SmarAct PICOSCALE, User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
4.2 Data sources ........................................................................................................................ 24
4.3 Signal fl ow
............................................................................................................................ 25
4.4 Adjustment auto function ................................................................................................... 26
4.5 Events ................................................................................................................................... 26
4.6 System fi lters
....................................................................................................................... 26
4.7 Streaming aggregation ........................................................................................................ 27
4.8 Network discovery protocol ................................................................................................ 27
5 PicoScale hardware .................................................................................................................... 29
5.1
PICO SCALE
controller
........................................................................................................ 29
5.2 I nterfaces ............................................................................................................................. 31
5.2.1 Environmental Module interface ............................................................................ 31
5.2.2 Optical outputs
......................................................................................................... 32
5.2.3 Power connection .................................................................................................... 32
5.2.4 USB slave interface .................................................................................................. 33
5.2.5 Ethernet interface
.................................................................................................... 33
5.2.6 USB master interface ............................................................................................... 33
5.2.7 SmarAct Sensor I nterface (S I ) .................................................................................. 33
5.2.8 SmarAct High Speed Sensor I nterface (HS I )
........................................................... 33
5.2.9 GP I O and Digital Di ff erential I nterface
................................................................... 33
5.3 Breakout-Box ....................................................................................................................... 35
5.3.1 Di ff erential Digital I nterface DD I ............................................................................. 36
5.3.2 BOB digital GP I Os
..................................................................................................... 38
5.3.3 BOB analog GP I Os ................................................................................................... 39
5.4 Sensor heads ....................................................................................................................... 40
5.5 Environmental Module
........................................................................................................ 41
6 Setup and installation ................................................................................................................. 42
6.1 System checklist .................................................................................................................. 42
6.2 Unpack the system .............................................................................................................. 43
6.3 Cabling
................................................................................................................................. 43
6.4 System power up ................................................................................................................. 45
6.5 PICO SCALE software and AP I installation ......................................................................... 46
6.6 Firmware updates
................................................................................................................ 46
6.6.1 Performing a PICO SCALE fi rmware update .......................................................... 47
6.6.2 System diagnostics data .......................................................................................... 47
7 PicoScale Control GUI ................................................................................................................ 49
7.1 Con fi guration of the PicoScale ............................................................................................ 50
7.1.1 Connecting to the controller
................................................................................... 50
7.1.2 General settings ....................................................................................................... 50
7.1.3 Status ........................................................................................................................ 51
7.2 Adjustment
.......................................................................................................................... 53
7.3 Advanced Trigger ................................................................................................................. 55
7.3.1 Trigger Source con fi guration ................................................................................... 56
7.3.2 Trigger con fi guration
............................................................................................... 60
7.4 I nterfaces ............................................................................................................................. 63
7.4.1 Digital I O interface con fi guration ............................................................................ 63
7.4.2 Digital Di ff erential I nterface (DD I ) con fi guration
.................................................... 64
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