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The instr column for both the minbar and minbar-obs tables are encoded as three-character strings. The first two characters indicates the instrument:

`XPx`	Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array (PCA)
`SWx`	BeppoSAX Wide-Field Camera (WFC)
`IJx`	INTEGRAL Joint European X-ray Monitor (JEM-X)

The third character indicates the camera number, for the WFC and JEM-X. For the PCA, it encodes the number of PCUs on, as follows:

Code	PCUs on	Code	PCUs on	Code	PCUs on
`XP0`	0	`XPg`	1,3	`XPr`	1,2,4
`XP1`	1	`XPh`	0,1,3	`XPs`	0,1,2,4
`XP2`	2	`XPi`	2,3	`XPt`	3,4
`XP3`	3	`XPj`	0,2,3	`XPu`	0,3,4
`XP4`	4	`XPk`	1,2,3	`XPv`	1,3,4
`XPa`	0,1,2,3,4	`XPl`	0,1,2,3	`XPw`	0,1,3,4
`XPb`	0,1	`XPm`	0,4	`XPx`	2,3,4
`XPc`	0,2	`XPn`	1,4	`XPy`	0,2,3,4
`XPd`	1,2	`XPo`	0,1,4	`XPz`	1,2,3,4
`XPe`	0,1,2	`XPp`	2,4
`XPf`	0,3	`XPq`	0,2,4

Note that for some observations, the number of PCUs on changes throughout the observation. Thus, the PCU code reflects the number of PCUs on for the longest sub-interval

Below is an extended set of instr codes for use with bursts from other instruments preliminary

Instrument	directory (existing)	code	ref
ART-P/Granat	minbar/granat	GAP (also -AS, -SI, -WA?)	granat90
GRANAT	"	GWA	watch85
ASCA	minbar/asca	ASC	ascaxrt95
ASM	asm	XAS	asm96
EXOSAT	minbar/exosat	EXM (for MECS)	exosatmecs81
Einstein	minbar/einstein	EIM (for MPC; also HRI)	einstein79
FREGATE	minbar/fregate	H2F (also -W, -S)	hete203,fregate03
Ginga	minbar/ginga	GLA (also -AS, for ASM)	gingalac89
Hakucho	minbar/hakucho	HF2 (for FMC-2)	hakucho81
JEM-X	minbar/jemx/data	IJn (where n=1,2)
MAXI	minbar/maxi	MAG (for GSC)	maxi11
NuSTAR	minbar/nustar	NUx (where x=A,B, X)
OSO-8
PCA	data (packet) or fits (FITS)	XPn where n is the PCU code

SAS-3
Swift/XRT	minbar/swift	WTx (where x=B, T, X)
BAT
BAT+XRT
BAT/XRT
Vela 5B
WFC	minbar/wfc/wfcspec_vs2	SWn where n is the camera no.

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