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This particular distribution is special because it is fixed to 
the current (as of December 2018) best orbit prediction for AO7.
The implications are:

 * Automatic orbit updates are disabled.
 * The file named RA181001-200806_v2.org is NOT the orbit file
with this name generated by KIAM. Instead this is the file
RA190529-220222-4.85.org with the AO7 orbit prediction renamed
to circumvent FakeRaT filename parsing problems.

So it is appropriate to use this FakeRaT distribution to plan AO7 proposals,
but in spring 2019 you should check with the RadioAstron mission if an orbit
prediction update is available.

Oh, and the wrapper scripts autofake.sh and autosched.sh still don't work
with SCHED v11.5, please use SCHED v11.4 fr now. I'm sorry for this inconvenience...

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This distribution combines FakeRaT "binary" and "library" archives.


 ************ To run FakeRaT in the interactive mode ************
 
 * Install PGPLOT and point the environment variable PGPLOT_DIR to 
the installation directory. The command may look like this (example in BASH):

export PGPLOT_DIR=/usr/lib/pgplot5/

The best way to install PGPLOT is by using a package manager that comes with
your Linux distribution. The directory where PGPLOT gets installed differs 
between Linux distribution, for example: /usr/lib/pgplot5/ on Ubuntu,
/usr/lib64/pgplot/ on Gentoo.
You may want to add the export command to your .bashrc file, so there is 
no need to run it manually every time you open a new terminal.

 * Install tcsh (C-shell interpreter, may already be present in your system)

 * Start FakeRaT:

cd fakerat_20120305_v*
./f


 ************ To run FakeRaT in the non-interactive mode ************

 * Install SCHED
 * Install WCSTools
 * Set a time interval for computations inside the body of the script autofake.sh
 * Run:

./autofake.sh 0716+714

where '0716+714' is one of the sources listed in 'sources.radioastron'.
Beware, these computations take very long time!


 ************ Additional scripts for non-interactive work with SCHED ************
               (Ground telescopes only, no RadioAstron constraints)

 * Print the list of ground radio telescopes that see the source 0716+714
for 40 minutes staring at December 31, 2012, 21:20 UT:

./autosched.sh 31.12.2012 21:20:00 0716+714 40

 * Compute which radio telescopes see the target source B0823+26
during 24 hours starting at August 11, 2015, 00:00 UT.

./daily_visibility_profile.sh 11.08.2015 B0823+26

Beware, these computations take long time!


If you have problems running the non-interactive scripts, please contact Kirill Sokolovsky <kirx@kirx.net>
Questions regarding interactive use of FakeRaT may be directed to Vladimir Zhuravlev <zhur@asc.rssi.ru>
