RXTE GOF |
Retrieving Production Data from the
RXTE-GOF Online Area Recipes from the RXTE Cook Book |
RXTE FAQ |
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- The Online Data Area
- Automatic Email Notification
- Downloading and Decrypting Data
- Creating an Appropriate FMI
Starting October 1st, 1999, the RXTE GOF began to make fully-processed production data
available online to Guest Observers. This online service replaced
the previous system of sending RXTE data tapes to GOs by
postal mail.
The online RXTE FITS data are packaged by obsID, and PGP-encrypted to
preserve their security. The PGP key is identical to that provided to
you by the RXTE SOF when your observations were scheduled.
When we accept each data delivery from the processing pipeline at
XSDC, we create the PGP-encrypted tarfiles, and then generate Email
notifications for the relevant RXTE PIs. In each message we list all
the obsIDs recently processed and received under a given
proposal. Thus, a PI will receive a maximum of one Email message per
day per proposal, which in most cases should prove to be a minimal
amount of Email traffic.
If you're a very successful RXTE proposer, or you're involved in a
daily monitoring campaign, you may find that you're receiving more
Email from us than you'd like. In this case, you may choose to opt out
of our automatic notification scheme: just send us Email at
xtehelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov enclosing your name and the proposal
IDs that you wish us to remove from the automatic notification
script, and we'll implement the change. However, note that you'll then
assume responsibility for checking the online data area regularly for
your data.
XDF, and a number of the data analysis recipes and scripts, assume a
certain hierarchical directory structure for RXTE FITS data, with
obsIDs grouped in a single proposal directory with a FITS Master Index
file. As our online delivery system treats data on an obsID by obsID
basis, you'll need to reconstruct the relevant Master Index files for
the obsIDs you've obtained so far. To do this:
Update this FMI file to cover all obsIDs in the directory:
Note that if you later add new obsIDs (subdirectories) to your
main directory, you'll need to rerun the 'recofmi' step to update
your FMI, so XDF and other software will recognize the new data.
Then proceed with RXTE data analysis as usual, as covered by our
userguides and recipes.
Please direct any questions about our Online Data Area to
xtehelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov
The Online Data Area
Automatic Email Notification
Downloading and Decrypting Data
30034-01-23-00.tar.pgp
30034-01-24-00.tar.pgp
40014-01-02-00.tar.pgp
etc. Identify the files you need, and copy them back to your home
machine using a Save-Link-As command in your browser, or the FTP
`get' or `mget' commands. Don't forget these are binary data.
tar xvf 40066-01-01-00.tar
( ... continue with other obsIDs ... )
This will create a top-level proposal directory in your working
space, e.g. P40066, containing one subdirectory per obsID.
Creating an Appropriate FMI
cd P40066
cp 40066-01-01-00/FMI .
recofmi overwrite=yes .
(don't miss the "dots" at the end of the above two commands; these
are the second argument in each case).
If you have a question about RXTE, please send email to one of our
help desks.