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HELP TCS SUMMARY gives a glossary of those commands applicable to the INT Telescope control user interface.
.SOURCE Defines a new entry in resident catalog * What follows is treated as a comment ACQUISITION-MODE Defines the autoguider aquisition mode ADAM Help on ADAM and Instrument Control System ADVISE Lists certain info about a source APERTURE Sets up the aperture offsets APPARENT Use geocentric apparent coordinates for edit. sources AUTOFFSET CLEAR Clears source entries from resident catalog CURRENT Nominates edit source as current source DEC Enters declination for edit source DIFFERENTIAL-RATE Sets up differential tracking rates ENABLE Pre-requisite for certain other commands END Terminates input from device/file EQUINOX Sets up the equinox for edit sources FOCUS Sets the telescope focus GO Slews telescope to next source and tracks GUIDE-OBJECT Defines guide object for edit source HANDSET Sets up set and guide rates and increment step HELP Description of the HELP command/facility INPUT Specifies input source of commands (device/file) LIST List the sources in the resident catalog MEAN Use mean coordinates for edit sources NEXT Defines the next source to be observed OFFSET Sets up the telescope offsets PROCEDURES PROPER-MOTION Sets the proper motion of the edit source RA Enters Right Ascension for edit source REPORT Switches to a report mode SAVE Saves the resident catalog in a file SCAN Sets up raster scan parameters SET Sets several system flags SHOW Lists parameters of a specified source SNAFU Sets up collimation and index errors and aperture offsets STATUS Gives the size of the resident catalog STOP Stops the telescope and dome TELESCOPE Reports all/selection of telescope parameters TITLE Prints line of info from input file TRAIL Sets up parameters for a trail TURNTABLE Moves the INT CASS rotator WAIT Waits for a specified period ZEROSET Zerosets the incremental encoders