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| public:lta_howto [2020-10-18 19:45] – Marco Iacobelli | public:lta_howto [2020-11-04 15:18] – Bernard Asabere |
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| The LTA catalogue can be searched directly without needing any account. Access to all projects and search queries will return results of the entire catalogue because metadata are public for all LTA content. | The LTA catalogue can be searched directly without needing any account. Access to all projects and search queries will return results of the entire catalogue because metadata are public for all LTA content. |
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| Staging and subsequent downloading of __**public**__ data always requires an account with LTA user access privileges. This automatically happens if you were a member of the original project proposal in Northstar/MoM. If you do not have an account yet, you can register with "[[https://lofar.astron.nl/useradministration/public/setUpUserAccount.do|Create account]]". LTA access privileges will need to be granted by Science Data Centre Operations (SDCO). Please, __once you have created your account, submit a support request to the [[https://support.astron.nl/rohelpdesk|Science Data Centre Operations helpdesk]] asking for LTA privileges stating clearly your username__. | Staging and subsequent downloading of __**public**__ data always requires an account with LTA user access privileges. This automatically happens if you were a member of the original project proposal in Northstar/MoM. If you do not have an account yet, you can register with "[[https://lofar.astron.nl/useradministration/public/setUpUserAccount.do|Create account]]". LTA access privileges will need to be granted by Science Data Centre Operations (SDCO). Please, __once you have created your account, submit a support request to the [[https://support.astron.nl/rohelpdesk|ASTRON helpdesk]] asking for LTA privileges stating clearly your username__. |
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| To stage and retrieve project-related data in the LTA which are __**proprietary**__ you need to have an account in [[https://lofar.astron.nl/mom3|MoM]] that is enabled for the archive and coupled with the projects of interest. To this aim you can request SDCO to be added to the list of co-authors of the project. When you send such a request, you must add the project's PI in cc. After SDCO adds you to the project, you might get an email asking you to set a new password in [[https://webportal.astron.nl/pwm/private/Login|ASTRON Web Applications Password Self Service]]. Please note that this will set a new password not just for the LTA //but for MoM (LOFAR/WSRT) and Northstar as well//. | To stage and retrieve project-related data in the LTA which are __**proprietary**__ you need to have an account in [[https://lofar.astron.nl/mom3|MoM]] that is enabled for the archive and coupled with the projects of interest. To this aim you can request SDCO to be added to the list of co-authors of the project. When you send such a request, you must add the project's PI in cc. After SDCO adds you to the project, you might get an email asking you to set a new password in [[https://webportal.astron.nl/pwm/private/Login|ASTRON Web Applications Password Self Service]]. Please note that this will set a new password not just for the LTA //but for MoM (LOFAR/WSRT) and Northstar as well//. |
| ==== Staging Transient Buffer Board (TBB) data ==== | ==== Staging Transient Buffer Board (TBB) data ==== |
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| TBB data needs to be staged by hand. Please send a request at support.astron.nl/rohelpdesk to stage the data for you, specifying the filenames to be staged. To download the data, please follow the instruction under Download Data for proper authentication. Data will then be available for download using | TBB data needs to be staged by hand. Please send a request at [[https://support.astron.nl/rohelpdesk|https://support.astron.nl/rohelpdesk]] to stage the data for you, specifying the filenames to be staged. To download the data, please follow the instruction under Download Data for proper authentication. Data will then be available for download using |
| <file> | <file> |
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| wget --no-check-certificate https://lofar-download.grid.surfsara.nl/lofigrid/SRMFifoGet.py?surl=<filename> . | wget --no-check-certificate https://lofar-download.grid.surfsara.nl/lofigrid/SRMFifoGet.py?surl=<filename> . |
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| | The filename should start or be prepended with srm:// |
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| </file> | </file> |
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| You will need a valid LTA account to access this data. | You will need a valid LTA account to access this data. If the filename is very short, you can view (e.g. cat) it to view errors that have occured. |
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| ===== Download data ===== | ===== Download data ===== |