XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


odfingest (odfingest-3.33.2) [22.0.0-9173c7d25-20250127]

Instrument Details Record

There will be 6 instrument details records, one for each instrument, following the file details record. An instrument details record will have the following structure. After each instrument details record there will be n exposure records, where n is the number of exposures during the observation for that instrument.

Instrument Details Record

Line	Offset	Type	Description	Note No.
1	0	A10, 70X	'INSTRUMENT'	Note 1
2	0	A2, 1X	Instrument Id.	Note 2
2	3	A77	Comment	Note 3
3	0	A1, 1X	Instrument Active Flag	Note 4
3	2	A78	Comment	Note 3
4	0	A4,1X	Number of exposures	Note 5
4	5	A75	Comment	Note 3

1. Identifies the record as an Instrument Details Record
2. The syntax is ii (Section )and can have the values OM, R1, R2, M1, M2 or PN.
3. All comments will have the syntax ' / text'
4. Y/N flag indicating whether the instrument was active during the observation.
5. The number of exposures associated with this instrument. If the instrument was inactive then this value is zero and no exposure records follow.