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## Set General Information

At the prompt `PAKO >` enter, e.g.:

    SET PROJECT   111-22                        ! project ID (project number)
    SET PI       "Dr. Jane D. Doe"              ! principal investigator
    SET OBSERVER "John Doe"                     !
    SET OPERATOR  Pako                          !
    SET TOPOLOGY  low                           ! topology for azimuth
    SHOW
    DEVICE image  w                             ! open window for plots

With the `set` commands we specify some basic information: the project number, the principal investigator (PI), the names of the observer and telescope operator.

`SHOW` lists everything previously set with `SET`.

`SET TOPOLOGY` deserves special attention: The 30m antenna has azimuth limits of 60 and 460 degrees. Azimuth 360 degrees is due North. Therefore there is an overlap range approximately toward Northeast, which the antenna can reach at a low azimuth 60 to 100 (from the South) or at a high azimuth 400 to 460 (from the North).

`SET TOPOLOGY LOW` selects to use the azimuth range 60 to 420 degrees

`SET TOPOLOGY HIGH` selects to use the azimuth range 100 to 460 degrees.

`DEVICE` is a standard command to open a graphics window for plots. It is used by PAKO to provide a preview plot for some observing modes.