The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science (Carnegie Observatories), Pasadena, CA
Christoph C. Birk (birk AT obs DOT carnegiescience DOT edu)
Location of this document: http://instrumentation.obs.carnegiescience.edu/Software/MIKE/flamps.html
Version 1.3.1 (2014-07-22)
Moved the .flampX files as flampX.ini to '/Users/Mike/MIKE/ini/'
Version 1.3 (2007-09-10):
MacOS-X (X11) port.
Version 1.2 (2006-10-11):
Removed the 'one-lamp-at-a-time' restriction.
Version 1.0 (2005-02-09)
Hi Mario,
I installed a preliminary version of the flat lamps GUI at
/home/birk/FLAMPS/flampgui
It is compiled on 'guanaco' and you should be able to run
the executable on any Linux version "similar" to the one on 'guanaco'.
guanaco> flampgui [-i IPaddress] [-n #lamps] [-h fontheight]
Value Default
IPaddress mikeflamps.lco.cl
#lamps 6
pixelheight 18 (determines the size of the GUI)
The GUI looks for the files
$HOME/.flamp1 , $HOME/.flamp2, etc
to determine the name of the lamp (up to 16 characters) and
the number of levels and their assoctiated voltages.
If it does not find any particular file it defaults to the following
7 levels (plus OFF, not counted as a level).
Level Volts
1 4.80
2 4.71
3 4.61
4 4.50
5 4.38
6 4.25
7 4.10
The '.flampX' files are simple ASCII files. You will find an example
in the FLAMPS directory with the '.' omitted.
This file defines 5 levels and sets the lamp name to "ThAr" in the GUI.
The current version only allows one lamp to be ON at a time. This
was necessary since the MOE high-voltage supply does not have enough
juice to support more than one lamp. If your power supply is stronger
it would be easy to remove that constraint. Just let me know.
Please keep in mind that this GUI is a "quick-hack" and I had no
opportunity to test it here.
Good luck,
Christoph
2005-02-09, Christoph C. Birk, Carnegie Observatories