.. include:: ../include/global.inc .. moduleauthor:: PSchau, WLyda .. sectionauthor:: PSchau, WLyda .. _gettingStarted: Getting Started ################### Read the following chapter in order to get a first introduction about the main functionalities of |itom|. This chapter is structured as follows: * At first you become acquainted with the main features of the user interface. * Then you learn about to open, operate and close a *virtual* motor stage provided by a hardware plugin. * Afterwards you will write your first small script snippet using the console and do the same stage operation using a script based approach. * In a second document you will get information about optional arguments that can be passed to the executable of |itom|. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 getting-started-lvl2.rst startup-arguments.rst