What needs to be done to configure a LOFAR station for GLOW mode:
Set up ssh
copy the observer public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the LCU
Switch to wanted LOFAR Release
check the current version of the control software with:
swlevel -v
check the available versions of the control software with:
MAC_revert -s
switch to the wanted version of the control software with:
MAC_revert -v <version-string> -l -i
Install the flood detection script
copy the script to the interface machine (as user software on glow-control):
software@glow-control:~$ scp -r kill-station glow604:
copy the local kill-script to the LCU (from the interface machine):
software@glow604:~/kill-station$ scp kill-station-local.sh de604c:sbin/kill-station-local.sh
Generate a ssh public-key pair as ~/.ssh/killscript-key and add the public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the LCU. Afterwards the following should work:
software@glow604:~$ ssh -i ~/.ssh/killscript-key de604c sbin/kill-station-local.sh
Station in local mode
Killing all formed beams
...
install the crontab on the interface machine:
software@glow604:~/kill-station$ crontab crontab-glow604
Create and Install the GLOW-Mode configuration files
Copy the original config to glow-control:
cd /opt/lofar/etc
tar -cf ~/DE604-orig-config.tar RSPDriver.conf CalServer.conf TBBDriver.conf StaticMetaData/Storage+MAC.dat
copy the tar-ball with scp to glow-control
Modify the files:
Storage+MAC.dat
Add glow-mode recording machines to Storage+MAC.dat
CalServer.conf.normal
CalServer.conf.normal is the same as the original CalServer.conf
CalServer.conf.calibration
Change the following lines in CalServer.conf:
CalServer.DisableACMProxy=0
CalServer.WriteACCToFile=1
CalServer.DataDirectory=/data/home/user9/station-cal-data/tmp
TBBDriver.conf.new
copy the original TBBDriver.conf and change the "TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR..." lines to the IP-addresses for the stations TBB boards according to the GLOW-Mode IP-address scheme. E.G. for DE604:
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_0=172.20.4.101
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_2=172.20.4.103
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_3=172.20.4.104
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_4=172.20.4.105
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_5=172.20.4.106
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_6=172.20.4.107
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_7=172.20.4.108
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_8=172.20.4.109
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_9=172.20.4.110
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_10=172.20.4.111
TBBDriver.SRC_IP_ADDR_11=172.20.4.112
RSPDriver.conf.hosts
Copy the original RSPDriver.conf to the file for the first set of recording hosts and change:
RSPDriver.LANE_..._SRCIPlines to the IP-addresses for the RSP-board-lanes according to the GLOW-Mode IP-address schemeRSPDriver.LANE_..._DSTPORTlines to the destination port-numbers assigned to this stationRSPDriver.LANE_..._DSTMACandRSPDriver.LANE_..._DSTIPto the MAC and IP addresses of the chosen recording hosts- set
RSPDriver.LANE_..._BLET_OUTto 99 for those lanes that are to be switched off (Make sure it is set to numbers lower than 24 for the other lanes.)
If you use a copy of an already modified file as start for the others then you can skip step 1 and 2.
E.g. the relevant part from RSPDriver.conf.3lane-glow02:
RSPDriver.LANE_00_BLET_OUT= 0
RSPDriver.LANE_00_XLET_OUT= 5
RSPDriver.LANE_00_SRCMAC = 00:22:86:06:04:00
RSPDriver.LANE_00_SRCIP = 172.20.4.1
RSPDriver.LANE_00_DSTMAC = 00:02:C9:4E:DA:5A # glow02
RSPDriver.LANE_00_DSTIP = 172.20.105.102
RSPDriver.LANE_00_DSTPORT = 16041
RSPDriver.LANE_01_BLET_OUT= 1
RSPDriver.LANE_01_XLET_OUT= 5
RSPDriver.LANE_01_SRCMAC = 00:22:86:06:04:01
RSPDriver.LANE_01_SRCIP = 172.20.4.2
RSPDriver.LANE_01_DSTMAC = 00:02:C9:4E:DA:5A # glow02
RSPDriver.LANE_01_DSTIP = 172.20.105.102
RSPDriver.LANE_01_DSTPORT = 16042
RSPDriver.LANE_02_BLET_OUT= 2
RSPDriver.LANE_02_XLET_OUT= 5
RSPDriver.LANE_02_SRCMAC = 00:22:86:06:04:02
RSPDriver.LANE_02_SRCIP = 172.20.4.3
RSPDriver.LANE_02_DSTMAC = 00:02:C9:4E:DA:5A # glow02
RSPDriver.LANE_02_DSTIP = 172.20.105.102
RSPDriver.LANE_02_DSTPORT = 16043
RSPDriver.LANE_03_BLET_OUT= 99 # switched off
RSPDriver.LANE_03_XLET_OUT= 5
RSPDriver.LANE_03_SRCMAC = 00:22:86:06:04:03
RSPDriver.LANE_03_SRCIP = 172.20.4.4
RSPDriver.LANE_03_DSTMAC = 00:02:C9:4E:DA:5A # glow02
RSPDriver.LANE_03_DSTIP = 172.20.105.102
RSPDriver.LANE_03_DSTPORT = 16044
Copy the modified files to the LCU and install them
tar -czf DE604-configs-2016-04-22.tgz DE604-Configs/
copy the tarball to the LCU with scp
mkdir StationConfigs
cd StationConfigs
tar -xzf DE604-configs-2016-04-22.tgz
cd DE604-Configs/
diff CalServer.conf.normal /opt/lofar/etc/CalServer.conf
cp CalServer.conf.normal /opt/lofar/etc/CalServer.conf
diff Storage+MAC.dat /opt/lofar/etc/StaticMetaData/Storage+MAC.dat
cp Storage+MAC.dat /opt/lofar/etc/StaticMetaData/Storage+MAC.dat
diff TBBDriver.conf.new /opt/lofar/etc/TBBDriver.conf
cp TBBDriver.conf.new /opt/lofar/etc/TBBDriver.conf
diff RSPDriver.conf.3lane-glow02 /opt/lofar/etc/RSPDriver.conf
cp RSPDriver.conf.3lane-glow02 /opt/lofar/etc/RSPDriver.conf
Copy and install the Pulsar Observing Scripts
tar -czf LCU-scripts-2016-04-22.tgz LCU-scripts
copy the tarball to the LCU with scp
tar -xzf LCU-scripts-2016-04-22.tgz
diff LCU-scripts/bashrc.LCU.example ~/.bashrc
cp LCU-scripts/bashrc.LCU.example ~/.bashrc
diff LCU-scripts/GOOD_RCUS.txt.example LCU-scripts/GOOD_RCUS.txt
cp LCU-scripts/GOOD_RCUS.txt.example LCU-scripts/GOOD_RCUS.txt
cp LCU-scripts/test-beamctl-commands.txt ~
Copy and install psrcat
copy the tarball with psrcat and the psrcat.db to the LCU with scp
tar -xzf psrcat-de602.tgz
(And get someone to clean up the mess with the psrcat.dbs...)
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