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CIAO 3.4 Release Notes


[New] (02 Feb 2007) CALDB has been patched to version 3.3.0.1.

[New] (29 Jan 2007) CIAO patches for Mac OS X 10.4 on PowerPC and Intel have been released. Refer to the CIAO 3.4.1 and 3.4.1.1 Release Notes for information.

The CIAO 3.4 and CALDB 3.3.0 releases primarily consist of changes related to the CTI corrections. The CTI-adjustment algorithm included in acis_process_events now accommodates the newly calibrated serial CTI on the back-illuminated CCDs. This is in addition to the continued support for parallel CTI. This CIAO release also contains two new tools for working with HRC data (hrc_build_badpix, hrc_dtfstats) and the ability to update WCS in non-Chandra images (reproject_aspect, wcs_match, wcs_update). Significant work has been done on the tool psf_project_ray, which has four new parameters. Plus bug fixes to the Data Model library and several CIAO tools.



How CALDB 3.4.1 Affects Your Analysis

This section of the release notes describes how the CALDB 3.4.1 release will affect your analysis. The changes are arranged by instrument and grating configuration.

ACIS Imaging Data

ACIS Grating Data

HRC-I Imaging and Grating Data


How CALDB 3.4.0 Affects Your Analysis

This section of the release notes describes how the CALDB 3.4.0 release will affect your analysis. The changes are arranged by instrument and grating configuration.

ACIS Imaging Data

ACIS Grating Data

HRC-I Imaging and Grating Data

HRC-S Grating Data


How the CALDB 3.3.0.1 Patch Affects Your Analysis

The CALDB 3.3.0.1 patch was released on 02 February 2007. All users should install this patch to have a properly functioning CALDB.

Caveat: ACIS -120C FEF for CTI-corrected ACIS data


How CIAO 3.4 and CALDB 3.3.0 Affect Your Analysis

Some tool changes and calibration files released in CIAO 3.4 and CALDB 3.3.0 affect analyses in progress, i.e. certain processing steps should be run again for greater accuracy. This section of the release notes describes those changes, as well as the affected tasks, arranged by instrument and grating configuration.

Reprocessing your data ensures that the newest calibration available is applied consistently through the analysis. Follow the Create a New Level=2 Event File thread if you know you want to reprocess and are not concerned about the details of the calibration changes.

CALDB 3.3.0 is required for the proper operation of CIAO 3.4. Likewise, do not update to CALDB 3.3.0, unless you are using CIAO 3.4.

Who Is Not Affected

ACIS Imaging Data (-120 C)

ACIS Grating Data (-120 C)

HRC-S Imaging Data

HRC-I Imaging Data

HRC Grating Data


Tools

acis_build_badpix

acis_process_events

dmcoords

dmcopy

dmextract

dmgti

dmkeypar

dmlist

dmmakereg

hrc_build_badpix

hrc_dtfstats

mkacisrmf

mkarf

mkexpmap

mkgarf

mkgrmf

mkinstmap

mkrmf

mkwarf

mtl_build_gti

psf_project_ray

reproject_aspect

specextract

tg_resolve_events

wavdetect

wcs_match

wcs_update

wrecon


Parameter Files

Since some of the parameter files have new entries or default values, it is recommended that users delete all old parameter files before running CIAO 3.3. The FAQ on cleaning up parameter files has more information.

ardlib.par

dmgti

mkarf

mkgarf

mkinstmap

mkwarf

mtl_build_gti

psf_project_ray

wrecon


Data Model

Bug Fixes

Subspace Editing

S-Lang 2.0 compatibility


ds9

CIAO 3.4 contains ds9 v4.0b7, which runs on OS X 10.3 or higher.

If you are using OS X 10.2, you will need to customize your installation to use ds9 v3.0.3 (also packaged with the CIAO 3.4 software).

unix% cd $ASCDS_INSTALL/ots/saord
unix% mv ds9 ds9.4.0
unix% mv ds9.3.0.3 ds9

Sherpa

There was no development done on Sherpa for CIAO 3.4.

Libraries

hdrlib

libardlib

libemap.h

regionlib

rmflib


Analysis Scripts

The CIAO contributed scripts package is available from the Scripts page and is considered a required part of the installation. The script installation instructions explain where the scripts should be unpacked within the CIAO directory tree.

acis_fef_lookup v1.19

acisspec v3.7

fullgarf v3.3.1

merge_all v3.4

psextract v3.4


Documentation

Download pages

Analysis Threads

New Threads

Updated Threads

Why Topics

CALDB Website