MCD

Modify channel description

Environments	PYTHON :: EASI
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Overwrites the channel description for a selected image channel.

mcd(file, cm01, dboc)

Name	Type	Caption	Length
FILE *	str	Input file	1 -
CM01 *	str	New channel description	1 - 56
DBOC *	List[int]	Output channel	1 - 1

* Required parameter

FILE

Specifies the name of a writable GDB file that contains the channel for which the description is to be modified.

CM01

Specifies the new channel description (1 to 56 characters) to attribute to the specified image channel.

DBOC

Specifies the output image channel to receive the updated channel description. Any existing description will be overwritten.

MCD allows you to modify the channel description string for one image channel. The channel description is a 1 to 56-character text string.

Modify the channel description for working image channel 8 on irvine.pix.

from pci.mcd import mcd

file="irvine.pix"
cm01="change this description"
dboc=[8]

mcd( file, cm01, dboc )

Original channel description was:

   8 [ 8U]: III     Working Channel                         14-AUG-90

New channel description is:

   8 [ 8U]: change this description