parser.add_option("--shift",metavar="ns",help="Number of nanoseconds to delay (negative) or advance (positive) the time stream",type="int")
parser.add_option("--sample-rate",metavar="Hz",default=16384,type="int",help="Sample rate at which to generate the data, should be less than or equal to the sample rate of the measured psds provided, default = 16384 Hz, max 16384 Hz")
parser.add_option("--whiten-reference-psd",metavar="name",help="Set the name of psd xml file to whiten the data with")
parser.add_option("--whiten-track-psd",action="store_true",help="Calculate PSD from input data and track with time. Always enabled if --whiten-reference-psd is not given.")
parser.add_option("--whiten-track-psd",action="store_true",help="Whiten the data by tracking PSD changes, can be combined with --whiten-reference-psd to seed the process.")
parser.add_option("--color-psd",metavar="name",help="Set the name of psd xml file to color the data with")
parser.add_option("--output-path",metavar="name",default=".",help="Path to output frame files (default = \".\").")
parser.add_option("--output-channel-name",metavar="name",help="The name of the channel in the output frames. The default is the same as the channel name")