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Name

ParTrend - change a parameter over a range and monitor another parameter

Synopsis

ParTrend <dbman_host> <Clabel> <Crefname> <Dlabel> <Drefname> <PhyMin> <PhyMax> <steps> <time>

Description

This program starts with PhyMin and sets the controlled parameter to value between PhyMin and PhyMax in steps.

The program pauses for time between each step.

After time the value of the control datapoint and the read datapoint are written to the stdout in E format.

Arguments

dbman_host

The host where dbman is running.
Clabel Crefname

The parameter to issue values to.
Dlabel Drefname

The parameter to read values from.
PhyMin

The beginning value to set the control parameter to.
PhyMax

The ending value to set the control parameter to.
steps

The number of steps to divide PhyMin and PhyMax into.
time

The time between steps.

Examples

ParTrend csdev1 "BM 01-1" "CC " "FC 01-1" "CR " 20.0 25.0 50 15
Set BM 01-1 from 0 to 125 amps in 50 steps and wait 15 secs between steps.
Read HPB 01-1 MfieldR after every step.

Notes

MagScale(1) is meant to be used for generating tables for BMmngr(8) .

ParTrend(1) should be used for general work.

For some reason or another this program registers with dbman as "MagScale".

Manual page revision

$Id: ParTrend.1,v 1.4 2006/06/07 16:26:53 kitchen Exp $


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