SEEK COMMAND LINE HELP ---------------------- You can get this same report by running 'seek -help'. USAGE seek [options] [#Afrms [#Bfrms]] OPTIONS -s A .25 - overrides the running speed for the A channel -r A .50 - overrides the ramp up speed for the A channel -p A 200 - overrides the pulses-per-revolution (ppr) for the A channel -nw - Don't wait for channels to stop. (affects frame shooting, -H and -S) -nm - Disable motors (disables drive communication) -v - verbose communications -d - debug mode -h - help SPECIAL OPTIONS -H A - Home the 'A' channel -R - Reset driver -S - Stop all channels -W - Wait for channels to stop (if -nw was used) -Q - Query status of device for faults EXAMPLES seek 5 5 # move A and B channels forward +5 frames seek 0 -5 # move only B channel -5 frames (ie. reverse) seek -H A .25 # Home the A channel seek -H B .25 # Home the B channel seek -R # reset the driver seek -Q # query error status of driver SEEK.DEFS FILE -------------- The seek.defs file must be located in the same directory as the seek.exe program for it to load properly. Every time you run the seek.exe program, it reads the seek.defs file to figure out what default settings to use for the motors. The seek.defs file can contain comments, if the line starts with a '#'. Blank lines are ignored. These are the commands that can appear in the seek.defs file, and their syntax: comdev -- sets the COM port to use to talk to the motors. debug <0|1> -- 1=turn on debugging, 0=turn off debugging (0 is recommended) verbose <0|1> -- 1=turn on verbose mode, 0=turn off verbose mode (0 is recommended) motors <0|1> -- 1=use the motor drive, 0=don't use motor drive (1 is recommended) speed -- sets the speed for the motor channel 'chan'. This value is in seconds per revolution, just like an exposure speed; .20 is fast, .50 is slow, 1.0 is one rev per second, 2.0 is one rev per 2 seconds. ramp -- Sets the ramping pulses for the motor. 10 is normal. dirinvert <1|-1> -- Inverts the direction of the motor. 1=normal, -1=opposite direction startstopspeed -- The starting speed for the motor. The speed the motor runs before it starts ramping up. ppr -- How many pulses per frame. Use 200 for 1 revolution per frame, use 400 for 2 revolutions per frame, 600 for 3.. homespeed -- Speed to use for homing the motor (seek -H A && seek -H B) homedir <0|1> -- Sets the direction used to home the motor. 0=normal, 1=opposite home (0) is either 'A' or 'B'. is in seconds per revolution. (like camera exposure speeds) <1|0> value is either 1 or 0.