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SOFTWARE COMMANDS FOR THE CCD CAMERA

• INTRODUCTION
• STARTING AND FINISHING
  • Logging in
  • Initialisation operations
  • SEN(D) CON: - Interrupting Adam
  • SHUTDOWN - Shut down the system
• CCD CONTROL COMMANDS
  • GLA(NCE)/GFILE - A trial exposure
  • RU(N) - The primary exposure command
  • DARK - Perform a Dark-Count exposure
  • PA(USE)/CONT(INUE)/STO(P)/ABO(RT)-Run control
  • RUNSTAT(US)/TIM(E)- How long to go?
  • TEL(E) - System Telemetry
  • CCDINIT/RESET(CCD) - Re-initialisation
  • OP(EN)/CLO(SE) - Shutter control
  • CLE(AR)/NOCL(EAR)/EXPO(SE)/REA(D)
  • QFL(ASH)/SETFLA(SH)/FL(ASH) - Pre-flash control
  • FOCUS - Perform an automatic focus run
  • MULTEXP - Perform a multiple exposure on a single frame
  • MULTRUN - Perform several exposures each on a seperate frame
  • KILLMULT(RUN) - Abort a MULTRUN
  • CALR(UN) - Perform a calibration run
  • FLATF(IELD) - Performs a flat field run
  • MULTBIAS - Takes and averages bias frames
• LEXIDATA DISPLAY OPERATIONS
  • DIS(P) - Display an image
  • QDI(PARM)/DIP(ARM) - Enquire and alter display parameters
  • PHOT(OM) - Simple statistics and profile utilities
  • MOVESTAR - Put an object on to a specified area of the chip
  • STARFIT - Fit Gaussian profiles to stellar images
• DATA FILE CONTROL
  • Image storage
  • NEXTR(UN) - Change next Run number
  • OBSN(AME) - Change Observer's initials
  • KEE(P)/STO(RE)/REC(ALL) - Image file handling
  • COMM(ENT) - Add comments to the data archive
  • COPY - Copy one image to another
  • PURGE/DELETE - Delete run files from disk
  • DEPROTECT - Deprotect the GLANCE file
  • DAT(A) - Redefine the dump device
  • TAP(E)
  • FITSINIT/FITSDIR/FITSOUT/FITSIN/FITSCOPY - FITS tape facilities
  • DSPACE - Enquire available disk space for data
  • CCDSPACE -Check room on the disk for CCD images
• MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS
  • QCH(IP)/CH(IP) - Enquire and alter chip type
  • QWIN(DOW)/WIN(DOW)/DEF_WINDOW - Enquire and alter readout window
  • BIN/UNBIN - On-chip binning
  • QFI(LES) - Determine current image and dump device
  • HELP CCD - Give help on CCD software
  • NOPACKETS/PACKETS - Disable/enable writing of archive packets
• SELECTED DATA PROCESSING FACILITIES
  • PEE(P)/STATS
  • ADD/SUB/DIV/MUL(T) - Image/image arithmetic
  • CAD(D)/CSU(B)/CDI(V)/CMU(LT)-Image/scalar arithmetic
  • SQEL/EXTR(ACT) - Sub-image extraction
  • IMAGPLOT - Plot an image on the Line Printer
  • CHFORM - Change formats
  • STATS - Analyse an image file
  • FF - Flat fielding
  • HELP UTIL - Where to find further information