Contents

• Contents
• Introduction
• Entering and Exiting OBS _E
  • Login
  • Starting OBS _E
  • Communication with the drive program
  • Saving/Restoring Parameters and Symbols
  • Entering DCL Command Level with or without leaving OBS _E
  • Exiting OBS _E
• General Rules
  • OBS _E : The Command Line
  • OBS _E : VERBS
  • OBS _E : Making an Observation
    • Automatic observing mode
    • The OBSERVE Process
    • The OBS _E WAIT State
  • Cancelling an observation
  • OBS _E : ADVERBS
  • OBS _E : Parameters
    • The STANDARD, DEFAULT and CURRENT Parameter Values.
    • SHOW_CURRENT < VERB > or < ADVERB >
    • Receiver Set-up (Frontend and Backend)
  • OBS _E : Using SIC-Macros
  • OBS _E screen layout
  • HELP and Error Recovery
• Catalogs
  • The SOURCE Catalog
  • The LINE Catalog
• Special VERBS and ADVERBS
• Observing Modes
  • Continuum observations
  • VLB observations
  • Line observations
  • Special observations
• Set-Up VERBS
  • C_MODE
  • CONTBACKEND
  • L_MODE
  • AUTOCORREL
  • LINE
  • SOURCE
• Calibration VERBS
  • POINTING
  • FOCUS
  • SKYDIP
  • CORRECTIONS
• Observational Procedures
  • Field center
  • CROSS
  • PSWITCH (or LONOFF)
  • FSWITCH
  • LDSWITCH
  • CONOFF
  • CTRACK
  • RASTERS and MAPS (General)
  • References (OFF)
    • Reference position
    • Reference frequency
  • CMAP
  • PMAP
  • FMAP
  • LDMAP
  • PRASTER
  • FRASTER
  • LDRASTER
  • CRASTER
  • START
  • ST_ONLINE
• List of all VERBS and associated ADVERBS
  • SET-UP
  • CALIBRATION
  • ONOFF's
  • MAPPING
  • Point-RASTER
  • Special VERBS
  • Auxiliary VERBS, ADVERBS and Macros
  • OFFSETS and REFERENCES
• List of SIC commands:
• Index