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3.5m Operations

The calibration lamps on the secondary truss are controlled with the tlamps command.

Contents

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tlamps COMMAND [ARGS]

COMMAND is one of:

status
Queries the lamp controller for the names and states of the connected lamps.
Returns lampNames and lampStates.
on LAMPS
Turn on one or more lamps. LAMPS is a space-delimited list of lamp numbers, with 1 being the first lamp listed in lampNames.
Returns lampStates.
off [LAMPS]
Turn off one or more lamps. If sent, LAMPS is a space-delimited list of lamp numbers, with 1 being the first lamp listed in lampNames. If no LAMPS are listed, all lamps are turned off.
Returns lampStates.

Keywords

lampNames=name1,name2,...,nameN
The names of the connected lamps. These will always be quoted strings. Right now, you would get: lampNames="He","Ne","Ar","Bright Quartz","Dim Quartz"
lampStates=state1,state2,...,stateN
The states of the connected lamps. "On" and "Off" are expected, "Unknown" and "Rebooting" are not.