Release Note for the Astro-E2 XRT+XRS simulator for AO1 proposers
					2004 July 08

1. Contents

The tar package, SimASTE-2004-07-08-linux.tar.gz (this is for Linux;
for OSF1, Solaris, and MacOS please read "linux" as "osf", "solaris",
and "darwin", respectively), contains the following files.

linux/
 mkphlist			:excutable binary of mkphlist
 mkphlist.par			:parameter file of mkphlist
 mkphlist.txt			:help file of mkphlist
 xrssim				:excutable binary of xrssim
 xrssim.par			:parameter file of xrssim
 xrssim.txt			:help file of xrssim
 xrsqlp				:excutable binary of xrsqlp
 xrsqlp.par			:parameter file of xrsqlp
 xrsqlp.txt			:help file of xrsqlp

simulate/
 crab-gen.sh			:test shell-script for mkphlist
 crab-obs.sh			:test shell-script for xrssim
 crab-xrsqlp.sh			:test shell-script for xrsqlp
 crab.qdp			:template spectrum file (input to mkphlist)
 xrs_ao1.rmf			:XRS RMF file (input to xrssim)
 xrs_teldef_2004-05-19.fits	:XRS teldef file (input to xrssim)
 xrt-s_geometry_45degrot_1999-02-19.fits
		:XRT mirror description file (input to xrssim)
 xrt-s_precollimator_geometry_45degrot_2003-09-11.fits
		:XRT pre-collimator description file (input to xrssim)
 xrt-s_reflect_2003-09-10.fits
		:XRT mirror/pre-collimator reflectivity table (input to xrssim)
 xrt_thermal_shield_trans_2003-01-20.fits
		:XRT themal shield transmission table (input to xrssim)


2. Running the Simulator

For details of each program please read the help files, mkphlist.txt,
xrssim.txt, and xrsqlp.txt. You can test the simulation procedure
under the "simulate" directory using the shell scripts included in the
package.  In OSF1 you should type "uac p 0" before running xrsqlp not
to print warning messages (as done in the shell script).

 unix> gzip -cd SimASTE-2004-07-08-linux.tar.gz |tar xf - 
 unix> cd simulate
 unix> setenv EXT linux 		
 unix> ./crab-gen.sh 
	! A simulated photon list named "crab.photons" is produced.
 unix> ./crab-obs.sh 
	! A simulated event list named "crab.events" is produced.
 unix> ./crab-xrsqlp.sh 
	! A quick look plot named "crab-xrsqlp.img" (FITS image) and "crab-xrsqlp.ps" (ps file) is produced.

For further details, please consult
  http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/astroe/prop_tools/xrssim/xrssim_usage.html