Running the pipeline

The pipeline should be run after each observing session.

• log on to an ATNF computer as 'pulsar'
• > cd /psr/pipeline/runPipeline
• > runall

Getting pulse arrival times

• Go to any directory (do not use the /runPipeline directory for this purpose) and log on with your own user account.
• > getTOAs pulsarname > output.tim

The resulting TOAs will be placed in output.tim. Files will also be created containing the pulsar ephemeris and any DM corrections.

If you wish to process only one pulsar (e.g., J0613-0200):

• > processOnePulsar J0613-0200

In order to reprocess one .rf file and one .cf file:

• > reprocessFile filename.rf
• > reprocessCal filename.cf
• > processOnePulsar pulsarname (or "runall" to reprocess all pulsars)

Note that the "reprocessFile" command can be put in a foreach loop if multiple files need to be reprocessed.

Reprocessing just a particular backend or frequency

• > reprocess_sel <psr name> <backend> <freq1> <freq2>

e.g.,

• > reprocess_sel J0613-0200 APSR 0 60000

Re-calculating TOAs with a new template

• > new_template pulsarname

If it is necessary to specify only e.g., APSR data or data for a given frequency then use:

• > new_template_sel pulsarname backend freq1 freq2

Re-calibrating some data

In order to re-run the calibration step of the pipeline:

• > new_calibration pulsarname

Reprocessing all observations for a given pulsar

• > reprocess pulsarname

Checking the status of the processing

• > checkStatus