| AHELP for CIAO 4.4 | read_rmf |
Context: crates |
Synopsis
Load an RMF file into a RMFCrateDataset.
Syntax
read_rmf(filename)
Description
- filename - name of the input file
The read_rmf command loads the specified RMF file into a RMFCrateDataset.
Example
>>> cds = read_rmf("rmf.fits")
>>> print(cds)The output of the print command is:
RMF Crate Dataset:
File Name: meg_1.rmf
Read-Write Mode: rw
Number of Crates: 3
1) Crate Type: <IMAGECrate>
Crate Name: PRIMARY
Crate Number: 1
2) Crate Type: <TABLECrate>
Crate Name: MATRIX
Crate Number: 2
Ncols: 6
Nrows: 8192
3) Crate Type: <TABLECrate>
Crate Name: EBOUNDS
Crate Number: 3
Ncols: 3
Nrows: 8192
In this example the RMF is from a grating observation and was obtained from TGCat.
Changes in CIAO 4.4
The RMF class returned by read_rmf has been updated to take advantage of the CrateDataset support added in CIAO 4.4. The interface is not compatible with that of CIAO 4.3.
Bugs
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