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It is necessary to open a couple of windows to be ready to operate the vacuum system. You must be operating from one of the hutch computer (mec-daq, mec-monitor, mec-console, mec-laser, mec-hutch01, mec-laptop08), or you can ssh to these computers.
~> mechome
In in a terminal, type mechome to open the above window. In the top left diagram, press the "Vacuum" button to unfold a menu and select MEC Vacuum. The following window will open.
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