Thermal3 Command
(requires ENG access)
act actuate <index> <steps>

Variables index Specifies the stepper driver as 0 for the fast shutter and 1 or 2 for the beam-blockers.
steps Specifies the number of steps from -31 to 31 for the fast shutter and -4095 to 4095 for the beam-blockers ( zero is an invalid number of steps ).

Description Perform a manual actuation of the stepper driver.

Notes Thermal 1.0 / 1.7x equivalents:
  • The monitor command act actuate <index> <steps> does not have an equivalent.

Thermal 2 equivalents:
  • The monitor command act actuate <index> <steps> does not have an equivalent.

The beam-blockers (index 1 and 2) are not supported by actuator board versions 3+.

Related Documents COMMAND: act info
ERRORCODE: [08002] The board version is not supported

Applies to: THERMAL3
Access: ENG
Modified: Wed Jul 16 04:28:28 2008
Updated: Wed Jul 16 04:52:20 2008
Module: ACT