Introduction

The PCA is controlled by issuing FILE commands in the command file and via titles banks. The FILE commands are:-

FILE PCA 1

Compulsory, output titles banks file.

FILE PCA 2/3/4

Optional, with their usage depending on the type of calibration

The titles banks may be found in the file pca_data.dat. They are:-

TPCA 1

Determines the calibration type.

TPCA 2/3/4

Settings for the particular calibration. Bank TPCA 2 is for the gain calibration, TPCA 3 is for the walk calibration version 1 and TPCA 4 is for walk calibration version 2.

The MPLP bank is in a separate file. The file names are of the form pca_mplp_xxxx.dat, where xxxx describes the ideal positions.