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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Description.................................................................................................................................1
Software......................................................................................................................................2
Roper Scientific Customer Service..........................................................................................2
Chapter 2. ICL
Introduction...............................................................................................................................3
Rules of Syntax..........................................................................................................................3
Whitespace.................................................................................................................................3
Parameters / Arguments .........................................................................................................3
Single Parameter Functions..............................................................................................4
Multiple Parameter Functions..........................................................................................4
Verbs...........................................................................................................................................4
Verbs as Subroutines.........................................................................................................5
Begin and End ....................................................................................................................5
Looping Verbs....................................................................................................................5
Shift Verbs...........................................................................................................................5
Display Verbs .....................................................................................................................6
Syntax Summary.......................................................................................................................6
Script....................................................................................................................................6
Whitespace..........................................................................................................................6
Function Syntax..................................................................................................................6
Readout / Display .............................................................................................................6
Function Definitions.................................................................................................................7
Example Scripts.......................................................................................................................13
Open the Shutter..............................................................................................................13
Single Image .....................................................................................................................13
TDI (Time Delay Integration) Panorama......................................................................14
Ratio Imaging: 2-Frame Ratio ........................................................................................15
Ratio Imaging: Multi-Frame Ratio.................................................................................16
3-Color Sequence .............................................................................................................17
Intermittent Exposure .....................................................................................................18
High-Speed Spectroscopy...............................................................................................19
Error Codes..............................................................................................................................20
Man Pages................................................................................................................................21
pl_exp_display_script(101).............................................................................................21
pl_exp_init_script(101)....................................................................................................22
pl_exp_listerr_script(101) ...............................................................................................23
pl_exp_setup_script(101)................................................................................................24
pl_exp_start_script(101)..................................................................................................25
pl_exp_uninit_script(101)...............................................................................................26
Decoding ..................................................................................................................................27
Decoding the ICL.............................................................................................................27
Image Display...................................................................................................................27