Subject: SDAST meeting



Dear SDASTers,

it was good to see all of you at the meeting. Just to prove that I was
listening to, if not watching, the proceedings, here's a little summary of the
things I understood I should do in the next few months. Asterisks indicate
a direct connection with OSA 6.1, otherwise list is in no particular order:

1) Organize my visit to ISDC in May
2) ADD: add the figure showing data flow with and without IC gain history
	tables and write a piece on the creation and use of IC tables.
3)* Update j_dead_time_calc to include:
	- New columns LIVETIME and DEADC according to the OGIP standard
	- Correct DEAD_EFF calculation
	- Add SB's more sophisticated grey filter/double trigger calculation
	  to the deadtimes including DEAD_EFF
	- Extend all deadtime calculations involving grey filter to the best
	  time resolution available using JMXi-INST-STA
4)* Write the SCREW(s) related to 3)
5)* Update j_cor_position:
	- talk to NL about improved hotspot flagging
	- Improve hotspot flagging (search only low energies...)
	- Bug fix for raw position values of 255
6) Add single segment operation to j_calib_gain_fitting and j_cor_gain
7) Look into rare strange log messages in j_calib_ADC (**small** bug)
8)* Update JMXi-DETE-MOD with all dead anodes
9) Make tools to determine spatial gain variation
10)* Update JMXi-SPAG-MOD when 9) complete
11) Continue to develop j_calib_gain_HK and add temperature dependence to
    j_cor_gain
12)* Deliver IC gain history tables for some revolutions that need temp. 
	dependence included
	
NB: I cannot garantee that all the asterisk items will be finished in the next
few months, so this list gives a somewhat idealised view of what will be 
available for OSA6.1. IMOD and IC table delivery will probably have to wait till
after the software freeze. Points 9 and 11 are obviously particularly labour
intensive and may require extra time......we'll see.

All comments are welcome. Extra items on the to-do list are not!

Hope you all got home safely,

Carol Anne

DANISH NATIONAL SPACE CENTER
Dr. Carol Anne Oxborrow
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