7 PICOSCALE CONTROL GUI
Figure 7.3: General Settings: (left) Configuration menu for
Event Notification
. (center)
Network Con-
figuration
. (right)
Features
Configuration.
You may activate the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) if your server supports au-
tomatic assignment of IP addresses. If
activated, the other
fi
elds are deactivated and have no
meaning.
I
f DHCP is deactivated, a static
IP Address
, as well as other Ethernet properties like
Sub-
net Mask
,
Gateway
,
Name Server
and
Domain Name
can be con
fi
gured in the appropriate panels.
Once all properties are de
fi
ned, the con
fi
guration can be transmitted to the system by clicking on
the
Store Config
button. During transmission, the
PICO
SCALE
checks the entered values, and if all
values are valid (indicated by the green LEDs), the desired con
fi
guration is activated.
The
PICO
SCALE
o
ff
ers chargeable
fi
rmware upgrades, such as the
Advanced Trigger System
, the
Signal Generators
and the
Calculation System
.
I
n the
Features
menu at the right hand side of
fi
gure
7.3, the available features are displayed in the
Feature
drop-down menu.
All chargeable features can be evaluated for a certain time. Generally, 10 time slots are available
and can be activated individually. Each time slot allows to evaluate the selected feature for 8
hours. The remaining evaluation time slots are displayed in the
Remaining Evaluation Slots
fi
elds.
By clicking the
Start Evaluation
button, a new time slot is started.
I
f you decide to upgrade your system with the feature, please contact SmarAct. You will receive a
fi
rmware upgrade and the feature time is set to in
fi
nity automatically.
7.1.3 Status
The
PicoScale status
is located in the lower left part of the GU
I
and displays the current status of the
system. The red box (4) in
fi
gure 7.1 illustrates the location. The active channels are marked with
a green rectangle. The value
Dead Path
besides the active channels is calculated during the ad-
justment process and indicates the absolute distance between the measurement head and object
mirror.
The working range of the system is displayed below the channel indicator.
I
f the target leaves
this range a new adjustment might be necessary. The
Filter Rate
describes a low pass
fi
lter that is
applied to position and ADC data and can be adjusted with the drop-down list.
I
t can be switched
to the corresponding
Cut-off Frequency
using the button on the right side. The
fi
lter is implemented
in the FPGA and determines the system bandwidth.
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