Santa Barbara Instrument Group ST-5C, Operating Manual

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Section 2 - The First Day with the Camera
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2.1.2. Getting Acquainted with CCDOPS Software
Upon entering CCDOPS a warning (referred to as an Alert) states no camera is hooked up yet.
To proceed, hit any key and you are presented with our user friendly menu based interface
shown in the figure below:
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Welcome to the CCDOPS Software
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Display mode: Analysis Photo
Auto contrast: Yes No
Background: 100
[ Enter ]
[ Esc ]
Display
Menu Bar
Dialog
Menu
Status Box
Camera Status
Figure 2.1 - The CCDOPS User Interface
The menu bar starts at the top left and extends horizontally to the AO menu item on the right.
Navigating between these menus can be accomplished with a mouse or left/right cursor arrows
on your keyboard. Go ahead now and move between these items.
The File menu is the most frequently used since it navigates you toward image retrieval
(Open command) and the image Save command. It also is the way to the off switch, via the
Exit/Quit command. To pull down the File menu, highlight it and simply hit Enter or click on
it when highlighted. To leave it, hit Esc key or click on another menu.
Camera Menu
Move to the right and Camera menu is highlighted. Pull it down to see the available
commands. None of these function yet since a camera is not hooked up or powered. Notice
that you are alerted to this fact by the software when you hit Enter on a highlighted command.
Display Menu
Moving right again to the Display menu, you see the available commands. You can use the
mouse or your up/down cursors or mouse to navigate between these. Similarly, when selected,
error messages come up in all but the Slide Show command. Select it. Now you are prompted
by a new window (referred to as a Dialog) to select a slide show script. Move the highlighted