What if a local Caldb does not appear to be set-up?
If a local Caldb does not appear to be set-up at your site, but you anticipate writing tasks which will/can make use of a local Caldb, then we suggest you investigate setting one up. The process is described in CAL/GEN/94-004 and really isn’t that difficult. It should also be noted that as a “local Caldb manager”, one can choose which mission/instrument combinations you wish to include in your local Caldb, and even which subset of data files. A local Caldb does not have to contain all the calibration files available at the HEASARC. Indeed your local Caldb could even only contain the files ncessary for your task(s).