Observing at Noto with DISCOS

Contents:

• Release notes
• Overview
  • What DISCOS is
  • Glossary: terms and abbreviations
• Checklist for schedule-based observations
• DISCOS startup
  • Logistics
  • (Remotely controlled observations): under development
• Initial setup
  • Antenna overall setup
  • Logfile
• Antenna operations
• Frontend operations
  • General rules
• Backend operations
  • Total Power - focus selector
  • Calmux - calibration diode multiplexer
• Command-line measurements and acquisitions
  • Raw counts readouts
  • Tsys
  • Weather parameters
  • Manual acquisitions
  • Caveat on offsets
• Generating and launching a schedule
• Data formats and online quick-look
  • If writer is MANAGEMENT/FitsZilla
  • If writer is MANAGEMENT/Point or MANAGEMENT/CalibrationTool
• Retrieving the data
• Appendix A - Monitor panels full description
  • operatorInput
  • AntennaBoss
  • Observatory
  • Mount
  • GenericBackend
  • ReceiversBoss
  • Scheduler
  • Logging Display
• Appendix B - Complete command list
• Appendix C - Output files
• Appendix D - Source catalogue
• Troubleshooting and temporary procedures
  • Setup
  • Schedules
• (Fault report): under development