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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