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5.4
Applied-Force Rate-Meter
If the
Rate-Meter
option is selected in the configure
menu (see paragraph, option 2), then, during each
measurement, the GSM display appears like the one
on the right:
The white rectangle on the second line moves left or
right of the centre marker when the applied force rate
is respectively below or above that required to main-
tain the selected
target force rate
(see option 1,
paragraph 4.5.1).
In the above example, the applied force is below the ideal level for the specified target
force rate. Try to
match the rectangle and the marker
, in order to apply a consistent
pulling force, and hence obtain consistent results (see paragraph 1.1.1).
The fourth line of the display is a
time progress bar
, indicating how much of the availa-
ble measurement time has been used.
5.5
Updating the GSM firmware
The hardware used in GSM is very flexible and many of GSM’s features are determined
by its internal software program or firmware, as it is often called.
When improvements and additions are made to the firmware, existing users may update
easily to the new version.
The associated PC software includes an option to update the GSM firmware.
6
USING THE PC SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH GSM
This section assumes that the
DCA PC
software has been installed successfully as de-
scribed in paragraph 3.3.2-Installing the DCA Software.
The DCA software manages the GSM, the PAM and eVF instruments by Ugo Basile.
6.1
Note on the GSM PC Software
The DCA software is a guide: specifically, this software is a
monitoring tool
and it is not
intended to drive the device (the software does not substitute for the controller); all opera-
tions must therefore be driven from the GSM control unit.
This includes changing the slope of the GSM target rate displayed on the PC monitor,
which is in fact done from control unit. In fact the slope function on the PC reflects the
Target force rate set in the configuration menu, see paragraph 4.5.1-Configure Menu Op-
tions.
