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SchedBlock
Figure 6.6:
The
SchedBlock
panel of the Scheduling Block form
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Standard Mode
: Checkbox. If true, this SchedBlock is part of a supported, ``standard ALMA observing mode'', such as single-field interferometry or interferometric mosaicing. This field will be set to false by the Observing Tool should a user intervene directly in the OUS/SB hierarchy, rather than relying on the OT's generated values that are derived from his/her scientific input.
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Mode Name
: The name of the (presumably standard) observing mode, e.g., SingleFieldinterferometry, OpticalPointing.
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Mode Type
: The type of the observing mode: either a Standard mode, User or Observatory, or a non-standard Expert mode.
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Execution Count
: The number of times to execute this SB. (I.e., execution count = 0 -> SB will never be run and is an invalid value).
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Max. Time
: Maximum time for a single execution of this SB.
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Obs. Procedure
: The script (written in Python) that contains the observation logic to be executed by the Control subsystem for this Scheduling Block. For standard observing modes, this script will be obtained from a configuration-controlled library that is managed by the ALMA observatory. At execution time, all parameters contained in the Scheduling Block will be made available to this script.
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Run Quick Look
: Checkbox. Indicates whether or not the Quick Look should execute on completion of this SB. For most science uses this will be true, but for some engineering or calibration SBs it may be false. In general the value should be determined by the observing mode with rare need for user-override.
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The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20