# General Operation of the SICS instrument control software

This chapter contains information about:

- Basic SICS concepts
- Driving motors
- Configuring motor parameters.
- TRICS motor list.
- Counting and monitors.
- Sample Environment Device Control.
- Log I/O to a client logfile at the server, all command output to a commandlog or to your local machine using the open log file option in the File menu of the SICS command line client.
- Doing batch processing using batch files or the LNS specific Rünbuffer system.
- Interrupt SICS by hitting the interrupt button near the bottom of the SICS command line client.
- How to perform crystallographic computations online.
- Some specialist commands for configuring certain aspects of your client connection and for in depth interaction with the SICS server.