ION IMAGING SYSTEM SOFTWARE

PV-WAVE

PV-WAVE is a simple and powerful programming language with lots of built-in functions for image/data processing, image display, data plotting, etc. PV-WAVE commands can be called interactively from a command line or strung together into programs (along with FOR/NEXT, IF/THEN, etc. type structures). Thus, you can call programs to load and display images, and then manipulate them interactively from a command line interface. Anyone who intends to program in PV-WAVE and/or do anything beyond what is provided by already-written programs should read the PV-WAVE overview book and the first few chapters of the User's Guide, and at least become familiar with the rest of the User's Guide and the Reference Manual. One set of manuals is in the ion probe lab, and one is in Larry's office.

PV-WAVE topics covered in this manual:

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  Setup and Basic Concepts

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  Getting Help

  (How do I find/use a particular program, etc.)

   

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  Libraries:

  Libraries are collections of WAVE programs. Follow these links to indexes of our user-written libraries, C: sorted by category or A: sorted alphabetically:
  

  • C A IDLUSR: This is a library of public domain programs from Johns-Hopkins University
  • C A WAVELIB: This is our main library of user-written programs. (If you add programs here, document them and add them to the index!)
  • C A STARDUST:These are STARDUST mapping programs
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  Examples of Useful Programs:

   

  1. Imaging programs (acquisition, display, processing, etc.).
  2. Plotting programs
  3. Data analysis programs
  4. Other programs

Rest of Software Manual:

• Overview and Setup Stuff
• Top Level Programs
• WHIP (Camera control software)

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