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Chapter 4 PC Operation - Tutorial
4.4 Moving the Piezo
The piezo can be manually positioned in three ways: by entering a position, by using
the ‘Output’ potentiometer or by clicking the ‘Jog’ buttons.
4.4.1 Entering the piezo position
1) Click the ‘Closed Loop’ button.
2) Click the ‘Position’ button.
3) Click the position display.
Fig. 4.3 Position Popup Window
4) Enter 10.0 into the pop up window
5) Click ‘OK’. Notice that the position display counts up to 10.00 to indicate a move
to a position 10µm from the Zero datum.
4.4.2 Moving the Piezo using the ‘Output’ control
Note
The piezo position can be entered only when operating in ‘Closed Loop’ mode.
The position of the actuator is relative to the minimum position set for the
arrangement using the ‘Zero’ button. The extension of the actuator will be displayed
as a position in microns.
