1. Preface

• 1.1 Organization
• 1.2 Conventions
• 1.3 Other Documentation

1.1 Organization

This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter 2, Introduction, provides a general overview of data processing issues and the program flow.

Chapter 3, GUI Overview, provides a description of the graphical user interface itself.

Chapter 4, Image Display, describes the functionality of the display section of the GUI.

Chapter 5, Alignment, describes the functionality of the alignment section of the GUI.

Chapter 6, Edit Data Collection Parameters, describes the functionality of the editing section of the GUI.

Chapter 7, Input, describes the input required for mar345dtb.

Chapter 8, Output, describes the types of output produced by mar345dtb.

Appendix contains some additional information about specific topics, e.g. a description on how to update the firmware of the dtb-controller.

1.2 Conventions

The mar345dtb User's Guide uses the following conventions:

italic

is used for program names names, directories, arguments, options and for emphasis.

Constant Width

is used in for terminal input.

[ item1 ]

square brackets indicate optional items. In this case item1 is optional.

{ item2 | item3}

braces indicate that a selection is required. In this case, you must select either item2 or item3.

filename ...

ellipses indicate a repetition. Zero or more of the preceding item may occur. In this example, multiple filenames are allowed.

<TAB>

non-printing characters, such as TAB, are shown enclosed in <brackets>.

1.3 Other Documentation

The following documents contain additional information related to programs called by program mar345dtb.

• mar345dtb is a Unix man style description of program mar345dtb.
• martv is a Unix man style description of program martv.
• mar345dtb Software Distribution Guide is a PDF-style document describing the structure and contents of the mar345dtb software distribution.