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A&G box

Those commands applicable to the INT A&G box which are available to the observer can be obtained by HELP AGBX SUMMARY

AFARC          n         Move Arc filter wheel A to position n (0 to 7)
AGBENG       comm        Send a primitive command to the A&G Box micro
AGBXSTAT                 Ask for status from all A&G Box mechanisms
AGSPDIAG                 Turn on/off diagnostics for selected mechanisms
AGSPINIT                 Initialise the A&G Box/IDS software
AGSPLOAD                 Load the A&G Box D-task
ARCF                     Allocate the next TV archive file
ARCS_OFF                 Turn off all arc lamps in the integrating sphere
ASCF           n         Move the Above Slit Colour Slide to pos n (0 to 5)
ASND           n         Move the Above Slit ND Slide to pos n (0 to 5)
BFARC          n         Move Arc filter wheel B to position n (0 to 7)
CALMIRROR     pos        Old version of COMPMIRROR command
CENTRE       probe       Move the TV/Guider probe to centre position
CHANGE                   Setup certain A&G Box h/w characteristics
COMPMIRROR    pos        Move the calibration mirror IN or OUT
CUAR         state       No longer available - use 1LAMP or 2LAMP
CUNE         state       No longer available - use 1LAMP or 2LAMP
Engineering              Engineering level information
ENQ_ARCNUM               Ask for current TV archive file number
EXORCET                  Description of Engineer's controller
FGRATICULE    val        Set field graticule illumination
FLIPMIRROR    pos        Move the flip mirror IN or OUT
GDFILTER       n         Move the Guider filter slide to pos n (0 to 3)
GDXY       xpos ypos     Move the Guider probe to position (xpos, ypos)
IOPROCEED     0/1        Turn mechanism wait flag ON or OFF
IPL                      The Inter Processor Link
LISTSTATUS               List the A&G Box status on the ADAM terminal
MIMIC                    The A&G Box mimic task
NDFARC         nd        Move the A/B Arc filter wheels to give this ND
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
PARK          probe      Move the TV/Guider probe to parked position
QFILTER                  Display the contents of all A&G Box filter slides
SHUTDOWN                 Shutdown the A&G Box s/w in a safe and orderly manner
STARTMIMIC               The only correct way to start/restart the MIMIC task
TUNGSTEN      state      To turn the tungsten lamp ON or OFF
TVDIAG         val       Turn TV system READ and WRITE diagnostics ON or OFF
TVFILTER        n        Move the TV filter slide to pos n (0 to 3)
TVRDIAG                  Turn TV system READ diagnostics ON or OFF
TVS                      The Grinnell TV System
TVWDIAG                  Turn TV system WRITE diagnostics ON or OFF
TVXY        xpos ypos    Move the TV probe to position (xpos, ypos)
TV_DISPFZ                Request display 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
1LAMP         state      To turn the lamp in slot 1 ON or OFF
2LAMP         state      To turn the lamp in slot 2 ON or OFF


Wed Apr 6 22:56:39 BST 1994