4. Getting Started

Read the following chapter in order to get a first introduction about the main functionalities of itom.

This chapter is structured as follows:

• At first you become acquainted with the main features of the user interface.

• Then you learn about to open, operate and close a virtual motor stage provided by a hardware plugin.

• Afterwards you will write your first small script snippet using the console and do the same stage operation using a script based approach.

• In a second document you will get information about optional arguments that can be passed to the executable of itom.

• 4.1. Quick Start
  • 4.1.1. The GUI
  • 4.1.2. Connect to a hardware plugin using the GUI
  • 4.1.3. Scripting
• 4.2. Further Information
• 4.3. Tutorials
• 4.4. Startup and Arguments
  • 4.4.1. Logging