Contents

• Contents
• 1. Running the OSSE Low-Level Pipeline
  • 1.1 Intent
  • 1.2 Outline
  • 1.3 Data Tapes
  • 1.4 Preparing the Pipeline Run
    • 1.4.1 Notes
  • 1.5 Running the Data File Restoration Program
  • 1.6 Running the FITS Conversion Program
  • 1.7 Final Installation into the Archive
  • 1.8 Clean-up Operations
• 2. Running the OSSE High-Level Pipeline
  • 2.1 Intent
  • 2.2 Outline
  • 2.3 Data Tapes
  • 2.4 Running the Data File Restoration Program
  • 2.5 FITSification and Generating Other Data Products
  • 2.6 Final Installation into the Archive
  • 2.7 Clean-up Operations
• 3. OSSE Pipeline Troubleshooting
  • 3.1 Screwball Stuff
  • 3.2 Process Logging Files
    • 3.2.1 Master Logging File
    • 3.2.2 Success & Failure Logs
    • 3.2.3 Single File FITSification Log
    • 3.2.4 Failure Logs
    • 3.2.5 Success Logs
  • 3.3 Error Conditions
  • 3.4 Processing Log Files
• 4. Things Your Mother Never Told You...
  • 4.1 Alpha/VAX Double Precision Numeric Formats
• 5. OSSE Data Files
  • 5.1 Low-Level Spectral Database Files
    • 5.1.1 Introduction
    • 5.1.2 Spectral Memory File
    • 5.1.3 Shield Data
    • 5.1.4 Cobalt 60 Spectra
    • 5.1.5 Summary of Cobalt 60 Spectra
    • 5.1.6 Slew Spectra Data
    • 5.1.7 SLOT?
  • 5.2 High-Level Spectral Database Files
    • 5.2.1 Daily Difference Spectra
    • 5.2.2 Bottom-Line Spectral File
    • 5.2.3 Good-Summed Count Spectra
    • 5.2.4 Totalled Spectral File (*_TOT.SDB)
    • 5.2.5 AUX-type Summary
  • 5.3 Pulsar Data Files (PDF)
  • 5.4 Other File Types (not being archived)
    • 5.4.1 Telemetry Scalar File
• 6. High-Level OSSE Spectral Data Products
  • 6.1 Delivered Products Listing
    • 6.1.1 Delivered Products Description
• 7. OSSE Pipeline Configuration & Software
  • 7.1 OSSEPIPE/ARCHIVER vs OSSETEST/OSSE
  • 7.2 Logicals & Symbols (VMS)
  • 7.3 Unix Paths, etc.
• 8. osse*.tdat: The Pipeline Interface to W3Browse
  • 8.1 Intent
• 9. OSSE-zzdp.config: The Archive Link to W3Browse
  • 9.0.1 Intent
  • 9.0.2 Contents
• 10. FITSification of OSSE Data Files
  • 10.1 SDB2FITS
    • 10.1.1 Program Outline
  • 10.2 FITS2SDB
    • 10.2.1 Program Outline
  • 10.3 SDB_COMPARE
    • 10.3.1 Program Outline
  • 10.4 SDB_PROCESS
    • 10.4.1 Program Outline
  • 10.5 PDF2FITS
    • 10.5.1 Program Outline
  • 10.6 TARGS
    • 10.6.1 Program Outline
  • 10.7 FITS2PDF
    • 10.7.1 Program Outline
  • 10.8 PDF_COMPARE
    • 10.8.1 Program Outline
  • 10.9 PDF_PROCESS
    • 10.9.1 Program Outline
  • 10.10 Basic Operations of the FITS Converters