VMS Computers

This chapter is not intended to instruct users in the intricaces of VMS. VMS Help is available from within DCL. Unlike some of its equivalents, it is quite helpful, and often a good place to start.

There are 6 Vaxes and an Alpha using VMS at Narrabri. The VAXes are all clustered together in order to share resources (eg printer queues). The visitor will generally be interested in ATRIA, NOEL, DESK2 and LEON. ATRIA and NOEL are the online observing computers and information about using these machines is in the observer's manual ( Australia Telescope Compact Array User's Guide ).

LEON is the general user machine. Visitors will most often use LEON for creating observing schedules and running ASSISTANCE (monitoring the observing when outside the control room).

DESK2 is a VAX station which sits on the desk in the control room. It is used to access the archiving station, for display of compact array status, and for general computer access.

ACCESS

User accounts are created for visitors before they arrive here. Passwords are available from members of the operations group or the duty astronomer. Ensure that you change your password to something obscure.

Logging In

• From a terminal connected directly to LEON::
  USERNAME: uname
  PASSWORD: password (your typing will not be echoed).

• From a terminal server
  The terminal server that most visitors will encounter is called FRIENDLY:
  (It has a prompt that assures you of this.) In general we leave terminals logged in to the terminal server, however if you find that you need to log in to a terminal server any username is accepted, use something descriptive (eg control room).

  To log into LEON:: from the terminal server:
  FRIENDLY > connect leon
  This will then give you the 'standard' username prompt

• From the Digital prompt on a windows terminal.
  This expects you to enter in the username and password.

Printing

There are a number of laser quality printers connected to the network, located in most buildings on site. Each of these printers has a number of 'queues' associated with it to format the output.

• The main site printer is located in the Observers' Area, upstairs in the Control Building. The following queues point to it with varying formats.
  • LASER - single sided, 1 page / side
  • LASER_DUPLEX - double sided, 1 page / side
  • LASER_L1 - double sided, landscape orientation, 1 page / side
  • LASER_L2 - double sided, landscape orientation, 2 pages / side
  • LASER_L4 - double sided, landscape orientation, 4 pages / side
  • LASER_P1 - double sided, portrait orientation, 1 page / side
  • LASER_P2 - double sided, portrait orientation, 2 pages / side
  • LASER_P4 - double sided, portrait orientation, 4 pages / side
  • LASER_P8 - double sided, portrait orientation, 8 pages / side
  • LP
  The default printer queue is LASER_P2.

• An HP 1200C Ink jet colour printer is located next to the black and white printer in the Observers' Area. It is pointed at by the following queues:
  • CASCRIBE - single sided, 1 page / side

• An HP LaserJet 4 printer in the Administration area pointed to with the following queues:
  • LASER_DOWNSTAIRS no page layout specified
  • ADMIN_LASER - 1 page / side
  • ADMIN_LASER_L1 - landscape orientation, 1 page / side
  • ADMIN_LASER_L2 - landscape orientation, 2 pages / side
  • ADMIN_LASER_L4 - landscape orientation, 4 pages / side
  • ADMIN_LASER_P1 - portrait orientation, 1 page / side
  • ADMIN_LASER_P2 - portrait orientation, 2 pages / side
  • ADMIN_LASER_P4 - portrait orientation, 4 pages / side
  • ADMIN_LASER_P8 - portrait orientation, 8 pages / side
  • ADMIN_LP - line printer
  All queues print single sided.

• An HL LaserJet 4WM printer in the Antenna Lab pointed to with the following queues:
  • CAD_LASER - no page layout specified
  • CAD_LASER_L1 - landscape orientation, 1 page / side
  • CAD_LASER_L2 - landscape orientation, 2 pages / side
  • CAD_LASER_L4 - landscape orientation, 4 pages / side
  • CAD_LASER_P1 - portrait orientation, 1 page / side
  • CAD_LASER_P2 - portrait orientation, 2 pages / side
  • CAD_LASER_P4 - portrait orientation, 4 pages / side
  • CAD_LASER_P8 - portrait orientation, 8 pages / side
  • CAD_LP - line printer
  All queues print single sided.

• A Epson EPL 4000 printer in the Receiver Lab is pointed to with the following queues:
  • RX_LASER - no layup specified>
  • RX_LASER_L1 - landscape orientation, 1 page / side
  • RX_LASER_L2 - landscape orientation, 2 pages / side
  • RX_LASER_L4 - landscape orientation, 4 pages / side
  • RX_LASER_P1 - portrait orientation, 1 page / side
  • RX_LASER_P2 - portrait orientation, 2 pages / side
  • RX_LASER_P4 - portrait orientation, 4 pages / side
  • RX_LASER_P8 - portrait orientation, 8 pages / side
  • RX_LP - line printer
  All queues print single sided.

• The printer at Mopra is accessible with the following queues:
  • MOPRA_LASER - no layup specified>
  • MOPRA_LASER_L1 - landscape orientation, 1 page / side
  • MOPRA_LASER_L2 - landscape orientation, 2 pages / side
  • MOPRA_LASER_L4 - landscape orientation, 4 pages / side
  • MOPRA_LASER_P1 - portrait orientation, 1 page / side
  • MOPRA_LASER_P2 - portrait orientation, 2 pages / side
  • MOPRA_LASER_P4 - portrait orientation, 4 pages / side
  • MOPRA_LASER_P8 - portrait orientation, 8 pages / side
  • MOPRA_LP line printer

Mail

There are a number of mailers available from LEON, including:

• VMS mail
  
  • activated by typing: $ mail
  • significant help is available from within mail.
• DEC Windows mail:
  • activated by choosing Mail from the applications menu of the session manager on a windows terminal.
  • a help menu available from within.
• PMDF PINE mail
  • activated by typing: $ pmdf pine
  • available on UNIX too.
  • principally for enthusiasts, as help is limited (either on-line or from support staff).

There is some confusion created by the fact that all forwarding is defined ATNF wide, and whenever accounts are created at Narrabri, a database at Marsfield has to be updated. The default forwarding is that accounts that have no equivalent at Marsfield are redirected to Narrabri, and accounts that do have equivalents there are left as is.