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)