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So I am running ecidentify (on a new anaconda installation of iraf). I have marked my wavelengths and fit a solution.
However, the solution does not appear to be saved. When I do an splot of the spectra the dispersion axis is still in pixel units (and pressing $ does not change the units either). On opening up the header for the arc file I see that there is no change written into the CRVAL values (shouldn't this be the case?)
I also ignored this and applied the spectrum to an object spectra using dispcor, and the resulting fit is in pixel values only. I have been using the echelle package.
Below is the header of arc file (without the standard observatory keywords). When I open the file using ecidentify I get shown the correct wavelengths for each aperture, but when viewing in splot I can only view in pixel values. I think I am doing something simple wrong here but I can't figure out what and where. Help would be much appreciated!

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BANDID1 = 'spectrum - background none, weights none, clean no'
APNUM1 = '1 1 12.87 17.81'
APNUM2 = '2 2 41.17 44.92'
APNUM3 = '3 3 75.23 89.49'
APNUM4 = '4 4 110.07 112.92'
APNUM5 = '5 5 146.09 148.95'
APNUM6 = '6 6 179.12 183.27'
APNUM7 = '7 7 211.06 224.61'
APNUM8 = '8 8 246.03 249.23'
APNUM9 = '9 9 274.23 288.87'
APNUM10 = '10 10 297.30 315.48'
APNUM11 = '11 11 341.06 342.92'
APNUM12 = '12 12 369.35 374.79'
APNUM13 = '13 13 401.02 402.90'
APNUM14 = '14 14 432.05 435.91'
APNUM15 = '15 15 450.29 472.05'
APNUM16 = '16 16 489.04 491.89'
APNUM17 = '17 17 517.10 521.93'
APNUM18 = '18 18 544.25 559.87'
APNUM19 = '19 19 564.80 576.86'
APNUM20 = '20 20 600.49 602.95'
APNUM21 = '21 21 624.31 629.93'
APNUM22 = '22 22 646.58 660.82'
APNUM23 = '23 23 680.04 683.92'
APNUM24 = '24 24 706.07 709.72'
APNUM25 = '25 25 729.07 733.89'
APNUM26 = '26 26 757.06 758.77'
APNUM27 = '27 27 772.42 785.69'
APNUM28 = '28 28 796.94 813.70'
APNUM29 = '29 29 820.18 841.36'
APNUM30 = '30 30 853.07 858.94'
APNUM31 = '31 31 867.35 889.03'
APNUM32 = '32 32 890.10 901.78'
APNUM33 = '33 33 922.19 924.89'
APNUM34 = '34 34 943.01 944.56'
APNUM35 = '35 35 957.10 978.63'
APNUM36 = '36 36 987.08 988.90'
APNUM37 = '37 37 1000.31 1011.77'
WCSDIM = 2
CTYPE1 = 'PIXEL '
CTYPE2 = 'LINEAR '
CRVAL1 = 1.
CRPIX1 = 1.
CDELT1 = 1.
CDELT2 = 1.
CD1_1 = 1.
CD2_2 = 1.
LTM1_1 = 1.
LTM2_2 = 1.
WAT0_001= 'system=equispec'
WAT1_001= 'wtype=linear label=Pixel'
WAT2_001= 'wtype=linear'
REFSPEC1= 'wave.ec '
JD = 2458145.79167938
HJD = 2458145.78929441
LJD = 2458145.