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Basic Information on tvset
Task: tvset
Purpose: Set up and initialize the TV device.
TVSET either sets the lookup table, or clears the TV device.
Key: server
This is used to specify the TV display device. It is giving in the
form:
type@server
or
type@device
The first form causes a connection to be made with a network
display server, whereas the second form uses local hardware
directly. For the network servers, the server process may have
to be started before invoking the Miriad task -- see below.
Currently supported types are:
xmtv Miriad X server. `server' is the servers hostname.
(use "localhost" if you are not networked)
Normally the xmtv server will be the same host as
the X server. The user will normally invoke the xmtv
server before running any Miriad TV tasks, with
% xmtv
If the X server and xmtv server are on different
hosts, you may need to set the DISPLAY environment
variable on the xmtv server, and use xhost on the
X server.
ivas IVAS (VMS only). `device' is the VMS device name.
You will require an IIS IVAS for this.
ivserver IVAS server. `server' is the servers hostname.
Servers are currently installed on
castor.astro.uiuc.edu and bkyast.berkeley.edu.
msss Miriad Sun Screen server. `server' is the serving
Sun, which can be any Sun with a console. The user
will normally invoke the server before running
any Miriad TV tasks, with
% msss
mxas Miriad X server. `server' is the servers hostname.
This is an inferior server to xmtv.
No default.
Key: table
This gives the name of the operation to perform, or look-up
table to load. Possible values are:
'clear' Reset the TV device.
'grey' Black and white look-up table.
'colour' Colour look-up table.
'rainbow' Another colour look-up table.