man1/Xcrt

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Name

Xcrt - Control system operator display and control window

Synopsis

Xcrt

Description

Xcrt doesn’t really exist except on a menu. It is composed of two programs, crt and ts. Xcrt starts life from the AccelNET menu or from a terminal window by the command necclients crt.

Operator Commands

These commands may be typed in from the keyboard.
cache

Reload all information from dbman.

This is useful when making database changes on the fly because some information is not automatically passed from dbman.

ch n

enter a new value for the currently assigned control parameter.

The value may be entered in fixed format i.e. x.xxxx or in scientific notation i.e. x.xxxey.

If the parameter is negative going, for example a power supply with a range of 0 to -50KV and the value is entered as a positive number the value with be complemented i.e. 10.0 will be changed to -10.0 and a warning message given.

If the parameter is bipolar (i.e. -10KV to 10KV) this will not occur. The program can not read the user’s mind.

pg n

select a new display page. n is the new page number.
sv

save Parameter Value
rs

restore Parameter Value
ldr

list readback DATA record
lcr

list control DATA record
pen n

Assign the currently selected readback parameter to a channel on the pen_recorder(1) .

If n is present it is used as the pen channel number. If no argument is present then the next available channel is used.

penc n

Assign the currently selected control parameter to a channel on the pen_recorder(1) .

If n is present it is used as the pen channel number. If no argument is present then the next available channel is used.

lmc

List the limits of the currently assigned Control parameter.
lmr

List the limits of the currently assigned Readback parameter.

spanc

List the range of the currently assigned Control parameter.
spanr

List the range of the currently assigned Readback parameter.
valc

List the value the currently assigned Control parameter.

When using this command the value is always given as a number regardless of the display key.

valr

List the value of the currently assigned Readback parameter.

When using this command the value is always given as a number regardless of the display key.

mt n

Assign a meter to the currently selected Readback parameter. n is the meter number.
kn n

Assign a knob to the currently selected Control parameter. n is the knob number.
outline off/on

Display an outline around each icon or display/control point showing the box that the cursor needs to be within to select the parameter.

This is particularly useful when setting up a new system. It allows the person setting up the system to make sure that the select regions for each parameter do not overlap.

id

enter increment/decrement mode
rl

enter rollerball mode

This is similiar to xy mode except that only the x axis is used. Rolling the mouse at an angle somewhere between x and y allows the parameter to be changed at a slower rate.

xy

enter x/y mode
mf

mouse fast
ms

mouse slow
F1

enter inc/dec mode
F2

enter x/y mode
F3

mouse fast
F4

mouse slow
F9

change parameter value
F10

select page
F11

color flip. This is used to select an alternate set of colors for the display.

Usually the second color map is set so the background color is white to enable the display page to be screen dumped and sent to a printer.

F12

clear mouse assignment
up arrow

scroll up
dn arrow

scroll down
lt arrow

scroll left
rt arrow

scroll right
<shft>up arrow

scroll up fast
<shft>dn arrow

scroll down fast
<shft>lt arrow

scroll left fast
<shft>rt arrow

scroll right fast
home

return display to origin

See Also

crt(1) , ts(1) , pen_recorder(1) , and xcrt_color(5)

Advice

Learn to run the accelerator properly because you can do much damage if you don’t and service calls are expensive.

Manual Page Revision

$Id: Xcrt.1,v 1.4 2002/04/03 18:28:44 kitchen Exp $

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