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To use SAOImageDS9 package, type:

using SAOImageDS9

will import the public symbols of the package (all prefixed by ds9).

You may call the ds9connect method to specify the access point to a given running SAOImage/DS9 application. If no given access point is specified, ds9connect() will automatically attempt to connect to the first access point matching "DS9.*" when a command is sent to SAOImage/DS9. The method ds9accesspoint() yields the name of the current access point to SAOImage/DS9, or an access-point with an empty address has been chosen or if ds9disconnect has been called.

To check the connection to SAOImage/DS9, you can type:

ds9get(VersionNumber)

which should yield the version of the SAOImage/DS9 to which you are connected.