Hitomi relaese V002 May 10 2016
List of Changes
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Major changes introduced in this version:
* HEASOFT
- arftable:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- barycen:
* Bug-fix: TIME column values of zero no longer result in an error.
* Behavior change: no longer restricted to EVENTS and GTI extensions.
* Behavior change: adjust TIME column values by the TIMEZERO keyword,
if present.
- xrtraytrace
* Bug-fix: check validity of source and psrcfile parameters.
* Behavior change: write DATE, DATASUM, and CHECKSUM keywords to the
output files.
- xrtreftable:
* Behavior change: write DATE, DATASUM, and CHECKSUM keywords to the
output files.
- searchflickpix
* Bug-fix: correct the keywords describing the output coordinate columns.
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- heasim
* New feature: can now assign time when simulating burst sources with
subexposure mode engaged.
* Bug-fix: it was possible for an array index to be out-of-bounds in
the find_index() routine.
* Behavior change: warn user if the point source or centroid of an
extended source falls on a detector gap or outside the field-of-view.
- gtiinvert:
* Bug-fix: correctly handle case where outfile=infile.
* Behavior change: skip input rows where START or STOP column values
are NULL.
* Behavior change: copy the HDUCLAS1 keyword from the input file.
* General Applications:
- aberattitude:
* Removed feature: aspect calculation is removed; use aspect task.
- ahcalctime:
* Bug-fix: indir and outdir parameter values were not used correctly.
- ahgtigen:
* Bug-fix: perform validity check for all parameter values.
* Behavior change: now accepts any type of input file, including HK.
* Behavior change: change default value for postfr parameter to 1.
- ahpipeline:
* Bug-fix: correct problems when searching for input files.
* Behavior change: replace general HK1 and HK2 input files with general
HK file.
- hxipipeline, sgdpipeline, sxipipeline, sxspipeline:
* New parameters: add new parameters from sxspha2pi task (see sxspha2pi).
* New parameter: screenlost - choose if SXS lost events should be
screened during cleaning.
* Bug-fix: check for valid DATAMODE.
* Bug-fix: correct writing of coordinate and checksum keywords to the
output files.
* Bug-fix: create SXI bad image files when there are multiple event files.
* Bug-fix: read DATACTLM keyword from SXI event files when cleaning to
find the correct GTI extension created by sximodegti.
* Behavior change: set cpkeyword parameter to 'yes' in ahscreen call.
* Behavior change: during the cleaning step, filter using GTI extension
attached to the unfiltered event file.
* Behavior change: add GTI extension to all reconstructed event files
missing a GTI extension.
* Behavior change: change the default value for the bad_status parameter
for SXI.
* Behavior change: skip SXI input files with DATACLASS=00000000.
* Behavior change: skip files with an empty GTI extension during
screening instead of exiting with an error.
* Behavior change: change name of output driftfile from sxsgain.
* Behavior change: no longer merge the SXS lost GTI file.
* Behavior change: write timing keywords to the pixel 12 GTI extension.
- ahscreen:
* Bug-fix: copy only the EVENTS extension from input file.
* Behavior change: no longer use the GTI attached to event file when
merging GTI files.
* Behavior change: copy all keywords from the 1st input event file to
the GTI extension in the output event file.
* Behavior change: allow input event files to be merged without screening.
- attconvert:
* Bug-fix: Correct existence check of the output file to allow the
cfitsio error message to be displayed.
- det2att2:
* Behavior change: store the TELDEF file name into the teldeffile
parameter if the input value was "CALDB".
* Mission Applications:
- aharfgen:
* Bug-fix: perform validity check for all parameter values.
* Behavior change: when calling hxirspeffimg, set the vigfile parameter
value to "NONE".
- ahgainfit:
* Bug-fix: correct calculation of the width uncertainity from Chi^2.
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- ahexpmap:
* Bug-fix: correct handling of input energies when the specmode parameter
is set to "MONO".
* Bug-fix: correct accumulation of multiple intervals for partial pixels.
* Behavior change: only process gatevalve CALDB file if the GATEVALV
keyword is "CLOSE" in the event file.
* Behavior change: include inactive pixels in partial pixel lists.
* Behavior change: show bad columns and charge injection rows on exposure
map and efficiency map images.
- ahmkehk:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
* Bug-fix: added check for -999 in the RA_NOM, DEC_NOM, and PA_NOM
keywords which represents NULL.
* Bug-fix: ensure that the telescope and SAA vertex longitudes are both
in the range (-180,+180) degrees before comparing them.
- ahmkregion:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
* Bug-fix: correct how coordpnt results are read from the log file.
- ahnxbgen:
* Behavior change: set parameters, prefr=0 and postfr=1, when running
the maketime tool.
- ahsxtarfgen:
* Bug-fix: check for a GATEVALV keyword value of "CLOSE" instead of
"CLOSED".
* Bug-fix: exit with error instead of crashing when the minimum number of
photons per energy (minphoton parameter) is not satisfied.
- ahtime:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
* Bug-fix: set the START column value to NULL when the SampleCnt column
value is NULL for SXS lost GTI files.
* Bug-fix: skip duplicate rows in the input lookup tables.
- camssim:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- hxirspeffimg:
* New feature: write an output ARF file in addition to the RSP file.
* Behavior change: do not write the RSP and ARF files if there are
insufficient photons.
* HXI/SGD Applications:
- hxievtid:
* Help: define meaning of STATUS column bits in help file.
- hxisgddtime:
* Bug-fix: exit with error when tool fails to read/write a keyword.
* Bug-fix: correct writing of the LIVETIME keyword.
* Behavior change: write ONTIME, LIVETIME, EXPOSURE, and DEADC keywords
to the WMAP and GTI extensions, if they are present.
- hxisgdexpand:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- hxisgdsff:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- hxisgdmerge:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- sgdarfgen:
* Bug-fix: all string comparisons are now case-insensitive.
- sgdevtid:
* Help: define meaning of STATUS column bits in help file.
* Bug-fix: correct DISTANCE0 column description in output file.
* SXI Applications:
- sxiflagpix:
* Help: define meaning of STATUS column bits in help file.
- sximodegti:
* Behavior change: remove check for area discrimination.
* Behavior change: change name of input column DATACLASS to DATACTLM.
- sxipi:
* Help: define meaning of updated STATUS column bits in help file.
- sxirmf:
* Bug-fix: correct the calculation of the RMF weighting factor.
* SXS Applications:
- mxsgti:
* Bug-fix: perform validity check on parameter values.
- mxstime:
* Bug-fix: the fine GTI were not calculated correctly when both 1) an
input MXS interval has a STOP value defined but no START value and
2) the afterglow time is larger than the MXS pulse spacing.
* Behavior change: set the HDUCLAS1 keyword to "GTI" in the output GTI
files.
- sxsflagpix:
* Behavior change: set the Hitomi bit of PROC_STATUS (17th bit) to
1 (meaning bad event) for rows where PIXEL=NULL.
- sxsgain:
* Bug-fix: correct calculation of Chi^2 width uncertainity.
* Behavior change: support GTI files with no DETNAM keyword set.
* Behavior change: allow extended syntax with input GTI file names.
- sxsmkrmf:
* New tool: create an SXS RMF file and/or an RSP file for selected
SXS pixels and grades.
- sxspha2pi:
* New parameter: secphacol - PHA column used to compute EPI2.
* New parameter: scaleepi - set to 'yes' to scale EPI values by
pixel-dependent factors in CALDB (parameter: scalefile).
* Bug-fix: correct EPI values for baseline events with PHA < 0.
* Bug-fix: check if output TEMP column exists before trying to add it.
* Bug-fix: correct CALDB code name for scalefile.
* Behavior change: exit with error if there are no rows in the input
event or drift files.
- sxspixgti:
* New parameter: gtilost - input SXS lost GTI file to merge with other
GTI files.
* Bug-fix: memory leak related to calculating TSTART/TSTOP.
* Bug-fix: correct validity checking of parameters.
- sxsregext:
* New tool: extract SXS data products from an event file using a region and
selection of grades.
- sxssamcnt:
* Behavior change: exit with error if there are no rows in the input
event file.
* Behavior change: handle case where TRIG_LP is larger than WFRB_WRITE_LP.
* Behavior change: for lost GTI files, set SampleCnt1 and SampleCnt2 to
NULL if row has negative interval (EL_STOP_LP < EL_START_LP).
- sxssecid:
* Bug-fix: was not skipping rows where the TIME column value is NULL.
* Libraries:
- perl:
* Bug-fix: correct how the TIMEZERO keyword in handled when merging GTI.
* Bug-fix: after merging GTI, an empty table no longer results in an
error.
* Bug-fix: check validity of mgtime parameters before calling tool.
* Behavior change: include date and time strings in DATE-OBS and
DATE-END keywords instead writing separate TIME-OBS and TIME-END
keywords.
* Behavior change: support retrieving files from REFDATA.
- libahgain:
* Bug-fix: memory leak when computing Chi^2 uncertainty in the fitted
width.
- libarfgen:
* Behavior change: add TELESCOP keyword to output ARF file.
- libcoordfits:
* Bug-fix: fix memory leak.
- librmflib:
* Behavior change: write DETNAM keyword to MATRIX and EBOUNDS extensions.
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