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| January 2, 2024
Latest LaTex run of this manual. |
| 2.5.2017
New feature: If the environment variable SPECTRA_NOGRAPHIC is set, no graphics terminal will be opened. Has been implemented to use Spectra from croan jobs. |
| 19.1.2011
New function: tng_hasAttr() returns 1, if the Tango device has a specific attribute. |
| 24.7.2008
New functions: get_modules(), get_devices() return strings that consist of blank-space-separated device names. |
| 24.7.2008
New function: read_output_register(). |
| 16.1.2008
New item for the function flag(): priviledge. |
| 22.11.2007
New variable: the array @Spectra::DEV contains the names of the devices. |
| 22.11.2007
New functions: device( $i) and n_device(), return a device name and the number of devices. |
| 16.11.2007
New functions: device_type() and device_record(); |
| 10.8.2007
Created functions that communicate to Tango servers, see 6.22. |
| 8.8.2007
Changed the graphical layout for Online to: set gks/at_mode=1. This setting is the default for -tki. |
| 8.8.2007
Setting a point in a scan, e.g.: $s1->y[100] = 12 no longer changes the current index of the SCAN. |
| 8.8.2007
Accessing SCAN GQE data is now documented (7.4.4). |
| 7.5.2007
Most of the examples move to s dedicated chapter 10. |
| 29.1.2007
Virtual motors (VMs) can call other VMs and VMs can be moved with other motors. |
| 22.1.2007
New functions: doris_is_sync_run() and doris_wait_for_sync_run(). |
| 18.1.2007
New function: doris_state() returns string that describes the current state of DORIS, e.g.: “Syn Run”. |
| 18.12.2006
New function: get_first_active_scan() returns the name of the first active SCAN or “0”, if no active SCAN exists. |
| 15.5.2006
Timer mode: the scan() function uses the preset timer flag of the TkI interface as the default. The preset parameter overrides the TkI value. |
| 5.5.2006
New functions: get_motor_slew_min, set_~, ~_max |
| 5.5.2006
New GQE item: 'name', can be read, $ret = $s1->get( 'name'); or altered, $s1->set( name => 'whatever');. |
| 1.3.2006
New feature for SCAN GQEs: doty  1. The x-values are
understood as day-of-the-year values. Big tic marks receive
date strings.
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| 6.1.2006
Introduced the functions hkl2two_theta( $h, $k, $l[, $par]), hkl2omega, hkl2chi, hkl2phi. They return angles that correspond to the supplied hkl values. See section 6.7.9 for details. |
| 6.1.2006
Introduced the function hkl( h => 1, k => 1, l => 1, psi => 90). See section 6.7.11 for details. |
| 6.1.2006
The functions h(), k(), l(), psi() return the components of the q-vector.
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