85-3: Setup for Total Power Scans
1. Hardware setup.
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Make sure the "Alt 400 MHz" cables are plugged into
the detector drawer.
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Plug the "cal signal" cable from the single-board into
the CAL input.
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Adjust the attenuators on the front of the detector drawer
to put the signal levels in the right range.
2. Observing file.
- Use the "scan" procedure in the observing files.
3. Operation.
- Use the same operational setup as for normal 85-3 pulsar observing.
- Bring up the 85-3 CLEO screen and the 85-3 User Control screen.
- To turn the CAL on or off, click the "set scan" button, then use the "cal dur" and "set cal" buttons.
- The data will be in /home/o5/gbi/logs/Scan853/