Table of Contents
This section describes the main updates to HSpot that are relevant to PACS users that have been made since the release of the updated version for the OT1 Call was made was made (HSpot v5.1). PACS users are strongly recommended to read this document in conjunction with the PACS Observers' Manual and the HSpot Users' Guide.
[PHS-1587] Concatenation validator should accept targets within 2 degrees slew radius.
Effect: Users can specify an OFF position for unchopped spectroscopy that is up to 2 degrees away from the target position. This is the only exception permitted to the rule that concatenation can only be carried out within 1 degree of a target.
[PHS-1604] Pacs Line Spectroscopy AOT: bright line option for unchopped grating scan mode.
Effect: This is the implementation of a second generation observing mode for unchopped range spectroscopy targets that have high expected line fluxes above the saturation level of the default capacitance.
[PHS-1597] Uplink ON/OFF marker for Unchopped Range Spectroscopy on the HSpot front-end.
Effect: This allows users to link AORs for processing in HIPE, which is important for reduction of unchopped photometry.