DEIMOS
domelamps script

Name

domelamps -- turn spectral or imaging dome lamps on or off, or show status

Purpose

With no arguments, report the current status of the dome flatfield
lamps ("imaging", "spectral", or "off"). With an argument, set the
lamps to the specified mode. Each set of lamps may be turned on or
off by issuing the appropriate command. The two sets of lamps cannot
be turned on at the same time, however.

Usage

domelamps [status]

Arguments

status = [ imaging | spectral | both | off ]
Specify the new setting for the dome lamps
imaging = imaging lamps ON, spectral OFF
spectral = spectral lamps ON, imaging OFF
both = spectral and imaging lamps ON
off = all lamps OFF

Output

None

Restrictions

None

Exit values

0 = normal completion
1 = wrong number of arguments

Example

1. Show the status of the dome flat lamps:
domelamps

2. Turn on the imaging flatfield lamps:
domelamps im

3. Turn on the spectral flatfield lamps:
domelamps spec

4. Turn off all dome lamps:
domelamps off

See Also

The shell script domelamps
DEIMOS script index


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Last modified: Wed Jun 9 16:30:33 2004