NAME
batdph2pha - (OBSOLETE) read in a BAT Detector Plane Histogram and output a file containing a spectrum for each detector.
USAGE
batdph2pha infile outfile rows
DESCRIPTION
NOTE: This task is not supported for scientific analysis. Please
use the 'batbinevt' task to convert a survey DPH to a spectrum.
This code reads in a BAT Detector Plane Histogram (DPH),
which is organized as a
single three-dimensional binary table with spectral information for each BAT
detector arranged by geometric location in the focal plane.
The tool reorganizes the DPH by detector, outputting a table containing one
row for each detector, where each row contains the detector identification
and a spectrum with the same number of energy channels as the original DPH.
PARAMETERS
- infile [filename]
- Input file name. There is no need to include the extension name of the
HDU since batdph2pha only operates on an HDU with name "BAT_DPH."
The tool assumes that there is also and "EBOUNDS" extension in the input
file.
- outfile [filename]
- Name of the output file. The output file is similar in form to a
spectral file, but each row contains a spectrum for an individual detector,
not for a particular interval of time. The spectra are contained in the
"COUNT" column as vectors with as many elements as there are energy bins in
the input DPH. The "EBOUNDS" from the input file is copied to the output
file.
- row [integer]
- The row number in the input DPH which is used to produce the output
spectra. The tool only allows one row number to be specified. If the user
desires a spectra for the summation of multiple DPH's, then he must add them
together using the batsumdph tool and then use batdph2pha.
- (clobber = "YES") [string]
- If the output file already exists, then setting "clobber = yes" will cause it to be overwritten.
- (chatter = 1) [integer, 0 - 5]
- Controls the amount of informative text written to standard output.
Setting chatter = 4 or higher will produce detailed diagnostic output;
chatter = 1 prints out a basic diagnostic message. The default is to
produce a brief summary on output.
- (history = YES) [boolean]
- If history = YES, then a set of HISTORY keywords will be written to
the header of the specified HDU in the output file to record the value
of all the bateconvert task parameters that were used to produce the output
file.
EXAMPLES
Note that when commands are issued on the Unix command line, strings
containing special characters such as '[' or ']' must be enclosed in
single or double quotes.
The following examples illustrate ways in which batdph2pha can be used.
1. Produce a spectral file from the third row in a DPH file.
batdph2pha infile='input.dph' outfile='output.spectrum' row=3
-or- batdph2pha input.dph output.spectrum 3
SEE ALSO
batsumdph
LAST MODIFIED
Nov 2006