Next: Test Commands Up: Testing CCD Performance Previous: Testing CCD Performance . This chapter describes test CCD test package that can be used to check the performance of the CCD detectors used. In order to ensure the quality of the data delivered by the CCDs on La Silla, ESO run a programme to monitor all CCDs available at the Observatory. ... 9 bias frames; . ... The quality of the data collected is checked using a number of commands and procedures available in the MIDAS CCDTEST context. ...

Software . This section describes miscellaneous software, such as a spreadsheet program (20/20), a calculator (CALC), and a program for printing sky plots (FINDER). 20/20 is a spreadsheet program available on KEPLER and DEVVAX. ... To start 20/20, you would type the following command: . ... Most users will want to specify either VT100 or VT220, although there are more then 50 valid terminal types recognized by the program, including Tektronix and Wyse terminals. ... Basic Commands: . ... CALC . ...

. The following commands can be used while you are preparing a mail message in send mode. To ... Do this . cancel the mail message ~x preview the mail message ~p add users to the Cc: list ~c users add users to the Bcc: list ~b users display this list of commands ~? use the visual editor on your mail message ~v insert a file into the mail message ~r filename add your signature ~a or ~A add users to the To: list ~t users run a shell command ~! command include output from a shell command ~<! command .

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... Common options . All SAS tasks support the following command line options: . ... If the task uses the ODF Access Layer ( oal ) the following command line option is recognized as well: . ... odf odf . ... odf can be the name of an ODF summary file as created by the task odfingest or merely the name of a directory containing one. ... All tasks may have additional parameters in a parameter file, that can be set on the command line (more information can be found in package param ). param = value . ...

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Go to the previous , next section. ... Define the plot device you want to use with the device command. ... Declare the data file with the data command, see section How should I get data into SM? , or you could see section 'Data' in The SM Manual . ... If you want to plot points, you should first define the point style with the ptype command. ptype allows you to define the point as a type of polygon, with any number of sides, and 4 basic forms (see section 'Ptype' in The SM Manual ). ...

... Doug's Home Page . ... In the examples below we show a number of ways that data can be moved back and forth between S-Lang and Perl . ... Source code typeof : "undef"; __END__ __SLang__ variable foo = Any_Type [3]; foo[0] = "a string"; foo[1] = 23; define getfoo(x) { return foo[x]; } message( "In S-Lang:" ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[0]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[0])) ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[1]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[1])) ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[2]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[2])) ); . ...

Next: The course and unit level Up: Ceilidh - On Line C Tutoring System Previous: Introduction . ... To enter the system at the general level, the appropriate command (which should have been set up by your computer systems administrator) is . ... q quit this session fs find student | ... text ceilidh only) in X the courses available appear on main window.This command tells you which courses are available and supported by the Ceilidh system, their full title and their abbreviation. vp . ...

README for XFree86 on OS/2 : Checking Compatibility of Video Hardware . ... Edit your CONFIG.SYS file to contain the following line somewhere: DEVICE=Y:\XFree86\lib\xf86sup.sys Of course replace ``Y:'' with the correct drive letter. ... Refer to section Adding Variables to CONFIG.SYS below. ... Start a full screen OS/2 CMD session and enter the following command: [C:\] Y:\XFree86\bin\SuperProbe . ... SuperProbe can identify many more video cards than are supported by XFree86. ...

... TCC User's Guide explains how to use the TCC from an Astronomer's point of view. TCC Commands describes the commands in detail. ... You can talk to one using the tcc command talk mirror_name " mirrorCtrl command " for example talk sec showparams . ... You can talk to one using the tcc command talk mirror_name "galil Galil command " for example talk sec "galil XQ#SHOWPARAMS" . ... You can talk to one using the command talk axis_name " axis controller command " for example talk az "MS.DUMP" . ...

... The following discussion presents Information on how to select and configure the device drivers in a running Unix system. ... Click on a selected type for specific description and configuration documentation, including the clock address, reference ID, driver ID, serial port device name and speed, and features (line disciplines, etc.) ... Type 1 Local Clock Driver ( LOCAL_CLOCK ) . Type 2 Trak 8820 GPS Receiver ( TRAK ) . ... Type 5 TrueTime GPS/GOES/OMEGA Receivers ( TRUETIME ) . ...

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