Tool: extract_uvot_events

Description

This tool extracts uncompressed UVOT event data and writes them in plain ASCII values.

Option Summary

OptionArgument TypeDefault Value
-event_apid Integer 771
-infile String -
-outfile String -

Only the initial unique characters of each option are significant. Each option must be followed by an argument of the given type. Boolean "true" and "false" are indicated with "y" and "n" respectively. A boolean option without a value is assumed to be "true". For filename arguments, "-" means either stdin or stdout as appropriate. Each option is described in detail below.

Parameters

event_apid Integer (default = 771)
APID containing event data. All other APIDs are ignored.

infile String (default = -)
The file from which to read packets.

outfile String (default = -)
The file to which the events are written.