National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Here are descriptions of the known bugs in the XTE related tools released with FTOOLS v5.2. Please check this list before reporting a bug to xtehelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov. If your problem is not due to one of these bugs, send us a complete screen dump showing how you called the tool, what your inputs were, and exactly what happened when it ran. Tell us what environment you are using, which version of FTOOLS, and anything relevant about your data or situation.

• FXBARY (v5.0.2)

  FXBARY (v5.0.2) may produce non-physical results if more than 100 orbit files are input, despite the documentation's claim that up to 1000 are supported. A fix is being investigated but in the meantime RXTE users who need to barycenter correct long-term lightcurves are advised to use the alternative tool, FAXBARY (v2.2), which will handle an unlimited number of orbit files. FAXBARY also has the advantage of being compatible with the merged, mission-long orbit file available at the RXTE ftp site. Please see the FAXBARY documentation for more details.

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