PRIMES
BeamMonitor BM+ with LDS 2.98
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Revision 01/2018 EN
An evaluation is carried out as follows:
1. Click the button
Open Doc
… and choose your measuring file (.foc-file).
2. Click the button
Open Profile
… and choose your profile file (.pro-file).
3. Choose the desired radius definition in the selection
Caustic
.
4. Click on the button
Evaluate
.
11.3
File
This menu includes – among others – the administration of measurement and setting data.
11.3.1
New
By means of
New
a new file is created.
11.3.2
Open
By means of
Open
a selected file is opened.
11.3.3
Save
The file currently opened is stored. The standard type of file is a binary file format with a minimal memory
requirements. The file ending for a measuring file of this type is “
.foc”. As an alternative, it is possible to store
the data in a ASCII format with the extension “
.mdf”. Information regarding the file format “.mdf” can be found
enclosed. Only files with this formats can be opened by the program (see also chapter 20.1 on page 74).
11.3.4
Save As...
You have to assign a file name, choose the storage location and the file format.
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Only save the measurement data with the extensions “.foc” or “.mdf”. You can only view measure-
ment data if the respective file was explicitly selected in the tool bar.
11.3.5
Export
Exports the pixel information of the power density distribution to a Excel table (*.xls). As an alternative, the
numeric results from a “.foc” file can be stored in a tab-separated text file (*.pkl) which can be imported into
Microsoft Excel.
11.3.6
Load measurement preferences
Stored settings can be resorted to with
Load measurement preferences
. The standardized extension for
a setting file of the BeamMonitor BM+ is “.ptx”.
11.3.7
Save measurement preferences
The current measurement settings are stored (.ptx-file).
11.3.8
Protocol
The calculated measurement results from a single plane can directly be written into a text file.
The following is stored:
•
Date and time of the measurement
•
Beam position and beam radius (according to 86 %- and 2
nd
moment definition)
