Mark6 in DiFX
This page is to collect some notes about support of Mark6 in DiFX.
Things that been put into place
The following are available on trunk and are expected to be part of the DiFX 2.5 release
vex2difx support of multiple datastreams per antenna
vdifio recognizes native Mark6 format (VDIF with additional formatting for gather reconstruction
vdifio can тАЬgatherтАЭ from mounted Mark6 module(s)
mpifxcorr can directly correlate mounted Mark6 modules. Details will be added here shortlyтАж
mark6sg package including scatter/gather library and several utilities: mk6copy, m6sg_gather, m6sg_blocknrs, and fuseMk6
mpifxcorr: pulse cal extraction assumption of nAntenna = nBaseline fixed
Things that need to or should be done
drive correlation based on module name(s) rather than scan file names
some sort of auto-mounting mark6 daemon
gui code, where applicable, needs to break assumptions of nAntenna = nBaseline
mk5daemon / difxmessage support for Mark6 status monitoring (HR work in progress)