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 ======The OBSINP Observing Software======
-Since July 2010 a new antenna control and observing software is used at the Effelsberg 100m telescope. The interface for the observer is still called "OBSINP", like the old system, but it is now a graphical based control program. It allows the control of all observing modes possible at the Effelsberg antenna. This document gives a brief introduction to all the different sections in OBSINP for each observing mode. More details on how to set up and organize observations of different types are given in the individual sections of the [[information_for_astronomers:user_guide:index#observing_with_effelsberg|User Guide]].
+Since July 2010 a new antenna control and observing software is used at the Effelsberg 100m telescope. The interface for the observer is called "OBSINP". It allows the control of all observing modes possible at the Effelsberg antenna. This document gives a brief introduction to all the different sections in OBSINP for each observing mode. More details on how to set up and organize observations of different types are given in the individual sections of the [[information_for_astronomers:user_guide:index#observing_with_effelsberg|User Guide]].
 All observations are stored and organized by a queue system that allows to prepare the next steps during your current observations are in progress. It also allow to prepare observations in advance for later processing at the telescope. The structure of the program is shown in Fig. 1.
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 **Figure 2:** The Control screen allows to send commands directly to the telescope control software (take care! you have to know what you do). At the bottom the active queue can be selected.
-The Startup widget is the first screen that appears when you call OBSINP and should be filled with the information that is requested: Operator, Observer, Project-Code, and the working directory. The observers directory will contain the folders for his own catalogues and scripts. The directories are called Catalogues and Scripts and will be created by the system if not already existing. \\  The new catalogue format is somewhat cryptic and therefore it is recommended to just convert your old VAX-catalogues using catalog.py. A new catalogue preparation tool is planed. The preparation of scripts is described later in the Pointing and Spectroscopy sections.
+The Startup widget is the first screen that appears when you call OBSINP and should be filled with the information that is requested: Operator, Observer, Project-Code, and the working directory. The observers directory will contain the folders for his own catalogues and scripts. The directories are called Catalogues and Scripts and will be created by the system if not already existing. \\
+The preparation of scripts is described later in the Pointing and Spectroscopy sections.
+==== Catalogs ====
+With the new Obsinp observing software, source catalog files are stored in the SDB (structured data base) format. This format is somewhat less easy
+to understand as the (old) VAX source catalogs. However, there exists a script ''catalog.py'', which can be used to convert files having the old VAX format to the new Obsinp format. Using
+<code>catalog.py sources.cat</code>
+on the **observer2** computer will create a file ''sources.sdb''. If you place it into ''/home/obseff/your_obs_directory/Catalogues'' it will be found automatically by Obsinp (if you choose the correct startup directory).
+For the preparation of your observations we recommend to prepare a catalog in the [[:vax_catalog|VAX format]] and convert it into the new format afterwards.
+Alternatively, you might use our catalog tool for creating and editing catalogs, see [[:information_for_astronomers:user_guide:pycatalog]].
 ===== Display =====
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   * //ObjectLongitude and ObjectLatitude// - Source coordinates. If the source (under ObjectName) was not found in the catalog after clicking search, the input fields will turn yellow.
   * //LonOff and LatOff// - If you want to choose a certain offset for the source position, you can use these fields. There are two possibilities for the coordinate system in which to apply the offset: either in the coordinate system (which is given in //CoordinateSystem//), the source is defined in, or in horizontal coordinates. The Combobox //Offset_in// allows to switch between those.
-  * //RefOffsetLon and RefOffsetLat// - Defines the Reference position (REF). See also //RMode// description.
+  * //RefOffsetLon and RefOffsetLat// - Defines the Reference position (REF). There are two possibilities for the coordinate system in which to apply the offset: either in the coordinate system, the source is defined in (which is given in //CoordinateSystem//), or in horizontal coordinates (//RMode=Relative// must be set!). The Combobox //RefPosition_in// allows to switch between those. See also //RMode// description.
-  * //RMode// - Two options are present: //Relative// and //Absolute//. In the former case the REF position is defined as an offset relative to the ON position, in the latter case one defines the full world coordinates of the REF position. There are two possibilities for the coordinate system in which to apply the offset (if //RMode=Relative//): either in the coordinate system, the source is defined in (which is given in //CoordinateSystem//), or in horizontal coordinates. The Combobox //RefPosition_in// allows to switch between those. If //RMode=Absolute// one has to use //RefPosition_in=CoordinateSystem//.
+  * //RMode// - Two options are present: //Relative// and //Absolute//. If //RMode=Relative// the REF position is defined as an offset relative to the ON position (true angular distance if in Horizontal coordinate system, absolute distance if in Coordinate System, according to the //RefPosition_in// ComboBox). If //RMode=Absolute// one defines the full world coordinates of the REF position.
   * //RefAfterOn// - Defines how many ON positions shall be measured per REF position. Example: a value of 2 means REF-ON-ON-REF-ON-ON-...
   * //SourceVelocity// - You can define a source velocity, which will be converted to an additional shift in the LO frequency in order to move your spectral line within the spectral band to the desired spot. __The source velocity is interpreted according to the Radio Convention.__

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