User's Guide to ShARCS


Table of Contents


Introduction
Summary Table
Detector Characteristics
Filters, Grisms, Apertures, Polarimeter
Software Overview
Data Taker GUI
Filter & Aperture Wheel GUI
Image Display GUI
Scripts
Sound server
Temperature Monitor
Observing Procedures and Tips
FITS Header Keywords
Trouble-Shooting
Logsheet

Data Archive
Mt. Hamilton Homepage

Software Overview

ShARCS uses many pieces of software for operation of the NIR camera and spectrograph. Below is a table of the various pieces of software.

Summary of Observing Software for ShARCS
ProgramFunctionComputer: Command1
sharcs_feShARCS data-taker GUI covert: sharcs_fe
sharcsdisplayShARCS image display covert: sharcsdisplay
saowheelsFilter and Aperture wheel control saowheels_gui
scriptprocDithering scripts covert: scriptproc.tcl
sharcspumpShARCS Temperature and Ion Pump GUIsharcspump_gui
eventsoundsSoundserver for SAO/ShARCS eventseventsounds -a sao
1If no computer is specified, command is available on every user computer.


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