On-line help for QLA sessions

Getting started

• Log on one a given qla machine:
  qla1@plck-qla-1.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla2@plck-qla-2.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla3@plck-qla-3.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla5@plck-qla-5.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla@plck-qla-6.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla@plck-qla-7.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla@plck-qla-8.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla@plck-csl-1.ias.u-psud.fr
  qla@plck-csl-2.ias.u-psud.fr
  
  Note that the username is "qla" except for plck-qla-1 to plck-qla-5 where it is qla1 to qla5.
  The machine plck-qla-4 is reserved for RTA activities.
  
  
• Make sure the IMO (Instrument Model file) is set propertly. The default is set to use the IMO of the PFM calibration run (June-July 2006). You should not change it unless you want to analyse data from the previous runs (CQM or CARACT).
  To change to CQM execute : source $HOME/use_CQM
  To change to PFM_CARACT execute : source $HOME/use_PFM_CARACT
  
  
• Use one of the QLA sessions defined in the next section.

QLA sessions

The QLA for Planck-HFI uses the software KST, a general plotting program. The help guide of KST can be found on the KST website kst.kde.org.
KST can be used to browse and visualise any data in the Planck-HFI database. To facilitate your job we have developed some scripts that launch predefined KST sessions. These sessions can be launched from the command line. The options for any of those sessions can be obtained by calling the session with -help (e.g., allchannel -help).

Here is the list of the qla sessions defined so far.
Click on the session's name to view a typical session and the list of options.

• allchannel:
  selected scientific channels in one window. By default it displays the averaged signal timeline only but it can also display the PSD (-psd) and the RawGlitch (-rg) signal
  
• singlechannel:
  one window per channel giving the average signal timeline, PSD, RawGlitch and HSK parameters
  
• monitchannel:
  gives the RawGlitch and HSK parameters for selected channels (up to 12 per window). Similar to EGSE.
  
• scopechannel
  gives the RawGlitch timeline, its PSD and its average over Nsamp samples
  
• compression
  Compression Validation session
• hskstatus
  HSK parameters only
• optstatus
  Optmisation mode
• cernox
  Cernox Thermometers
• cernox_thermo
  Cernox and fine thermometer
  
• checksa
  OPT_RS session
• thermojfet
  JFET Thermometers
• comp_stat
  
• vdei
  V-I curves
• ThermoPID
  PID Thermometers session
• beta:
  Etalon bolometer session
  
• bref:
  Reference bolometer session
  

Other sessions (4K) The Housekeeping and Alcatel QLA sessions are described on the planck.fr site.

Other tools

• dpumode
  Description: Give actual mode of DPU
  usage: dpumode [PIODATABASE_DIR] [IndexNumber]
• tai2ut
  Description: Convert TAI time in UT date
  usage: tai2ut TAIseconds
• ut2tai
  Description: Convert UT date in TAI seconds
  usage: usage: ut2tai [[[[[[cc]yy:]mm:]dd:]HH:]MM[.SS]]
• samplefortime
  Description: Return the Index corresponding to a TAItime in a given group
  usage: samplefortime groupname TAItime
• getsample
  Description:Return the value of an object at a given index
  usage: getsample groupname objectname index
• lastsample
  Description:Return the value of an object for the last index
  usage: lastsample groupname objectname
• lastindex
  Description:Return the value of the last index of a group
  usage: lastindex groupname
• buildKstPlugin
  Description: Build plugin and copy it in $HOME/.kde/share/apps/kst/plugins/
  usage: buildKstPlugin pluginName