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Appendix F.
mogwave
server
The above example sends the
help
command to
mogwave
, which will report
back something like:
mogwave running wavemeter W2001101140930
Wavelength range 766.2 to 788.9nm, difference 22.7nm
Valid commands: wave, last, close, start, stop, die, kill
F.3
mogwave
commands
The
mogwave
server is controlled via simple text commands of the form
wave
.
The commands must match exactly, with no abbreviations or extensions.
For example,
wave
is good, but
wav
and
waver
are not.
Each command will respond with “OK:” if valid, or “ERR:” if invalid or
some error occurred, followed by values or further information.
START
start
Start continuous measurement.
STOP
stop
Stop continuous measurement.
WAVE
wave[,units]
Returns most recent measurement if acquiring; initiates a single new mea-
surement if not.
units
Units for return value; can be
nm vac
,
nm air
,
nm raw
,
THz
,
cm
. If no units
specified, return value is raw measurement in nm.
The response includes the time of measurement, for example:
last,nm vac
OK: 16:59:08.8 779.984977
WIDTH
width[,units]
Returns rms peak width of most recent measurement if acquiring; initiates
a single new measurement if not. Note that the values returned by
wave