widstape idsout input records
idsout
The output file name to receive the card-image data. This may be a
magtape specification (e.g. mta, mtb) or disk file name.
input
The input root file name for the spectra to be written
records
The record string to be appended to the root name to create the image
names of the spectra to be written.
new_tape = no
If set to yes, the tape is rewound and output begins at BOT. If no,
output begins at EOT unless an explicit file specification is given
as part of the magtape file name for parameter "idsout" (e.g. mta[2]).
If idsout contains a file specification of [1], then writing begins
at BOT regardless of the value for new_tape.
block_size = 3200
The tape block size in bytes. This must be an integral factor of 80.
ebcdic = no
The default character code is ASCII, but if this parameter is set to yes,
the output character will be in EBCDIC.
The specified spectra are copied to the output file in a card-image format defined in the IPPS-IIDS/IRS Reduction Manual. Values from the extended image header are used to fill in the observational parameters.
The basic format consists of 4 - 80 byte header cards, 128 data cards having 8 data elements per card in 1PE10.3 FORTRAN equivalent format, and a trailing blank card for a total of 133 cards. Thus spectra up to 1024 points may be contained in the IDSOUT format. The format is outlined below:
Line Column Type
1 1-5 Integer Record number within IDSOUT text file
6-10 Integer Integration time
11-25 Real Wavelength of first bin
26-40 Real Dispersion
41-45 Integer 0 (Index of first pixel)
46-50 Integer Line length - 1 (Index of last pixel)
71-80 Integer UT time
2 1-10 Real Siderial time
11-25 Real Right Ascension
26-40 Real Declination
3 21-35 Real Hour Angle
36-50 Real Air mass
51-58 Integer UT date
60-76 String Image title
78-80 String END
4 1-64 String Record label
78-80 String END
5-132 Real 1024 pixel values, 8 per line
133 Blank line
The data of type real are in exponent format; i.e FORTRAN 'E' format (1.234e3).
There are no special marks between spectral images, and when multiple spectra are written with a single command, the first card of a subsequent spectrum may be within the same physical tape block as the last card of the previous spectrum. This assures that all tape blocks (except the very last one in the tape file) are all the same length. A double end-of-mark is written after the last spectrum.
The following example writes an IDSOUT format tape starting at the beginning of the tape.
cl> widstape mta nite1 1001-1200 new_tape+
Each spectrum of 1024 points requires about 2 second.