The CIMA observing modes

Pulsar observing modes

Name	OBSMODE	Interactive	Command file	ICORR	WAPP	Mock	Non-ALFA	ALFA
Pulsar run correlator	RUN	pulsarrun	-	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar on	ON	pulsaron	PULSARON	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar calibration	PULSCAL	pulsarcal	PULSARCAL	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar on/off calibration	ONOFFCAL	ponoffcal	-	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar cross calibration	CROSSCAL	pcrosscal	PULSARCROSSCAL	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar ALFA beam check	ALFABEAM	palfabeam	-	-	X	X	-	X
Pulsar ALFA calibration	ALFACAL	palfacal	-	-	X	X	-	X
Pulsar ZA scanning	ZASCAN	pzascan	-	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar Az/ZA mapping	AZZAMAP	pazzamap	-	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar RA/Dec mapping	RADECMAP	pradecmap	-	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar gal-l/b mapping	GALMAP	pgalmap	-	-	X	X	X	X
Smart basketweaving (version 3.1)	SBASKET	smartbask	SMARTBASKET	-	X	X	X	X
Smart frequency switching (version 3.1)	SMARTF	smartfreq	SMARTFREQ	-	X	X	X	X
Pulsar catalog observation	CATON	-	PULSARCATOBS	-	X	X	X	X
Calibrated pulsar catalog observation	CATCALON	-	PULSARCATCALOBS	-	X	X	X	X

Spectral observing modes

Name	OBSMODE	Interactive	Command file	ICORR	WAPP	Mock	Non-ALFA	ALFA
Run correlator	RUN	run	-	X	X	X	X	X
Simple calibration	CAL	cal	CAL	X	X	X	X	X
Standard on	ON	on	ON	X	X	X	X	X
Standard on/off	ONOFF	onoff	ONOFF	X	X	X	X	X
Ephemeris tracking	EPHEM	ephem	-	X	X	X	X	X
Double position switching	DPS	dps	-	X	X	X	X	X
Drift map	DRIFT	drift	-	X	X	X	X	X
RA/Dec map	RADECMAP	radecmap	-	X	X	X	X	X
Dec/RA map	DECRAMAP	decramap	-	X	X	X	X	X
Gal long/lat map	GALMAP	galmap	-	-	X	X	X	X
Cross scan	CROSS	cross	-	X	-	-	X	-
WAPP cross map	CROSS	wappcross	-	-	X	X	X	-
ALFA cross map	CROSS	alfacross	ALFACROSS	-	X	X	-	X
Fixed azimuth drift map	FIXEDAZ	fixedaz	FIXEDDRIFT	-	X	X	X	X
Basketweave scanning	BASKET	basket	BASKETWEAVE	-	X	X	X	X
Smart basketweaving (version 3.1)	SBASKET	smartbask	SMARTBASKET	-	X	X	X	X
Smart frequency switching	SMARTF	smartfreq	SMARTFREQ	-	X	X	X	X
Leapfrog map	FROGMAP	frog	-	-	X	X	X	X
Alternative drift map	DRIFT	altdrift	-	-	X	X	X	X
Drift chase map	DRIFTCH	driftch	-	-	X	X	X	X

The columns have the following meaning:

• Name: Full name of observing mode
• OBSMODE: Code used for OBSMODE header parameter in CIMAFITS
• Interactive: Internal name for for observing modes that can be run interactively
• Command file: Command file name for observing modes that can be run from command files
• ICORR: indicates whether the observing mode works with the interim correlator
• WAPP: indicates whether the observing mode works with the WAPPs
• Mock: indicates whether the observing mode works with the Mock spectrometer
• Non-ALFA: indicates whether the observing mode works with single-pixel receivers
• ALFA: indicates whether the observing mode works with ALFA

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This page is administered by Prakash Atreya ( patreya (a) naic . edu ) and was last updated on 5 February 2009.