User's Manual

Command lines for advanced users (PD-09.01)
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January 28, 2016
B. Converting the results to ASCII format
The program bin2asciicmd provides several options to convert pos- and amp-files non-destructive
to ASCII-format. Run bin2asciicmd –h for a detailed description of usage and options.
1. Amplitudes
cd /data/recorder/current/
bin2asciicmd -i amps
2. Calculated position and orientation
cd /data/recorder/current/
bin2asciicmd -i rawpos
3. Head corrected data
cd /data/recorder/current/
bin2asciicmd -i pos
III. Command lines for circal control
The commands move, waitforcircaldone and circalstat provide direct access to circal
functions.
move {steps} - moves the circal by the number of specified steps.
A complete circle contains 8000 steps.
move 1000 - moves the circal 1000 steps (45°) counterclockwise (viewed from top).
move -1000 - moves the circal 1000 steps (45°) clockwise (viewed from top).
move 0 - stops the circal
waitforcircaldone – the command waits for the circal to complete movement
circalstat – fetches the actual circal status (position, moving or idle)
IV. Adjusting AG501 parameters
setag500param
csop@cs94 ~]$ setag500param
Set parameters for AG500 system
Circal Logic Zero [7975]:
Circal Z Base [40.5]:
Circal Sensors per magazine [4]:
Circal Radius [80]:
Active Channels [16]:
V. Set fixed length for sweeps
setsweeplen 5
To use fixed length, use the command line setsweeplen 10. When this command is used,
each sweep recording will stop after 10 seconds. It is still possible to stop the sweep earlier.
To enable the maximum sweep length, use the command setsweeplen 0