
16
Guide To Operation
KEYPAD
The keypad consists of four groups of keys. The
ENTRY keys are used to enter numeric parame-
ters which have been highlighted by a soft key.
The MENU keys select a menu of soft keys.
Pressing a menu key will change the menu boxes
which are displayed next to the soft keys. Each
menu groups together similar parameters and
functions. The CONTROL keys start and stop ac-
tual data acquisition, select the cursor and auto-
scale the display. These keys are not in a menu
since they are used frequently and while display-
ing any menu. The SYSTEM keys print the screen
to a printer and display help messages. Once
again, these keys can be accessed from any
menu.
A complete description of the keys follows in the
next section.
SPIN KNOB
The spin knob is used to adjust parameters which
have been highlighted using the soft keys. Any nu-
meric entry field may be adjusted using the knob.
In addition, functions such as display zooming and
scrolling use the knob as well. In these cases, the
knob function is selected by the soft keys. The
[CURSOR] key, which can be pressed at any time,
will set the knob function to scrolling the cursor.
DISK DRIVE
The 3.5" disk drive is used to store data and instru-
ment settings. Double sided, double density disks
should be used. The disk capacity is 720k bytes
formatted. The disk format is DOS compatible.
Disks written by the SR430 may be read by PC
compatible computers equipped with a 3.5" drive
and DOS 3.0 or higher.
BNC CONNECTORS
TRIGGER
The rising or falling edge of the TRIGGER input
triggers a record. The input impedance is 10 KΩ
and the minimum pulse width is 10 ns. The trigger
level is adjustable from -2V to +2V with either
slope. The minimum pulse amplitude is 100 mV.
SYNC/BUSY
TTL output high whenever the SR430 is acquiring
or accumulating a record. Triggers received during
this time are ignored. The rising edge of SYNC/
BUSY is synchronous with the start of the first bin
and may be used to trigger the experiment to re-
move the 2.5 ns uncertainty between trigger and
SYNC/BUSY. This output is active only when the
SR430 is in the BUSY state actively accumulating
records.
SIGNAL INPUT
The SIGNAL INPUT is a 50 Ω analog input. A pho-
tomultiplier or preamplifier output is connected to
this input. The input is linear between -300 mV to
+300 mV and protected to ± 5 Vdc.
DISC OUT
The DISC output is a 50 Ω, NIM level output is ac-
tive low (-0.7 V) when the signal input exceeds the
threshold level with the correct slope. Counting oc-
curs on the falling edge.
BIN CLK OUT
The BIN CLK output is a 50 Ω, NIM level output
showing the position of the time bins. Each transi-
tion of this output is a bin boundary. This output is
active only when SYNC/BUSY is active.
EXT BIN CLK INPUT
The EXT BIN CLK is a TTL input whose rising
edges mark the bin boundaries. The maximum
clock rate is 4 MHZ. This input is active if the bin
width has been programmed to EXTERNAL.
OPTION
This connector is unused.
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