Global Parameters

Additional flexibility is achieved by using a number of global parameters controlling the XRONOS session. These are specified by running command cpf (change parameter file). XRONOS global parameters are designed to:

• control the chattiness of XRONOS applications

• write to a application log file all the interactions with XRONOS applications and specify the application log file chattiness

• change the default output filename root and i/o status

• replace data gaps with a moving average of the light curve(s)

• force a given start time in the analysis

• calculate errors bars for the results of various types of analysis by propagating theoretical error bars or by direct evaluation of the scatter around the mean values in a frame

• analyse window functions

• normalise the results in various ways

• force strict simultaneity in time series from two or three energy bands, e.g. for cross-correlation analysis

• specify special windows for burst analysis

• specify a rescaling factor and an additive constant for the results