Commissioning Logs

This webpage logs the commissioning tests for VEGAS.

Remaining Issues

Test Logs

ProjectID Session Who Details Summary
TGBT19A_502 08 Ryan 2019 June 23 Test of new i0100x8192 and c0800x0064 BOF files
TGBT19A_502 04,05 Ryan 2019 May 15 Second try at release of VEGAS LBW Pulsar Modes
TGBT19A_502 02,03 Ryan 2019 Apr 25 Release of VEGAS LBW Pulsar Modes
TGBT19A_502 01 Ryan 2019 Apr 14 Additional LBW Astronomical Commissioning
TGBT18B_502 15 Ryan 2019 Apr 04 Additional tests of LBW branch
TGBT18B_502 14 Ryan 2019 Mar 12 Timing Offset Tests with AP
TGBT18B_502 13 Ryan 2019 Mar 11 New HBW Inco. BOF Files Astronomical Commissioning
TGBT18B_502 12 Ryan 2019 Mar 08 New HBW Inco. BOF Files Astronomical Commissioning
TGBT18B_502 11 Ryan 2019 Feb 28 LBW Astronomical Commissioning
TGBT18B_502 10 Ryan 2019 Feb 14 fftshift and variance tests
TGBT18B_502 09 Ryan 2019 Feb 07 Additional LBW tests
TGBT18B_502 08 Ryan 2019 Jan 30 Additional LBW tests
TGBT18B_502 07 Ryan 2019 Jan 24 Additional LBW tests
TGBT18B_502 06 Ryan 2019 Jan 23 Timing Offset Observations
TGBT18B_502 05 Ryan 2019 Jan 16 Additional LBW tests
TGBT18B_502 03 Ryan 2019 Jan 09 Additional LBW tests
TGBT15A_915 157 Ryan 2018 Dec 20 BOF file tests
TGBT18B_502 02 Ryan 2018 Dec 12 LBW tests round two
TGBT18B_502 01 Ryan 2018 Dec 06 LBW tests round one
TGBT15A_915 152 Ryan 2018 August 16 BOF file tests
TGBT15A_915 151 Ryan   BOF file tests
TGBT15A_915 142 Ryan 2018 May 15 Verification of LBW BOF file
TGBT15A_915 141 Ryan 2018 April 13 Test Packet Loss in Long Coherent Search-Mode Scan (Again)
TGBT15A_915 140 Ryan 2018 March 22 More tests of wideband configurations for C-Band, X-Band, and KFPA
TGBT15A_915 139 Ryan 2018 March 21 Test wideband configurations for C-Band, X-Band, and KFPA
TGBT15A_915 138 Ryan 2018 March 16 VPM Scale Tests
TGBT15A_915 137 Ryan 2018 March 06 VPM Scale and Filter Tests
TGBT15A_915 136 Ryan 2018 February 20 Test Packet Loss in Long Coherent Search-Mode Scan
TGBT17B_501 006 Ryan 2018 February 11 Continue Spectral Line Regression Tests, other M&C v18.2 Tests
TGBT17B_501 005 Ryan 2018 February 09 Test New VEGAS Kernel and BTL Under M&C v18.2
TGBT17B_501 004 Ryan 2018 January 23 Additional VPM Acceptance Tests
TGBT17B_501 003 Ryan 2018 January 21 VEGAS Spectral Line Commissioning Tests (Baseline)
TGBT17B_501 002 Ryan 2018 January 18 VPM Acceptance Tests
TGBT17B_501 001 Ryan 2018 January 18 VEGAS Spectral Line Commissioning Tests (Baseline)
TGBT15A_915 133 Ryan 2017 December 01 Detailed Mode Switching Tests
TGBT15A_915 131,132 Ryan 2017 November 22-23 Tests over Thanksgiving Shutdown
TGBT15A_915 130 Ryan 2017 November 15 32-Channel Pulsar Mode and Other Tests
TGBT15A_915 129 Richard 2017 November 09 Demo VEGAS to Yunnan visitors
TGBT15A_915 128 Ryan 2017 November 03 Additional Matrix Adapter and Other Pulsar Tests
TGBT15A_915 127 Ryan 2017 October 24 Matrix Adapter and Other Pulsar Tests
TGBT15A_915 126 Ryan 2017 October 05 Coherent pulsar mode troubleshooting
TGBT15A_915 125 Ryan 2017 October 03 Check spectral line configuration and balancing
TGBT15A_915 124 Richard 2017 September 28 (A) Check Spectral line balancing
TGBT15A_915 123 Ryan 2017 September 28 Check VPM/Spectral line balancing and Matrix/Classic switching
TGBT15A_915 122 Ryan 2017 September 22 Check VPM balancing
- - Richard RegTestAnalysis Analysis of recent reg test runs
TGBT15A_915 121 Richard 2017 September 13 Continued spectral line regression tests
TGBT15A_915 120 Richard 2017 August 30 Continued spectral line regression tests
TGBT15A_915 117 Richard 2017 August 29 "Astronomical" "after" regression tests to go with previous night's data. See 2017 August 28
TGBT15A_915 117 Richard 2017 August 28 "Astronomical" "before" regression tests
TGBT15A_915 113-116 ? ? ?
TGBT15A_915 112 Richard 2017 August 10 Check release version has been re-installed successfully
TGBT15A_915 111 Richard 2017 August 09 "New Manager, classic HPC" spectral line regression tests
TGBT15A_915 110 Richard 2017 August 03 "New Manager, new HPC" spectral line regression tests
TGBT15A_915 109 Richard 2017 August 02 "New Manager, new HPC" spectral line regression tests
TGBT15A_915 108 Richard 2017 August 01 L-band drift scans for RET teachers
TGBT15A_915 107 Richard 2017 July 27 Check release version has been re-installed successfully
TGBT15A_915 106 Richard / Amber 2017 July 26 "New Manager, new HPC" spectral line regression tests
TGBT15A_915 105 Richard 2017 July 25 "New Manager, new HPC" spectral line regression tests
TGBT15A_915 103 Ryan Lynch 2017 July 20 More fftshift and scale tests for incoherent modes
TGBT15A_915 102 Ryan Lynch 2017 July 19 Test 32-channel pulsar modes
TGBT15A_915 101 Ryan Lynch 2017 July 13 Detailed fftshift and scale tests for coherent modes
TGBT15A_915 100 Ryan Lynch 2017 July 6 Detailed fftshift and scale tests for incoherent modes
TGBT15A_915 99 Ryan Lynch 2017 June 29 Detailed fftshift and scale tests for incoherent modes
TGBT15A_915 98 Ryan Lynch 2017 June 28 Test improved BOF files
TGBT15A_915 94 Ryan Lynch 2017 March 29 Test performance of VEGAS without ADC calibration
TGBT15A_915 93 Ryan Lynch 2017 March 22 Test Stokes U and V with new VEGAS bof file
TGBT15A_915 92 Ryan Lynch 2017 March 22 Test Stokes U and V with new VEGAS bof file
TGBT15A_915 91 Ryan Lynch 2017 March 17 Test Stokes U and V with DIBAS bof file
TGBT15A_915 90 Ryan Lynch 2017 March 07 Test fftshift values for incoherent mode and obtain ADC snapblocks
TGBT15A_915 89 Ryan Lynch 2017 February 28 Test fftshift values for various BOF files
TGBT15A_915 88 Ryan Lynch 2017 February 17 Investigate possible FFT overflow and source of pulsar mode artifacts
TGBT15A_915 87 Ryan Lynch 2017 February 08 Investigate source of coherent pulsar mode data artifacts with tone injection
TGBT15A_915 79 Ryan Lynch 2017 January 25 Test new c0800x0512 BOF file with smaller bin widths in PFB core
TGBT16B_510 01 Ryan Lynch 2017 January 18 Mode 1,2,22 BTL branch testing
TGBT15A_915 72 Richard 2016 November 15 Checking RAMPS / KEYSTONE KFPA configurations
TGBT15A_915 71 Natalia / Richard 2016 November 10a VPM Raw Mode testing
TGBT15A_915 70 Richard 2016 November 10 Continued Mode 1,2,22 release / VPM branch testing
TGBT15A_915 69 Richard 2016 November 8 Mode 1,2,22 release branch testing
TGBT15A_915 62 Richard 2016 September 8 Check spectral line balancing in VPM branch - continued
TGBT15A_915 61 Richard 2016 September 7 Check spectral line balancing in VPM branch
TGBT14A_912 142 Richard 2015 December 17 Check new build of modes 4-6 - again
TGBT14A_912 141 Richard 2015 December 10 Check new build of modes 4-6 - again
TGBT14A_912 140 Richard 2015 November 24 Check new build of modes 4-6
TGBT14A_912 139 Richard 2015 November 23 Single test scan after Bank E NIC swap
TGBT14A_912 138 Adam 2015 October 16 Test Bank B Pol 0 low power issues
TGBT14A_912 135 Adam 2015 October 02 Test new IF Modules in banks A & B
TGBT14A_912 134 Richard 2015 October 01 Test new IF Modules in banks E & F
TGBT14A_912 129 Richard 2015 September 17 Test new IF Modules in banks C & D
TGBT14A_912 129 Richard 2015 September 15a FPGA digital noise source tests again
TGBT14A_912 128 Richard 2015 September 15 Config Tool Mode 4-6 tests
TGBT14A_912 125 Richard 2015 September 10 Look for spikes with FPGA digital noise source / RRL C-band problem
TGBT14A_912 121 Richard 2015 September 03 Test RRL group C-band problem
TGBT14A_912 120 Adam 2015 September 02 Test first version of new analog IF module
TGBT14A_912 116 Adam 2015 August 12 Test new BOFs
TGBT14A_912 105 Richard 2015 June 17 bump tests
TGBT14A_912 104 Adam 2015 June 16 bump tests
TGBT14A_912 103 Richard / Marwan 2015 June 09 Long scans for low noise snapblocks (bump tests)
TGBT14A_912 101 Adam 2015 June 01 Long scans for low noise snapblocks (bump tests)
TGBT14A_912 100 Adam 2015 May 27 Test BOF for Modes 4-9 and OGP settings
TGBT14A_912 99 Richard 2015 May 22 Compare Mode 10 (hw), Mode 10 (sw) Mode 23
TGBT14A_912 98 Adam, Ron 2015 May 14 Testing new BOF files for Modes 4-9, Sky Tests for Linearity
TGBT14A_912 96, 97 Adam, Ryan 2015 May 14 Testing new BOF files for Modes 4-9, 10-19
TGBT14A_912 92 Adam, David 2015 Apr 15 Astronomical tests on VEGAS with Spectrometer, etc
TGBT14A_912 91 Richard, Adam 2015 Apr 15 Bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with Spectrometer, etc
TGBT14A_912 90 Richard, Adam 2015 Apr 14 Bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with Spectrometer, etc
TGBT14A_912 89 Richard 2015 Apr 11 Bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with DCR
TGBT14A_912 88 Richard 2015 Apr 10 Night-time troubleshooting
TGBT14A_912 87 Richard 2015 Apr 09 Bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with DCR
TGBT14A_912 86 Richard 2015 Apr 02 Bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with DCR
TGBT14A_912 85 Richard 2015 Mar 20 Bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with DCR
TGBT14A_912 84 Richard 2015 Mar 18 Bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with DCR
TGBT14A_912 83 Richard 2015 Mar 17 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with noise source
TVEGAS 46 Richard 2015 Mar 13 Continued bank discrepancy tests real hardware / simulator
TVEGAS 45 Richard 2015 Mar 12 Continued bank discrepancy tests real hardware / simulator
TGBT14A_912 79 Richard 2015 Mar 06 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS with noise source
TGBT14A_912 78 Richard 2015 Mar 05 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TGBT14A_912 77 Adam 2015 Mar 04a Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TGBT14A_912 76 Richard 2015 Mar 04 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TGBT14A_912 75 Richard 2015 Feb 26 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TGBT14A_912 74 Richard 2015 Feb 23 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TGBT14A_912 73 Richard 2015 Feb 22 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TGBT14A_912 71 Richard 2015 Feb 18 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TVEGAS 44 Richard 2015 Feb 17 Continued bank discrepancy tests on the simulator
TGBT14A_912 69 Richard 2015 Feb 10 Continued bank discrepancy tests on VEGAS
TVEGAS 43 Richard and Adam 2015 Feb 06 Continued bank discrepancy tests on the simulator
TVEGAS 42 Richard and Adam 2015 Jan 30 Continued bank discrepancy tests on the simulator
TGBT14A_912 67 Richard 2015 Jan 28a Continued bank discrepancy tests
TGBT14A_912 66 Richard 2015 Jan 28 Test of new IF Target levels
TGBT14A_912 65 Richard 2015 Jan 28 Continued bank discrepancy tests
TGBT14A_912 64 Richard 2015 Jan 23a Continued bank discrepancy tests
TGBT14A_912 63 Richard 2015 Jan 23 Remove attenuation from CM1
TGBT14A_912 62 Richard 2015 Jan 17 Testing Bank to bank discrepancies with noise source
TGBT14A_912 60 Richard 2015 Jan 13 Testing Bank to bank discrepancies
TGBT14A_912 58 Adam 2015 Jan 07 Obtain LBW mode data for VEGAS spur detection with the noise source
TGBT14A_912 56 Adam 2014 Dec 30 Comparing noise backgrounds between ACS and VEGAS
- - Richard 2014 Dec 30 Testing lbw_gain and balancing
- - Richard 2014 Dec 23 Testing lbw_gain and balancing
TGBT14A_912 54 Adam and Richard 2014 Dec 18 Testing Bank to Bank Discrepancies and lbw_gain
TGBT14A_912 53 Adam and Richard 2014 Dec 16 Testing Bank to Bank Discrepancies and KFPA noise
TGBT14A_912 52 Richard 2014 Dec 16 Requantization balancing tests
TGBT14A_912 50 Richard 2014 Dec 10 Converter Rack / Balance Tests; Back to back VEGAS / Spectrometer tests
TGBT14A_912 49 Adam 2014 Dec 04 Obtain LBW mode data for VEGAS spur detection
TGBT14A_912 48 Richard 2014 Dec 04 Back to back VEGAS / Spectrometer tests
TGBT14A_912 47 Richard 2014 Nov 25 Back to back VEGAS / Spectrometer tests
TGBT14A_912 46 Richard 2014 Nov 21 Screen shots for Observer's Guide
TGBT14A_912 45 Paul and Sam 2014 Nov 07 OGP Calibration and spike tests
TGBT14A_912 43 Sam and Steve White 2014 Oct 31 YY Polarization baseline with and without absorber
TGBT14A_912 40-41 Adam and Ray 2014 Oct 23 Blanking, integration times, and LBW modes
AGBT14A_565 01 David 2014 Sep 26 SubBeamNod long observations
TGBT14A_912 34 Adam 2014 Sep 19 Baseline Stability and IF Bandwidth and CM outputs
TGBT14A_912 33 Adam, Paul and Jason 2014 Sep 19 Spike Tests and OGP Calibration
!TGBT14A_912 32 Richard and Adam 2014 Sep 12 VEGAS Spike tests
TGBT14A_912 31 David 2014 Sep 10 Baseline tests
TGBT14A_912 24 Richard and Adam 2014 Aug 27 VEGAS Spike tests
TGBT14A_912 22 Richard 2014 Aug 27 Latest MR tests
TGBT14A_912 21 Richard and Adam 2014 Aug 26 Mode 2/3 tests
TGBT14A_912 18 Richard 2014 Aug 25 Mode 14 tests
TGBT14A_912 17 David 2014 Aug 21 SubBeamNod tests with Q-band
TGBT14A_912 16 Adam 2014 Aug 20 IF Target tests with Q Band
TGBT14A_912 15 Richard 2014 Aug 05 Training Alyson
TGBT14A_912 14 Richard 2014 July 31 Mode 2/3 Tests with old BOF
TGBT14A_912 13 Adam 2014 July 30 Sawtooth Tests
TGBT14A_912 12 Richard 2014 July 29 Bank H balance modifications
TGBT14A_912 11 Richard 2014 July 24 VEGASDM jump tests
TGBT14A_912 07 Richard and Sam 2014 July 18 / 19 Comprehensive RRL astronomical tests
TGBT14A_912 06 Sam & Adam 2014 July 16 test VEGAS Mgr blanking and ghost frequency issue
TGBT14A_912 05 Amanda 2014 July 10 tests of AGBT14A_316 & AGBT14A_367 Tsys problem
TGBT14A_912 04 Richard 2014 July 9 tests of AGBT14A_316 Tsys problem
TGBT14A_912 03 Richard 2014 July 7 tests of config tool
TGBT14A_912 02 Richard 2014 July 3 ghost frequency test with new bof file
TGBT14A_912 01 Richard 2014 July 2 tests of config tool, new BOFs
AGBT14A_367 08 Amanda and DJ 2014 July 1 testing Tcal values
TGBT13B_502 71 Amanda 2014 June 26 Streaming monitor tests
TGBT13B_502 69 Richard 2014 June 18b Test mixed modes 1 and 10
TGBT13B_502 68 Richard 2014 June 18a Testing some FLAG VEGAS Scripts
TGBT13B_502 67 Amanda 2014 June 18 Getting some final Q-band ripple data. Looking at the data streaming monitor, testing last integration blanking and less than eight subbands
AGBT14B_431 01 Richard 2014 June 11a Testing Dana's configurations
TGBT13B_502 66 Amanda 2014 June 11 double-checking to make sure ghost lines aren't in modes 4-9
TRFI 65 Richard 2014 June 05a testing RFI scans with VEGAS
TGBT13B_502 65 Amanda 2014 June 05 ripple test, integrat tests, observing script tests for Adam Leroy and Erik R's M31/M33 projects
TGBT13B_502 64 Amanda 2014 May 29 ghost frequency test with new bof file
TGBT13B_502 63 Amanda 2014 May 22 frequency image/missing channel issue
TGBT13B_502 62 Amanda 2014 May 20 frequency switch test
TGBT13B_502 59-61 Amanda 2014 May 15 INTEGRAT tests
TGBT13B_502 58 Amanda 2014 May 13 more mode 1-3 ripple tests
TGBT13B_502 57 Richard 2014 Apr 24a Testing measpwr dropouts
TGBT13B_502 56 Amanda 2014 Apr 24 Testing CHANGES scripts
TGBT13B_502 55 Richard 2014 Apr 18 Testing Jim Braatz's scripts
TGBT13B_502 54 Richard 2014 Apr 17 Testing Jim Braatz's scripts
TGBT13B_502 52/53 Richard 2014 Apr 15 Testing new BOF file to fix Mode 1 ripple problem, JB scripts
TSDW_04_05_01A - Richard 2014 Apr 10a Work with Steve on KFPA baselines and balancing
TGBT13B_502 51 Amanda 2014 Apr 10 Testing setup for Kristine Spekkens project (AGBT14A_284)
TGBT13B_502 50 Richard 2014 Apr 08 / 10 Testing AutoPeak and blanking capture
TSDW_04_05_01A - Richard 2014 Apr 04 Work with Steve on KFPA baselines and balancing
TGBT13B_502 48 Richard 2014 Mar 25 Testing AutoPeak and blanking capture
TGBT13B_502 47 Richard 2014 Mar 21 Testing modes 10-19
TGBT13B_502 46 Amanda 2014 Mar 18 Testing ripple source in modes 1, 2, and 3
TGBT13B_502 44 Richard 2014 Mar 13 Testing modes 10-19
TGBT13B_502 43 Amanda & Anish 2014 Mar 11a Trying to figure out KFPA problem
TGBT13B_502 42 Richard 2014 Mar 11 Training Dan, Donna and Paul, Bank A config testing
TGBT14A_418 41 Anish & Amanda 2014 Mar 6 Testing Walter and Chris Hale's setup for their upcoming observations
TGBT13B_502 40 Richard 2014 Mar 6a Training Paul and Scott
TGBT14A_900 01 Richard 2014 Mar 5a Training Toney
TGBT13B_502 39 Amanda 2014 Mar 5 Testing ripple source in modes 1, 2, and 3
TGBT13B_502 38 Amanda 2014 Mar 3 On-sky tests of KFPA
TGBT13B_502 37 Amanda 2014 Feb 27b Testing ripple source in modes 1, 2, and 3
TGBT13B_502 36 Richard 2014 Feb 27 VEGAS Training, misc tests
TGBT13B_502 35 Amanda 2014 Feb 25 engineering tests of KFPA configuration, mixed modes, and allen variance
TGBT13B_502 34 Amanda 2014 Feb 21 VEGAS Training
TGBT13B_502 33 Richard 2014 Feb 20 VEGAS Training
TGBT13B_502 32 Amanda 2014 Feb 11 VEGAS+KFPA tests
-- AmandaKepley - 2014-02-20
Topic revision: r224 - 2019-06-23, RyanLynch
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