Starting the Client - SCEDC/stp GitHub Wiki

If you have already installed the STP client, type:

stp

at the command prompt to start the client. By default, STP will connect to our main server, stp.gps.caltech.edu. If the main server is unavailable or busy, STP will automatically try to connect to our other STP servers, stp2.gps.caltech.edu and stp3.gps.caltech.edu. You can manually choose a server by using the “-a” flag. For example:

stp –a stp2.gps.caltech.edu

The “-a” flag is useful if the connection to the main server is slow.

When the STP client starts, you should see output similar to the following:

STP: Connected to stp.gps.caltech.edu 
	****************************************
	*   Welcome to the Southern California *
	*      Earthquake Data Center          *
	*     Seismic Transfer Program         *
        ****************************************

Please use the following citation:
 SCEDC (2013): Southern California Earthquake Data Center.
 Caltech.Dataset. doi:10.7909/C3WD3xH
to cite data downloaded from the SCEDC.

STP>  

Announcements will be displayed above the STP> prompt.

Enter commands by by typing them at the STP> prompt and pressing the ENTER key on your keyboard. You can scroll through past commands from newest to oldest by pressing the up arrow.

Entering HELP at the prompt displays a list of all help topics. Entering HELP followed by the name one of these topics brings up a a specific help page. For example:

HELP TRIG 

will display the manual for the TRIG command.

To see recent announcements, enter NEWS at the prompt.

STP commands are case-insensitive –- in other words, help is the same as HELP, which is the same as HeLP. For consistency, all commands in this manual are capitalized, but when you use STP, it does not matter whether you capitalize your commands.