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