OPT Manual

1. Overview of the Observation Preparation Tool Manual
   1. Introduction and Purpose of the Manual
   2. The OPT Suite
   3. General Guidelines
   4. Tutorials, Suggestions, and Help
2. Source Catalog Tool
   1. Introduction
   2. Source Search
   3. Create a Source Catalog
   4. Create a New Source
3. Resource Catalog Tool
   1. Introduction, Nomenclature, and Defaults
   2. Create a New Resource Catalog
   3. Populate a Resource Catalog
      1. Copy/Paste NRAO Defaults
      2. Recirculation vs Baseline Board Pairs
      3. Custom Type Spectral Line Setup
      4. Custom Type Frequency Sweep Setup
      5. Custom Type Continuum Setup
      6. Legacy/Manual Spectral Line Setup
   4. Resource Search
   5. Channel Averaging (temporarily disabled)
   6. Additional Resource Features and Restrictions
   7. RFI Blanking
4. Observation Preparation Tool
   1. Introduction
   2. Project and Program Block Levels
   3. Create an SB and Scans
   4. Check SB Setup and Duration
   5. Modify an SB and Bulk Scan Edit
   6. Validate, Submit, and Unsubmit
   7. Scan Modes and Special Observing Modes
      1. Interferometric Pointing (IP)
      2. Tipping (TIP)
      3. On The Fly Mosaicking (OTFM)
      4. Solar (SOL)
      5. Pulsar Observing Modes
      6. Subarray Observing
      7. VLA + LWA Observing
   8. Linking SBs
5. Text Files and Catalogs in the OPT Suite
   1. Text Files
   2. SCT: Importing Source Lists
   3. RCT: Importing Spectral Line Lists
   4. OPT: Importing Scheduling Blocks
   5. OPT: Importing Scan Lists into SBs

All content on one page (useful for printing, presentation mode etc.)