=== Quick Start ===
This is an overview of taking data; if you're unsure about anything, the Advanced User Guide has much more information.
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* If the main user interface and quick-look interfaces are not running, they may be started from the panel on the left edge of the screen. The main user interface is started with the icon of an absorption spectrum, and the quick-look interface from the icon of an emission spectrum.
* The main user interface has a number of tabs:Fill in target information (optional). *Set the focus required (or use the Hartman routine; see the Advanced User Guide). * The main tab, in which Set the slit width. * Ensure that the grating you'll spend most of your timerequire is inserted,and set the grating angle. *Select the required filter (or leave the filter open). * The Advanced tabSelect the acquisition type (ARC, which may be used if things go wrongBIAS,SCIENCE, FLAT, TEST) *If appropriate, set the exposure time and number of exposures. * The engineering tabIf taking a science image, which displays various diagnostic settingsacquire the target, and ensure that it is visible through the slit. *If taking an arc, ensure that the arc mirror is in-beam, and the chosen arc lamp is on (remember to turn off the arc lamp and move the arc mirror out of beam when done). * The other tabStart the acquisition with the Expose button
* There is also a panel on The countdown timer will show the righttime remaining, showing a schematic of and the optical componentsprogress bar will first show the exposure completion state, and then the readout state.
=== PLC Subsystem ===