Configuring a 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

Create 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

Modify the files: