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Why does the Observing Summary Corrected Count Rate plot look completely different depending on the end time of the plot?

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Why does the Observing Summary Corrected Count Rate plot look completely different depending on the end time of the plot?

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The algorithm that corrects for attenuator and decimation state changes looks for jumps in attenuator and/or decimation states *during the time interval selected*, and computes the correction from the count rates before and after the change in state. If the state changes more than once, during your selected time interval, then the correction factor is interpolated between the two state changes. If you have a short time interval with just one attenuator and decimation state, it makes no corrections. If you extend it just a little to cross an attenuator state change, then the count rates are all normalized to the A1 state.

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