Data Acquisition Control.

ABORT ABORT_POSTCMD ABORT_PRECMD AUTOUPDATE BEAMLINE_PAR BEGIN BEGIN_POSTCMD BEGIN_PRECMD CHANGE CHANGE_FINISH CHANGE_MONITOR CHANGE_PERIODS CHANGE_START CHANGE_SYNC CHANGE_TABLES CHANGE_TCB CHANGE_VARS CHANGE_VETOS DAE_WRITE END END_POSTCMD END_PRECMD GETFRAMES GETMEVENTS GETPERIOD GETRUNNUMBER GETRUNSTATE GETTOTALCOUNTS GETUAMPS LOADSCRIPT PAUSE PAUSE_POSTCMD PAUSE_PRECMD RECOVER RESUME RESUME_POSTCMD RESUME_PRECMD SAMPLE_PAR SET_FERMI_VETO SETSCRIPTDIR SETSCRIPTNAME SNAPSHOT_CRPT STORE SUM_ALL_DAE_MEMORY SUM_ALL_SPECTRA UPDATE UPDATESTORE USER_DETAILS WAITFOR WAITFORDASHRUNSTATE

BEGIN ( Integer  PERIOD, String  MEASUREMENT_ID, String  MEASUREMENT_TYPE, String  MEASUREMENT_SUBID, String  SAMPLE_ID, Qualifier  WAIT, Qualifier  QUIET, Qualifier  PAUSED   ) Start A RUN. The acquisition memory is cleared and data collection is started. Before counting begins the procedure BEGIN_PRECMD is called to allow per instrument configuration. Parameters: [in]  PERIOD  (optional) start the run in a period number other than 1 [in]  WAIT  (optional) Wait 120 seconds, abort and then begin again [in]  QUIET  (optional) print less output to screen [in]  MEASUREMENT_ID  (optional) measurement_id to associate with run - see MEASUREMENT [in]  MEASUREMENT_SUBID  (optional) measurement_subid to associate with run - see MEASUREMENT [in]  MEASUREMENT_TYPE  (optional) measurement type to associate with run - see MEASUREMENT [in]  SAMPLE_ID  (optional) sample identifier to associate with run - see MEASUREMENT Returns: run number of started run Precondition: The instrument is in a SETUP state See also: MEASUREMENT