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9 How to use Camserver
Camserver is a completely freestanding program that controls the detector
and provides a simple user interface for "atomic" (single function) commands.
It is intended to provide a spartan, but fully functional, low level interface to
camera hardware.
To get help on the Camserver commands use the help facility of TVX.
All commands in camserver (unlike TVX) can be abbreviated to the minimum
number of letters that make the command unambiguous; below we use only
the full names for clarity.. As in TVX, commands are case-insensitive, but
pathnames are case-sensitive.
We recommend that full command names be used in scrips for
clarity as well
9.1 Main commands
Command Description
menu Shows all commands
exptime Set the exposure time (10
-6
to 10
6
sec)
exposure [filename]
Make an exposure with the exposure time predefined
with the command exptime. The format of the file is
determined from the supplied extension – see above.
The file is stored relative to the path defined by the
imgpath unless an absolute path is given.
exttrigger [fname]
Start exposure with above define parameters after
receiving an external trigger and store images [fname]
(see section 13)
extenable [fname]
Start exposure defined by external exposure and store
images in [fname]. (see section 13)
help
exposurenaming
Type this in the TVX window for a discussion of how
exposure series are named.
dcb_init Re-initialize the DCB.
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