Software Plan of Record

Cycle 5 2006 (July 3 - August 15, 2006)

Weeks

Week 1 7/3 - 7/7
Week 2 7/10 - 7/14
Week 3 7/17 - 7/21
Week 4 7/24 - 7/28
Week 5 7/31 - 8/4
Week 6 8/7 - 8/11

Release date for M&C/Sparrow: August 16, 2006

Who's in the Box?

Amy - 30% Management, 20% Dynamic Scheduling, 10% Zpectrometer, 30% Conference, 10% Vacation
Bob - 40% Data, 30% Research, 20% Conference, 10% Vacation
Joe - 30% Ka Receiver, 50% PTCS, 20% Conference
Mark - 25% Dynamic Scheduling, 25% Quality, 20% DB Support, 20% Conference, 10% Vacation
Melinda - 25% Penn Array, 50% Dynamic Scheduling, 20% Conference, 5% Balancing
Paul - 50% Dynamic Scheduling, 10% Reservation System, 30% Conference, 10% Vacation
Ray - 40% Zpectrometer, 40% PTCS (Quadrant Detector), 20% Conference
Ron - 100% Quality

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 ALS has evaluated results & progress is clearly on track

1. Operational/Scientific Support Items Completed During C5 2006

For each support item, please list the amount of effort involved as either: low, medium, or high. Guidelines for these rankings are as follows:

low - Things that take less than two hours.
medium - Things that take more than two hours, but less than eight hours.
high - Things that take more than eight hours.

If multiple people are involved in an item, please list it only once. Effort estimates should reflect total time elapsed, i.e. how long did it take to fix the problem start to finish - not the sum total of each person's time.

date - who - what - how long? (low, medium, high)
4 Jul 2006 - MarkClark, JoeBrandt - Repeated Spectrometer DMA errors, could not complete Spider scans - LTA board? - low
11 Jul 2006 - JoeBrandt - Network problems effecting Weather station operation - medium
13 Jul 2006 - BobGarwood - Assisted polarization/cross-correlation group on various issues. - low
13 Jul 2006 - RamonCreager - Investigating Titania issue. Report to follow. - medium
13 Jul 2006 - MarkClark - Failure of ScanCoordinator values being passed to devices, e.g., sky positions or project IDs - medium
16 Jul 2006 - MarkClark - Repeated Spectrometer DMA errors - LTA board? - low
18 Jul 2006 - MarkClark - Responded to report of antenna error messages. Traced to power being off. low
18 Jul 2006 - AmyShelton - Responded to inquiry regarding Weather 1. Hardware was fried from lightening. low
19-20 Jul 2006 - BobGarwood - Investigate analysis issues regarding AGBT05A_012_01 medium
21 Jul 2006 - MarkClark - Spectrometer could not balance power at J10, determined insufficient power to balance, asked operator to call electronics (operator log key 70092) - low (but an awfully awkward time)
21 Jul 2006 - BobGarwood - sdfits failure to fill early-science data, older version of sdfits works low
21 Jul 2006 - RamonCreager - Operator could not find project in database, and could not find add_project script. Ran it for the operator, and had him modify instructions for use of add_project to su to monctrl using the command su - monctrl, so that the correct path is loaded. low
21-24 Jul 2006 - MarkClark, AmyShelton - verifying use of Spider scans with Spectral Processor medium
22 Jul 2006 - JoeBrandt - Message Mux failure - low
24 Jul 2006 - BobGarwood - GBTIDL failure to process early-science data, provided custom version of getfs to Jay medium
24 Jul 2006 - BobGarwood - sdfits fails with -append, need to also supply -backends value low
26 Jul 2006 - JoeBrandt - Message Mux failure - low
27 Jul 2006 - MarkClark, JoeBrandt - Helped diagnose script failure using Horizon GetSet() = low
3 Aug 2006 - PaulMarganian - Diagnosed problem where source "40E1" was getting turned into 400.0 by FQL low

2. Commitments

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

Task	Info/MR	Lead	Sponsor,Team	Notes
Evolve Dynamic Scheduling Proposal	Dynamic Web	AmyShelton	KarenONeil, MelindaMello, PaulMarganian, MarkClark	Includes trip to JCMT and algorithm development: presentation ready for 8/4.
Create NRAO-wide reservation system.	ReservationsStageThree	PaulMarganian	NicoleRadziwill, CarlBignell	Bussiness Manager's respond to ReservationsStageThree document: request scenario 3, a full replacement of BARS. Videocon on August 3 with all stakeholders. Agenda ready for said meeting.
Attend Zpectrometer Meetings	ZpectProject	KarenONeil	AmyShelton, RamonCreager	The next meeting is scheduled for August 9. See ZpectMeeting6 for an agenda.
Test Zpectrometer Manager with UMd Hardware	ModificationRequest1C306	RamonCreager	KarenONeil, AmyShelton	See status page. Also see: ZpectProject, ZpectSoftwareDevelopment. Hardware arrived, and I have installed it in my office
Write MR for Integration of the Zpectrometer into SDFITS and GBTIDL	ModificationRequest4C406	RamonCreager	KarenONeil, AmyShelton	The MR needs more detail, e.g. which piece of software is getting what information from which file. (No progress)
Modifications to Ka Manager	ModificationRequest1C506	JoeBrandt	GalenWatts	Code changes for manager complete, and tested on simulator. Incorporated MR comments. MR under consideration by CCC. Currently testing IFManager modifications.
Penn Array Commissioning Support of Fits Archiver	N/A	MelindaMello	BrianMason	Steve White is in the process of updating the DFB and Interface card firmware. If the updates are completed in time, I will test on 7/11/2006. Created some slides for the PAR review.
Attend Penn Array Review Meeting	PennArrayReceiver	BrianMason	MelindaMello	The meeting is scheduled for July 31 and August 1 in Philadelphia.
Implement Spectrometer Bad Lags Fix	ModificationRequest15C306	BobGarwood	KarenONeil	Testing is progressing. I found and fixed a few bugs using some faked data to test various special cases.
Test F. Schwab's Antenna Trajectory Algorithm	ModificationRequest2C306, Trajectory Test Notes	JoeBrandt	JohnFord, MelindaMello	This task is in support of the testing of Fred's algorithm only - no integration with the Antenna Manager planned for C4. One round of testing completed. Plotted results in report, and discussed results with John. I committed to providing a test version of the servo sw for John to experiment with in August. (Done)
Implement Linux Quadrant Detector Manager	ModificationRequest9C306	RamonCreager	JasonRay, PaulMarganian	Work is almost complete. Currently, the Manager compiles and links, with new GDAQ library. All samplers and parameters added to DDL, which is complete. Summary of work remaining: DT-50 library, testing (No change)
Balancing Project - Create Project Charter	Add link to charter here	MelindaMello	FrankGhigo
GBTIDL Autoflagger	ModificationRequest2C506	BobGarwood	RonMaddalena	Started.
Investigate imaging for GBTIDL	add link to investigation results here	BobGarwood	RonMaddalena
Quality App	ModificationRequest12C705	NicoleRadziwill	RonDuPlain, MarkClark	No updates.
Attend Software Engineering Conference in Socorro	Agenda	All	All
Database Support - Migrate CarlBignell's DBs to MySQL	N/A	MarkClark	CarlBignell	Discussions have begun.
MR for test tone control via RPC for Zpectrometer	ModificationRequest3C506	JoeBrandt	RamonCreager	MR written, coding mostly complete. MR requires either config-tool or scheduling block code to place LO1B in/out of service during Zpectrometer calibration.

3. Refactored Code

4. Background Tasks

Task	Info/MR	Lead	Sponsor,Team	Notes
Incorporate OOF Holography Zernike models into Active Surface	ModificationRequest1C406	JoeBrandt	DanaBalser	Some progress made. Unable to fully reproduce "lags by 1 scan problem". Added proposed schema to MR.
Assist CarlBignell in migrating from dbase to MySQL	N/A	PaulMarganian	CarlBignell
Allow Saving of Invalid Scheduling Blocks	ModificationRequest4C805	MarkClark	KarenONeil, AmyShelton
Create Penn Array Manager	ModificationRequest3C406	JoeBrandt	BrianMason, MelindaMello
Fix Faulty Self-Test in Spectrometer	ModificationRequest6C406	RamonCreager	RandyMcCullough
Correct boom deploy/retract under M&C control	BoomDeployRetractProblem?	JasonRay	JoeBrandt, MelindaMello
Create spectrometer integration-level plot server and client.	N/A	AmyShelton	PaulMarganian
GFM Return Code in Astrid	ModificationRequest17C705	KarenONeil	MarkClark	Not started.
Balancing Project - Get, Set, and Change Attenuators	ModificationRequest8C505	MelindaMello	FrankGhigo, RamonCreager
Balancing Project - Converter Rack: Add Ability to Set Power Levels and to Balance to those Levels	ModificationRequest4C505	MelindaMello	FrankGhigo, RamonCreager
Balancing Project - Change Spectrometer Warning Messages During Balance	ModificationRequest9C505	MelindaMello	FrankGhigo, RamonCreager
Balancing Project - IF Rack: Change messages to indicate non-balance and non-linearity	ModificationRequest10C505	MelindaMello	FrankGhigo, RamonCreager
Balancing Project - Multiple sampling for Balancing procedures to diminish RFI effects	ModificationRequest11C505	MelindaMello	FrankGhigo, RamonCreager
Provide a servo version with adjustable rate feedfoward for testing.	N/A	JoeBrandt	JohnFord	Installed and available for test. (Sent John instructions on use.)

5. Miscellaneous

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