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- Initial MARS development - Upgraded Manager Manual SKIPPED: psi/make_gen psi/psi.c psi/tabledrive.c psi/tabledrive.h psi/tabledrive.w psi/utils/SerPortServer.c
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<title>SICS Variables</title>
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<h2>SICS Variables </h2>
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In SICS most parameters necessary for instrument control are kept with the SICS
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object implementing the functionality. However, there are some odd bits of
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information which need to be known, mostly additional information about and
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from the user, which should go into data files. Such information is kept in
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SICS variables, created with the command VarMake detailed below.
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Variables are also used in order to control the SINQ automatic file name
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creation scheme for data files. At SINQ, data files are put into a special
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directory. The actual name consists of a prefix, a sequential number, the
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last two digits of the year and an ending. All these components are
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controlled by variables.
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The exact syntax for creating variables looks like this:
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<ul>
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<li> <b> VarMake name type access </b> creates a simple variable name. The
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variable type can be Text, Int or Float. The access parameter defines who
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may may change the variable. Possible values are: Internal, Manager, User
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and Spy.
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There are quite a few SICS variables which have special usages and should be
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present. Some of them may need to be set by the user, all of them should be
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inspectable by the user. Many of these variables are used when writing
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NeXus data files. These special variables are:
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<DT> sample
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<DD> The sample name. To be set by the user.
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<DT> title.
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<DD> The experiment title.
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<DT> User
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<DD> The name of the user to be specified in a data file.
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<DT> Instrument.
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<DD> The name of the instrument.
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<DT> SicsDataPath
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<DD>The full path name of the instruments data directory. Should have a / at
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the end.
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<DT> SicsDataPrefix
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<DD> The prefix to use for data file names.
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<DT> SicsDataPostFix
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<DD> The ending to use for the data file name. Including the '.'.
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<DT> Adress
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<DD> The users adress.
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<DT> phone
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<DD> The users phone number.
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<DT> email
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<DD> The users e-mail adress.
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<DT> fax
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<DD> The users fax number.
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</DL>
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Some of the variables stated above should never be changed by a user. This
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can be achieved by the variable lock command described in the user
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documentation.
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