Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:38:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Jun-Hui Zhao 
To: Ben Sargent 
Cc: Peter Teuben 
Subject: RE: cgdisp error in Miriad


Dear Ben,
    Beta version has not been back to Miriad_cvs yet.
Sorry for the confusion. We are working with SMA management
to make this happen as soon as we can.
   Jun-Hui


On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Ben Sargent wrote:

> Is it not possible just to update my current version?  In the MIRIAD instruction manual, there is a
Section 1.7 that guides the user through a CVS update.  Is the beta version not available from this CVS
update?
>
> Ben
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Jun-Hui Zhao [jzhao@cfa.harvard.edu]
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 1:22 PM
> To: Ben Sargent
> Cc: Peter Teuben
> Subject: RE: cgdisp error in Miriad
>
> Dear Ben,
>      We also had users reporting problems with the calibrated data from
> IDL output. That was our big headach.
> We are now supporting end-to-end handling SMA data
> (loading data, calibrations and imaging) in Miriad. If you have
> Redhat or Fedora core OS, I can help you reinstall Miriad beta.
> Also, if you send us some information on your file name, name of target
> source, and the primary molecular line with rest frequency, we could
> help you to build your own script for SMA data reduction.
>      http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/sma/miriad/start/
>      Jun-Hui
>
> Again, the beta Miriad will eventually merge to Miriad-CVS.
>
> On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Ben Sargent wrote:
>
> > Jun-Hui,
> >
> > I calibrated my SMA data in MIR (in IDL).
> >
> > I recall having many problems trying to install MIRIAD, I will proceed carefully with a MIRIAD update.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Jun-Hui Zhao [jzhao@cfa.harvard.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:54 PM
> > To: Ben Sargent
> > Cc: Peter Teuben
> > Subject: RE: cgdisp error in Miriad
> >
> > Dear Ben,
> >      Looks like you imported Miriad from Miriad-CVS which is good for 2GHz
> > band data. Where was your SMA data calibrated (IDL?)? You may just simply
> > update your Miriad from CVS to resolve cgdisp problem.
> >      Jun-Hui
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Ben Sargent wrote:
> >
> > > Jun-Hui,
> > >
> > > I don't remember if my version of MIRIAD is the CVS version or some other one, but it probably dates
back to 12-18 months ago.
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Jun-Hui Zhao [jzhao@cfa.harvard.edu]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:35 PM
> > > To: Ben Sargent
> > > Cc: Peter Teuben
> > > Subject: RE: cgdisp error in Miriad
> > >
> > > >
> > > > PS: I haven't updated MIRIAD-CVS in a while.  Is there a new version?
> > >
> > >     For handling SMA data from 4GHz band observations, we have made
> > > many updates for the SMA routines (beta versions) that haven't been
> > > integrated back to Miriad_cvs yet. Other Miriad routines in the beta are
> > > still based on the old Miriad-cvs (4.1.3).
> > >
> > >     I would suggest to use the beta version for SMA data reduction.
> > > Here is the site,
> > >     http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/sma/miriad/download/

> > >
> > >     The SMA beta will be eventually merged back to miriad_cvs.
> > >
> > >     Jun-Hui
> > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________________
> > > > From: Peter Teuben [teuben@astro.umd.edu]
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:15 PM
> > > > To: Jun-Hui Zhao
> > > > Cc: Ben Sargent
> > > > Subject: Re: cgdisp error in Miriad
> > > >
> > > > On 02/03/2012 11:23 AM, Jun-Hui Zhao wrote:
> > > > > options=full,blacklab,3value beamtyp=b,l,4 cols1=2 slev=p,2 levs1=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > i tried reproducing it with the latest version, but cannot.  Just to be sure
> > > > can Ben use the following test:
> > > >
> > > >      imgen out=map0
> > > >      cgdisp in=map0 type=c cols1=2 slev=p,2 levs1=0.3 device=/xs
> > > >
> > > > and see if you get this error, because i don't. The buffer for
> > > > the slev=p is a character*1 variable, so that should be good.
> > > > But i do recall some messing around with the routine tht checks
> > > > this, and perhaps the SMA didn't get that routine updated?
> > > >
> > > > peter
> > > >
> > >
> >
>