Time Controller Series User Manual
Section 7: Multi-Device Operation
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Multi-Device Operation
Under standard operation conditions, a single Time Controller can measure up to four histograms
and four sets of timestamps independently, from up to five input channels. In this section, we
describe how you can connect and operate multiple Time Controllers in series, to measure time-
resolved correlations between over 64 input channels concurrently.
Avoid alternating between use of the Time Controller software and any programmatic
use of the Time Controller (such as the scripts for multi-device acquisition detailed in
this Chapter).
The Time Controller software only registers a change in a device parameter when the
command is issued via the Time Controller GUI. Therefore, changes made outside of the
GUI will not be reflected in the GUI, and configuration conflicts may occur.
In cases of significant clashes, the physical Time Controller unit may need to be
manually restarted.
7.1
Up-to-date Software
In order to operate multiple Time Controllers in the manner described in this chapter, ensure that
the firmware of the Time Controllers and the software on the host computer has been updated to
the versions from release 1.7.0 or later.
Follow the steps in Section 4.3.2
Time Controller Firmware to update the firmware of all your
Time Controller devices, where the latest version of the firmware can be found on our website (see
Section 3.1.6
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