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Operating Modes

TART has many different operating modes. These are, visibility mode, raw-data mode, and diagnose mode.

Visibility Mode​

This is the normal operating mode of a TART. In this mode the correlator will calculate visibility data. This data is stored on the SBC and is available through the TART API.

Raw-Data Mode​

In this mode, the correlator will store raw data. This data is transferred to the SBC and is available through the TART API. In this mode, visibility data is not calculated and imaging will not be possible through the web interface.

Diagnose Mode​

This is a debugging mode that helps locate problems with the TART. More details on using diagnose mode can be found in the Diagnose Mode section. Remember to change mode back to Visibility before logging out of the TART.

Changing modes​

To switch modes on a TART device, you will need the administrator password for your TART device.

Web Interface​

To switch modes through the web interface, navigate to the tart web api, enter your password in the Mode panel and select the desired mode from the dropdown menu.

Enter password
The location of the password dialog in the web interface. To display this dialog click the three dashes at the top left of the screen.

Command Line​

The tart-tools package provides a command line interface to change modes. To change modes, run the following command:

usage: tart_set_mode [-h] [--api API] [--pw PW] [--raw | --vis | --mode MODE]

Change telescope mode

options:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  --api API    Telescope API server URL. (default: https://tart.elec.ac.nz/signal)
  --pw PW      API password (default: password)
  --raw        Set raw data mode. (default: False)
  --vis        Set vis mode (default: False)
  --mode MODE  New mode (vis/raw) (default: None)

To switch modes, run the following command:

tart_set_mode --api https://api.elec.ac.nz/tart/nz-elec --pw <password> --mode <mode>