A.M.P.I. Master-9, User Manual

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7 The Connection Table
P1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C
1
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■
2
• • • • • • • • • • • •
3
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4
• • • • • • • • • • • ■
5
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6
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7
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8
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x x x
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9
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Figure 5: The connection table
The connection table displays all internal connections between channels and connections to
outputs A, B and C. The numbers that appear in the left column are the source channels, and the
numbers that appear on the top row are the target channels.
"
•
" Symbolizes that there is no connection between the channels.
The connection table (Figure 5) shows no connections from channels 2, 5, 6, and 9.
"■" Symbolizes that there is an operational connection between the two channels, i.e. there is a
connection between them and it fulfills the following conditions:
a. The source channel is not in the OFF mode and thus may send a trigger.
b. The target channel is in mode TRIG, TWIN, TRAIN or GATE (the modes in which the channel
expects a trigger input).
The table in figure 5 represents an operational connection from channel 3 to channel 6.
If you turn off channel 3 or channel 6 or if you set channel 6 to the FREE-RUN mode, this
connection will switch to a non-operational connection.
" x " Symbolizes that there is a connection between the two channels but it is a non-operational
connection. In the above table, all the internal outputs of channel 8 are non-operational (maybe
because channel 8 is OFF).
Each of the 9 channels can be connected to any number of other channels and to outputs A, B and
C. In the above example, output C outputs the summation/combination of channels 1, 4 and 7.
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When you have a complex experiment in which many channels are involved, a simple glance at
the connection table gives you an instantaneous indication to what is being conducted in the
experiment.