The fakerat software is distributed by ftp ra.asc.rssi.ru 
(193.232.4.241).
It is located in the "software/fakerat" subdirectory. 
To get access to the software you must be registered at
the ASC RadioAstron Server "ra.asc.rssi.ru"
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IMPORTANT:
At present the software "FAKERAT" runs only under 32 bit Linux 
workstation in X windows with  C shell script.
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1. Launch csh or tcsh if you use another shell. All procedure 
runs under C shell.

2. Copy all files from the given directory to your computer.

3. You must unpack "fakeratlib_20100407.tgz" by 

           tar xvfz fakeratlib_20100407.tgz

4. Then copy thus obtained directory "fakeratlib_20100407"
to  your home directory. 

5. You shall provide (acting under root account) the 
symbol reference to this directory:

       ln -s ~/fakeratlib_20100407 /usr/local/fakerat

6. And do not forget to write path in the configuration file 
".cshrc":

        set path=($path /usr/local/fakerat)

7. Then, unpack the next file "fakerat_07041020.tgz" into your
home directory:

           tar xvfz fakerat_20100407.tgz

Now you have the directory, where the fakerat will be started 
by "run"  command.

8. You must be sure that PGPLOT software is installed at your computer. 
One may get PGPLOT at ftp://ftp.asctro.caltech.edu/pub/pgplot5.2.tar.gz
One of the most common errors when running fakesat_menu is for the 
menu to be appear but with no words. The reason for this is that 
PGPLOT cannot find the "grfont.dat" font file. To remedy this 
situation edit the "run" C shell script end set the PGPLOT_FONT 
environmental variable to the pathname of the "grfont.dat" file. 

Then, copy txt-file representing the current version of orbit to  
the "orbit" subdirectory located in "fakerat_07041020". In order 
to activate selected file with orbit you must provide the symbol 
reference indicated to selected orbit-file by 

ln -s ~/fakerat_20100407/orbit/raXXXX.txt ~/fakerat_20100407/orbit/ra_orbit

where raXXXX.txt is the name of the file containing orbit data.
  
Now, everything is ready. 

The run C shell script can perform several functions. To find 
out more  about "run" type 
                           run -h.

In order to aid novice users a simplified version of the interactive 
menu system has been produced. This enables only a limited number 
of  parameters to be changed and options to be run. This should 
be quite sufficient for most users. Indeed it can be quite dangerous 
for novice users to change parameters that the VLBI observer has 
no control over.  This simplified version of the menu is the default. 
A more advanced user can obtain the full range of options by typing 
"run -c" instead of simply "run".

All the parameters that can be viewed on the interactive menu are
stored in the menu_defaults file. If this file should become corrupted
fakesat_menu will not work correctly. As a precaution every time
fakesat_menu starts it copies the menu_defaults file to a backup copy
called menu_defaults.1. Thus, if the menu_defaults file becomes corrupted 
or you accidently delete it, you can rectify the situation by copying 
the menu_defaults.1 file to the menu_defaults file.

9. To use "FAKERAT Reference Manual" one must hale "LaTex" installed.

I wish you successful job.

In a case of any faults and bugs in operation, please, send your 
remarks to k701@asc.rssi.ru
All such notes are very valuable for us.