VEGAS Team Meeting
May 20, 2013
Attendees
CALTECH, UC-B, & Columbia
Dan, Jayanth, Glenn, Andrew
NRAO:
Jason, Marty, Mark, Randy, John, Richard
Agenda:
1) When should Berkeley visit (~1 month - GB avails - CIS avails) Marty to check.
List of folks yet to respond:
Chris
Ray
Anish
Hong
Dan
2) Observed the magnatar - detection seems there - kfpa obs tonight. Data looks good.
- An Italian group will use VEGAS & GUPPI too and both teams will share data. Setup will be tricky
3) Modes H1k (done), All modes are working but one mode is not working at fastest (1.5 GHz B/W) mode. Ready to send to GB for testing
- GB configurations may need to be set up before testing can begin (Mark & Ray) need to talk.
Meeting Notes:
Next Teleconference: May 13, 2013 .
Long-term action Items
- Ray to make VEGAS simulator.
- A BOF for mode 13, or some other mode that uses GPUs.
- (04-Feb) Not available yet
- (11-Feb) 16 input version compiling now for subsequent test
- (04-Mar) Should be ready to test in GB ~7-Mar
- Need to refine what tests are done in Berkeley v. GB
- Noise + tone tests in Berkeley
- Replicate in GB (one Roach)
- Build-out to eight Roach boards
- Test on GBT
- A BOF with working switching signal logic.
- (04-Feb) designed but still troubleshooting switching table loading issues
- (11-Feb) Added to design for Mode #1
- (11-Feb) Add sfp shift into manager
- A test and decision on what computers to buy.
- (04-Feb) Not yet determined - Jayanth should go ahead with his tests to complete selection
- (04-Feb) Needs HPC11.
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- All Banks not starting at the same time.
- (04-Feb) (above)
- (04-Mar) Resolved
- It will be good if we get the full spectral dynamic range corresponding to the 8 bit ADC in the next version of mode 1.
- (04-Feb) Conduct initial tests at Berkeley, to see if there are any limiting issues for dynamic range and optimize
- (04-Feb) what is/are the requirement(s) w.r.t full scale sin wave?
- (04-Feb) is this a new requirement for the manager (yes)? is a parameter required to select between options? (parametrized shifting)
- (04-Feb) what are requirements for shift parameter? depends on result of studying spectra...
- (25-Feb)
- KFPA observation with mode 13.
- Manager/VEGAS HPC code that will let two instances of the program be run simultaneously.
- (04-Feb) not available, but not required for GC obs.
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- Remember to do the RFI test of the rack.
- (04-Feb) Not yet scheduled
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- Roach to Valon serial port connection.
- (04-Feb) Not yet implemented; not req'd for GC obs
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- The I2C bus software tested with the manager and Galen's modules.
- Add software version information into FITS file
- Confine UDP and packets out of the subnet within the VEGAS switch
Other items:
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MartyBloss - 2013-05-20