Ametek ORTEC EASY-NIM 928 Suite, Hardware Manual

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3.3. EASY-NIM 928 COUNTER/TIMER OPERATION
3.3.1. Starting the Easy NIM Front-Panel Emulation Software
Enter eas in the Windows “
search programs and files
” box, then click the Easy
NIM search result; or open the Windows Start menu and click Easy NIM , then Easy
NIM (Figure 5). Alternatively, start the application from the Windows desktop icon (
). The Easy NIM main screen will open.
3.3.2. The Main Screen
Figure 6 shows the Easy NIM main screen. Note that when you select a 928-COUNT-2 from the MCB list at the bottom
of the screen, only 2 counters and 1 timer are displayed.
Figure 6. Easy NIM Application Main Screen.
Figure 7 illustrates the main features of the counter readouts.
1) User-defined counter Friendly name ; can be changed on the setup screen (discussed in the next section).
2) Counter value digital display. Maximum value is 4294967295, readable with user-written software.
NOTE To avoid error messages, run the MCB Configuration program (Section 2.3) before first use of the Easy
NIM software application.
Figure 5.