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;*NAME:		pmas_bias
;
;*CATEGORY:	PMAS instrument control
;
;*PURPOSE:	Start Spectrograph BIAS readout
;
;*CALLING SEQUENCE:
;
;*PARAMETERS:
;	INPUT:   - none -
;		
;	OUTPUT:
;		img                     resulting image (2D array)
;               fn                      file name of image on disk
;
;	KEYWORDS:
;		XBIN, YBIN:		x and y binning (1,2, or 3)
;		WIN=[x0,y0, xsize,ysize]  window readout parameters    		
;		OBJ= '...'		FITS header keyword (string), optional  
;		/NOWIPE			flag: suppress preceeding wipe cycle 
;		/TV or TV=scalefactor   automatic display on screen
;		RCP = '...'             <hostname:/path> for automatic remote copy
;		/QUICK                   quick start, no error checking'
;               /RET                    return immediately, no waiting for readout       
;
;*EXAMPLES:	pmas_bias, img,fn, XBIN=2,YBIN=2, OBJ='BIAS-pickuptest', /NO, TV=0.5, $
;                         RCP='anke:/h/home/pmas/dat/run05'
;
;*SYSTEM VARIABLES USED:
;		- none -
;
;*COMMON BLOCKS:
;		- none -
;
;*INTERACTIVE INPUT:
;		- none -
;
;*SUBROUTINES CALLED:
;		pmas_status
;		sstring
;		telescl
;
;*FILES USED:
;		- none -
;
;*SIDE EFFECTS:
;		with RCP active, resulting FITS file will be transferred to remote host
;
;*RESTRICTIONS:
;
;
;*NOTES:
;		This routine needs an update if ACE software should be changed 
;
;*PROCEDURE:
;
;
;*MODIFICATION HISTORY:
;
;	24/05/01	MMR	initial programming
;          
;*AUTHORS:
;
;	MMR		Martin M. Roth	Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
;					An der Sternwarte 16
;					D-14547 Potsdam  
;					Tel. +49 - 331 - 7499 313
;                                       email: mmroth@aip.de
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