Required MDB Keywords

The following keywords must be present for each mission entry in the xselect.mdb file. However these keywords may not be relevant for certain missions. In such cases the value of these keywords should be NONE.

Entry	Description	Type	Sample Values
submkey	The keyword read from the file to get the SubMission	String	GRATING; NONE
instkey	The keyword read from the file to get the Instrument	String	INSTRUME; NONE
dmodekey	The keyword read from the file to get the Datamode	String	DATAMODE; NONE
mkf_def_expr	The global expression for filenames of MKF files	String	ae*mkf*
mkf_rel_dir	The global expression for filenames of MKF files	String	../hk
time	The column in the events extension used for time	String	TIME
tunits	The units for the time column	String	s
binsize	The default time bin size for light curves	Numeric	1.157e-5; 16
x	The column for sky X-axis	String	X
y	The column for sky Y-axis	String	Y
detx	The column for detector X-axis	String	DETX
dety	The column for detector Y-axis	String	DETY
rawx	The column for raw X-axis	String	RAWX
rawy	The column for raw Y-axis	String	RAWY
gti	The name of the extension (EXTNAME) with GTI table	String	STDGTI
events	The name of the extension (EXTNAME) with event data	String	EVENTS
timeorder	Yes if the events are in time order	String	yes
timepixr	The TIMEPIXR value to use if not in event file	String	0.0
instruments	A space-delimited list of the instruments	String	ACIS HRC
spbn	The binning factor for spectra	Numeric	1
ecol	The column for spectral information	String	PI
ccol	The column for CCD number (if required - NONE if not)	String	CCDID
gcol	The column for event grade/pattern	String	GRADE
polwcol	The column for polarization weighting (NONE if not required)	String	W_MOM
imagecoord	The default coordinate system for images	String	SKY
wmapcoord	The default coordinate system for WMAPs	String	DETECTOR
catnum	The extension number for catalog keywords	String	1
wtmapb	Yes if a WMAP is to be produced	String	no
wtmapfix	Yes if WMAP pixels outside selected region set to -1	String	yes
lststr	The global expression for event files	String	ad*s0*[hml].*
ofilt	The default MKF filtering for valid files	String	ONTIME>100 && NEVENTS>0
fbin	The default binning for images	String	4
hbin	The default binning for WMAPs	String	8
modes	A list of the datamodes	String	FAINT BRIGHT
rbnval	Number of channels to which spectra are binned	String	512
rbnmod	Compression mode for spectral rebinning	String	LINEAR
catcol	A space-delimited list of keywords used to catalog events file	String	OBJECT DATAMODE DATE-OBS
dispcol	A space-delimited list of keywords used to display the catalog	String	OBJECT DATAMODE BIT_RATE
extract	The ftool used to extract images, spectra, and light curves. Supported options are extractor, saextrct, or seextrct.	String	extractor; saextrct
grpstr	Grouping to be run on the spectrum when saving (NONE if not required).	String	GROUP 0 1023 & exit

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