoeBrandt - High torques in Antenna - unknown
6 Jan 2006 - MelindaMello - Investigated L.Morgan observing issue concerning configurations using PF1 and ACS in 800Mhz mode (3 hours)
13 Jan 2006 - MelindaMello - ChangeDevHealth script was not working correctly and AntennaCharacterization air and temp sensors samplers not working (1.0 hours)
14 Jan 2006 - AmyShelton - Received call to add a project to Turtle; turned out that it was already there. (~15 minutes)
16 Jan - PaulMarganian, JoeBrandt - Complaints that GBTIDL had wrong Frequency Axis - unknown, though wrong IF FITS file is possible. (2 hours)
17 Jan 2006 - MarkClark - Worked with operator to recover from DCR failure - Mistakenly interpreted as an Astrid failure.
17 Jan 2006 - JoeBrandt, RamonCreager - Fire system failure
17 Jan 2006 - AmyShelton - Checked out status of Active Surface power supplies for operator to determine the validity of error messages in the message window. (~15 minutes)
18 Jan 2006 - JoeBrandt - Analysis to diagnose cause of LO1 frequency problems.
18 Jan 2006 - JoeBrandt - Recovery of simulator and leeloo.
18 Jan 2006 - JoeBrandt - Investigation of SDFits antenna positions incorrect problem.
18 Jan 2006 - MelindaMello - Larry Morgans LO2 fits file did not match values in LO2 Cleo Manager display and what config tool sent (2.8 hours)
18 Jan 2006 - 19 Jan 2006 - MarkClark, AmyShelton - Fixing problem with configuration messages not being recorded in the Turtle observing log.
18 Jan 2006 - 19 Jan 2006 - AmyShelton - Working on removing polling from online GFM to avoid accessing the ScanLog.fits file an insance number of times.
19 Jan 2006 - AmyShelton - Added 20C offset (because of the installation of new hardware) to temperature reading from 3rd temperature sensor on Weather2. Waiting on maintenance day to sponsor test and patch into the current release. (~15 minutes)
19 Jan 2006 - JoeBrandt, MarkClark - Investigation of incorrect sampler2log file names - (1.5 hours)
23 Jan 2006 - PaulMarganian - Investigation into FITS_OPEN warnings from Tim Robishaw's data - (1.5 hours)
25 Jan 2006 - MelindaMello, MarkClark, AmyShelton - Investigation into Tim Robishaw's observing issue from the previous evening (1/24) - (2.1 hours)
26 Jan 2006 - PaulMarganian - Helping Tim Robishaw optimize his GBTIDL scripts - (4 hours)
26 Jan 2006 - PaulMarganian - Helping Tim Robishaw track down bad data - (1 hour)
28 Jan 2006 - MarkClark, JoeBrandt - Repeated connection losses between scan coordinator and IF rack - Maybe because PF1 on but not on telescope (1 hour)
01 Feb 2006 - PaulMarganian - user support with gbt2class - (15 mins)
01 Feb 2006 - MelindaMello - users upport for incorrect frequencies in user script (1 hour)
03 Feb 2006 - PaulMarganian - GBTIDL user support - (15mins)
03 Feb 2006 - PaulMarganian - Problems with online sdfits index file = (1.5 hours)

2. Commitments

The default/unsorted state reflects priority order for this cycle.

Task	Info/MR	Lead	Sponsor,Team	Notes
GBTIDLv2.0 w/Flagging on ~TBD	N/A	BobGarwood	NicoleRadziwill, JimBraatz	See IDLPlanUpdate. Release planned for end of Feb.
GBTIDLv2.0 User Documentation	N/A	JimBraatz	BobGarwood, NicoleRadziwill	See IDLPlanUpdate. Release planned for end of Feb.
GFM (CCB & quality checks)	ModificationRequest12C705, ModificationRequest16C705	AmyShelton	BrianMason, NicoleRadziwill	MR12 is being written. MR16 is under development in ashelton's sandbox.
Physical Infrastructure Upgrades	PhysicalInfrastructureC82005, SystemPortTo26, RHE4 System Problems	RamonCreager, JoeBrandt	Computing Division	We have begun testing of the gcc3/RHE4 based release, with llama-sparrow (picture that). See report central for details. Simulator should be ready for testing.
LO1 Tolerance in Configuration	ModificationRequest3C805	MelindaMello	KarenONeil
Stop & Abort for Pulsar Observations	ModificationRequest2C106	MarkClark	ScottRansom, AmyShelton	Draft MR completed, investigating solutions. No progress, have been working on new release (OS and gcc) and Astrid bug (missed states).
CCB/Ka Commissioning Support	CcbSoftwareCleanup	MarkClark	BrianMason, MelindaMello	Remaining work: two requirements and three bugs. No progress, have been working on new release (OS and gcc) and Astrid bug (missed states).
Spectral Line Capabilities in GFM for Engineers	ModificationRequest1C705	PaulMarganian	NicoleRadziwill	Engineering: 80% of functionality coded. Prototype undergoing sponsor testing. No new work done this week. This item should get finished this cycle. Spectral Line for Astronomers: All critical requirments meet. Online problems need to be addressed in today's int tests.
Penn Array FITS Header Keywords	ModificationRequest2C505	MelindaMello	BrianMason, JoeBrandt	A
Gbtstatus: Complete Additions	ModificationRequest1C805	MelindaMello	KarenONeil	-with the following caveats: the 4 least important items on the list were not complete. Backend frequencies for KA configs are not correct (late evaluation/agreement of requirements), multibackend if paths only display paths for last backend routed. Karen needs to retest Commanded coordinate item
Finish Auto* Changes	ModificationRequest14C705	MarkClark	KarenONeil, AmyShelton

3. Refactored Code

Description	Tests	Submitter	Notes
Astrid Stop & Abort	Abort works in Observation State " SB Executing" and Stop works in Ygor State "Running"	MarkClark	Missing or late LPCs generates pop-ups, should be documented in the release notes.
TaskMaster	Changed to properly indicate when a runonce process has failed. Fixed a solaris bug.	JoeBrandt	Now displays "Failure" when process dies
Antenna Manager	Moved weather host information into system.conf	JoeBrandt
showDeviceInfo	Added -q option for quering a manager.	JoeBrandt	Debugging tool and upgrade to the cleo launcher as a 'lightweight' alternative to using a 'heavyweight' panel connection. No special tests necessary.

4. Background Tasks

Project	TASK	MR	Team	Notes	Status
SoftwareCME	Correct boom deploy/retract under M&C control	BoomDeployRetractProblem?	JasonRay, JoeBrandt, MelindaMello	Code works, but SCU rejects reset command. Needs investigation with electronics support.
Add Motor Rack Control Functions	ModificationRequest1C106	MarkClark	RogerNorrod, AmyShelton

5. Miscellaneous

-- NicoleRadziwill - 04 Jan 2006

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