make_lis - script that makes a lis file without having to use showlog:

usage: make_lis [-h] -e EXPERIMENT [-p PROFILE] [-m MPCSOURCE] [-s SAVE]

Create LIS files

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -e EXPERIMENT, --experiment EXPERIMENT
  -p PROFILE, --profile PROFILE
                        Profile to filter for. Default: use all profiles.
  -m MPCSOURCE, --mpcsource MPCSOURCE
                        Multi phase center source to include calibrators.
                        Default: all sources.
  -s SAVE, --save SAVE  Save the LIS file to file. Default: <experiment>.lis
                        in current directory. For multi phase center
                        experiments, a file will be created for each source,
                        where '{key}' will be replaced by the source name. In
                        this case the default is: <experiment>-{key}.lis.

flag_weights.py - flag all visibilities under weight threshold x:

usage: flag_weights.py [-h] <measurement set> <weight threshold>

Flag visibilities with weights below the provided threshold.

positional arguments:
  msdata         Measurement set containing the data to be corrected.
  threshold      Visibilities with a weight below this value will be flagged.
                 Must be positive.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  --version      show program's version number and exit
  -v, --verbose  Only checks the visibilities to flag (do not flag the data).

fringeSelect.py - script to help find you a fringe finder. Queries astrogeo rfc: usage fringeSelect.py [-h] [-b BAND] [-e MIN_EL] [-f MIN_FLUX]

                     timeStart duration stations [stations ...]

Provide some options for sources to use as fringe finders. Based on RfC catalogue.

positional arguments:

timeStart             The start date/time of your experiment. Format
                      ='DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM'
duration              The duration of your experiment (in hours)
stations              Space delimited list of stations

optional arguments:

1. h, –help show this help message and exit
2. b BAND, –band BAND The band you are searching for, one of l, s, c, m, x,

u, k, q. If not specified will default to using C-band

                      fluxes as priority.
-e MIN_EL, --min-el MIN_EL
                      The minimum elevation to consider a source being 'up'.
                      Defaults to 20.
-f MIN_FLUX, --min-flux MIN_FLUX
                      The mimimum flux density of sources to consider.
                      Defaults to 1.0 Jy

multiphase.py - script to setup a shell script (or multiple lis files) for multiple phase centre experiments. Should no longer be required with new showlog/make_lis:

usage: multiphase.py [-h] [-b] [-c] [-s]
                     experiment pcBaseName phaseCenters [phaseCenters ...]

This script will attempt to make a sane sfx2ms shell script file for multi-
phase center experiments. Expects a <exp>.vxsm and a base <exp>_sfxc2ms.sh
file in the working directory.

positional arguments:
  experiment          Experiment name
  pcBaseName          Base phase center name
  phaseCenters        list of phase centers (space delimited)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help          show this help message and exit
  -b, --include-base  Include the base phase center in the output?
                      Default=False
  -c, --include-cal   Include the calibrator sources in each measurement set.
                      Defaults to False, which means calibrator sources will
                      be included in the first measurement set only
  -s, --separate-lis  Writes a lis file for each phase centre. Can then be run
                      with j2ms2 -v lisfile

parallel - multiple phase centre speedups - parallel is a linux utility to run tasks in parallel. Here's an example for running flag_weights.py, tConvert for multiple phase centres in eg078f. Similar can be done for j2ms2 etc:

flagging: parallel –eta -j 10 flag_weights.py {} 0.7 ::: *.ms_HD*

tConvert: Make a wrapper script:

#!/bin/bash
####tConv-wrap.sh
#!/bin/bash
tConvert $1 $2
echo "${1#eg078f.ms_*} -> $2" >> pc-idi.txt
mv $1 msdone/

Run it in parallel: parallel –dry-run –eta –xapply ./tConv-wrap.sh {1} eg078f_{2}_1.IDI ::: eg078f.ms* ::: {2..699}

parsePIletter.py - reads a piletter and adds station comments therein into the feedback database. Should be run for every experiment.

usage: parsePIletter.py [-h] [-s SESSION] PIfile

This script will attempt to read a piletter and insert the station specific
comments into the feedback DB.

positional arguments:
  PIfile                PI letter to parse

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s SESSION, --session SESSION
                        The session name in format xxxYY (e.g. oct17)

ysfocus.py - Sets the MOUNT field in the ANTENNA table correctly for Yebes/Hobart.

usage: ysfocus.py [-h] <measurement set>

Change the MOUNT field in the ANTENNA table for Yebes to 'ALT-AZ-NASMYTH-RH'.
It allows tConvert to put MNTSTA=4 into the FITS AN table to handle the
parallactic angle correction for Ys's Nasmyth focus correctly. Also, changes
Hobart X_YEW to X-YEW expected by tConvert (MNTSTA=3).

positional arguments:
  msdata      Measurement Set containing the data to be corrected.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --version   show program's version number and exit

ampcal.sh - Run in '$OUT/expr/', adds any .ampcal information to the amplitude calibration database.

antab_check.py - tool to do some basic sanity checking of antab information: Do you have antabs/uvflg for every station, INDEX line is the right length. Also plots the tsys if requested.

usage: antab_check.py [-h] [-p] [-s STATION] [-i] [-l] [-f]

Some basic sanity checking for ANTAB files (all uvflgs/antabfs present in
current directory, does INDEX line appear to have right number of
definitions?) Also will plot the tsys values if requested.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p, --plot            Shall we plot antab file(s)? Defaults to no
  -s STATION, --station STATION
                        Choose to only plot one station (default is to plot
                        all). Use 2 letter code (e.g. Ef). Auto adds -p,-i if
                        not given
  -i, --no-pause        Skips the input pauses. Defaults to no
  -l, --no-flag-line    Turns off the line plotted at -2
  -f, --no-flagged-data
                        Does not plot flagged data (data at -2)

antabfs_interpolate.py - Modifies an ANTAB file to write more Tsys values when the time separation between them is too long.

usage: antabfs_interpolate.py [-h] [-v] [-p] [-o OUTPUTFILE] [-tini STARTIME] [-tend ENDTIME] antabfile int


Given an ANTAB file, it creates a new one with more Tsys values that are interpolated from the
given ones. This will fill gaps when the time separation between Tsys measurements is too long
(and e.g. AIPS starts flagging scans because there is not Tsys information for them).

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS:
Note that it interpolates data with a smooth function, avoiding outliers or zero values.
However, it does not consider scan boundaries, so if Tsys are recorded in different sources
it can introduce biases. Therefore, it assumes that the Tsys should not change quickly
(e.g. no change of sources).

positional arguments:
  antabfile             The antabfs file to be read.
  int                   The interval (in seconds) between the final Tsys measurements

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Output filename. By default same as antabfile.
  -p, --plot            Produce plots (per column) with the original values and the interpolation.
  -tini TINI            Starttime of the Tsys measurements. In case you want to modify it from the original file. It will extrapolate the earliest Tsys original values. The format must be as DOY/HH:MM:SS.
  -tend TEND            Ending time of the Tsys measurements. In case you want to modify it from the original file. It will extrapolate the latest Tsys original values. The format must be as DOY/HH:MM:SS.

antabfs_nominal.py - makes a nominal (based on expected SEFD only) antabfs file for a telescope that did not provide antabfs:

usage: antabfs_nominal.py [-h] [-v] [-b BAND] [-d DURATION] [-fr FREQRANGE]
                          [-s SEFD] [-i INTERVAL] [-sb SUBBANDS]
                          antenna experiment start

Writes a nominal SEFD ANTAB file. Gain will be set to 1/SEFD, and all Tsys to
1.0. It will overwrite any previous antab file in the current path.
antabfs_nominal.py uses the SEFD information from sefd_values.txt to compute
the nominal values. Creates (or overwrites) a file called
<experiment><antenna>.antabfs, where <experiment> and <antenna> are the input
from the user.

positional arguments:
  antenna               Antenna name (two-letters syntax, except for Jb1 Jb2
                        Ro7 Ro3)
  experiment            Experiment name
  start                 Start time (DOY/HH:MM, YYYY/DOY/HH:MM or
                        YYYY/MM/DD/HH:MM)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -b BAND, --band BAND  Observed band (in cm). REQUIRED unless SEFD provided
  -d DURATION, --duration DURATION
                        Duration of the experiment (in hours). Default: 24 h
  -fr FREQRANGE, --freqrange FREQRANGE
                        Frequency range where the ANTAB is applicable (lower
                        and upper limit, in MHz). Default 100,100000 (please,
                        do not use spaces between the numbers).
  -s SEFD, --sefd SEFD  SEFD to be used (optional). Default values are loaded.
  -i INTERVAL, --interval INTERVAL
                        Interval between Tsys measurements (in min). Default:
                        0.5
  -sb SUBBANDS, --subbands SUBBANDS
                        Number of subbands in the experiment. Default: 8 =
                        L1|R1 L2|R2 ... L8|R8

sftpvlbeer - for the very lazy (y/w - Jay)

alias sftpvlbeer=“sftp evn@vlbeer.ira.inaf.it”

uvflgall.csh - makes a uvflgfs file from any .log files in the current directory. Also changes flagr line to make uvflg.pl happier.