Renaming Antennas: Difference between revisions
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Some arrays write their fits files with simple numbers to name the antennas. CASA will import the name but also create an antenna id (like for spw, field, etc.). Both the antenna name and ID can be used to | Some arrays write their fits files with simple numbers to name the antennas. CASA will import the name but also create an antenna id (like for spw, field, etc.). Both the antenna name and ID can be used to | ||
identify an antenna, which is very confusing if both are numbers -- | identify an antenna, which is very confusing if both are numbers -- | ||
but not the same number. The python commands below will append the | but not the same number. The python commands below will append the | ||
antenna names with a prefix | antenna names with a prefix to more easily distinguish them from their | ||
IDs. ALMA will already have antenna names that are strings, as does | IDs. ALMA will already have antenna names that are strings, as does | ||
the EVLA. | the EVLA. | ||
In the following exaample, the prefix 'CA' is added to the names of the antennas in the file 'C0104I': | |||
<source lang="python"> | <source lang="python"> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:39, 15 October 2010
Some arrays write their fits files with simple numbers to name the antennas. CASA will import the name but also create an antenna id (like for spw, field, etc.). Both the antenna name and ID can be used to identify an antenna, which is very confusing if both are numbers -- but not the same number. The python commands below will append the antenna names with a prefix to more easily distinguish them from their IDs. ALMA will already have antenna names that are strings, as does the EVLA.
In the following exaample, the prefix 'CA' is added to the names of the antennas in the file 'C0104I':
tb.open("c0104I/ANTENNA",nomodify=False)
namelist=tb.getcol("NAME").tolist()
for i in range(len(namelist)):
name = 'CA'+namelist[i]
print ' Changing '+namelist[i]+' to '+name
namelist[i]=name
tb.putcol("NAME",namelist)
tb.close()
