VLA Starting conditions

The initial conditions panel is class VLA.GUI.InitialConditionsPanel. User information is stored in the Observation object's ObserverInfo member Observer. The initial conditions for the VLA are saved in the VLA.VLATelescope VLA.InitialInfo member Start. General VLA information is stored in the VLA.VLATelescope directly. This information may be saved to, or restored from an ascii file using static functions in class VLA.VLASetup. This information, as represented in the ascii file is described in the following:

• "Observer.Id" Observation code e.g. ADA000
• "Observer.Name" Observer's name
• "Observer.OfficePhone" Observer's phone number
• "Observer.PhoneDuringObs" Observer's phone number during observation
• "Observer.EMail" Observer's EMail address
• "Observer.Address(1)" Observers mailing address
• "Observer.Address(2)"
• "Observer.Address(3)"
• "Observer.Address(4)"
• "Observer.AipsId" Observer's AIPS id number
• "Observer.SpecialInstructions(1)" Special instructions
• "Observer.SpecialInstructions(2)"
• "Observer.SpecialInstructions(3)"
• "Observer.SpecialInstructions(4)"
• "Mode.Continuum" YES/NO (default YES)
• "Mode.Line" YES/NO (default NO)
• "Mode.PhasedArray" YES/NO (default NO)
• "Mode.SingleDish" YES/NO (default NO)
• "Mode.PhaseTracking" YES/NO (default NO)
• "Mode.PM" YES/NO (default NO)
• "ReferenceAntenna" Name of reference antenna
• "LocalSiderealDay" Start local Sidereal day (e.g. 57600).
• "LocalSiderealTime" Start local Sidereal time as hhmmss.
• "Azimuth" Start Azimuth (sddd.dd in deg) (default 180.00)
• "Elevation" Start Elevation (dd.dd in deg) (default 45.00)
• "ArrayConfiguration" A, B, C, D, AB, BC, CD, A=>B, B=>C, C=>D, D=>A
• "LeapSeconds" The number of leap seconds needed to convert from UTC to IAT.
• "J2000CalNames" YES/NO use J2000 names for calibrators (default YES)
• "WriteStopTimes" YES/NO write Stop times? (default YES)