FTOOLS: The CGRO Sub-package

The CGRO sub-package of FTOOLS contains mission-specific tasks for the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory mission.

The following CGRO tasks were released in the latest distribution of the HEASARC's FTOOLS package. Each task is hyperlinked to the help file distributed with the task. The same information can be obtained while running FTOOLS by typing the command fhelp {taskname}.

If you require further, or more detailed information on the GRO sub-package of FTOOLS, contact

ftoolshelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov

CGRO Tasks

bcmppha

Converts BATSE PHA files to a format readable by XSPEC

bod2pha

Makes XSPEC PHA file from BATSE occultation data

bod2rmf

Makes XSPEC RMF file for BATSE occultation data

bodgetvp

Gets viewing period info from BATSE occultation data

eaddmap

Add or subtract two EGRET maps

econvpha

Converts EGRET .spec files to XSPEC .pha files

econvrmf

Converts EGRET .resp files to XSPEC .rmf files

emapgen

Converts a photon list (qvp file) to a counts map

fbbft2pha

Converts BATSE BFITS file to spectral PHA file

fbdrm2rmf

Converts BATSE DRM file to RMF format

fesdb2rdf

Reads i/p QVP and EXP (optional) data files and writes an o/p FITS data file in OGIP standard format

fevpbtoa

Converts Fits formatted Comptel EVP data to an ASCII file

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