JIVE Correlator Control Software:

Welcome to the homepage of the JIVE Software Group. This group originally was located at Jodrell Bank. There the software was developed to provide the overall control of the new EVN/Mk4 data processor to be installed at JIVE in the Netherlands. After the official opening of the JIVE Correlator in 1998 the group moved to JIVE and continued the development and maintenance of the JCCS (JIVE Correlator Control Software).

All relevant documentation on the JCCS should be available via this page.

What is available:

• JIVE Processor CCC Software is an old summary of the JCCS system; but it still is a good introduction.
• JCCS Plus is an overview of the software currently used for data processing at JIVE.
• The public EVN Document Series is quite old and only a few documents are still relevant to the current JCCS system, especially #42 about the "EVN Correlator Message Formats".
• Parallel Correlator Control Systems is a design document describing how to maintain and run parallel versions of JCCS. A short section has been added to highlight the differences between design (1999) and current practice (2009).
• JCCS modules lists the modules in the code repository from which the executable systems are built, and points to further documentation on these modules.
• Software Design Notes are internal notes written by the Jodrell Bank Team in the years 1995-1999, but most descriptions still apply to the relevant JCCS modules.
• Software User Notes are internal notes written by the Jodrell Bank Team in the years 1995-2000, and some may help understand the use of JCCS modules covered.
• Software Implementation Notes are internal notes written by the JIVE developers in the years 2006-2009, and describe extensions to the original JCCS system.
• Software Bug Notes were maybe a good idea, but only one has been written (in 2006)..emacs
• RT Software Notes is a ragbag with sketchy notes about using Albert's RT programs.