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mcu:

The mcu alias will set the value for the multiplier for the monitor.

The syntax for the mcu alias is:

     mcu value    

This sets the monitor scaling factor to value.  For instance, if one types mcu 10000 and then does a count preset mcu 10, the total preset will be 10*10000=100000 monitor counts.



NOTE
that the following information is not required to understand the usage of the command but is included for completeness:

The alias definition is:

logfileoutput off; method mcu set_scale_factor d %1; logfileoutput on; comment "The monitor count unit was set to @(methodreal0)" title "Setting the monitor count unit


The logfileoutput off command is used to suppress the output from the method command which is not particularly readable to the average user and the logfileoutput on command is used so that the following comment is printed to the logfile.  The @(methodreal0) represents the first returned real variable from the method command which will be the stored value of mcu.  For more information about the syntax of these @(...) variables, see the How to use and command-line variables guide.