NAME:
rdoccpht
PURPOSE:
Read a Occultation Photometer data file.
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
File I/O
CALLING SEQUENCE:
rdoccpht,file,time,counts,dt,comment
INPUTS:
file - String containing filename to read.
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
OUTPUTS:
time - vector of UT time (decimal hours)
counts - vector of counts for each time
dt - Time spacing between points (seconds)
comment - string that identifies data (read from header)
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
PROCEDURE:
Data is stored in 512 byte block "records". The first record is a header
and contains the following:
0 - 79 Comment (ASCII string)
80 - 81 clock ticks/second (integer)
82 - 83 clock ticks/integration (integer)
84 - 87 tick # of first point (long)
88 - 91 tick # of last point (long)
92 - 95 total # of clock ticks (long)
96 - 99 total # of data points (long)
100 - 101 UT Hours of first tick (integer)
102 - 103 UT minutes (integer)
104 - 107 UT seconds (real)
108 - 511 Null padding
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
95/1/25 - Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory