D2C-GUI: A DATA CONVERTER FOR THE INAF RADIO TELESCOPES. I.

Abstract

This technical report, intended as a first publication in a series of reports, introduces the d2c-GUI software, a tool developed to convert data collected by the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) into a format suitable to be read out in CLASS (Continuum and Line Analysis Single-dish Software), part of the GILDAS (Grenoble Image and Line Data Analysis Software) package. After having introduced the motivations behind this work, some of the key concepts are presented along with a brief overview of the data file format of the Italian radio telescopes. Next, a description of the converter both in GUI (Graphical User Interface) and CLI (Command Line Interface) mode is provided. Eventually, a test session focused on data acquired with the SRT and the first results obtained by using the CLASS software are presented. A preliminary test, performed using spectroscopic measurements taken at the Medicina antenna, is also mentioned.