listsdm

listsdm(sdm)

Lists observation information present in an SDM directory.

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Parameters

• sdm (path) - Name of input SDM directory

Description

Prints observational information from an SDM directory to the CASA logger, returning a dictionary keyed by scan.

The listsdm task reads SDM XML tables, processes the observation information contained therein, and prints this information to the CASA log. It will also return a dictionary keyed on scan number. The dictionary contains the following information:

Name	Description
‘baseband’	list of baseband name(s)
‘chanwidth’	list of channel widths (Hz)
‘end’	observation end time (UTC)
‘field’	field ID
‘intent’	scan intent(s)
‘nchan’	list of number of channels
‘nsubs’	number of subscans
‘reffreq’	list of reference frequencies (Hz)
‘source	source name
‘spws’	list of spectral windows
‘start’	observation start time (UTC)
‘timerange’	start time - end time range (UTC)

Examples

To print information about the requested SDM to the CASA logger:

listsdm(sdm='Example_sb1382796_2_000.55368.51883247685.sdm')

Development

No additional development details

Parameter Details

Detailed descriptions of each function parameter

sdm (path) - Name of input SDM directory