VLBI teleconference, 27 August 2009
11.30 Perth, 13.30 Eastern, 15.30 New Zealand
Phone:
| Vic: | 03 9545 8222 |
| NSW: | 02 9490 8022 |
| ACT: | 02 6276 6622 |
| Qld: | 07 3214 2311 |
| WA: | 08 6436 8844 |
| SA: | 08 8273 8122 |
| NT: | 08 8944 8488 |
| Tas: | 03 6232 5188 |
Meeting ID: 5404
Chair: Tasso Tzioumis
Attendance:
Shinji Horiuchi (SDCCC, Canberra);Claire Hotan, Aquib Moin, Cormac Reynolds, Hayley Bignall (Curtin); Tasso Tzioumis, Chris Phillips, Ettore Carretti (ATNF Marsfield); Phil Edwards, Jamie Stevens (ATNF, Narrabri); Brett Reid, Jamie McCallum (UTas, Mt Pleasant), Jim Lovell(UTas,Hobart); Richard Dodson, Maria Rioja (UWA)
Apologies: Steven Tingay
Agenda
- Next Observations in September 2009
- General issues (Tzioumis/Phillips/Edwards)
- Schedules (Edwards/C.Reynolds)
- Support (Tzioumis)
- Disks (Claire)
- Mk5 disks (Chris/Tasso)
- Transfers (Claire/Hayley/Chris)
- Any other issues
- Review of Actions from last meeting
- REPORTS/UPDATES
- Curtin cluster at Narrabri (Phillips)
- VLBI tests with GMRT (Tasso)
- eVLBI demo with Brazil
- Feb 2010 VLBI meetings
- IVS meeting in Hobart (Lovell)
- Astro meetings in NZ (Tingay)
- LBA ops/eVLBI mtg?
- Update on New Zealand antenna (Gulyaev)
- AuScope Update (Lovell)
- AOB
Actions arising
(new items in blue)
GENERAL
** Actions from previous meeting NOT revised. To be carried forward to next meeting in October.
** ACTIONS for next observing session 3-7 September ** DONE (updated 9/10/09)
- Scheduling issues
- Link to schedule to be put in Wiki (Cormac)
- vt11u to be mainly 8.4 GHz to match IVS observing at Parkes/Ceduna (Chris/Phil)
- GMRT test to be included in schedule as vt13 (Phil)
- L-band GMRT test may include ATCA (Tasso) and Hobart (Brett)
- SCHED - new version for LBA
- Version already on ATNF website. New schedules under new version.
- Need to check drudge of new VEX files
- Cormac to provide test files from new schedules.
- Hobart/Ceduna to be checked by Brett
- Tid to be checked by Shinji
- Disks
- Reboot Ceduna computers + disks (UTas)
- Reformat disks to xfs (Jamie/Chris)
- Rebuilt XRAIDs when slow disks are included (Chris)
- Data Transfers
- Coordinate Parkes transfers with pulsar observers/group (Ettore)
- Suggest TCP transfers from Parkes.
- New cdisko version
- available from Jamie.
- to be checked at Mopra at installed at ATNF (Chris)
- size of scrolling log to be limited (Jamie)
- feed cdisko questions/requests during session to Jamie at Narrabri.
- Support
- Parkes: Shaun, John, Megan, Ettore
- ATCA/Mopra: Chris (DA), Jamie, Phil, Tasso (from Geneva)
- Ceduna: Was to be remote. BUT Brett and Jamie M. will go to Ceduna.
- Hobart: UTas personnel.
- Tid: Shinji and Tid crews.
- Ceduna phase stability issues to be addressed (UTas)
- Next telecon: 9 October 2009, 2 pm Sydney time (Tasso/Chris/Cormac)
