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Easy-MCS

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Multichannel Scaler and MCS-32 (A73-B32) Software

931054C / 1213

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Summary of Contents for Easy-MCS

Page 1: ...C Easy MCS with the MCS 32 A73 B32 Software for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows XP SP3 Hardware and Software User s Manual Software Version 2 2 Printed in U S A ORTEC Part No 931054 1213 Manual Revisi...

Page 2: ...133 of the nature of the fault of the instrument being returned and of the model serial and revision Rev on rear panel numbers Failure to do so may cause unnecessary delays in getting the unit repaire...

Page 3: ...3 Connect the Easy MCS to the Computer 11 3 4 Run the MCS Configuration Program to Build the List of Available MCS Units 12 3 4 1 Customizing the Master MCS List 12 3 5 Attaching More Than One Easy MC...

Page 4: ...ta As 36 6 1 3 Print Data 37 6 1 4 Report 37 6 1 5 Compare Data 40 6 1 6 Recall Settings 41 6 1 7 Save Settings As 41 6 1 8 Import ASCII 42 6 1 9 Export ASCII 43 6 1 10 Exit 43 6 2 Acquire 43 6 2 1 St...

Page 5: ...arithmic 61 6 6 7 Narrower Wider 61 6 6 8 Center 61 6 6 9 Preferences 62 6 6 9 1 Points Fill ROI Fill All 62 6 6 9 2 Wrap Mode 62 6 6 9 3 Full View 62 6 6 9 4 Graticules 63 6 6 9 5 Toolbar 63 6 6 9 6...

Page 6: ...inear 72 7 5 2 Auto Manual 72 7 5 3 Center 72 7 5 4 Wider Narrower 72 8 JOB FILES 73 8 1 JOB Programming Example 73 8 1 1 Improving the JOB 75 8 1 2 The RUN Command 77 8 1 3 Controlling MCS 32 from Ot...

Page 7: ...RTUP 99 B 1 Command Line Options 99 APPENDIX C FILE FORMATS 101 C 1 MCS Spectral Data Files 101 C 2 ROI Files 103 APPENDIX D FIRMWARE COMMANDS AND RESPONSES 105 D 1 Command Format 105 D 2 Error Codes...

Page 8: ...amage to equipment or other property These are DANGER Indicates a hazard that could result in death or serious bodily harm if the safety instruction is not observed WARNING Indicates a hazard that cou...

Page 9: ...d is to enclose the key label within angle brackets for example F1 For key combinations the key labels are joined by a within the angle brackets for example Alt 2 NOTE Weassumethroughoutthismanualthat...

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Page 11: ...asy MCS units can be run at the same time with corresponding multiple instances of the MCS 32 program 1 1 Easy MCS Features Hardware Small footprint instrument connects to the host computer via high s...

Page 12: ...cating via CONNECTIONS v7 1 or higher The Easy MCS con nects via a USB port and can be used on any computer running runs on any computer running under Windows 7 and XP SP3 1 3 What is a Multichannel S...

Page 13: ...the Easy MCS adaptable to virtually any source of signals The fast analog signal input IN accommodates both analog and digital signals with pulse widths 3 5 ns and counting rates up to 150 MHz The in...

Page 14: ...mory capacity of 1 073 741 823 counts per channel Versatile Scan Synchronization Easy MCS offers two methods for synchronizing the scans with the start of the events to be counted Either the start of...

Page 15: ...to the MCS 32 software s buffer window buffer mode The full power to display and manipulate can be applied to the spectra in either of these memories Spectra can also be saved as disk files for later...

Page 16: ...f job commands that varies the instrument settings and controls acquisition of multiple spectra The job stream can be simple or sophisticated Once the job stream is defined and imple mented data acqui...

Page 17: ...hreshold is computer adjustable from 1 6 V to 3 V in steps of 1 5 mV minimum pulse amplitude 30 mV Computer selection of either 50 or 1000 input impedance dc coupled Minimum input pulse width is 3 ns...

Page 18: ...e IN and SCA IN connectors When the GATE IN is 0 8 V counting is inhibited Counting is enabled when the GATE IN level is 2 V or when the GATE IN is not connected to signal source Input impedance is 10...

Page 19: ...l than it stays high The output is short circuit protected and can drive impedances 50 RAMP OUT Provides an analog voltage ramp from a digital to analog converter to drive external devices See Ramp Co...

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Page 21: ...On the install wizard s Instrument Setup page be sure to select the USB based instruments family Otherwise the Easy MCS will not be able to communicate with the computer and MCS 32 software At the en...

Page 22: ...all powered on ORTEC MCSs attached to the local computer and to any powered on network computers display the list of MCSs found allow you to enter customized instrument numbers and descriptions and o...

Page 23: ...manual 3 5 Attaching More Than One Easy MCS to the Computer Once the driver for one Easy MCS has been installed simply attach the new unit s to a USB port or powered hub on the computer You can attac...

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Page 25: ...then MCS 32 Fig 4 The startup screen for MCS 32 will look similar to Fig 5 Note that the program starts in MCS mode i e live monitoring of an MCS instrument by default See Section 5 2 for a discussio...

Page 26: ...g shown in Fig 6 2 Set the Pass Length to 1000 Assume that 1000 channels of data are required To set the Pass Length to 1000 double click the current value to highlight it or click and drag across it...

Page 27: ...marked with a dot click it to mark it 6 Set the Trigger to Internal If the radio button labeled Internal is not already marked with a black dot click it to mark it 7 Click OK to accept these settings...

Page 28: ...lick the Acquire menu and select Input Control This will open the dialog shown in Fig 7 3 Choose which input to use The Easy MCS has two different inputs a fast discriminator and a single channel anal...

Page 29: ...to the immediate right or left of the slide button To make super fine adjustments click the slide bar once to activate it then use the 7 and 6 keys When the discriminator is set to 1 5 V click the OK...

Page 30: ...to move to the area pointed to in the full display Note that the marker channel changes at the bottom of the screen Try it a few times 13 Point and Click in the Expanded View and click This moves the...

Page 31: ...this description again when you retrieve the spectrum Enter Tutorial Data as the sample description Now it s time to retrieve your file 2 Switch to buffer mode The buffer is simply a place where you c...

Page 32: ...the Save Data As and Recall Data commands The faster and more direct way to do it is to use the MCS Buffer command on the Acquire menu During normal operation as opposed to a tutorial you don t have...

Page 33: ...lick the Auto button to scale the data You should be able to see individual points move as the MCS advances from one channel to the next You are collecting exactly 1 count per channel You will notice...

Page 34: ...ended If you don t want to wait for the last pass to finish that is if you want to quit immediately 4 Abort the acquisition immediately Click the Start button to restart the acquisition Click the Stop...

Page 35: ...ow to use additional features such as Help 5 1 Screen Features Figure 10 shows the major screen features of MCS 32 1 Title bar showing the source of the currently displayed spectrum This is either the...

Page 36: ...ions such as calculating peak information marking ROIs locating library peaks or calibrating the spectrum This window also contains a vertical line called a marker that highlights a particular positio...

Page 37: ...he menus right mouse button menu accelerator keys and Toolbar to choose between logarithmic and linear scales change the horizontal or vertical axes and select which region of the spectrum to view Dep...

Page 38: ...uffer radio button on the Sidebar press F4 or Alt 6 or use the Display MCS Buffer menu command Show Marker Information reports the current marker position on the Supplementary Information Line This du...

Page 39: ...es the grid marks for the Expanded Display Window This duplicates Display Preferences Graticules Section 6 6 9 4 Finally note that as you pause the mouse pointer over the center of a Toolbar button a...

Page 40: ...ibes the MCS 32 radio buttons arrow buttons and checkboxes To activate a button or checkbox just click it Radio buttons Fig 13 allow you to select only one of the choices The arrow buttons in the lowe...

Page 41: ...Stop see Section 6 2 and are duplicated by the Alt 1 and Alt 2 accelerators respectively The Clear button clears the spectrum data and pass count from the buffer or the selected MCS To clear an inact...

Page 42: ...the current display is at its maxi mum height without overflowing the display In addition it centers the marker in the expanded display Auto also toggles the vertical scale of the spectrum display bet...

Page 43: ...the key sequence Alt S Alt D The ellipsis following a menu selec tion indicates that a dialog is displayed to complete the function Finally a small arrow following a menu selection means this item ha...

Page 44: ...F4 or Alt 6 Select MCS Ctrl Fn Time Units Taller F6 or Up Arrow Shorter F5 or Dn Arrow Automatic Keypad Logarithmic Keypad Narrower F7 or Keypad Wider Keypad Center Keypad 5 Preferences Points Fill R...

Page 45: ...buffer The buffer must be selected first The buffer is sized to conform to the pass length of the recalled spectrum If the buffer contains data that have not been saved a warning dialog opens first a...

Page 46: ...the data pass count dwell time pass length pass count preset input control settings acqui sition start time hardware and sample descriptions acquisition mode and calibration if any The MCS file struc...

Page 47: ...rt function creates a report describing acquisition conditions and contents of all ROIs and sends this to a text file and or the printer in one of two output formats Paragraph or Column The ROI Report...

Page 48: ...7 amu ID ABC 198 at 411 8044 amu Adjusted Net 123945 3 ROI 3 Range 300 599 479 amu to 311 621 483 amu Gross 498328 Net 117078 Centroid 305 325 610 13 amu ID RST 103 at 610 33 amu Adjusted Net 2075851...

Page 49: ...brary Adj Net 1 241 408 amu 269 414 amu 534209 127924 257 711 amu XYZ 138 258 411 amu 406107 5 2 399 440 amu 423 444 amu 493232 118381 3 411 700 amu ABC 198 411 804 amu 123945 3 3 599 479 amu 621 483...

Page 50: ...lay Window shows both spectra as illustrated in Fig 24 Note that the spectra in this illustration are displayed in Fill All mode in which all of the area under the peaks is filled with a color differe...

Page 51: ...e mode 6 1 6 Recall Settings This function restores settings saved by the Save Settings As function When the Recall Settings function is selected a standard file open dialog opens Fig 26 The recalled...

Page 52: ...t lines Each line is composed of the calibrated value floating point and the counts integer separated by spaces tabs commas or semicolons see the example in Fig 28 The number of channels read into the...

Page 53: ...ved to disk The data format for the text file consists of a list of two element lines Each line is composed of the calibrated value floating point and the counts integer separated by spaces This is al...

Page 54: ...Pass Control This command opens the dialog shown in Fig 30 appears This function is available in both buffer and MCS modes even if the MCS is acquiring data However for the buffer and for MCSs acquir...

Page 55: ...nal trigger is used to synchronize the MCS to the external hardware while the external hardware is synchronized to the MCS by selecting the Internal trigger See Sections 2 1 1 and 2 1 2 The current Pa...

Page 56: ...or voltage with a negative slope The discriminator voltage is set with the slide bar The nominal voltage of the discriminator level is displayed to the right of the slide bar To change the voltage dra...

Page 57: ...nerated by a digital to analog convertor the waveforms will have a discrete appearance stair steps 6 2 8 Adjust Live Input This command opens a small dialog Fig 34 that allows you to adjust the discri...

Page 58: ...ue the SCA Sweep command a warning dialog Fig 35 opens To cancel the sweep without losing the buffer contents click No Once the SCA Sweep dialog and sidebar open Fig 36 the Easy MCS continuously sweep...

Page 59: ...utton stops acquisition The Start Button restarts the acquisition and Clear Data clears the data The Cancel Button can be used to exit the SCA sweep mode and return the SCA settings to their original...

Page 60: ...time mode or channels external channel advance mode Also if a library file has been specified see Section 6 4 2 MCS 32 searches the library for the value that most closely matches the calculated centr...

Page 61: ...g you for a filename and Stripping Factor The strip file should be a valid MCS file containing the same number of channels as the buffer Once you select a file and click OK MCS 32 strips the specified...

Page 62: ...This command changes the pass count to 1 6 3 8 Marker Marker reports the current marker position on the Supplementary Information Line near the bottom of the display see Fig 43 By default the marker i...

Page 63: ...calibration for or remove a calibration from the spectrum such that channel numbers and peak parameters are reported in the specified units as well as time The calibration is stored with the spectrum...

Page 64: ...e Channel field enter the calibration Value and units 4 Click the Enter button to add this calibration point to the MCS Calibration Table at the bottom of the Calibration Worksheet 5 Repeat this proce...

Page 65: ...m is calibrated the Toggle Calibration Toolbar button and Display Time Units command Section 6 6 3 switch the expanded display between calibrated units and either time units for internal dwell or chan...

Page 66: ...udes a Cancel button so the JOB can be aborted If an error is encountered in a JOB file an error message will indicate that an error has occurred and will display the offending line of the JOB file 6...

Page 67: ...g custom libraries that can be loaded with this command The Library function opens the file recall dialog shown in Fig 47 The default library file extension is LBR When the library file has loaded MCS...

Page 68: ...ompanies the spec trum when it is subsequently copied or saved to a file The description also appears in the Title Bar when the spectrum file is opened 6 5 ROI A region of interest ROI is a way to den...

Page 69: ...mation in the current spectrum The contents of the spectrum are not changed The default and recommended file extension is ROI 6 5 3 Mark ROI Mark ROI sets an ROI in the region currently selected by th...

Page 70: ...54 to select an MCS from the current configuration for display Click the appropriate MCS then click OK You can also select an MCS with Ctrl F1 for MCS 1 Ctrl F2 for MCS 2 and so on through Ctrl F8 or...

Page 71: ...ted by Keypad and the Auto button on the Sidebar 6 6 6 Logarithmic Logarithmic toggles the vertical scale of the expanded display between the logarithmic and linear modes This function is duplicated b...

Page 72: ...baseline to the data point with the Foreground and ROI spectrum colors Figure 56 shows a comparison of the three display modes Note that the point pixel size in the Point and Fill ROI mode illustra ti...

Page 73: ...6 Colors Use this dialog see Fig 58 to select colors for various features in the two spectrum windows Each scroll bar controls the color of a different feature The vertical colored stripes behind the...

Page 74: ...by clicking Cancel or pressing Esc To reset the color values to the original MCS 32 colors click Default NOTE The colors on this palette affect only the Expanded and Full Display Windows The colors of...

Page 75: ...first key e g Alt Shift or Ctrl while pressing the key that follows the sign in the brackets then releasing both keys simultaneously Functions that use the keypad keys begin with the word Keypad e g...

Page 76: ...9 Increase the vertical scale so that peaks appear smaller F6 or 8 Decrease the vertical scale so that peaks appear larger F7 or Keypad Increase the horizontal scale so peaks appear narrower F8 or Key...

Page 77: ...931054C 1213 7 KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS 67 Fig 59 MCS 32 Keyboard and Keypad Accelerators...

Page 78: ...ext closest library entry Each button press advances to the next library entry and moves the marker to the corresponding energy Also instead of indexing from a previously identified peak the marker ca...

Page 79: ...press switches to logarithmic scale If the display is already in logarithmic scale the display switches to linear scale In either case the vertical full scale value is always shown on the Sidebar Note...

Page 80: ...Section 6 2 1 7 3 2 Stop Alt 2 Alt 2 stops acquisition in the selected MCS This duplicates the Stop Toolbar button the Stop command on the right mouse button menu and Acquire Stop discussed in Sectio...

Page 81: ...xpanded Display Window so the peaks appear nar rower while F8 decreases the horizontal scale making the peaks look wider The horizontal and vertical scale values are displayed on the Sidebar These fun...

Page 82: ...vertical full scale see the discussion in Section 6 6 5 This is duplicated by the Auto button on the Sidebar and Display Automatic 7 5 3 Center Keypad 5 Keypad 5 forces the marker to the center of th...

Page 83: ...ermore the current loop count can be included as a vari able in any string including filenames program parameters and text Data can thus be stored with unique filenames and labeled with unique descrip...

Page 84: ...looking at the spectrum and marking the peak or the region around the peak These ROI data are saved on the disk under the name PEAK ROI This JOB file will work on different peaks just by changing the...

Page 85: ...ame you just selected in the dialog Instead though save these new instructions to a new file named SAMPDATA JOB using the File Save As function do not use Save or the original file will be lost This n...

Page 86: ...c of the JOB file needs to be modified to restart the acquisition after the data have been moved to the buffer NOTE All of the analysis is performed on the buffer spectrum so the MCS spectrum can be e...

Page 87: ...e that when an EXE program is run the program starts but returns to the JOB before it exits This is usually undesirable For instance in the preceding example the Easy MCS will start the acquisition be...

Page 88: ...nd card typically legacy PCs Format 1 BEEP freq duration This format produces an audible tone at a pitch of freq Hertz lasting for duration milliseconds Format 2 BEEP ID This format produces a sound b...

Page 89: ...OCLR Enables the AutoClr function of the Easy MCS for sum then replace mode see Section 6 2 5 When enabled i e in sum then replace mode the first pass replaces the data in memory then additional passe...

Page 90: ...duplicates the function of Library under the Services menu LOOP repetitions END_LOOP This command pair executes multiple times all the commands between LOOP and END_ LOOP The number of execution time...

Page 91: ...a standard report is generated If equal to 1 the Data Only format of the command is generated If equal to 0 the standard format is generated QUIT Unconditionally terminates MCS 32 and returns control...

Page 92: ...ANDARD ROI REPORT STANDARD RPT These commands report the values only for the peaks that were marked in the calibration spectrum As usual the loop count value can be included in any text by typing thre...

Page 93: ...IT program command is used SAVE d path file mcs This command which has the same function as Save As under the File menu saves the MCS or buffer to a disk file The disk filename in quotation marks can...

Page 94: ...Acquire Input Control This command fails if the buffer is selected SET_DISCRIMINATOR f Sets the discriminator level to f volts The value of f may be a floating point number between 1 6 V and 3 0 V Thi...

Page 95: ...re 4 65536 This command fails if the buffer is selected or the MCS is acquiring data SET_PASS_LENGTH n Sets the pass length to n channels n can be any value from 4 to 65536 This command performs the s...

Page 96: ...fails if the buffer is selected or the MCS is acquiring data SMOOTH Smooths the data in the buffer using a five point area preserving binomial smoothing algo rithm Its function is the same as Smooth...

Page 97: ...ed number of seconds which can be fractional Note that the wait for end of acquisition form of the command i e no argument suspends the JOB indefinitely if there is no pass preset that can be satisfie...

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Page 99: ...t function use a Factor of 1 0 for no correction All fields on each line are separated by spaces or tabs Extra spaces and tabs are ignored Since spaces are used to separate the items spaces are not al...

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Page 101: ...rature range 100 ns to 1 3 ms in 20 ns steps 1 3 ms to 1 3 s in 20 s steps 1 3 s to 1300 s in 20 ms steps External Clock Input The external channel advance input CHN ADV IN determines the dwell time T...

Page 102: ...There is no dead time between passes during an acquisition Ramp Output Linear ramps with begin mid and end of pass voltages computer selectable from 0 to 10 V with 16 bit resolution and a 2 s settlin...

Page 103: ...ately Clear Displayed button clears the data and the pass count for the spectrum currently being viewed Buffer or MCS memory Pass Displays the number of the current pass or scan 1 to 4 294 967 295 Pre...

Page 104: ...e marker position is displayed to the right of center under the large spectrum The horizontal coordinate is displayed to the left of center under the spectrum The horizontal scale is expressed in time...

Page 105: ...ill trigger the external instruments for the start of each scan Internal Trigger or a Start Input from the external instruments will start each scan External Trigger Pass Length Data entry box with up...

Page 106: ...ection of the MCS or Buffer memory Provides access to the SCA Sweep mode and the display panels for Pass Control Input Control and Ramp Control Calculate Includes an automated peak search and offers c...

Page 107: ...le converts the 25 pin D connector on the Easy MCS into a separate BNC cable connection for each input and output signal This option is strongly recommended A11 B32 CONNECTIONS Programmer s Toolkit wi...

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Page 109: ...32 is MCS32 EXE S file set L file lbr J file job M m All of the arguments are optional When the arguments are omitted certain defaults apply for the initial configuration and library as described bel...

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Page 111: ...annels integer 4 65535 12 4 Pass Count in passes integer 0 4294967295 16 4 Pass Count Preset integer 0 OFF maximum 4294967295 20 8 Start Time 8 characters 13 59 59 28 8 Start Date 8 characters 0131199...

Page 112: ...acquisition and saving of data 227 13 Reserved 240 4 Calibration coefficient 2 quadratic term floating point 244 4 Calibration coefficient 3 cubic term floating point 248 8 MCS ID string 8 characters...

Page 113: ...file contents are as follows Byte Byte Use Offset Length 0 2 Must be 2 2 2 Start channel number of first ROI 4 2 Stop channel number of first ROI Continue for all ROIs in the display n 2 Start channel...

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Page 115: ...ly identify the word For example ENABLE_DISCRI MINATOR can be abbreviated to ENAB_DISC Numeric parameters are either unsigned integers or signed floating point numbers and follow the command header se...

Page 116: ...id Noun 4 Invalid Modifier 128 Invalid first parameter 129 Invalid second parameter 130 Invalid third parameter 131 Invalid fourth parameter 132 Invalid number of parameters 133 Invalid command 134 Re...

Page 117: ...OW command no checksum Jxxxxxyyyyy ccc CR Response to SHOW_CONFIG command Mxxxxxxxxxx ccc CR Response to SHOW_STATUS command Nxxxyyyzzzccc CR xxx yyy and zzz are 8 bit unsigned numbers D 4 Command Cat...

Page 118: ...CLEAR SHOW_ACLEAR and ENABLE_SUMMATION DISABLE_DISCRIMINATOR Disables Discriminator input and enables the SCA input See also ENABLE_DISCRIMI NATOR and SHOW_DISCRIMINATOR DISABLE_DWELL_EXTERNAL Disable...

Page 119: ...is in progress ENABLE_SUMMATION Places the MCS in sum mode In sum mode new data is summed with the old data when a scan is made In replace mode new data replaces the old data when a new scan is made...

Page 120: ...ued the counters will increment when the input crosses the threshold with a negative slope See also SHOW_DISC_EDGE and SET_DISCRIMINATOR_LEADING SET_DWELL dwell Sets the dwell time to the specified va...

Page 121: ...ed it is rounded off to the closest legal value start specifies the output voltage of the ramp during the first time bin mid specifies the output voltage at the middle channel of the ramp and end spec...

Page 122: ...only valid when acquisition is started Responses C00001088 CR Collecting data in channel 1 C01762103 CR Collecting data in channel 1762 SHOW_CONFIGURATION Returns a record that indicates the hardware...

Page 123: ...SET_DISCRIMI NATOR_TRAILING and SET_DISCRIMINATOR_LEADING Responses FLEAD CR Discriminator is leading rising edge sensitive FTRAI CR Discriminator is trailing falling edge sensitive SHOW_DWELL Return...

Page 124: ...et to 50 F1000 CR Input impedance is currently set to 1000 SHOW_INTEGRAL start_chan number_of_chans Reports the sum of the specified group of spectral data channels for the currently selected device I...

Page 125: ...s 4 channels minimum C00005092 CR Pass length is 5 channels C65535109 CR Pass length is 65535 channels maximum SHOW_PASS_PRESET Returns pass count preset setting If the returned value is zero then the...

Page 126: ...e point mode When in two point mode only two floating point values are returned while three floating point values are returned in three point mode In three point mode the first floating point value sp...

Page 127: ...pass due to STOP and 1 Settings are consistent with data and ccc is the checksum SHOW_SUMMATION Indicates whether the unit is in sum mode or replace mode If in sum mode new data are sum med with the...

Page 128: ...mask may be any value from 0 to 65535 but is ignored When the STOP command is issued the acquisition will not stop until the end of the current scan Use the SHOW_ACTIVE command to deter mine when the...

Page 129: ...to 6 is 5 999756 Command VER_RAMP 11 Response RAMP 00009 9993896 CR Closest legal value to 11 is 9 99939 VERIFY_ULSCA value step This command is used to determine the valid SCA upper level setting clo...

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Page 131: ...Scale 61 Include ROIs 36 Include view 36 Indexing Buttons LIB 68 ROI 68 Input control 45 Inputs 25 pin D connector inputs 7 8 IN 7 Installation 11 Job control 55 example 73 file 73 loop counter 75 pro...

Page 132: ...ettings As 41 Sawtooth waveform 46 SCA input 45 Scaling autoscale 28 29 linear 28 29 Screen Capture 69 Select MCS 60 Services menu 55 Settings 41 Show Full View 62 Sidebar 26 Smooth 51 Specifications...

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