XAS functionalities
The following lists functionalities implemented at prototype level
at the date of writing (
15 Oct 96 19:10).
Demo programs (supplied with XAS distribution) are excluded.
Unsupported programs (NOT supplied with XAS distribution) are included.
- XAS environment and file system
- setting/unsetting XAS environment variables
- list the content of a XAS file header
- edit the content of a XAS file header
- list the content of a XAS file
- Data accumulation
- file SAX telemetry data from a FOT tape
- list experiment configuration
- accumulate photon lists, images, spectra and time profiles from SAX telemetry data
(science, HK and auxiliary data) including instrument dependent corrections
- accumulate images, spectra and time profiles from XAS photon lists
- Data reduction
- (graphics assisted) time window generation
- (graphics assisted) intensity window generation
- time windows merging
- unsupported time profile append
- unsupported spectral file algebra
- Data analysis
- unsupported spectral convolution program
- unsupported spectral fitting programs
- unsupported timing analysis programs
- File conversion and export
- convert a XAS file from one operating system to another
- convert XAS files to/from plain and OGIP FITS
- simple interface to SAOimage
- unsupported interface to IDL
- Data presentation (graphics) ...
- setting XAS environment variables concerning graphics
- display graphically images, spectra and time profiles
- also overtraces of more plots are possible
- also overtraces of time windows are possible
- (unsupported) facilities for overtracing spectral fit data
- list and change content of colour lookup table
- ... using a client-server approach
- utilities to start and terminate servers
- an X11 based graphics server
- a set of PostScript based graphics servers (supporting B&W, colour and Level 2 colour)
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:: original creation 1996 Oct 15 19:10:10 CEST ::
last edit 1996 Oct 15 19:10:10 CEST