Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppSim.config
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--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppSim.config	(revision 24809)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppSim.config	(revision 24810)
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@
 BIAS.ORDER	S32	7		# Order for overscan polynomial
 
+# dark signal = (DARK.RATE + DARK.TEMP1*TEMP + DARK.TEMP2*TEMP^2)*EXPTIME
 DARK            BOOL    TRUE
 DARK.RATE	F32	5.0		# Dark current (e/s)
+DARK.TEMP	F32	0.0		# Dark temperature trend (e/s/C)
+DARK.TEMP2	F32	0.0		# 2nd order Dark temperature trend (e/s/C^2)
+DET.TEMP	F32   -20.0		# Detector temperature
+
+# dark signal = (DARK.RATE + DARK.TEMP1*TEMP + DARK.TEMP2*TEMP^2)*EXPTIME
+# the following dark model can be used to test ppMerge with DARK.ORDINATES
+TEST.DARKTEMP   METADATA
+  DARK            BOOL    TRUE
+  DARK.RATE	F32	25.0		# Dark current (e/s)
+  DARK.TEMP	F32	0.5		# Dark temperature trend (e/s/C)
+  DARK.TEMP2	F32	0.05		# 2nd order Dark temperature trend (e/s/C^2)
+  DET.TEMP	F32	-20.0		# Detector temperature
+EDN
 
 FLAT            BOOL    TRUE