| Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |
| eventsets | yes | dataset list | ' ' | none |
| list of input events files | ||||
| instrument | yes | string | emos | emos/epn/rgs |
| select parameter name | ||||
| imagingset | no | dataset | 'merged.img' | none |
| name of output event file for IMAGING or SPECTROSCOPY mode | ||||
| timingset | no | dataset | 'merged.tim' | none |
| name of output event file for TIMING, BURST or HTR mode | ||||
| maintable | no | list of uppercase strings | EVENTS | none |
| names of tables to be merged | ||||
| othertables | no | list of uppercase strings | BADPIX EXPOSURE STDGTI | none |
| names of secondary tables or arrays to propagate | ||||
| primarychecks | no | list of strings | TELESCOP INSTRUME OBS_ID EXP_ID | none |
| primary attributes to check for compatibility | ||||
| primaryonly | no | list of strings | ORIGIN | none |
| primary attributes which should not be propagated to extensions | ||||
| extensionchecks | no | list of strings | TIMESYS MJDREF TIMEUNIT TIMEREF TASSIGN DET_SYST TCRPX TCTYP TCRVL TCDLT TCROT TCUNI | none |
| attributes to check for compatibility of the merged extensions | ||||
| minattributes | no | list of strings | TSTART TLMIN TDMIN | none |
| attributes to minimise in the merged extensions | ||||
| maxattributes | no | list of strings | TSTOP TLMAX TDMAX | none |
| attributes to maximise in the merged extensions | ||||
| mainattributes | no | list of strings | none | |
| attributes to propagate to the merged extensions | ||||
| emosdatamodes | no | list of strings | IMAGING TIMING | none |
| modes (DATAMODE keyword) to distinguish among input files | ||||
| emosimgcolnames | no | list of uppercase strings | TIME RAWX RAWY DETX DETY X Y PHA PI FLAG PATTERN OFFSETX OFFSETY | none |
| columns to propagate in merged extensions (Imaging mode) | ||||
| emosimgcoltypes | no | list of strings | double int16 int16 int16 int16 int32 int32 int16 int16 int32 int8 int16 int16 | int8/int16/int32/single/double/boolean/string |
| output type of Imaging mode columns | ||||
| emostimcolnames | no | list of uppercase strings | TIME RAWX PHA PI FLAG PATTERN OFFSETX | none |
| columns to propagate in merged extensions (Timing mode) | ||||
| emostimcoltypes | no | list of strings | double int16 int16 int16 int32 int8 int16 | int8/int16/int32/single/double/boolean/string |
| output type of Timing mode columns | ||||
| epndatamodes | no | list of strings | IMAGING TIMING | none |
| modes (DATAMODE keyword) to distinguish among input files | ||||
| epnimgcolnames | no | list of uppercase strings | TIME RAWX RAWY DETX DETY X Y PHA PI FLAG PATTERN PAT_ID PAT_SEQ OFFSETX | none |
| columns to propagate in merged extensions (Imaging mode) | ||||
| epnimgcoltypes | no | list of strings | double int16 int16 int16 int16 int32 int32 int16 int16 int32 int8 int16 int8 int16 | int8/int16/int32/single/double/boolean/string |
| output type of Imaging mode columns | ||||
| epntimcolnames | no | list of uppercase strings | TIME RAWX PHA PI FLAG PATTERN | none |
| columns to propagate in merged extensions (Timing mode) | ||||
| epntimcoltypes | no | list of strings | double int16 int16 int16 int32 int8 | int8/int16/int32/single/double/boolean/string |
| output type of Timing mode columns | ||||
| rgsdatamodes | no | list of strings | SPECTROSCOPY 'HIGH TIME RESOLUTION' | none |
| modes (DATAMODE keyword) to distinguish among input files | ||||
| rgsimgcolnames | no | list of uppercase strings | TIME CHIPX CHIPY BETA XDSP BETA_CORR XDSP_CORR BETA_CHANNEL XDSP_CHANNEL PHA PI FLAG SHAPE GRADE | none |
| columns to propagate in merged extensions (Spectroscopy mode) | ||||
| rgsimgcoltypes | no | list of strings | double int16 int16 single single single single int16 int16 int16 int16 int32 int8 int8 | int8/int16/int32/single/double/boolean/string |
| output type of Spectroscopy mode columns | ||||
| rgstimcolnames | no | list of uppercase strings | TIME CHIPX BETA BETA_CORR BETA_CHANNEL PHA PI FLAG | none |
| columns to propagate in merged extensions (HTR mode) | ||||
| rgstimcoltypes | no | list of strings | double int16 single single int16 int16 int16 int32 | int8/int16/int32/single/double/boolean/string |
| output type of HTR mode columns | ||||
| Parameter | Mand | Type | Default | Constraints |
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