<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< SOFTWARE  RELEASE  ANNOUNCEMENT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FTOOLS  VERSION 3.2  DISTRIBUTION >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< XSELECT VERSION 1.2  DISTRIBUTION >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

How:    Anonymous FTP from legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov
Where:  software/ftools/release/ directory
What:   *** FTOOLS Source and Data...(get both!) ***
        ftools.v3.2.tar.Z   -  Source Code Distribution for all platforms
        refdata.v3.2.tar.Z  -  Minimal subset of Calibration Database

        *** Compressed Postscript Documentation ***
        Develop.v3.2.ps.Z    -  Developer's Guide
        Install.v3.2.ps.Z    -  Installation Guide
        Users.v3.2.ps.Z      -  User's Guide
        TechRef.v3.2.ps.Z    -  Complete User's Guide and help pages

Supported Platforms: (See Installation Guide for details)
        unix         ALPHA/OSF, DEC/ULTRIX, SUN/SunOS, MODCOMP/REALIX,
        vms          ALPHA/VMS, VAX/VMS

FTOOLS Version 3.2 Summary:
===========================

The underlying command line interpreter for the host version of FTOOLS
changed in version 3.0 from the SAO Host interface to XPI. Most of the 
modification in this 3.2 release bring the XPI interface closer to the 
earlier SAO Host interface. 

A "core" subset of the FTOOLS made up of the futils, fimage and time
subpackages can be installed instead of the full package. Note that
the refdata.v3.2.tar.Z file is not needed by this "core" subset.

All of the source code necessary to build the FTOOLS is included in
this release.  No binary libraries are included except for the MODCOMP.

New tasks available:
   ascaeffmap - Generates an ASCA EFF detector image file for an input PHA file
     ascaexpo - Very Beta (contact Eric Gotthelf for details)
       addrmf - Adds together two or more RMFs
    ascii2pha - Creates an OGIP FITS PHA file from an ascii dataset
     gevt2rdf - Converts a German _events dataset to RDF _bas format
       mkqsrc - adds extra fields for quality screening to ROSAT source file
       pcfilt - Creates a ROSAT PSPC makefilter file

XSELECT version 1.2 summary:
============================

New Commands:
* FILTER TIME has changed altogether.  The cursor selection is now in FILTER
  TIME CURSOR.  Added are FILTER TIME {MJD,SCC,UT} which allow you to enter
  timing filters by HAND in MJD, Spacecraft Clock time, or UT.  There old
  FILTER TIME is now FILTER TIME FILE.
* The associated SAVE commands are now grouped into SAVE TIME CURSOR, and 
  SAVE TIME KEYBOARD.  The associated clear commands are grouped under 
  CLEAR TIME.
* The commands set SET XYCENTER and SET XYSIZE allow you to move the
  image center and resize the image.

Bug Fixes:
* SET IMAGE will now work if you have no region filter...

New Features:

* There is now (at least provisional) support for EINSTEIN IPC and HRI
* Make obscat now works with ROSAT and EINSTEIN ( though you may need to
  set the MISSION_INSTRUMENT_lststr variable to your file naming convention )
* Files with TLMIN > TLMAX for the ENERGY column will now be rejected at 
  the CHOOSE stage.  You will be warned that this is happening. 
* SAVE SPECTRUM for ROSAT PSPC truncates to 256 channels (this is settable)
* There are mission specific MKF file names.


ROSAT FTOOLS News
============================

   There are three new ROSAT FTOOLS  which are  available with FTOOLS
   version 3.2 : 

     PCFILT - Creates a ROSAT PSPC  makefilter file for datascreening
              with Xselect (ROSAT).

   GEVT2RDF - Converts  a  German  _events dataset to RDF _bas format.

     MKQSRC - Adds extra fields for quality screening to ROSAT source
               file.

     and three new ROSAT perl scripts :

     MK_ALLEVT - Combines accepted and rejected events into one table.

  FIX_REV0_PHA - This is a  temporary script for fixing up  PHA files 
                 made from Rev0 data using the current extractor. 

        EXTPHA - Extracts some  or all  of the extensions from a _src 
                 file and makes individual PHA files out of them. 

============================

Please send comments and questions to ftoolshelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov


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