read_rmf

Synopsis

Load an RMF file into a RMFCrateDataset.

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

See the bug pages on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Refer to the CIAO bug pages for an up-to-date listing of known issues.

See Also

contrib

make_image_crate, make_table_crate, scale_image_crate, smooth_image_crate, write_arrays, write_columns

crates

add_col, add_crate, add_key, add_piximg, cratedataset, delete_col, delete_key, delete_piximg, get_crate, is_rmf, read_file, read_pha, write_file, write_pha, write_rmf