Viewing the raw data in IDL

So, you've got the data in IDL format - how about taking a quick look at what you've got? There may be galaxies lurking... :)

• Start IDL with idl61. Note that this invokes IDL Version 6.1; the command "idl" is aliased to this in the a2010 account. Also note that we runner a newer version in Ithaca (6.2 currently).
• Compile the was routines with @wasinit2

• Log in as a2010, which has all IDL paths and files, etc. setup correctly
• Restore the data file you wish to view, with restore, '504801359.sav' , or whatever the file path is.
• Use the routine rawplot via rawplotd, d, record=record
• All 7 beams, both pols will be displayed for each record. Press enter to cycle through the records.
• The keyword record allows you to start at a record of your choice. If left out you start at the beginning of the scan.

• Restore the data file you wish to view, with restore, '504801359.sav' , or whatever the file path is.
• Issue the command loadct, 1
• Issue the command imgdisp, reform(d[pol,*,beam].d), zx=-4 where beam and pol define the beam and polarization respectively
• You can run xloadct and fine tune the dynamic range colors to your liking, then replot

• Restore the data file you wish to view, with restore, '504801359.sav' , or whatever the file path is.
• Issue the command plot, reform(d[pol,rec,beam].d), where pol=Polarization, rec=record number, and beam = beam number. The resulting plot has channel number on the independent axis
• If you wish to plot vs velocity(with 0 km/sec at band center) or frequency, use corfrq:
• freq=corfrq(d[0,0,0].h)
• vel=corfrq(d[0,0,0].h, retvel=1)
• Use plot, vel, reform(d[pol,rec,beam].d) or plot, freq, reform(d[pol,rec,beam].d) to plot vs. these other arrays

• The a2010 account has an alternative plotting routine, mpi_plot, which can be used instead of the plot command - use it if you prefer clicking and dragging with your mouse.
• Nice eps printouts can be made with mpi_plot as well.