NAME

pcfilt -- creates a ROSAT PSPC makefilter file dataset

USAGE

pcfilt infile outfile

DESCRIPTION

This task creates a ROSAT PSPC makefilter file. The task is essentially an FTOOLized version of Steve Snowden's GEOMETRY code and provides data similar to the TREND data files, except on an observation rather than ROSAT day basis. PCFILT sorts through the orbit, attitude, event rate, status, and housekeeping data to produce a time-ordered list of diagnostic information which can be used to screen data. Examples are the master veto count rate or observation zenith angle.

WARNINGS ON USAGE

PARAMETERS

infile [character string]

The name of the RDF format ancillary FITS file.

outfile [character string]

The name of the output file.

(chatter=9) [Integer]

Flag to indicate how chatty the task is at execution. A value of 9 is the default, with lower/higher values producing quieter/verbose output respectively.

BUGS

None known

SEE ALSO

Snowden et al. (1992, ApJ, 393 819)

Plucinsky et al. (1993, ApJ, 418, 519)

LOG OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

v1.0.0 (1994 Sept)

Beta-test version

PRIMARY AUTHOR

Rehana Yusaf

HEASARC

NASA/GFSC

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ftoolshelp

(301) 286-6115

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