General Operation of the SICS instrument control software

This chapter contains information about:

• Basic SICS concepts
• Driving motors
• Configuring motor parameters.
• TRICS motor list.
• Counting and monitors.
• Sample Environment Device Control.
• Log I/O to a client logfile at the server, all command output to a commandlog or to your local machine using the open log file option in the File menu of the SICS command line client.
• Doing batch processing using batch files or the LNS specific Rünbuffer system.
• Interrupt SICS by hitting the interrupt button near the bottom of the SICS command line client.
• How to perform crystallographic computations online.
• Some specialist commands for configuring certain aspects of your client connection and for in depth interaction with the SICS server.