| Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |
| odfdir | no | string | . | must exist |
Name of the directory containing a set of correctly named ODF
components.
|
| ra | no | real | 0. | [0, 360] |
right ascension (satellite pointing) in degrees for the observation. This is used in the attitude history file. |
| dec | no | real | 0. | [-90, 90] |
declination (satellite pointing) in degrees for the observation. This is used in the attitude history file. |
| posangle | no | real | 90. | [0,360] |
astronomical position angle (satellite pointing, as defined in the XMM scisim) in degrees for the observation. This is used in the attitude history file. |
| findnominalpointing | no | boolean | yes | |
Extract nominal pointing from existing attitude history file? |
| filter | no | string | UNKNOWN | |
Extract filter keyword from the AUX files if it exists. If not, it is set to UNKNOWN (Mainly used for SciSim data). |
| Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |