Time Controller Series User Manual
Section 6: Operating the Time Controller Software
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Figure 7: Time Controller software menus and workspace tabs
6.1.1.1
Menus
•
File menu:
Use the
‘
File
’
menu to configure the device settings (see Section 6.2.1) or open a
new window for use of an additional connected Time Controller device.
•
About menu:
Use the ‘About’ menu to view the version of the installed Time
Controller
software, as well as the IP address and version of the device’s installed firmware.
6.1.1.2
Workspaces
•
Time-to-digital converter:
Use the
‘
Time-to-digital converter
’
workspace to configure the
input channels, and to read and record data from histogram and time-tagging
measurements.
•
Delay / pattern generator:
Use the
‘
Delay / pattern generator
’
to configure the output signal
for the output channels.
•
SCPI Console:
Use the
‘
SCPI Console
’
to input SCPI commands to interact with the
Time Controller device, and to view the SCPI commands being pushed to the Time Controller
device by the Time Controller GUI.
6.1.2
Time-to-digital converter
The Time-to-digital converter workspace is used to configure the parameters of the input detector
channels, control the acquisition and saving of histogram and time-tagging data, and display
measured histograms and detector channel count rates.
This left-hand side of this workspace contains four areas of interest:
1.
Channels configuration:
Control the
active status, threshold voltage, pulse
detection mode, and hardware delay
for each of the Start and input channels
(see Section 6.2.2)
2.
Histogram settings:
vary the number
and width of your histogram time bins
(see Section 6.3.2)
3.
Acquisition:
Control the data
acquisition settings (see Section 6.3.5)
4.
Saving options:
Select the details for
saving your histogram and time-tagging
data (see Section 6.3.3)