Graphical initialisation and operation

You may prefer the ORAC-DR graphical interface called xoracdr. ( See SUN/230.) It allows you to configure ORAC-DR: set the instrument, UT date, raw and reduced directories; and to run the pipeline with the various options. It permits monitoring of the primitives during execution of a recipe. xoracdr offers access to other facilities like display control and recipe editing. The in-built documentation does not pertain to the GUI itself but to general ORAC-DR information, however, xoracdr is straightforward to use and explore. While xoracdr has some rough edges, it is popular with many users. To try it, enter

 % xoracdr &

Once the tool appears, you should select an instrument from the menu on the left, a UT date in the top centre, and raw and reduced directories to the lower right. The From: and To: refer to the observation numbers to process. When you are ready to reduce data, click on the Start ORAC-DR button.