ALFA Software at NAICSteve Torchinsky

GALFA Meet3, Arecibo August 29, 2004

ALFA Software at NAIC

August 28, 2004

NAIC Software philosophy

Datataking and Operation Software

Quicklook software

Offline data reduction software

NAIC Software Philosophy for ALFA

Spectral line data is written in a standard file format

ALFA consortia are producing software for data reduction

Arecibo staff help with data reduction software as part of their membership in ALFA consortia

NAIC provides datataking and online data display software

CIMA

ALFA observing is done through the

Control Interface Module for Arecibo

Maintained by Jeff Hagen

Select ALFA Receiver

Configure Frontend

Configure Backend

Pointing

Observe!

Help using CIMA

www.naic.edu/~astro

CIMA step-by-step

www.naic.edu/~astro

ALFA Online Data Display

By Mikael Lerner

Versatile plot display control

Waterfall plots

Suppress menus

Select individual beams

Color table selection

Multiple data on a single plot

Both polarizations on a single plot

Mix and Match

Select beams, data, plot type, colors

Dump plots

Choose from Several formats

Header data in realtime

Position info in realtime

Setup info

Context sensitive Help

Engineering Monitor

By Mikael Lerner

/home/aoui/alfa/alfaobswin

Big Dish FITS

alfa.naic.edu/data

WapRed

WAPP Reduction by Erik Muller

WapRed Quickstart Guide

By Erik Muller

Interrim Correlator IDL Routines

By Phil Perillat

IC/WAPP IDL Routines

Additional routines for WAPP Spectral Line reduction, including some ALFA specific routines

by Phil Perillat

NAIC Software Philosophy for ALFA

Spectral line data is written in a standard file format

ALFA consortia are producing software for data reduction

Arecibo staff help with data reduction software as part of their membership in ALFA consortia

NAIC provides datataking and online data display software