PIXIE-4 User’s Manual
V2.69
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XIA
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Figure 3.10: The F
ILE
S
ERIES
S
CAN
panel to acquire a series of files in which energy filter
parameters and Tau are varied within user defined limits.
To set up such a parameter scan, open the F
ILE
S
ERIES
S
CAN
panel (P
ARAMETER
S
ETUP
->
Energy
tab ->
Scan Settings
) shown in Figure 3.10. A control field named
Filter Rang
e is
repeated from the
Energy
tab. In three groups of controls, you can set the start, end, and step
size for varying the energy filter
rise time
, the energy filter
flat top
, and
Tau
. If the
step size
is
zero, that parameter will not be varied.
Two buttons assist in setting up the initial conditions:
Set Parameters to Start
sets the current
values of the energy filter and Tau to the start value defined in the File Series Scan panel. If
you omit to click this button, the file series will begin with the current value; this is useful to
resume a file series.
Set Scan Run Conditions
will set the checkboxes in the
D
ATA
R
ECORD
O
PTIONS
panel to the values required for the scan, and set the run time to the total time required (interval
N in the D
ATA
R
ECORD
O
PTIONS
panel times the number of settings).
At the bottom of the panel, the button
Start Scan
starts the file series. This is a different button from the
standard
Start Run
button, because it is starting a run which is modifying parameters. All the updates
during a run work the same as in a standard run, though; and the run can be stopped with the standard
Stop Run
button. When the run is complete, click on the
File Series
button to open the panel described
in section 3.6.3
3.6.3 File Series Analysis
Figure 3.11: The F
ILE
S
ERIES
R
ESULTS
plot to analyze a series of files from a parameter scan.