How to run TelCal Offline tests

Build Offline Test Programs

cd {BASEDIR}/TELCAL/TelCalResults/Engines/test/

make install

Update $PATH

export PATH=$PATH:{BASEDIR}/TELCAL/TelCalResults/Engines/test/bin:{BASEDIR}/TELCAL/TelCalResults/Engines/test/APP

Export ALMA dataset

run: asdmExport {UID}

untar the archive to some location (named {DATADIR} in the following)

Create & populate UID subdirectory

mkdir {UID}
cd {UID}
parseasdm.py {DATADIR}
cd ..

{UID} and {DATADIR} as defined in the previous step

This will create two files: scans.dat and antennas.dat

Create configuration files

makeAppConfig.py {DATADIR}

This will create one configuration file for each scan in the scan sequence. The configuration contains the parameter tuning settings that have been used in the online mode.

The config files are named: {UID}-{SCANNUM}.conf

Run the TelCal offline mode

AppTest.sh {CONFIG_FILE}

This will create various files in the {UID} subdirectory the most relevant being:

appvisibilities.{SCANNUM}        (contains the time average visibilties for all basebands/pols)

appsolutions.{SCANNUM}           (contains the obtained solutions for all basebands/pols)

Plot the results  

python appPlot.py {UID} {CONFIG_FILE}

This will plot the visibilities for BB_1 (default). If you want to plot other basebands use the -b option (-h for all available options).

If you click on one of the visibilities it will output the baseline.