Update of OSA 3.0 SPI-ISSW

last update of this page: February 5, 2004

The INTEGRAL analysis software package OSA 3.0 has been released in December 2003. As there have been already some important updates concerning the SPI Instrument Specific Software (ISSW), I describe on this page how to update the OSA 3.0 installation with the most important changes. For convenience I make the updated tools available here, note however that the official SPI-ISSW software is available only through the ISDC.

In total five components should be updated: spibham, spiros, spiback, spihist, and the response function for usage in XSPEC 11, spi_rmf_0002.fits. You also need an updated parameter file for the analysis script spi_science_analysis to make use of the changes in spiros.

Your installation has been made in the directory $ISDC_ENV. When your installation is correct, you should be able to see where this is by typing
echo $ISDC_ENV

To do the following steps, you have to have write-permission in the $ISDC_ENV directory tree.

Here is a step by step procedure for your update:

cd $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/
mkdir spibham6 mkdir spiros6 mkdir spiback6 mkdir spihist3v1v2
copy
spibham-9.2.tar.gz into $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spibham6
spiros-9.2.tar.gz into $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spiros6
spiback-6.0.tar.gz into $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spiback6
spihist-3.1.2.tar.gz into $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spihist3v1v2
Install spibham:
cd $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spibham6 gzip -dc spibham-6.0.tar.gz | tar xf - $ISDC_ENV/bin/ac_stuff/configure make global_install
Install spiros:
cd $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spiros6 gzip -dc spiros-6.0.tar.gz | tar xf - $ISDC_ENV/bin/ac_stuff/configure make global_install
Install spiback:
cd $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spiback6 gzip -dc spiback-6.0.tar.gz | tar xf - $ISDC_ENV/bin/ac_stuff/configure make global_install
Install spihist:
cd $ISDC_ENV/analysis-sw/spi/spihist3v1v2 gzip -dc spihist-3.1.2.tar.gz | tar xf - $ISDC_ENV/bin/ac_stuff/configure make global_install rehash
copy spi_science_analysis.par into you parameter file directory ($ISDC_ENV/pfiles/ and/or ~/pfiles/)
copy spi_rmf_grp_0002.fits to a convenient location, e.g. to $REP_BASE_PROD/obs
use the spi_rmf_grp_0002.fits when fitting your spiros output spectra in XSPEC 11. Find a detailed description on this page

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