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Status of GLAST User Support

Status of GLAST User Support. David Band (GSSC/JCA-UMBC). Outline. Timeline Posting Tool GI Proposal Form TOO Request Form Documents. Timeline Posting Tool. Users will request past, present and future timelines through a webpage.

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Status of GLAST User Support

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  1. Status of GLAST User Support David Band (GSSC/JCA-UMBC)

  2. Outline • Timeline Posting Tool • GI Proposal Form • TOO Request Form • Documents

  3. Timeline Posting Tool • Users will request past, present and future timelines through a webpage. • Many options exist to select the displayed observations (e.g., by time, source, PI). • Many options exist to choose the displayed quantities. • The tool displays the most up-to-date information available. • The GUC will be asked to beta test this tool along with the GI tools.

  4. GI Proposal Form • GIs will enter basic proposal and target information through the Remote Proposal System (RPS). • RPS populates an OGIP database. Reports from this database will be used to populate GSSC databases. • The RPS form has already been created because GSSC software requires the reports from the OGIP databases. • Proposers can skip the target form if they are not requesting pointed observations. • Target form based on RXTE—too detailed? • The GUC will be asked to beta test this interface along with the GI tools.

  5. TOO Request Form • Scientists will request target-of-opportunity (TOO) observations through an RPS form. • The form supports both TOOs based on a successful GI proposal and ‘out-of-the-blue’ requests. • The request will be e-mailed to the GSSC operations software that will ingest the data into a database and initiate the human review of the request by activating the paging system. • The RPS form has already been created because the resulting e-mail is needed for developing the operations software. • The GUC will be asked to beta test this interface along with the GI tools.

  6. Documents—PDMP • I have posted the revision of the PDMP based on the GUC’s suggestions at http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/dev/current_documents/PDMP.doc • Updates are needed from the ground system and the IOCs.

  7. Documents—Science Data Products • Two draft science data products documents: an ICD (~20 pages) and a ‘File Format Document’ (FFD, ~275 pages). • The file transfer protocols and schedules have been worked out, but the ICD draft is not that mature. • The FITS file formats defined in the FFD are quite mature, and have been passed by the OGIP FITS WG. • We have a time convention—the same as Swift’s • The official time system is TT • Most times are given as Mission Elapsed Time (MET) relative to a reference time (MJDREF) • MJDREF is 0h0m0s on January 1, 2001 (UTC) or MJDREF=51910 (UTC) = 51910+7.428703703703703D-4 (TT) • Drafts can be found at http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/dev/current_documents/

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