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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