The instrument has two sub-systems, the PLC sub-system (controlling everything that moves) and the detector sub-system (controlling the data acquisition process). The drivers for these sub-systems run as stand-alone processes, and the user interface runs as a separate process on top of these. Typically, users will connect to the graphical user interface (GUI), although certain diagnostic functions may be accessed using the command line interfaces.
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We hope that you'll enjoy using SpUpNIC and that you'll be willing to provide the instrument team with feedback and suggestions by emailing lisa(at)saao.ac.za.