Further tests, this time using the Spectral Processor, are planned for mid-January. For these tests, we hope to have a real IF channel connected so that we can see signal in the output spectra. With the completion of the software to detect solar proximity and wind speed alarms, the GBT Monitor and Control software is now fully prepared for acceptance and delivery of the GBT antenna. Monitor and Control Many problems, exposed in the December integration tests, were fixed. One major item was related to improving the simulated GBT servo system performance.
Work is still in progress to finalize a jerk minimization algorithm.
This should be completed in January. Unfortunately, progress on the software control of the spectrometer has been slow. This has led to a slow debugging cycle. The low level functions to measure the spectrometer sampler duty cycles are complete. There is now a new procedure for accessing the weather information from both GBT weather stations.