# The SINQ Module

On some instruments a module is installed which listens to the broadcast messages of the accelerator division. This gives information about the rinag and sinq status. The following commands are recognized:

sinq
  Prints the last full text ring status message. Please note that this may be empty for some minutes right after a restart of SICS.
sinq beam
  Returns the current beam on SINQ
sinq beamavg
  Returns the average beam on SINQ as measured the last 5 minutes.
sinq ring
  Returns the acclerator ring current.