* Ensure timing is valid (2).
* Set the Programmed Output Pulse (POP) parameters (mode (3), pulse width (4), start date (5), start time (6), trigger interval (7)) and click apply (8). The status should change to pending (9).
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* Select the camera tab (1).
* Turn the camera on (2)[[File:camera.png]]* Set the desired Readout Rate (21), Preamp (32) and Electron Multiplying (43) parameters (NB: EM MODE MAY ONLY BE SET IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN PERMISSION TO DO SO).* Set the sub image (54) and binning (65) parameters.* Set the trigger type (76), exposure (87) and kinetic series (98) parameters.* Start the acquisition (109).
* Stop to abort, or wait until completion. The image display area shows snapshots of the images throughout the acquisition.
* When the series is complete, the FITS data cube is copied to /data/<telescope>/<YYMM>/<filename>.fits, where <telescope> is 40in or 74in, YYMM is the year and month, and filename is the instrument abbreviation (SHA or SHD) followed by the date in YYYYMMDD format.