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6.2 Settings Panel
When the 'Settings' button on the GUI p anel is clicked, the 'Settings' window is
displayed. This panel allows data such as jog step size and input sources to be
entered.
6.2.1 Control Tab
Fig. 6.1 Control tab
Display Mode
- this parameter sets the display mode of the 7-segment display on the
control panel of the (in the same way as pressing the MODE buttons on the top control
panel). This setting is independent of the display mode set via the ‘Display Mode’
buttons on the GUI, i.e. the GUI can be set to display Actual Temperature and the top
panel to display TDelta.
Actual temperature
– T he display shows the actual temperature of th e TEC
element.
Set temperature
– The display shows the target (set point) temperature value.
Temperature difference
– The display shows the difference between the actual
temperature (TAct) and the set point temperature (TSet).
Current
– The display shows the current (in Amps) sourced into the TEC element
by the controller.
Step Size
– the distance to move when a jog command is initiated. If an IC type sensor
is selecetd, the step size is measured in degrees centigrade. If a thermistor sensor
type is selected, the step size is measured in kOhms.
Persist Settings to Hardware
- Many of the parameters that can be set for the TEC
Controller T-Cube can be stored (persisted) within the unit itself, such that when the
unit is next powered up these settings are applied automatically. This is particularly
important when the driver is being used manually in the absence of a PC and USB
link. The
Display Mode
and
Step Size
parameters described previously are g ood
examples of settings that can be altered and then persisted in the driver for use in
absence of a PC.
