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HELP SPEC SUMMARY gives those commands applicable to the INT IDS which are available for the observer.
AGSPDIAG Turn on/off diagnostics for selected mechanisms AGSPINIT Initialise the A&G Box/IDS software AGSPLOAD Load the A&G Box/IDS D-task ARCF Allocate the next TV archive file BSCF n Move the Below Slit Colour Slide to pos n (0 to 2) BSND n Move the Below Slit ND Slide to pos n (0 to 2) CENWAVE lambda Ask IDS to move grating to give requested wavelength CHANCE Setup certain A&G Box/IDS h/w characteristics COLLIMATOR pos Move the collimator to position pos (108 to 277) DEKKER pos Move the Dekker to position pos (0 to 8) Engineering Engineering level information ENQ_ARCNUM Ask for current TV archive file number EXGRAT Special grating command to increase encoder accuracy EXORCET Description of Engineer's controller GET_GRAT_ZERO Displays the current grating encoder zero point GLIGHT val Turn grating light ON or OFF GRATING angle Move the grating to a given angle (11 to 169 deg) GRAT_ZERO theta Sets the grating encoder zero point to theta degrees GSMOVE pos Move the grating shutter to OPEN or CLOSE HARTMANN l r Move l(eft) and r(ight) Hartmanns IN or OUT IDSCAMERA pos Move the camera shutter to OPEN or CLOSE IDSENG comm Send a primitive command to the IDS micro IDSSTAT Ask for status from all IDS mechanisms ILLUMOFF Turn off grating and slit illumination IOPROCEED 0/1 Turn mechanism wait flag ON or OFF IPL The Inter Processor Link LISTSTATUS List the A&G Box/IDS status on the ADAM terminal MIMIC The A&G Box/IDS mimic task NEW_ARCNUM n Set the current TV archive file number to n PANIC_BUTTON Describes the effect of pushing the RED PANIC BUTTON parameters Some parameters defined for the user QDEKKER Display the characteristics of the loaded Dekker QFILTER Display the contents of A&G Box/IDS filter slides SHUTDOWN Shutdown the A&G Box/IDS s/w in a safe and orderly manner SHUTTER pos Move the slit shutter to OPEN or CLOSE SHUTTERPROMPT pos Move the slit shutter to OPEN or CLOSE but prompt SLIGHT val Set the slit illumination (0 to 15) SLITJAW val Move slit width to val microns (25 5o 2000) SPECSTAT Ask for status from all IDS mechanisms STARTMIMIC The only correct way to start/restart the MIMIC task SWAP Swap position of the Hartmann screens SWAP_CAM Swap camera identification TVDIAG val Turn TV system READ and WRITE diagnostics ON or OFF TVRDIAG val Turn TV system READ diagnostics ON or OFF TVS The Grinnell TV System TVWDIAG val Turn TV system WRITE diagnostics ON or OFF TV_DISPFZ Request dispaly of Finder zero point from D-task TV_GETFZ Request Finder zero point from TVS display TV_GLOBAL Send Global Status to TV system TV_SETFZ x y Set Finder zero point held by TVS