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NAME
decodeevt -- Decodes event keywords in XTE Science Event files
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USAGE
decodeevt infile outfile
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DESCRIPTION
This task decodes event keywords in an input XTE Science Event file,
and generates an output file with separate columns for TIME, CHANNEL,
PCUID, ANODE, and PROPANE. If no PCUID information (integer: 0-4) is
available in the input file, the values in the output column are set
to -999. If no ANODE information (string: "X1R"/"X3L" etc) is
available, the column contains INDEFs. If no PROPANE information (bit
0/1) is available, this column is not written to the output file.
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PARAMETERS
.ls infile [string - file name]
The name of input Science Event file.
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.ls outfile [string - file name]
The name of output file.
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.ls (clobber = no) [boolean]
If "yes", an existing file with the same
name as the requested output file will be overwritten.
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EXAMPLES
1.  Decode a Science Event file using DECODEEVT.
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decodeevt infile=mySEfile outfile=myoutfile
.fi
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NOTES:
This tool supercedes the old, obselete SEEXPD.
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BUGS
Due to problems with the data descriptors in the input files, this
tool will not work with the (very rarely used) event modes E_62us_4M*
and E_500us_64M*.

Please report problems to xtehelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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SEE ALSO
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