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== '''Brief description of GIRAFFE''' ==
The SAAO Grating Instrument '''G'''rating '''I'''nstrument for Radiation Analysis '''R'''adiation '''A'''nalysis with a Fibre Fed Échelle '''F'''ibre '''F'''ed '''É'''chelle - GIRAFFE - consists of two components:
(i) The head which is mounted at the Cassegrain focus to collect light from the star and direct it into the fibre;
The CCD camera is controlled by a PC in the observing room. The software, called QUARTZ, has the task of setting the exposure time, reading and displaying the CCD image and also controlling various components on the GIRAFFE head, such as the arc lamp and flatfield lamps. At the end of the exposure the FITS file is transferred to the server and can be displayed and reduced via the thin client.
There are four PCs which that the observer will use:
1. A Linux PC called ''giraffe'' running QUARTZ.
