Field Service Manual    December 2003 
 
 
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CHKSWI will read and display the status of 6 switches: the status is in normal 
or reverse video. When the switch status changes, the display status should 
toggle.  
· vacon: low vacuum detector  
· vachi: high vacuum detector  
· filmdoor: microswitch of filmdoor  
· stop: stop button on operator panel and emergency stop button.  
· start: start button on operator panel  
· blower: blower off button on operator panel 
•  Syntax: 1 COMSUP  
COMSUP eats a value (1/0) from TOS and turns the Monovolt Supply on/off 
(40 V). And turns the air on/off. 
•  Syntax:  HRDWINIT 
Initializes the machine hardware 
•  Syntax: SCALER 
Depending on the resolution, the available beams, SKYMAX  
results,shrx,shry and filmtype,  SCALER ' chooses another shuffle pattern 
•  Syntax: 1E6 WAIT    
Eats TOS and uses this value as the number of microseconds (0.000001 sec) to 
wait before any further execution. 
 Syntax: QUIT 
Resets the maccon board. 
•  Syntax: HELP 
LTL > "HR" HELP  
 HRDWINIT : Init laser hardware 
•  Syntax: [  …..   ] 
The commands between the square brackets are processed in batch. More than 
one line can be executed in batch: 
LTL > HRDWINIT  
LTL > [  SRCHIDX  ]  
LTL > 
while the index is being searched, you have the LTL-prompt back 
Carriage 
•  Syntax:  CHRTID 
After CHRTID, the carriage is released, because the control algorithm is 
deactivated, allowing manual motion.  
Execute CHRTID before SRCHIDX to make sure the Reference Counter is 
cleared from a previous setting by a SKIPA command. 
•  Syntax: GETPOS  .  
Reads the contents of the Absolute Position Counter (APC) and puts this value 
on TOS. The unit of the APC is 1/6400 mil or 4 nm (nanometer). 
•  Syntax: 25E6 SKIPR -25E6 SKIPR  
SKIPR eats TOS and skips the carriage over this distance, which should be 
expressed in glass scale units: 1/6400 mil or 4 nm.  
1E6 is equal to 156 mil or 4 mm.  
Negative values are accepted (skip to the low end over the glass scale). 
•  Syntax: 120E6 SKIPA      
SKIPA eats TOS and skips the carriage to this absolute position.