THORLABS M2MS, Operating Manual

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BP209 Series 6 The Graphics User Interface (GUI)
Rev: 8.1, 14-Feb-2022 © 2022 Thorlabs Page 17
6.1 Menu Bar
All user activities can be done using the menu bar items
6.1.1 File Menu
These menu entries deal with files or printing.
The entries in the first block, Import and Export Configuration, are related to XML files which
contain information about the chosen Beam Profiler device and its settings, file export paramet-
ers and application settings. In order to copy the GUI appearance and Beam Profiler settings to
another PC you need to save the configuration file, copy it and load it on the target system.
The entries in the second block, Import and Export Device Data , are used to import and ex-
port data originally retrieved from the Beam Profiler in CSV format. Intensity values are saved
to a text matrix.
There are 4 columns:
Column Content
1 X position in µm
2 Intensity at X position
3 Y position in µm
4 Intensity at Y position
A sequential saving is available as well. Details please see in section Calculation Results .
Print
With the Print Application Window a screenshot of the Beam Profiler application is printed.
The Print Active Window entry prints the current active child window of the Beam Profiler ap-
plication. This function gives you the opportunity to print a specific child window.
The Save Test Protocol opens a dialog window, where individual data can be entered. Click
"Save" and then "Close" to save a test report with the calculation results and the current projec-
tion image to the indicated location. If the 3D Profile window is opened, a screenshot of the 3D
Profile is also included in the test report.
See some detailed examples for data export in the Save Measurement Results chapter.
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