[daip] tvchan

[Crystal Brogan]

I always shutdown using KLEEN.

-crystal

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Eric Greisen wrote:

> Crystal Brogan wrote:
>>  Something seems to be wrong with selecting other TV channels in AIPS in CV
>>  today. For example, a typical set of commands to do a tvblink:
>>
>>  getn 30
>>  tvch 1
>>  tvlod
>>
>>  getn 31
>>  tvch 2
>>  tvlod
>>
>>  gives the following error message when you try to do the second tvlod
>>
>>  AIPS 2: TV DEVICE 74 CURRENTLY BEING USED BY SOMEONE ELSE
>>  AIPS 2: TV OPEN ERROR      4
>>
>>  the TV then gives this error message for any other TV related commant such
>>  as tvinit etc. The only way I can use the TV again is to x out of it and
>>  open a new one.
>>
>>  In case its important I opened aips with
>>  aips tv=local:4
>>
>>  Best,
>>  Crystal
>>
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> I can't get either the Intel or the gnu versions to do something like this to 
> me.  It appears that the close function is not causing the TVSRV lock daemon 
> to admit that the TV is available.  Have you done aborts of XAS (kill with 
> the X in the window corner)?  This kills XAS but leaves TVSRV running.  It 
> has to be killed too or the TV stays "busy."  Try the verb KLEENEX to exit 
> aips shutting things down cleanly.
>
> Eric Greisen
>