[vsnet-grb 42] (fwd) HETE Notices formats

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

(fwd) HETE Notices formats

Date: Mon, 15 Jan 01 12:27:40 -0500
From: vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bacodine)

Some of you have been asking about the format of the HETE Notices -- and 
understandably so.  While not yet complete, there is something available
to allow you to start efforts on handling these new Notice types on your end.

For the socket sites, the URL:
http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/sock_pkt_def_doc.html
describes the contents of the 4 basic subtypes of HETE Notices.
Along with all the old packets available, it contains new sections
listing the 90% of what you'll need to know.  I say 90%, because there are
still a few holes.  The remaining 10% will be completed soon or when the
HETE messages start flowing.  (Unlike the initial effort with BATSE, where
the BATSE content was already in place and well known, the HETE messages
will be new to everyone and will likely have a few odds-n-ends to be learned
as we all get up the new-mission learning curve.)

The email formats will be very similar to the IPN_POSITION Notices.
There will be 4 corners specified for one or both of the WXM and SXC
instrument location determinations.  There will be a few new fields (tokens)
as well for specific features within the HETE instruments (trigger timesscales
and signal-to-noise detection significance).  There will also be tokens
and/or comments about the trigger type (eg, burst, x-ray src, etc; much like
was done in the BATSE-based Notices).  Examples of email will be posted 
on the GCN web site and announced soon.

Sincerely,
Scott Barthelmy   (GCN Operations)


Site_name: KYOTO
Lon,Lat=  135.75   35.00
Distribution_method: SOCKET  Port_number= 5148   Disconn_notice= 1
Address: grb.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp   
Filter:  ALL
Error_limit=   360.100 [deg, diameter]
Delta_T_limit= 999.900 [hr]
BATSE_Intensity_threshold= -1 [cnts],  but no longer meaningful
BATSE_Trigger_ID_filter:   Disabled,  but no longer meaningful
Sources & Notice Types/Subtypes:
    BATSE-Original:      Enabled,  but no longer available
    BATSE-Final:         Enabled,  but no longer available
    BATSE-MAXBC:         Enabled,  but no longer available
    BATSE-Locburst:      Enabled,  but no longer available
    BATSE-Lightcurve:    Disabled, but no longer available
    COMPTEL_nosaw:       Enabled,  but no longer available
    COMPTEL_saw:         Enabled,  but no longer available
    RXTE-PCA_Alert_wont: Enabled
    RXTE-PCA_Alert_will: Enabled
    RXTE-PCA_nosaw:      Enabled
    RXTE-PCA_saw:        Enabled
    RXTE-ASM:            Enabled
    IPN_POS:             Disabled
    SAX-WFC_saw:         Enabled
    SAX-NFI_saw:         Enabled
    Test_notices:        Enabled
    ALEXIS:              Enabled
    RXTE-ASM_TRANS:      Enabled
    HETE_ALERT:          Enabled
    HETE_UPDATE:         Enabled
    HETE_FINAL:          Enabled
    HETE_GND_ANA:        Enabled

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