simulator.setconfig

Set the antenna configuration

Synopsis setconfig(telescopename, x, y, z, dishdiameter, mount, antname, coordsystem, referencelocation)

Description Set the positions of the antennas. Note that the name of the telescope will control which voltage pattern is applied to the data. Must be invoked before create.

Arguments

`telescopename`	Name of the telescope we are simulating (determines VP)
	`Allowed:`	`String`
	`Default:`	`'VLA'`
`x`	Vector of x values of all antennas [currently m]
	`Allowed:`	`Vector`
	`Default:`	`[]`
`y`	Vector of y values of all antennas [currently m]
	`Allowed:`	`Vector`
	`Default:`	`[]`
`z`	Vector of z values of all antennas [currently m]
	`Allowed:`	`Vector`
	`Default:`	`[]`
`dishdiameter`	Vector of diameters of all antennas [currently m]
	`Allowed:`	`Vector`
	`Default:`	`[]`
`mount`	Vector of mount types of all antennas (recognized mounts are 'ALT-AZ', 'EQUATORIAL', 'X-Y', 'ORBITING', 'BIZARRE'
	`Allowed:`	`Vector of strings`
	`Default:`	`[]`
`antname`	Vector of names of all antennas
	`Allowed:`	`Vector of strings`
	`Default:`	`[]`
`coordsystem`	Coordinate system of antenna positions [x,y,z]
	`Allowed:`	`String: 'global' \| 'local' \| 'longlat'`
	`Default:`	`'global'`
`referencelocation`	Reference location [required for local coords]
	`Allowed:`	`MPosition`

Example

 diam := [25, 25, 25, 25, 25]
 xx := [50, 100, 150, 200, 250]
 yy := [2, -5, -20, -50, -100]
 zz := [-0.5, -1.0, -1.5, -2.0, -2.5]
 posvla := dm.observatory('vla');
 mysim.setconfig(telescopename='VLA', x=xx, y=yy, z=zz, dishdiameter=diam, 
                mount='alt-az', antname='VLA',
                coordsystem='local', referencelocation=posvla);

In this example we configure an array of 5 dishes set at the VLA position. We use the measures tool to give us the location of the vla.

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	`Package`	`synthesis`
	`Module`	`simulator`
	`Tool`	`simulator`

simulator.setconfig - Function