Index

alimits type, az_max, el_max, dk_max

Calibrate the acceleration limits of the azimuth, elevation and deck axes.

Arguments:
LimitType type
The type of motion that the limits are to be applied to.
AccelLimit az_max
The maximum azimuth acceleration (degrees/s/s).
AccelLimit el_max
The maximum elevation acceleration (degrees/s/s).
AccelLimit dk_max
The maximum deck acceleration (degrees/s/s).

Example:
The following example indicates that during scanning, the azimuth axis has an acceleration limit of 2.25 degrees/s.s, the elevation axis has an acceleration limit of 0.25 degrees/s/s, and that the deck axis has an acceleration limit of 1.0 degrees/s/s.
 alimits scan, 2.25, 0.25, 1.0

Context:
Before the control system can point the telescope, the alimits command must be invoked to tell it how fast it can accelerate the individual telescope axes. This must be done for both tracking and scanning limits.

Martin Shepherd (18-Jun-2008)