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vlimits type, az_max, el_max, dk_max

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

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

Example:
The following example indicates that during scanning, the azimuth axis has an velocity limit of 6.28 degrees/s, the elevation axis has an velocity limit of 1.0 degrees/s, and that the deck axis has an velocity limit of 5.0 degrees/s.
 vlimits scan, 6.28, 1.0, 5.0

Context:
Before the control system can point the telescope, the vlimits 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)