This page describes typical operation of the LBL PabOpto pgII photogoniometer.
Click the tab for "manual control"
Check the box in front of "id:1, halogen1" to turn on the lamp.
Select sample #0 titled "No sample"
Set "measurement path" to "beam-5.0deg"
Uncheck the box in front of "id:1, halogen1" to turn off the lamp.
The program mountain can be used for a lot of initial post processing on the pgII control machine.
Open a Konsole and type man mountain for a full list of capabilites.
Navigating the view in mountain can be clunky. Holding/clicking all three mouse buttons generate results.
It is possible to edit a list in a text editor and run it as one command in the Konsole, .
make the script take an argument.