2.4.1.0 simulator.setvp

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simulator.setvp - Function

2.4.1 Set the voltage pattern model for subsequent processing

Description

Set the voltage pattern model (and hence, the primary beam) used for a Telecope. There are currently two ways to set the voltage pattern: by using the extensive list of defaults which the system knows about, or by creating a voltage pattern description with the vpmanager. The default voltage patterns include both a high and a low frequency VP for the WSRT, a VP for each observing band at the AT, several VP’s for the VLA, including the approrpiate beam squint for each observing band, and Gaussian for the BIMA dishes. If you are simulating a telescope which doesn’t yet exist, you will need to supply a model voltage pattern using the vpmanager.

Arguments


Inputs
dovp	Multiply by the voltage pattern (ie, primary beam) when simulating
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	true
usedefaultvp	Look up the default VP for this telescope and frequency?
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	true
vptable	If usedefaultvp is false, provide a VP Table made with vpmanager
	allowed:	string
	Default:	Table
dosquint	Activate the beam squint in the VP model
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	true
parangleinc	Parallactice angle increment for squint application
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant 360deg
skyposthreshold	Position threshold on the sky for feed arrays ??
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant 180deg
pblimit	Primary beam limit to use in feed arrays ?
	allowed:	double
	Default:	1.0e-2

Returns
bool

Example

sm.setvp(dovp=T, usedefaultvp=F, vptable=’MyAlternateVLAPBModel.TAB’, dosquint=F);

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