Bug List for CIAO 4.2

The CIAO 4.2 software release includes several bug fixes to the tools and the Data Model. For complete details on this release, see the release notes. A list of bugs fixed in this release is available at the end of each bug page.

Users should also check the Frequently Asked Questions for information on warnings, common errors, and other problems.

If you think you have found a bug in CIAO which is not shown here, please submit a ticket to the CXC Helpdesk describing the problem.

Tools

GUI Applications and Ahelp

Libraries

Contributed Scripts

Systems and Installation

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CIAO 4.2 Homepage
Introduction: Welcome; Tools & Applications
Data Analysis: Analysis Guides; Science Threads; Why Topics; Help Pages (AHELP)
Documentation: "Watch Out" List; Bug List; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ); Manuals & Memos; Dictionary; Publications; Download the Website
Download CIAO: Download CIAO 4.2; Download CALDB; Contributed Scripts Package; System Requirements; Installation Instructions; Platform Support; Release Notes; Version History; Other Analysis Software
Sherpa (Modeling and Fitting): Sherpa website; Threads; Help Files
ChIPS (Plotting Package): ChIPS website; Threads; Help Files
Scripting in CIAO: Introduction; Modules; Documents
Data Products: Data Basics; Data Products Guide; Data Caveats; Standard Data Processing; Reprocessing III; Chandra Data Archive; TGCat: Gratings Catalog & Archive
Workshops: Program Information; Previous Workshops
CXC Links: CALDB; Chandra Source Catalog; PSFs with ChaRT; ObsVis; WebGUIDE; Astrostatistics Collaboration; CXO Cross-calibration Page
CXC HelpDesk
Site Map

Analysis Notes

Matching CIAO and CALDB Versions

CIAO 4.2 requires CALDB 4.2.0 to operate properly.

CALDB 4.2.0 should not be used unless you are running CIAO 4.2.

Are your versions mismatched? Update CIAO and CALDB!

News

Previous Items

19 Aug 2010

A new version of the Contributed Scripts and Modules tarfile has been released; download the updated package from the Scripts page.

This update feature combine_spectra, a script that coadds multiple imaging source PHA spectra, the associated backgrounds and the ARF files.

19 Jul 2010

Version 2 of the Sherpa package for CIAO 4.2 has been released. Sherpa v2 has a number of enhancements, such as two new iterative fitting methods, refinements to parallelization, and many improvements to instrument and source models.

Support for the S-Lang scripting language has been removed from Sherpa in this release. S-Lang is still included for the CIAO tools and modules and for the ChIPS plotting application.

Download Sherpa v2 (Sherpa v2 is not available on Mac OS X 10.4 PPC.)