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Errors

This section documents warnings and errors generated by this task (if any). Note that warnings and errors can also be generated in the SAS infrastructure libraries, in which case they would not be documented here. Refer to the index of all errors and warnings available in the HTML version of the SAS documentation.

badEnergyChanserror 
 elow GT ehigh
 
noClosederror 
 Does not work with filter=Closed ODFs
 
noOOTwMOSerror 
 Will not process PN OOT file for MOS input EVLI
 
noPNFasterror 
 Espfilt does not support EPN Fast mode
 
noPNSmallWindowerror 
 Espfilt does not support EPN Small Window mode
 
UnsupportedMethoderror 
 Method must be either histogram or ratio
 
badInfileerror 
 Input event list does not have necessary components.
 
noGTIerror 
 GTI file does not exist
 
badInfileerror 
 Problems reading, accessing table, columns in event file.
 
badTableerror 
 Input or output file table missing critical Column
 
evselecterror 
 Problems filtering one of the files with evselect.
 
noCountserror 
 All histo counts are zero! Check your FOV Lightcurve!
 
textwriteerror 
 Error writing to a text file, *.txt or *.qdp.
 
LCgtLIMITS(2)error 
 Lowest count in lightcurve is GT limits(2)
 
PNLargeWindowwarning 
 EPN PrimeLargeWindow SUBMODE may produce suspect results, but will attempt
corrective action: attempts analysis
 
RatioBinLT100warning 
 Binsize for Ratio Method should be >= 100
corrective action: attempts analysis
 
noIntervalswarning 
 Did not find any intervals that meet criteria
corrective action: attempts analysis
 
lowOutOfRangewarning 
 low outside acceptable range
corrective action: sets L_IMME to -9.99E+99
 
MaxPLCltHighwarning 
 Max plc value outside acceptable range
corrective action: sets H_IMME to -9.99E+99
 
HfitEvalBlownUpwarning 
 Components for calculating H_IMME/H_TOTL may have blown up
corrective action: suggest alternate IP params
 
LfitEvalBlownUpwarning 
 Components for calculating L_IMME/L_TOTL may have blown up
corrective action: suggest alternate IP params
 
NoOpenQDPfilewarning 
 Problem open/read/write output QDP file
corrective action: attempts write to LUN
 
SingularMatrixwarning 
 Singular matrix solution
corrective action: No Count Rate Histogram Produced
 
nnLTzerowarning 
 Close interval running problem. NN is LT 0?
corrective action: suggest alternate IP params
 
BadFittingParamwarning 
 Your choices for input params are causing gaussian fit to fail
corrective action: suggest alternate IP params
 

XMM-Newton SOC -- 2023-04-16