Output of IRTC Requests

Request from the IRTC it's current Field of View

tcs@aotcs:27 % irc GetFOV
Narrow Fov
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The error return value (0/1) is placed in the status environment variable

tcs@aotcs:28 % echo $status
0

Request a single IRTC image. The name of the .fits file is returned, and the file is saved in the directory indicated in config.client file.

tcs@aotcs:30 % irc GetImage
irtc.20090826.100254.fits
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Request the IRTC to save a cube of images. The name of the saved .fits file is not returned and the .fits cube is is saved in the directory listed on the IRTC GUI with the name with prefix entered in the IRTC GUI and an incrementing number.

tcs@aotcs:34 % irc GetSeqImages 10
Resmsg[0]  = GetSeqImages result status: OK
Resmsg[1]  = Number of images acquired: 10
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-- DougMiller - 2009-09-17