CBI Hardware Configuration Commands.

When the control program is started it reads and compiles a script called:

 $CBI_DIR/rtc.init

Where CBI_DIR is an environment variable defined by the caller's shell. Then when communication between the real-time CPU and the control program is first established, and thereafter after each reboot of the real-time CPU, the control program executes this script to configure the CBI hardware.

The commands that were designed with this script in mind are listed in the contents page under the title "Hardware Configuration Commands ".

The following is an anemic example of a hardware configuration script.

 # This schedule is executed by cbicontrol whenever communication
 # is (re-)established with the real-time CPU.

 print "Hardware initialization script started.\n"

 # Set the number of hardware intervals per hardware readout.

 integrate 11

 # Set the noise-calibration power-readout.

 noise_readout_interval 1m

 # Tell the real-time scanner that it can start taking data.

 inhibit false

 print "The hardware initialization script completed.\n"

Martin Shepherd (24-Oct-1999)