McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2017.2

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SYSVAL

SYSKEY utility.


Formats

SYSVAL LIST bword eword
SYSVAL CHANGE word value


Parameters

LIST

lists the values stored in the McIDAS system configuration file SYSKEY.TAB

CHANGE

changes the value of a SYSKEY word

bword

beginning word number to list (default=1)

eword

ending word number to list (default=bword)

word

SYSKEY word number

value

new value to place in SYSKEY; see the Remarks


Remarks

Caution !
Creating or changing SYSKEY.TAB impacts the entire McIDAS workstation network.
The SYSVAL CHANGE option should be used by the network administrator only.

If you use the CHANGE option and designate the first character as a letter (A-Z), the value is stored in SYSKEY.TAB as a character string; otherwise, it is assumed to be an integer value and is converted to binary format and stored in SYSKEY.TAB.

The parameters defined for local McIDAS workstation networks are stored in SYSKEY.TAB. These parameters contain alphanumeric and integer values needed by workstations in the network. Words 2000 to 2499 and 5000 to 5999 are reserved for parameters unique to your network. For a description of SYSKEY.TAB, see the file SYSKEY.DOC. This file should be updated by the network administrator only.

SYSKEY.TAB values can be placed directly into local command entries using #SYS(word) to replace a parameter or keyword value. For example, IMGLIST GOES/VIS.1 #SYS(2100) lists images from position 1 to the value stored in word 2100.


Examples

SYSVAL LIST 2000 2010

This entry lists the contents of SYSKEY.TAB words 2000 to 2010.

SYSVAL CHANGE 5021 RA27

This entry places the string of ASCII characters RA27 into SYSKEY.TAB word 5021.


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