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Autofib 2 DISABLEFIBRE Command

This is an Engineering Interface Engineering Commands and is to be issued at the engineering interface.

DISABLEFIBRE Command
 

Format: DISABLEFIBRE  n

n = Number of Spectroscopic Fibre to disable
Description:  Temporarily disable spectroscopic fibre n from use.  This command may be reversed using the ENABLEFIBRE command.  Once disabled it is not possible to move the fibre, view the fibre or perform any actions with the fibre. 

Note that disabling a fibre MAY make target fields already configured illegal.  The park and circle configurations are automatically regenerated when a fibre is disabled. 
Example: Engineering command > disablefibre 17

For further information refer to the `AF2 Control System Software Manual'.

Links to other Engineering Interface Engineering Commands
 
 
backillum health local parkrobot  ringallfibre tell_transform tolerance
centroid  help logging  power ringfibre  tellfib  viewfibre 
diagnostics iterations  monitor quadrant  rlog tellmimic viewfiducial 
disablefibre  init  motors quit setmimic  tellpos viewobject 
disableguide  killfibre  movefibre  random setservo  tellservo viewsky 
enablefibre  killguide  moveprobe  recover  setup tellsource  wake
enableguide lasterror moverobot  reference  setvideo tellstat whichfibre
extended lastmove netreset  remote sleep telltemp zmove
extract  lights  offsetfibre  resetcurrfib static tellvideo   
gripper  loadfibre  offsetrobot resetlostflag  stopsetup  tlog  
hardreset loadmodule  parkfibre  restricted tell_log tmove   

Created by Stephen Goodsell
sjg@ing.iac.es
Last updated 9/01