Ametek ORTEC digiBASE, User Manual

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disconnect the digiBASE, you will see a “detector not responding” message on the status line at
the bottom of the MAESTRO window. When you reconnect the digiBASE to the computer, you
will have to reselect it from the detector droplist on the Toolbar.
2.4. Additional Notes
2.4.1. Attaching More Than One digiBASE to the Computer
Once the drivers have been installed for one digiBASE, adding subsequent units is simple. You
can attach as many digiBASE units to a computer as the computer has USB ports and add-on
USB hubs, to a limit of 255 (as discussed in Section A.2, their use is subject to some
limitations).
REMINDER
Be sure to run MCB Configuration any time you add new digiBASEs (or other
ORTEC MCBs) to your system.
2.4.2. Connecting to and Disconnecting from the Computer
The USB connection allows you to connect digiBASEs to and disconnect them from a USB port
without shutting down the computer or USB hub. Note that if MAESTRO is running when you
disconnect the digiBASE, you will see a “detector not responding” message on the status line at
the bottom of the MAESTRO window. When you reconnect the digiBASE to its USB port (the
same port to which it was attached when MCB Configuration was last run), you will have to
reselect it from the detector pick list on the Toolbar.
2.5. digiBASE MCB Properties in MAESTRO
This section discusses the hardware setup dialog you will see within MAESTRO and other C
ON
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NECTIONS
programs when you select the
MCB Properties...
command under the
Acquire
menu.
The digiBASE is completely software controlled; the MCB Properties dialog contains all of the
instrument controls including ADC setup parameters, acquisition presets, high voltage, the gain
and zero stabilizers, and amplifier gain adjustments. Just move from tab to tab and set your hard-
ware parameters, then click
Close .
As you enter characters in the data-entry fields, the characters will be underlined until you move
to another field or until 5 seconds have elapsed without data entry. During the time the entry is
underlined, no other program or computer on the network can modify this value.
NOTE
The changes you make on most property tabs take place immediately . There is no
cancel or undo for this dialog.
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