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Keyword Prefixes

Keywords are associated with specific hardware devices or with the procedure set. A few keywords naturally have the same name on different devices so every keyword has a prefix to designate its device group, e.g. dcr.integrationtime. The prefixes assigned so far are shown in Table 1.


Keyword Prefix Device
proc Procedures
sc Scan Coordinator
ant Antenna
lo1 LO1
conv Converter Rack
ifrack IF Rack
algfilt Analog Filter Rack
rx Currently selected receiver
rxpf1 Prime Focus 1 Receiver
rxpf2 Prime Focus 2 Receiver
rx1to2 21 cm Receiver
rx2to3 11 cm Receiver
rx4to6 6 cm Receiver
rx8to10 3 cm Receiver
rx12to18 2 cm Receiver
rx18to26 1 cm Receiver
rx26to40 8 mm Receiver
rx40to52 6 mm Receiver
rx65to95 4 mm Receiver
rx95to115 3 mm Receiver
pfsup Prime Focus Support Rack
bcpm Berkley-CalTech Pulsar Machine
dcr Digital Continuum Receiver
spm Spectrometer
sp Spectral Processor


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Bob Garwood 2011-07-25