DiFX 2.0.2 Wish List
This list assumes DiFX 2.0.2 is to be released relative soon (a few months) after DiFX 2.0.1
Bug: when nfftchan is more than xmacstridelength in pulsar mode, only the first xmacstridelength channels appear properly populated
Bug: FATAL Mk5DataStream::calculateControlParams: bufferindex>=bufferbytes: bufferindex=170311680 >= bufferbytes=170311680 atsegment = 7
vex2difx (or other) support for creating .machines and .threads (from the eVLBI perspective)
Chase up and eliminate the cause of occasional тАЬSomehow Visibility X ended up with Y+1 subintegrations - was expecting only YтАЭ errors
Longer term wishes
These are probably beyond the horizon of DiFX 2.0.2 unless a champion comes in to make them reality
vex2 support (relies on vex2 finalization and some support from field systems)
Generalized
GUI with unified database backend (Work progressing at MPIfR and USNO)
Amplitude correction for primary beam effects for off-center correlation (To be addressed at 2011 meeting at Haystack)
Move to a binary format for pcal files and name by datastream not by antenna name (To be addressed at 2011 meeting at Haystack)
Bug Fixes
LBA format data now scaled roughly correctly (removing the need for large ACCOR corrections)
There was a bug when xmaclength was > nfftchan for pulsar processing - this has been corrected
guardns was incorrectly (overzealously) calculated in mpifxcorr
тАЬMk5DataStream::calculateControlParams: bufferindex>=bufferbytesтАЭ bug fixed
Low weight reads could result in uninitialized memory
Streamstor XLRRead() bug work-around installed several places (read at position 0 before reading at position > 0)
Fix to pulse calibration data ordering for LSB or reordered channels
Pulse Cal amplitude now divided by pulse cal averaging time in seconds
New Features
Mark5-based correlation: easy access to SMART data (can be viewed with getsmart)
Mark5-based correlation: emit multicast message containing drive statistics after each scan
VSIS interface added to mk5daemon
Experimental support for non power-of-2 FFT lengths
New utilities: mk5map, fileto5c, record5c
New features added to existing utilities: