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iii Table of Contents Part 1 Getting Started ................................................................ 19 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 21 Summary of Chapter Information .....................................................................................[...]

iv WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ST-133 ............................................................................................................................... 74 ST-138 ............................................................................................................................... 76 V/ICCD ................................[...]

Table of Contents v Background Subtraction.................................................................................................. 141 Flatfield Correction ......................................................................................................... 14 3 CCD Blemishes ...........................................................[...]

vi WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Part 3 Reference ...................................................................... 201 Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes............................................................. 203 .SPE to ASCII Conversion dialog box ............................................................................ 203 3D Layo[...]

Table of Contents vii DG-535 window .............................................................................................................. 263 Diagnostics: Controller Registers ................................................................................... 264 Diagnostics: Get/Set Parameter ..............................................[...]

viii WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Operation tab page .......................................................................................................... 304 Options menu .................................................................................................................. 3 06 Output tab page (Edge Enhancement, Sharpening, Smo[...]

Table of Contents ix Sequential Pulsing Setup................................................................................................. 357 Setup menu ...................................................................................................................... 357 Setup Wizard ........................................................[...]

x WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Figures Figure 1. The Help menu. ................................................................................................ 23 Figure 2. Auxiliary Help menu. ....................................................................................... 24 Figure 3. Running the Setup program. ........................[...]

Table of Contents xi Figure 48. Detector/Camera selection Setup Wizard dialog box. ................................... 56 Figure 49. Interface Setup Wizard dialog box. ................................................................ 57 Figure 50. MicroMAX Controller/Cam-era selection. .................................................... 58 Figure 5[...]

xii WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Figure 95. Axes tab page................................................................................................ 114 Figure 96. Fonts dialog box. .......................................................................................... 115 Figure 97. Color tab page........................................[...]

Table of Contents xiii Figure 144. Original image (left) and opened image with three iterations (right). ....... 163 Figure 145. Morphological Output tab page. ................................................................. 163 Figure 146. Custom Filter Input tab page. ..................................................................... 164 Figu[...]

xiv WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Figure 193. Axes display layout tab page. ..................................................................... 217 Figure 194. Image Math B tab page............................................................................... 218 Figure 195. Brightness / Contrast dialog box. ...................................[...]

Table of Contents xv Figure 242. General display layout tab page. ................................................................ 278 Figure 243. Hardware LUT dialog box. ......................................................................... 280 Figure 244. The Help menu. .........................................................................[...]

xvi WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Figure 291. Extension Properties pages. ........................................................................ 332 Figure 292. PTG Auxiliary Trigger Out tab page. ......................................................... 333 Figure 293. PTG Comm Port tab page. ...................................................[...]

Table of Contents xvii Figure 340. Virtual Chip dialog box. ............................................................................. 378 Figure 341. Virtual chip functional diagram. ................................................................ 379 Figure 342. Window Control Boxes. ............................................................[...]

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19 Part 1 Getting Started Introduct ion ............................................................................................................ 21 Chapter 1, Installing WinView/32 ...................................................................... 25 Chapter 2, The Gr aphi cal Interface ......................................................[...]

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21 Introduction This manual has been written to give new users a step-by-step guide to collecting, storing, and processing data from your Princeton Instruments system. Note that the manual is divided into three parts. Part 1 , Getting Started , is primarily intended for the first time user or for the experienced user who wants to review. These chap[...]

22 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Chapter 2 The Gr aphi cal Interf ace describes the essentials of the WinView/32 graphical interface and its operation. Included are discussions of the Greeting Screen, Main Menu, Title Bar, Status Bar, Cursor and Mouse operations, Standard and Custom Tool Bars, and Image Windows. Chapter 3 Hardware Set up provides[...]

Introduction 23 Part 3, Reference Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes is an alphabetically arranged reference describing the WinView/32 menus, windows, tab pages and dialog boxes. Appendix A Data Structure contains descriptions of the data structure for both WinView/WinSpec 1.43 and for 1.6 (which is the same as for WinView/32 and WinSpec/32). Append[...]

24 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Tool Tips and Status Bar Messages Placing the mouse cursor on a button and resting it there for a few seconds causes a brief tool-tip message to appear that describes the button’s function. Tool tips are also provided for the individual panes of the Status Bar. Note that tool-tips only appear at the desktop leve[...]

25 Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 To ensure that the computer you have can operate the Princeton Instruments equipment, please first read the system requirements below carefully. WinView/32’s requirements differ from those of previous versions of WinView. After confirming that your computer meets all hardware and software requirements, install W[...]

26 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Super VGA monitor and graphics card supporting at least 256 colors wit h at least 1 Mbyte of memory. Memory required will depend on desired display resolution. Two-button Microsoft compatible serial mouse or Logitech three-button serial/bus mouse. Operating System requirements Windows 95 (or higher) or Windows NT [...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 27 If your CD drive doesn’t support the Win’95 long filename conventions, attempting the installation causes the file names to be truncated and the installation fails, generating an error message like: An error occurred during the move data process: - 113 Component: Appli cat i onWinXSystem File Gr oup: Wi nXSys[...]

28 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Note: If you aren’t sure how to access the FTP site, contact PI’s Technical Support Department for assistance. Contact information follows. Roper Scientific 3660 Quakerbridge Road Trenton, NJ 08619 (USA) Tel: 609-587-9797 Fax: 609-587-1970 Tech Support E-mail: techsupport@roperscientfic.com For technical suppo[...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 29 ➧ Click on Next . WinView will unpack (Figure 8), the Install Shield setup (Figure 9) will run and the WinView S etup Welcome screen will appear (Figure 10). Figure 7. Passwor d Entry Screen. Figure 8. WinView ’95 Unpacking Mess age. Figure 9. Install Shield Setup message.[...]

30 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Steps Common to Inst al l ations from CD and FTP Si te ➧ The Software L icense Agreement (Figure 11) will appear next. C lick Yes to continue. Click No to abort the installation or Back to return to the previous screen. ➧ The User Information dialog box (Figure 12) w ill appear next. To continue, enter your na[...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 31 ➧ The User Information box is followed by the Registration Confirmation box as shown in Figure 13. ➧ Next the Choose Destination Location dialog box w ill appear, as shown in Figure 14. This dialog box allows you to specify the directory where you wish the WinView/32 files to be installed. A default location, [...]

32 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ To specify a different location, click on Browse. Then either select new directory or enter its name (with path information) in the entry box and click on OK . If you enter the name of a directory that doesn’t exist, Install will offer to create it for you (Figure 16). Clicking on Yes in the Create Directory[...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 33 Note: Data files are not limited to being placed in the directory shown in the Installation dialog box. Data files can be written to almost any logical drive where the computer has write access. The directory shown in the Installation dialog box is only the default directory, where WinView /32 will initially look [...]

34 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M A brief description of the selections follows. Applicati on Fi les: The actual WinView/32 files. Help Files: Help System, includes both general and context-sensitive Help. PCI Interf ace: Loads the drivers for the PCI Interface card. ISA Interf ace: Loads the drivers for the ISA Interface card. Sample SPE Data Fi [...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 35 ➧ Clicking on Next from either the Select Type or Select Components dialog box brings up the Select Program Folder dialog box (Figure 19). You can either select an existing folder or key in the name of a new one. Note that this is not the folder where the files are to be installed, but rather the Start Menu fold[...]

36 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ The File Installation screen depicted in Figure 21 appears next. The names of the individual files appear in the message box as they are loaded and the installation progress in percent is continuously displayed. Completing the installation for each floppy causes a message to appear directing you to remove that[...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 37 ➧ After all files have been loaded, the Setup Complete dialog box (Figure 24) appears. Selecting Finish completes the installation. Default Directories A full installation of WinView/32 copies the follow ing files into the directories listed below. The local drive is assumed to be C:. Note: WinView/32 is fully c[...]

38 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M C:Princeton Instrument sWinView32Data Default directory for data fi les. Sample data files, wi th the .SPE extension, are loaded if this option is selected during installation. C:Princeton Instrument sWinView32Document ation Contains read-me information files as well as the complete instruction manual in PD [...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 39 Do not install WinView/32 and WinSpec/32 software packages both in the same directory. Although several different versions of WinView/32 and/or WinSpec/32 can be installed on the same computer without conflicts, you should not run more than one version at any one time. The manner in which PI softw are allocates me[...]

40 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M WinView/32 includes provision for automatically deinstalling the software. To deinstall WinView/32 from your computer, proceed as follows. ➧ From the Windows 95 desktop, click on My Computer. This will bring up the dialog box shown in Figure 26. ➧ Double click on Control Panel to bring up the Control Panel dia[...]

Chapter 1 Installing WinView/32 41 ➧ Double click on Add/Remove Programs to bring up the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box (Figure 28). ➧ Select WinView/32 and click on the Add/Remove button. The Remove Confirmation dialog box (Figure 29) will appear. ➧ Click on Yes and WinView/32 will be removed. The R emove Confirmation dialog box w[...]

42 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M To later reinstall the software, follow the Installing WinV iew/32 instructions provided earlier in this chapter. Use the original installation disks and any options disks purchased separately. Figure 29. Remove Confirmatio n dialog box.[...]

43 Chapter 2 The Graphical Interface Introduct ion WinView/32 follows the Window s 95 graphical interface conventions. When the software is booted, the splash window shown in Figure 30 is displayed while the software is loading and initializing. Then the Main Menu appears as shown in Figure 31. From there the program’s functions are readily acces[...]

44 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Standad Tool Bar WinView/32 Logo (click to access Control menu) Custom Tool Bar Title Bar Menu Bar Window Control Boxes Status Bar Main Display Area Cursor Values, labels, and alphanumeric data in general are entered from the keyboard. Selections and screen control operations are generally done using a mouse or ot[...]

Chapter 2 The Graphical Interface 45 Control Menu Restore: Return the active window to the size and position it had before you chose the Maximize or Minimize command. Move: Allows you to move the active window or dialog box with the arrow keys. Move command is unavailable if the window is MAX imized. Size: Allows you to size the active window with [...]

46 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M for that menu, allowing it to be opened from the keyboard by simultaneously pressing the ALT key and the shortcut key. For example, to open the Setup menu you would press the ALT key and then the S key, which would cause the Setup menu (Figure 34) to appear. Alternatively, a menu can be opened by clicking on the m[...]

Chapter 2 The Graphical Interface 47 Note: Some menu selections may not be active, as determined by the installed components, setup, system status, previous selections and revision level of the software. Inactive selections appear “grayed out” and are unresponsive. Right-Click menus Accessed from Open window Two Windows 95 menus can be opened f[...]

48 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Toolbars (Standard and Custom) Below the Menu Bar is the Standard Toolbar, which contains buttons for nine of the basic Windows 95 functions that WinView/32 provides. To the right of the Standard Toolbar in the above illustration is the Custom Toolbar, which provides an additional set of buttons for selecting WinV[...]

Chapter 2 The Graphical Interface 49 Customizing the Custom Toolbar The Customize Toolbar dialog box (Figure 40), accessed by selecting Custom Toolbar on the Setup menu, allows a number of other buttons to be added to the Custom Toolbar at the user’s discretion. See Chapter 14 (page 197) for a detailed description of how to customize the toolbar.[...]

50 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Data Entry & Parameter S election Devices Edit Boxes and Text B oxes: An edit box or text box is one into which you can enter information. When you move the mouse pointer to an edit box and click the mouse, an insertion point (flashing vertical bar “|”) appears. Characters can then be keyed specifying the [...]

Chapter 2 The Graphical Interface 51 Camera Operation dialog box (Figure 42) uses a slider to set the Exposure Time, RS170 Intensity Scaling and Offset. List Boxes and List Views: A list box displays a selection from a list. An arrow button at the end of the box causes the list of available choices to drop down. It may be a simple list of the avail[...]

52 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Check Bo xes: Check boxes allow independent functions to be switched on or off by clicking the mouse pointer on the box. When a check box is selected, it contains a ✔ . Each time you click on a check box the existing condition reverses. In Figure 44 note that the Wait for TTL function is selected by means of a c[...]

Chapter 2 The Graphical Interface 53 on a different button in the group will deselect the formerly selected button. In Figure 44 radio buttons are provided to choose between the Full Speed and S afe timing modes. Scroll Bars: Scroll bars appear on a window if the list or other material to be viewed is too large to fit in a window. Clicking on the a[...]

54 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Figure 45. Data File Display Window.[...]

55 Chapter 3 Hardware Setup Introduct ion This chapter will provide detailed instructions on how to configure the hardw are selections using the WinView/32 dialog boxes and tab pages. Hardware Setup dialog boxes and tab pages are called from the Setup menu, shown in Figure 46. This chapter begins with a discussion of the Setup Wizard. The remainder[...]

56 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M causes the list of available controllers to appear. The new selection is made by simply clicking on the type designation. The Controller Type selection is critical because it determines the nature and type of the other selections that will be available, including the detector or camera type, display orientation op[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 57 Interface Selection The third Setup Wizard dialog box (Figure 49) selects the Interface Card. The selected Interface appears in the text box. Clicking on the button at the end of the box causes the list of available selections to drop down. The new selection is made by simply clicking on the type designation. The buttons[...]

58 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M MicroMAX Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select MicroMAX Controller Version: Set to match the version of your controller. Later versions of the MicroMAX have features unavailable in earlier ones. For proper operation, version selection must match the actual controller version. Camera Type: Select the cam[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 59 Readout Mode: The selections are Full Frame, in which the entire chip can be read out, Frame Transfer, in which only the unmasked area of the chip can be read out, and Interline, which provides 100% duty cycle operation. Note that frame transfer is only available if the camera has a frame-transfer chip such as the EEV 51[...]

60 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M 5 MHz MicroMAX Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select MicroMAX 5MHz Controller Version: Set to match the version of your controller. Later versions of the controller have features unavailable in earlier ones. For proper operation, version selection must match the actual controller version. Camera Type: S[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 61 Note: This parameter is not available for all versions of the ST-133 (MicroMAX) Controller. If the Logic Out selection doesn’t appear on the tab page, the selection is done by changing the setting of an internal jumper. The default selecti on is SHUTTER MONITOR. Contact factory Tech Support for information on how to ch[...]

62 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M MicroView Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select MicroView Controller Version: Set to match the version of your controller. Later versions of the MicroView have features unavailable in earlier ones. For proper operation, version selection must match the actual controller version. Camera Type: Select the [...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 63 Interface page See the Interface tab page discussion on page 83. Control Buttons: OK, Cancel & Hel p: These three buttons apply to the Hardware Setup window and are available for all tab pages. Clicking OK implements the selections from all pages. Clicking Cancel closes the Hardware Setup window, leaving the original[...]

64 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M MSP-10 0 Controller page Controller Type: Select MSP-100 Controller Version: Set to match the version of your controller. Camera Type: Select the camera type installed in your system. Shutter Compensation Ti me: Delays the readout long enough for the shutter (if present) to close. This prevents the smearing that c[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 65 Control Buttons: OK, Cancel & Hel p: These three buttons apply to the Hardware Setup window and are available for all tab pages. Clicking OK implements the selections from all pages. Clicking Cancel closes the Hardware Setup window, leaving the original settings intact. Help opens context-sensitive help for the activ[...]

66 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Penta MAX Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select PentaMAX Controller Version: Set to match the version of your PentaMAX. Later versions of the Penta MAX have features unavailable in earlier ones. For proper operation, version selection must match the actual controller version. CCD Type: Select the CCD ty[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 67 Logic Out O ut put: Beginning with Version 5, any of several different signals can be selected to appear at the PentaMAX’s back panel Logic Out B NC connector. Available choices include: Cleaning: This signal is high when an array Clean cycle is in progress and otherwise low. Logic 0: Establi shes a TTL logic 0 at the [...]

68 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M SpectroMAX Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select SpectroMAX Controller Version: Set to match the version of your SpectroMAX. Later versions of the Spectro MAX have features unavailable in earlier ones. For proper operation, version selection must match the actual controller version. Detector Type: Selec[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 69 Note: This parameter is not available for all versions of the ST-133 (SpectroMAX) Controller. If the Logic Out selection doesn’t appear on the tab page, the selection is done by changing the setting of an internal jumper. The default selecti on is SHUTTER MONITOR. Contact factory Tech Support for information on how to [...]

70 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ST-12 1 Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select ST121 Detector Type: Select the diode array type installed in your detector. Display page Reversal: This check box reverses the x-axis sense as indicated in the thumbnail graphics that appear on the Display page. The left thumbnail shows the default and the [...]

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72 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ST-13 0 Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select ST130 Detector Type: Select the detector type installed in your system. User Defined Chip: See User Defined Chip discussion on page 80. Display page See Display Page discussion on page 82. Interface page See the Interface tab page discussion on page 83. Clea[...]

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74 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ST-13 3 Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select ST133 Controller Version: Set to match the version of your ST-133. Later versions of the ST- 133 have features unavailable in earlier ones. For proper operation, version selection must match the actual controller version. Camera Type: Select the camera type [...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 75 Readout Mode: The selections are Full Frame (entire chip can be read out) Frame Transfer (only unmasked area of chip can be read out) and Interline (provides 100% duty cycle operation). Note that frame transfer is only available if the camera has a frame-transfer chip such as the EEV 512 × 1024. Similarly, Interline is [...]

76 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ST-13 8 Controller/Detector page Controller Type: Select ST138 Camera Type: Select the camera type installed in your system. Shutter Type: Selections are None, Small, Large, Remote and Electronic. For most cameras, the correct setting is Small. If the CCD is very large, the correct setting will be Large. Remote is[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 77 User Defined Chip: See User Defined Chip discussion on page 80. User Defined Timi ng: See User Defined Timing discussion on page 81. Display page See Display Page discussion on page 82. Interface page See the Interface tab page discussion on page 83. Cleans/Skips page See Clean/Skips tab page discussion on page 224. Cont[...]

78 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M V/ICCD Controller/Detector page Controller Type: V/ ICCD Note: V/ICCD Box and V/ICCD are very different selections. If you have the V/ICCD camera only, without the Control Box, you should select V/ICCD. If you have the V/ICCD camera and the Control Box, then you should select V/ICCD Box, which allows you to set th[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 79 V/ICCD Control Box Controller/Detector page Controller Type: VICCD Box Note: V/ICCD Box and V/ICCD are very different selections. If you have the V/ICCD camera only, without the Control Box, you should select V/ICCD. If you have the V/ICCD camera and the Control Box, then you should select V/ICCD Box, which will allow yo[...]

80 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M User De fined Chip Selecting User Defined Chip on the Controller/Camera tab page makes the Custom Chip tab page appear (Figure 62). The default values conform to the physical layout of the CCD array and are optimum for most measurements. Roper Scientific does not encourage users to change these parameter settings.[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 81 User De fined Timing Introduction Selecting User Defined Timing on the ST-138 Controller/Camera tab page causes the Custom Timing tab page to appear. If brought to the front, the Custom Timing selections become available as shown in Figure 63. The default timing parameter values have been determined to give the fastest p[...]

82 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Display Ta b Page With the exception of the ST-121, the Display Tab Page is the same for all controllers. Three display options, Rotate, Reverse and Flip, are provided. Before and after thumbnail illustrations show the effect of each selection. If no option is selected, the thumbnails will be the same. Any orienta[...]

Chapter 3 Hardware Setup 83 Interface Tab Page With the exception of the V/ICCD and the V/ICCD Control Box, the Display Tab Page is the same for all controllers and the selections are as follows. In the case of V/ICCD and V/ICCD Control Box, the only Hardware Setup tab pages are Controller/Camera and Display. Type: Select the communications type th[...]

84 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M compatible with Use Interrupts operation (page 370), a timing mode available when using the ST-138 Controller. ECP: Provided for the MSP-100 only. Requires that the computer have an ECP (Extended Capability Port), w hich is a type of enhanced-performance parallel port. Demo: Allows the software to be exercised wit[...]

85 Chapter 4 Initial Data Collection Introduct ion The procedure in this chapter will enable you to begin collecting real data promptly. Minimum requirements are assumed. If your system is more complex, e.g., requiring consideration of complex timing and synchronization issues, you will have to carefully study the other chapters of this manual as w[...]

86 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M If using an intensified camera, note that data collection in the following procedure will be done in the CW/Shutter mode, in which light overload can easily occur. Before powering the controller and camera, reduce the room light to reduce the risk of overload damage. Note that intensifiers are particularly at risk[...]

Chapter 4 Initial Data Collection 87 Exper i ment Set up Pr ocedure (all c ont rollers ) ➧ Open the Experiment Setup window (Figure 67) from the A cquisition menu. Note: The R OI Setup page won’t be present if the selected controller is a V/IC CD or V/ICCD Control Box. Nor w ill there be an ADC page. However, if the system includes a Data Trans[...]

88 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ On the Timi ng tab page (Figure 68) set the following parameters. Note: Depending on the Controller, not all parameters listed below will be available. Simply ignore any that don’t appear in the dialog box. Timing Mode: Free Run Triggered Mode: not checked Continuous Cl eans: not checked Shutter Control: Nor[...]

Chapter 4 Initial Data Collection 89 ➧ On the ADC tab page, set the parameters as they apply to your particular system. Parameters that might be listed, depending on the controller type, include: Type: For systems having more than one A/D converter, both FAST and SLOW will be available. Make this selection before selecting the rate or resolution.[...]

90 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Rate: ADC converter rate. Only those rates available for your A/D controller w ill be displayed, making it necessary to designate the A/D type first. Select the maximum speed allowed by the converter. If camera is an PI-MAX with a Thomson 512 CCD, select FAST. ST-130 owners must confirm that the internal hardware [...]

Chapter 4 Initial Data Collection 91 ➧ Click on the bottom at the right of the Name text box. This will open a browse box as shown in the graphic below. Select the directory where you want the stored file to go. In the example illustrated, the file name is TESTFILE1 and it will be stored in a directory named Data. If the file name doesn’t autom[...]

92 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Data Collectio n Pro cedu res (contro ller specific) MicroMAX or ST-133 The procedure that follows for these controllers is in two parts, Video Focusing and Data Colle ction . In focusing, images are displayed on the video monitor (not the computer monitor) and no data is collected. This allows rapid and easy adju[...]

Chapter 4 Initial Data Collection 93 ➧ Click on the RUN button in the Interactive Camera dialog box. The camera will begin acquiring pictures at the fastest possible rate will and the image will be displayed on the video monitor. Note that the im age will not be displayed on the computer monitor while the Interactive Camera dialog box is open. ?[...]

94 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M collected. This allows rapid and easy adjustment of the system optics. Once the settings have been optimized, focus mode operation should be ended and data collection performed. Focusing This procedure applies for a PentaMAX system that includes a video monitor connected to the Video port (BNC) of the PentaMAX. If[...]

Chapter 4 Initial Data Collection 95 Acquisition Menu, or by clicking on the Focus icon of the Custom Toolbar. Images will be continuously acquired and displayed on the computer screen. ➧ To store the most recent image, click Start St orage on the Acquisition menu or click on the Start St or e icon on the Custom Toolbar (see description on page 2[...]

96 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M V/ICCD Control Box Focusing ➧ Select Video Focus from the Acquisition Menu. The Control Box Focus window will open w ith two tab pages as illustrated in Figure 77. Whenever the V/ICCD is powered, image data is applied to the video monitor. If Focus or Acquire is selected, data will also be displayed at the compu[...]

Chapter 4 Initial Data Collection 97 If you wish to initiate data display at the computer again, select Focus . To store the new data to disk, again click Start Storage on the Acquisition menu or click on the Start Store icon. This completes initial data acquisition with a V/ICCD C ontrol Box. Data Collection - All Controllers The following procedu[...]

98 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ To store the most recent image, click Start St orage on the Acquisition menu or click on the Start St or e icon on the Custom Toolbar (description on page 239). Data acquisition will halt and the most recent image will be stored in a file having the name specified on the Data File tab page. ➧ If you wish to [...]

99 Chapter 5 Opening, Closing, and Saving Data Files Introduct ion This chapter discusses how to open, close, and save existing data files to disk. Options for saving and deleting files will be explained. Data files created with temporary file names should be saved to disk periodically. Files should be closed completely to conserve RAM for data col[...]

100 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M If there are eleven or more strips of data, they will be displayed as a normal image, such as that shown in Figure 80 (page 101) . If there are at least three data strips but less than eleven, the data will be plotted as a 3D Graph as shown in Figure 84 (page 107) . If there are only two strips of data, they will[...]

Chapter 5 Opening, Closing and Saving Data 101 ➧ Either double click on the name of the file you want to open or single-click on the name and then click on the Open button. For example, with Image selected, double clicking on Circuit.spe would open that file, producing the display shown in Figure 80. Note that there are many different ways of con[...]

102 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M of the Open dialog box itself can be selected by means of the icons to the right of the Look In text box, or by right clicking the mouse anywhere in the file listing area of the box (but not on a file name) . Right clicking on a file name opens a File Operations menu that provides a number of additional operation[...]

Chapter 5 Opening, Closing and Saving Data 103 ➧ Click on OK to save the file, or Cancel to close the Data File Save As dialog without saving the file. Data File tab page The Data File tab page, described in detail on page 244, provides the user with additional control and great flexibility in naming and saving newly collected data. It also provi[...]

104 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M The box at the upper right of the window will also remove the data w indow from view by reducing it to an icon on the task bar. There may be situations where you would want to do this to reduce desktop clutter. Ho wever, the data will remain loaded in RAM, reducing the memory available for data collection. Unless[...]

Chapter 5 Opening, Closing and Saving Data 105 Multiple F iles: It is also possible to delete multiple files at the same time by using the Win95 Shift Click and Control Click selection features. To select a range of contiguously listed files for deleting: ➧ Hold the Shift key down and click on the first file in the range. T he file will be select[...]

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107 Chapter 6 Displaying the Data Introduct ion WinView/32 can display data as an image, as a two dimensional graph, or as a 3 D Graph (multiple strips from the same graph or the same strip from multiple frames). You can choose to allow the software control how the data w ill be displayed or make the selection yourself. To have WinView/32 control t[...]

108 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Displaying circuit.spe The image used in this exercise is circuit.spe, one of the images supplied with your WinView/32 software. Once you become comfortable working with this image, you should have little difficulty in working with images from actual measurement data. ➧ From the File menu select Open. The Open [...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 109 Changing the brightness range ➧ Click the (5%-95%) button (located beneath the displayed image as shown in Figure 86). You will observe a moderate brightening of the image as it autoscales on the central 90% of the image histogram. The brightest (pixels with high dark charge) and the darkest pixels (pixels with l[...]

110 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Selecting a region of interest ➧ Using the mouse, drag a rectangular region on the image as shown in Figure 88. To do so, first position the mouse cursor at one corner of the region to be defined. Next press the left mouse button and, while it is held down, drag the mouse to the diagonally opposite corner of th[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 111 ➧ Click on the (Undo Zoom-In) Bu tton. The original view will be restored. Opening the Display Layout window ➧ With the image still open, select Layout from the Display menu. The Display Layout window will open (Figure 90). Note that you can also access the Display Layout window by clicking on the Display Layou[...]

112 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Viewing axes and cross sections ➧ Still in the Display Layout window, select Ax es Horizontal, Axes V ertical, Cross Sections Horizontal and Cross Sections Vertical. C hapter 15 contains additional information on Axes and Cross Sections. ➧ Click on the Range tab to move the Range tab page (Figure 91) to the f[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 113 The information box ➧ On the View menu, select Info. The information box should appear as shown in Figure 94. The intensity in A/D counts is reported at the X and Y position corresponding to the cursor position. Also reported are the Frame number, Aspect ratio, and X and Y Zoom in effect. If a region is defined b[...]

114 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Click the (Autoscale) button. The display w ill autorange to the intensity range in the defined region. The effect will be an increase in contrast in the observed image. Throughout the image, pixels darker or lighter than those in the defined region will be displayed as black or white. ➧ Click the mouse any[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 115 ➧ Return to the Axes tab page again and change the axis labels back to their original designations ( Pixel for horizontal; Stri p for vertical). Changing the Color of t he Axes and Labels ➧ Click on the Color tab to bring the Color tab page to the front. N ote that there is a button for each item to which a col[...]

116 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Select a different color by clicking on the swatch of the desired color in the Palette. Then click on OK to close the Palette dialog box and on OK again to close the Display Layout window. The axes and colors will now appear with the new color. ➧ Repeating the process, open the Palette dialog box again and [...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 117 Displaying moon4.spe The image used in this exercise is moon4.spe, one of the images supplied with your WinView/32 software. ➧ From the File menu select Open. The Open dialog box (Figure 85) w ill appear, allowing you to select the image to be opened. The Look-In box provides a browser function so that the direct[...]

118 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ With the Auto Select check box unselected, click on the 3D Graph radio button. ➧ From the data di rectory select t he image file cal led MOON4.SPE. Click on the OK button. A window of the appropriate dimensions should appear immediately. The graph display may take a few seconds, depending on the speed of th[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 119 Range tab page Initi al Autoscale: checked Set to Ful l Range: checked Frame: 1 Color tab page: no changes Axes tab page Horizontal axi s: checked Horizontal l abel : checked Horizontal l abel st ri ng: Pixel Vertical axi s: checked Vertical l abel : checked Vertical l abel st ri ng: Intensity 3D Layout 3D Mode: Mu[...]

120 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M 5%-95% display range ➧ Click the button. The data display will shift so that it only fills the 5% to 95% region of the window range. Had the data initially extended all the w ay to the window boundary, the data display would have been slightly compressed to fit within the 5%-95% range. ➧ Click on , restoring [...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 121 The information box ➧ On the View menu, select Info. The information box should appear as shown in Figure 106. The first line reports the intensity and pixel number at the cursor position. The second line reports the frame number, strip number, and the pixel number. The intensity in A/D counts is reported at the [...]

122 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Note: When you open the information box, it becomes the active window. To perform operations in the data display window, such as changing the selected strip, you must again make the data display window active by clicking the mouse cursor anywhere in the data box. The data-window title bar w ill become highlighted[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 123 ➧ Try operating the cursor positioning keys to demonstrate their effect. The left/right arrow key move the cursor along the strip, and the up/down keys move it from strip to strip. The Home and End keys still move the cursor to the strip ends, and S hift Home and Shift End move it the first strip and last strip r[...]

124 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Strip Selection As described above, when displaying data as a graph, the up/down arrow keys can be used to select a higher or lower numbered strip. This is true if displaying multiple strips or a single strip. For additional utility where a large change is required, Shift H ome can be used to move the selection t[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 125 Hidden surfaces You may wish to shift the view to show the hidden or underside of the display, as illustrated in the following procedure. ➧ Open the Display Layout window and make the following changes. Range: Change Y so that the range is “from 200 to 1” (not “from 1 to 200”). Change the Step By paramete[...]

126 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ If the hidden surfaces aren’t clearly delineated, it may be necessary to change the color assigned to them, which should be different from the normal graph and background colors. The Normal Hidden Surface button on the Display Layout Color tab page allows the hidden-surface color to be selected. Note that t[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 127 This menu was changed for ROIs. If there is an ROI, and if the mouse is right clicked in the ROI, the context menu changes to that shown in Figure 112. Figure 111. Normal cont ext menu. Figure 112. ROI context menu.[...]

128 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M If the mouse is right clicked outside the ROI, the normal menu (Figure 111) appears. The ROI context menu (Figure 112) contains the usual actions pertaining to the ROI (autoscaling on the region inside the ROI, and zooming in to the ROI region) plus three new actions: Label Displ ay : which allows user labels to [...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 129 The Settin gs dialog allows you to change the color of the label text, to choose between an opaque (white) background and a transparent background, and choose whether the labels are to run vertically or horizontally. The opaque background works well with images, where the label can get lost inside the image. The si[...]

130 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Generally it is advisable to save the label in a comment field; otherwise, once the label is printed and the display is closed, the label will be lost. In fact, once the label is on the display, it cannot be edited. However, if it has been saved, it can be edited, as follows. ➧ Erase labels. ➧ Call up the dis[...]

Chapter 6 Displaying the Data 131 To correct the line-wrapping, simply resize the ROI as shown in Figure 118. . The font can be changed after the label is printed on the display: . To change the background or color, the label must be erased and reprinted; it can only be altered inside the edit box. Screen Refresh Rate The Screen Refresh Rate is an [...]

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133 Part 2 Advanced Topics Chapter 7, RO I & Bi nning Opti ons ................................................................. 135 Chapter 8, Correcti on Techni ques ................................................................. 141 Chapter 9, Im age M at h ...................................................................................[...]

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135 Chapter 7 ROI & Binning Options Overview The ROI Experiment Setup tab page (not available with all controller types) allows you to define one or more rectangular subregions of the CCD for readout. The remaining pixels will be discarded. Each area of interest is defined by in the X and Y direction by a start pixel, an end pixel and a group ([...]

136 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ For defining only one region for readout, you must make sure that the Number Stored parameter shows 0 or 1. A “1” indicates that a pattern is already stored and you are going to edit it. The text window to the left of Num ber Stored will read Edit Pattern. A “0” for Number Stored indicates that there [...]

Chapter 7 ROI and Binning Options 137 Definiti on of multiple re gions Multiple ROIs can be defined. The number of R OIs stored is given by the Number Stored indication. The Edit Pattern data box allows any stored pattern to be selected and its parameters changed. The Start, End and Group values for the selected pattern are displayed. To add anothe[...]

138 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Any single ROI can be deleted without affecting other ROIs. Simply select that pattern in the Edit Pattern entry box and press the Clear button. The definition for that pattern disappears and the ones above it “move down.” For example, if there were five stored patterns and pattern number three were deleted, [...]

Chapter 7 ROI and Binning Options 139 charge as image pixels, the binning of large sections may result in saturation and “blooming”, or spilling of charge back into the image area. Note that separate Group parameter values can be entered in the X and Y direction for every defined parameter to give the user the greatest possible flexibility in c[...]

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141 Chapter 8 Correction Techniques Introduct ion Advanced data collection includes background subtraction, flatfield correction, CCD blemishes removal and Cosmic Ray removal. The skillful use of these techniques can significantly enhance measurement capabilities. Note that not all correction techniques will be available in early releases of the so[...]

142 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M file. Once the file is collected and stored, enter the filename in the Background Subtract filename box on the Experiment Setup Data Corrections tab page (see Figure 125). Setting automatic background subtraction These steps instruct the software to automatically subtract a previously stored background file from [...]

Chapter 8 Correction Techniques 143 Flatfield C orrection Flatfield correction allows the user to divide out small nonuniformities in gain from pixel to pixel. The instructions below set the flatfield correction to be performed before data are saved to RAM or disk. Acquiring a flatfield file This operation is similar to normal data acquisition. ➧[...]

144 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Each pixel in a new file will be divided by the corresponding pixel in the Flatfield file. If both Flatfield and Background are selected, the background will be subtracted first, before the flatfield correction. CCD Blemishes The columns specified as bad in the blemish removal file will be replaced by interpolate[...]

145 Chapter 9 Image Math Introduct ion Selecting Image Math on the Process Menu opens the Math dialog box (Figure 126), which allows mathematical operations to be performed on one file or between two data files with the result written to a third. The Math dialog box contains four tab pages, one for each of the three possible files, A , B , and C , [...]

146 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M File tab pa ges As many as three files can be involved in image-math operations and there is a corresponding tab page for each of them, A , B , and C . A and B are Input Files. C is always the Output File. Every operation requires at least one Input File and an O utput File. Thus every operation will require usin[...]

Chapter 9 Image Math 147 Squared Absolute Value Bitwise Co mplement Binary NOT Operations Using a Single File and a Constant When working with a single file and a constant, the operation w ill be performed on each pixel value of A , using the constant specified on the B tab page, and the result w ritten to the corresponding pixel of the Output File[...]

148 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M MAX: The A file is compared, pixel by pixel, with the B file and the larger of the two values written to the C file. It is also possible to compare each pixel of the A file with a constant entered on the B tab page, with the larger of the two values written to the C file. Non-Linear Operations Log10: The Log10 of[...]

Chapter 9 Image Math 149 Bits Val ue Pixel value in A 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 1365 Corresponding pixel value in B 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 63 Result written to C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 21 OR: A bitw ise OR operation is performed on the binary representation of each pixel of the A file and each pixel of the B file, with the result w ritten to the C f[...]

150 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ If you wish to process only part of the input images, change the Frame, X Range, and Y Range values on the A tab page, and also on the B tab page if two files are involved. Alternatively specify a data region in the active window using the mouse and click the Mouse button at the bottom of the window to enter [...]

151 Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations Several post-acquisition mask-process options, including Edge enhancement, Sharpening, Smoothing, a Custom Filter and Morphological Erode and Dilation operations, are provided in the WinView/32 software. These options appear on the Process menu (Figure 128). Edge Enhanc ement Input tab page[...]

152 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Parameters tab page Edge enhancement is accomplished by mask operations defined by parameters entered on the Parameters tab page. These functions can enhance edges, sharpen or smooth features, or erode or dilate an image. How these images are processed is briefly described below. A mask is an n n matrix (n is 3 f[...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 153 Multiply each pair of corresponding numbers, and sum the products. (-1 20) + (-1 20) + (-1 19) + (-1 20) + (8 21) + (-1 20) + (-1 20) + (-1 19) + (-1 20) = 10 The result is placed at position 100, 100 in the output image file. The mask is now placed over the 9 pixels centered at 101, 100, a[...]

154 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M X = (A 2 + 2A 3 + A 4 ) - (A 0 + 2A 7 + A 6 ) Y = (A 0 + 2A 1 + A 2 ) - (A 6 + 2A 5 + A 4 ) Figure 131 illustrates the effect of edge detection on an image. Output tab page The Output tab page allows you to name the output file. It additionally allow s you to select whether the modified data is to be displayed an[...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 155 ➧ If you wish to process only part of the Input Image, enter the appropriate X-Y range values. Alternatively specify a data region in the active window using the mouse and click the Mouse button at the bottom of the window to enter those values. ➧ Select one of the Operations. Since ima[...]

156 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M reported. Note that the Mouse button at the bottom of the window allows you to use the mouse to specify the region to be processed. Simply drag a box in the data region of the active window and then click on Mouse . The Frame and Range parameters will assume the values of the defined region. The Mouse button is o[...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 157 Sharpening Procedure Use the following procedure to sharpen an image. ➧ Select Sharpening from the Process menu. ➧ Enter the Input Image and Output Image names. ➧ On the Input tab page, select the data frame containing the data on which the operation is to be performed. ➧ If you wis[...]

158 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Smoothing Funct ions Input tab page The Input tab page selects the data to be operated on. The user can specify the data file, the frames within the file, and the X and Y range on the CCD. The input datatype is reported. Note that the Mouse button at the bottom of the window allows you to use the mouse to specify[...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 159 Parameters tab page Smoothing is also accomplished by mask operations, in this case parameters entered on the Smoothing Parameters tab page. These masks, sometimes called low pass filters, attenuate regions with high contrast, while leaving pixels in regions of low contrast almost unchanged[...]

160 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Smoothing Procedure Use the following procedure to smooth an image. ➧ Select Smoothing from the Process menu. ➧ Enter the Input Image and Output Image names. ➧ On the Input tab page, select the data frame containing the data on which the operation is to be performed. ➧ If you wish to process only part of [...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 161 Morphologica l Functions Input tab page The Input tab page selects the data to be operated on. The user can specify the data file, the frames within the file, and the X and Y range on the CCD. The input datatype is reported. Note that the Mouse button at the bottom of the window allows you [...]

162 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Examples of some morphological operations follow. References are found at the end of this chapter. In each case the same binary image is shown to the left and the morphologically processed image is shown to the right. Figure 141. Morphologi cal Parameters tab page. Figure 142. Original i mage (left) and dilated i[...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 163 Output tab page The Output tab page allows you to name the output file. It additionally allow s you to select whether the modified data is to be displayed and to select the data type. The frame and X-Y range are reported information only. Morphological Procedure Use the following procedure [...]

164 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Click on Process to begin processing. Control Buttons: Mouse: Allows you to specify a region to be processed using the mouse. Simply drag a box in the data region of the active window and then click on M ouse . The Frame and Range parameters will assume the values of the defined region. Note that the Mouse button[...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 165 Filter Matrix tab page The Custom-Filter Filter-Matrix tab page allows you to set the filter matrix parameter values. The filter is applied to the data-set specified via the Custom Filter Input tab page (page 286). The processed data is saved in the file specified by the Custom Filter Outpu[...]

166 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Custom Filter Procedure Use the following procedure to apply a custom filter to an image. ➧ Select Custom Filt er from the Process menu. ➧ Enter the Input Image and Output Image names. ➧ On the Input tab page, select the data frame containing the data on which the operation is to be performed. ➧ If you wi[...]

Chapter 10 Post-Acquisition Processing Mask Operations 167 Look Up Table Input tab page The Input tab page selects the data to be operated on. The user can specify the data file, the frames within the file, and the X and Y range on the CCD. The input data type is reported. Note that the Mouse button at the bottom of the window allows you to use the[...]

168 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Select Look Up Table from the Process menu. ➧ Using the Input and Out put tab pages, enter the Input and Output file names. ➧ On the Input tab page, select the data frame containing the data on which the operation is to be performed. If you wish to process only part of the Input Image, enter the appropria[...]

169 Chapter 11 Additional Post- Acquisition Processing Options Thres hold a nd Clipping Introduction Clipping an image causes pixels outside the specified range to be changed. When Clip High is selected, all pixels with values greater than the Clip High value will be changed to the Clip High value. When Clip Lo w is selected, all pixels with values[...]

170 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ If you wish to process only part of the Input Image, enter the appropriate X-Y range values. Alternatively specify a data region in the active window using the mouse and click the Mouse button at the bottom of the window to enter those values. ➧ On the Parameters tab page, if a clipping operation is to be p[...]

Chapter 11 Additional Post-Acquisition Processing Op tions 171 Procedure ➧ Select Cross Section from the Process menu. ➧ On the Input tab page, if the correct input image does not appear in the Input Image box, enter the complete file name or search for a file using the browser, accessed by the button to the right of the text box. ➧ On the In[...]

172 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Binning and Skipping Introduction Selecting Binning on the Process menu opens the Binning and Skipping window, which allows binning to be accomplished in software after the data has been collected. The Parameters tab page allows the bin size to be set independently in the X and Y directions. The Skipping paramete[...]

Chapter 11 Additional Post-Acquisition Processing Op tions 173 no points will be skipped. Left over points at the end of a strip or column are discarded. ➧ Enter the name of the Output file on the Output tab page. In later editions of the software, it will additionally be possible to specify an output frame and data range. ➧ Click on Process to[...]

174 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Histog ram Calculatio n Introduction Two types of histograms are available for graphing the distribution of intensities of an image. The Histogram operation groups pixels of a similar intensity together. The X- axis indicates the intensity, and the Y-axis displays the number of pixels in that intensity range. The[...]

Chapter 11 Additional Post-Acquisition Processing Op tions 175 point. In other words, if the Group Size is 50, pixels having an intensity in the range of 1-50 will be counted and graphed as a single point on the histogram. ➧ Enter the name of the Output file on the Output tab page. In later editions of the software, it will additionally be possib[...]

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177 Chapter 12 Printing Introduct ion The current version of WinView/32 can be used to print images directly. Methods are listed below both for direct printing and for using the clipboard to transfer the image to another program for printing. Printing Direc tly from WinView/32 ➧ Open the file you want to print. Make sure that window is the active[...]

178 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Select the number of copies and pages (if a file contains multiple frames, each will be printed as a separate page). ➧ Click on OK to initiate the print. Notes: Once the Print Setup is properly configured, you can print the active window simply by selecting Print from the File menu (shortcut Alt, F, P) or b[...]

Chapter 12 Printing 179 Zoom In: Allows you to zoom in on the previewed page, allowing a selected area to be examined in detail. There are two zoom levels. Note that, if not at full zoom, the cursor becomes a “magnifying glass” if positioned on the image area. Zoom Out: Allows you to return to the normal (unzoomed) preview display. Close: Close[...]

180 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Many text editors and graphics programs allow images to be pasted directly from the clipboard. Paint Shop Pro, a shareware program, is one example of an inexpensive program that can edit and save clipboard screen shots. ➧ Open the application. Open a new file within that application. ➧ Select Paste from the E[...]

181 Chapter 13 Pulser Operation Three different pulser/timing generators are available for use with WinView/32. To be available, pulser support must have been installed as described in the Installation chapter. Pulser support is then accessed by selecting Pulsers on the Setup menu and then selecting the pulser to be used with the system. Available [...]

182 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Make sure the PG-200 is connected to one of the serial ports of the computer. Later you will tell WinView32 the name of this port (C OM1, CO M2, etc.). The software cannot automatically detect the location of the PG-200. ➧ Following the intensifier precautions listed in the hardware manuals, turn on the PG-[...]

Chapter 13 Pulser Operation 183 ➧ Select the Comm Po rt type, Seri al or Demo . Ser ial must be selected to control the PG-200. ➧ Select the PG-200 Comm Port. Generally, the mouse is connected to COM1 and the Pulser is connected to COM2. COM ports 1 through 8 can be selected. ➧ Once you have selected the correct port, click on In itialize Po [...]

184 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Set the Aux Trigger output to be synchronized to either the Trigger or the Gate pulse. ➧ Click on the Pulsin g tab to bring the Pulsing tab page to the front (Figure 161). ➧ Select Continuous or Sequenti al and then click on the adjacent Setup button. For safety, the Gating M ode ( HV Pul si ng) selection[...]

Chapter 13 Pulser Operation 185 Sequential M ode If Sequential is selected, the Pulse Sequence Setup dialog box will appear as shown in Figure 163. In the Sequential Pulsing mode, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay do not remain constant but change either linearly ( Fixed ) or exponentially as the measurement progresses. Fixed is suited to sweeping ov[...]

186 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Programma ble Timing Gene r ator ( PTG) Unlike the PG-200 and the DG-535, the PTG is not a free-standing instrument but rather a plug-in module designed for installation in a special version of the ST-133 Controller. This novel and highly integrated approach to timing generator design, with its advanced high-spee[...]

Chapter 13 Pulser Operation 187 ➧ Select PTG . Then click on the Setup Pul ser button. The PTG window (Figure 166) will open. If PTG is grayed out on the Pulsers dialog box, PTG support has not been installed. ➧ Click on the Comm Port tab to bring the Comm Port tab page (Figure 167) to the front. ➧ Make the Port Type selection. Interface sele[...]

188 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Click on Initialize P ort . If the software cannot find the PTG to initialize it, you will get an error message. If this happens, check the cable connections and check that the Controller is powered. ➧ Click on the Triggers tab to bring the Triggers tab page (Figure 168) to the front. ➧ Select the Trigger[...]

Chapter 13 Pulser Operation 189 ➧ Select Bracket Pulsing O n or Off . Note: Bracket pulsing is only useful in low duty factor gated measurements in the UV with the PI-MAX camera. See your PI-MAX manual (formerly ICCD-MAX manual) for detailed information. ➧ If you select Bracket Pulsing ON, next select Anticipator ON or OFF. If ON is selected, t[...]

190 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Sequential M ode If Sequential is selected, the Sequential Pulsing setup dialog box will appear as shown in Figure 171. In the Sequential Pulsing mode, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay do not remain constant but change either linearly ( Fixed ) or exponentially as the measurement progresses. Fixed is suited to swe[...]

Chapter 13 Pulser Operation 191 DG-535 Dig ital Delay/Pu lse Generato r The DG-535 is programmed via the IEEE-488 GPIB port of the computer (default GPIB address is 15). The choices provided by the tab pages are the same ones that are available using the DG-535 front panel. Basic DG-535 operation is reviewed in the following procedure. The individu[...]

192 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M ➧ Following all intensifier precautions listed in the hardware manuals, turn on the DG - 535 and wait for it to initialize. If the DG-535 isn’t turned on, the WinV iew/32 software won’t be able to program it. ➧ Select Setup and then Pulsers to open the Pulsers dialog box. ➧ Select DG-535 . Then click on[...]

Chapter 13 Pulser Operation 193 ➧ If operating in the Internal trigger mode, set the Trigger Frequency in Hz. Consult the DG-535 Manual to determine the maximum Trigger Frequency that can be used in your application. ➧ If operating in the External trigger mode, specify the Sl ope , Threshold , and Termination appropriate for the trigger source.[...]

194 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Continuous Mode If Continuous is selected, the Continuous Pulsing setup dialog box will appear as show n in Figure 178. In the Continuous pulsing mode, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay remain constant over the course of the measurement. See page 228 for additional information. If operating in the Continuous Pulsin[...]

Chapter 13 Pulser Operation 195 ➧ Click the Download to DG -535 button. This writes all of the parameter values to the DG-535. ➧ Click on OK to close the window. Note: The DG-535 can also be controlled interactively as data is being collected. See the discussion of the timing generator interactive functions starting on page 366. Figure 179. DG-[...]

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197 Chapter 14 Custom Toolbar Settings Introduct ion The Custom Toolbar feature of WinView allow s the user one-button access to many features or combinations of features available through the software. The Custom Toolbar layout and the number of buttons displayed on the Custom Toolbar can easily be changed. Display i ng the Cust om Toolba r ➧ To[...]

198 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Adding an Available Button ➧ Open the Customize Toolbar dialog by clicking on Custom Toolbar in the Setup menu. ➧ Referring to Figure 181, note that the buttons available for placement on the Custom Toolbar are listed on the left. Buttons already on the toolbar are on the right. ➧ To add an available button[...]

Chapter 14 Custom Toolbar Settings 199 Move Up: Together with M ove Dow n , Move Up determines the position of a given button on the Custom Toolbar. Each time this button is clicked, the selected button on the Toolbar buttons list moves up one position. Move Down: Together with M ove Up , Move Down determines the position of a given button on the C[...]

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201 Part 3 Reference Chapter 15, Menus and Di al og Boxes ............................................................ 203 Appendix A, Data St ruct ure .............................................................................. 387 Appendix B, CCD RO M Fai lure Wor k Ar ounds ........................................... 399[...]

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203 Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes .SPE to ASCII Conver sion dial og box The WinX32 .SPE to ASCII Conversion Snap-In converts WinX *.spe i mage files to ASC II. Note: When frames are converted and the output option is One Fil e Per Frame , the resulting filenames will include the frame numbers. For example, an input file of HID- LAMP, selection [...]

204 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Frame No.: Enter the first and last frame number of the frame set to be converted. File Extensi on: Displays the extension that will be appended to filename. The default is txt but a different extension can be entered. Delimiter : The choice of Tab , Space , Semicolumn , or C omma radio button determines which on[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 205 Parameters 3D Mode Multi- St ri p, Same Frame: Each curve in the 3D display represents a different strip on the selected frame. Strip one has the lowest Z axis value and the last strip the highest. Same Strip, Multiframe: Each curve in the 3D display represents the same strip but from different frames. Strip on[...]

206 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Marker Curves On: Checking the Marker Curves On box will cause every n th curve, where n is the number set in the Curve box, to be drawn in the selected Marker Graphs color. Note that the marker graph curves as viewed on the display may not appear to be evenly spaced. This effect stems from the limitations of the[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 207 Save as Default check box: Saves settings on all Display Layout tab pages. These settings will be automatically established when the softw are is started. Control Buttons: OK: Executes the layout settings and closes the Display Layout window . Cancel: Closes the Display Layout window without implementing any of[...]

208 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M A page All math operations, simple or complex, linear or non-linear, involve performing operations on the curve specified via the A file page. A description of the items on this page follows. See Chapter 9 for a general discussion of the Math operations. Parameters Input A: The name of the file to be operated on [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 209 Control Buttons: Mouse: Allows you to specify a region to be processed using the mouse. Simply drag a box in the data region of the active window and then click on M ouse . The Frame and Range parameters will assume the values of the defined region. An ROI mismatch error message will appear if the absolute valu[...]

210 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Hardware LUT…: On PentaMAX systems with a video monitor, opens Hardware Look-Up Table selection dialog box (page 280) which determines how video will be mapped to video monitor display. The digital data is not affected. Exposure/Intensi t y (MicroMAX and ST- 133 only): Opens the Exposure/Intensity dialog box (p[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 211 A/D 3152 tab pag e This page only appears in the Experiment Setup Window if the controller is a V/ICCD or a V/ICCD Control box and if a Data Translation DT3152 Frame Grabber has been selected as the Frame Grabber type on the Hardware Setup V /ICCD C ontroller/Detector tab page. Note: This selection should only [...]

212 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Cancel: Click on this button to close the Experiment Setup window without making any changes. Help: Opens context-sensitive help for whichever tab page is on top. ADC tab page This tab page allows you to make the analog-to-digital (ADC) selections for your system. If your controller has more than one ADC, you w i[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 213 Rate: The selected rate is displayed in the box. Clicking on the button at the right of the box drops the list of the available rate selections for the selected ADC to be displayed so that another setting can be selected. Note that not all ADCs offer multiple rates. With an PI-MAX camera, selecting FA ST on the[...]

214 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Focus: Clicking on Focus initiates a data-collection run in which the data is not stored until Start Storage is selected. OK: Click on OK to save the changes and close the Experiment Setup window without initiating a data collection run. Cancel: Click on this button to close the Experiment Setup window without ma[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 215 Output O pt i ons: Format: You have the choice of two output formats, Standard Text or Excel Text. Sele ct Outpu t File: Opens a browser for convenient naming of the output file. File name can also be directly entered via the adjacent text entry window. Progress: Indicates calculations progress. Help: Opens con[...]

216 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Figure 191. Typical Image display with axes and cross - sections.[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 217 Axes disp lay layou t tab p age This page allows you to select whether the axes w ill be displayed. If displayed, it also allows you to specify a label string for each axis. See Chapter 6 for additional information on data display. Parameters Figure 192. Typical dat a display as graph wi th cross-section s. Fig[...]

218 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Horizontal Axi s & Vert ical Axis check boxes: If either box is checked, both axes will be displayed. This is equivalent to checking either axis box on the Display Layout General tab page. Calibrati on O n/Off radi o but t ons: Allows the axis calibration to be turned On or Off when displaying data as a graph[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 219 In those math operations which involve two files or one file and a constant, the second input file (or the constant) is specified via the B tab page. A description of the items on this page follows. See Chapter 9 for a discussion of Image Math. Note: When performing math with two files, the length and width of [...]

220 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Brigh tness/Co ntrast dialo g bo x The Brightness/Contrast dialog box, opened by selecting Palette on the Display menu, allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast of the active image. Five different transfer functions of monitor-brightness versus pixel value can be selected. Because CCD images can span a ve[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 221 Function Type Linear: Pixel values are linearly mapped to display gray levels. Log: This option changes the display of the image from linear, where changes in intensity of the image are mapped equally to the display gray levels, to logarithmic, where changes in intensity on the dark end are more pronounced. Thi[...]

222 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M C page All math operations, simple or complex, linear or non-linear, involve writing the results to the output file specified via the C file page. A description of the items on this page follows. See Chapter 9 for a discussion of Image Math operations. Parameters Output C: The name of the output file is entered i[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 223 Control Buttons: Mouse: Allows you to specify a region to be processed using the mouse. Simply drag a box in the data region of the active window and then click on M ouse . The Frame and Range parameters will assume the values of the defined region. An ROI mismatch error message will appear if the absolute valu[...]

224 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Cleans / Skips ta b page The Cleans/Skips tab page, accessed by selecting Hardware on the Setup menu, allows the user to change the clean and skip parameters from their default values. Descriptions follow. Roper Scientific does not encourage users to change these parameter settings. For most applications, the def[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 225 Vertical Skips When the region of interest is less than the full chip, Vertical Skips allows you to bin and quickly transverse the strips that precede and follow the ROI. The strips to be processed and discarded are binned into blocks, each containing a number of strips, with the Number of Blocks parameter dete[...]

226 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Display It em Sel ect Buttons: There are eight buttons that allow the color of the different display items to be selected. Pressing any of these buttons causes the Palette dialog box (Figure 200) to open, providing a wide range of different colors for selection. Once the color has been selected, pressing OK close[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 227 Cancel: Closes the Display Layout window without implementing any of the changes. Help: Opens context-sensitive help for Display Layout window. Save as Default check box: Saves settings of all Display Layout tab pages. These settings will be automatically established when softw are is started. Palett e Di al og[...]

228 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Continuous Puls i ng Setup dial og box When Continuous pulsing, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay remain constant at the values specified. They can be entered directly or you can use the spin wheels to set the wanted settings. The units are selected from the drop-down boxes to the right of the data- entry windows. [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 229 Control Box Foc us Window Selecting Video Focus on the Acquisition Setup menu with V/ICCD as the selected controller opens the Control Box window. This window contains two tab pages, Camera and Box (Figure 203). The Camera tab page is identical to the V/ICCD Focus Camera tab page. The Box tab page gives softwar[...]

230 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Vertical Shade & Hori zont al Shade: These parameters allow you to independently set the amount of vertical and horizontal shading to be applied to the image to compensate for illumination non-uniformity. The range is 0 to 99 and the default is 50 for both parameters. With respect to actual screen illuminatio[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 231 ➧ Press ENTER when the window is the size you w ant. Note: This command is unavailable if you maximize the w indow. Size Shortcut: Using the mouse, drag the size bars at the corners or edges of the window. Minimize: Use this command to reduce the WinView/32 window to an icon. Minimi ze Short cut : Click the m[...]

232 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M and some of the Controller/Camera type parameters, such as Shutter Type and Readout Mode. The Controller and Camera Type selections are perhaps the most fundamental and important of all hardware selection decisions and directly influence the appearance of many other WinView/32 screens and the selections provided [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 233 charge will be transferred. If too slow, image smearing will be increased due to the exposure that takes place while the transfer is in progress. The default value gives good results in most measurements. User Defined Chip: Selecting User Defined Chip makes the Custom Chip tab page appear. The Custom Chip tab p[...]

234 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Control Buttons: OK: Executes the selections for all tab pages and closes the dialog box. Cancel: Closes the dialog box without executing any changes. Help: Opens context-sensitive help for whichever tab page is on top. Controller Re gisters dialog box See discussion of the Diagnostics: Cont rol ler Registers di [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 235 Figure 207 shows cross-sectional profiles with a 3D G raph. The vertical cross-section profiles the intensity at the same point on each successive strip. The horizontal cross- section profiles the intensity at each point on the same strip. If the large cursor is selected, cursor projections will intersect the c[...]

236 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Cross S ection (p ost pro cessing) General discussi on: Chapter 11. Input tab page: pg. 286 Parameters tab page: pg. 309 Output t ab page: pg. 307 Cursor t ab page Figure 207. Moon4.spe graph, Large cursor selected. Figure 208. Cursor ta b page.[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 237 The Display Layout Cursor tab page allows the data cursor style and type to be changed. It additionally allows the user control over how an RO I box will be displayed. Data Cursor Display Cursor Visible: If checked, the cursor will appear. If unchecked, the data cursor will not appear. Save Cursor Position: Whe[...]

238 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M None (no cursor displayed). The cross-hair cursor, which extends all the way to the boundaries of the data-display area with an image display, is particularly advantageous for reading the cursor’s coordinates from the axes scales. Some cursor functions differ depending on whether image or graphed data is being [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 239 Custom Timing ta b page This tab page, accessed by selecting Hardware on the Setup menu, allows user redefinition of the basic chip timing options. See page 81 for a detailed discussion of the Custom Timing tab page. Roper Scientific does not encourage users to change these parameter settings. For most applicat[...]

240 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M for the color mapping, toggle the Color Bar Toolbox button. Only one color mapping is provided. Cross sections On/ O ff: Adds or removes cross sections in the current image. The Y cross section appears to the left of the image and the X cross section appears below the image. The cursor position defines the column[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 241 Last Frame/Strip: Views the last exposure in a file containing more than one exposure. There is no menu equivalent to this function. Statis tics: Processes statistics on the current data file. If a subregion is selected, only processes the subregion. Equivalent to selecting Statistics from the Process menu. Sta[...]

242 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M as an unintensified unshuttered CCD camera and the exposure time is entirely a function of the Exposure Time parameter set with software. Note that this button is inactive while data acquisition is in progress. PI-MAX to Safe : Establishes the PI-MAX Safe mode, biasing the PI-MAX intensifier’s photocathode off.[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 243 Flatfi eld: If the checkbox is selected, the data will be divided point-by-point by the selected flatfield correction file as the data is collected. The selected filename appears in the textbox. Clicking on the button at the right of the box opens a browse dialog box to facilitate file selection. Note that for [...]

244 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Focus: Clicking on Focus initiates a data-collection run in which the data is not stored until Start Storage is selected. OK: Click on OK to save the changes and close the Experiment Setup window without initiating a data collection run. Cancel: Click on this button to close the Experiment Setup window without ma[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 245 It is essential that directory information be provided. Otherwise the data file (or files) will be stored in the last directory accessed. The easiest way to designate a directory is to click on the button at the right end of the Data File Name box. This will open a Windows 95 browse dialog box, w hich you can u[...]

246 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Activating a window displaying the file and choosing the Cl ose item on the File menu. Starting a data collection, the new data file will have the same name as an open file, Auto-increment Fi l e Name is not enabled, and Append/Overwr ite is set to Overwrite . Selecting the Window…Close Al l menu item. With thi[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 247 Cancel: Click on this button to close the Experiment Setup window without making any changes. Help: Opens context-sensitive help for whichever tab page is on top. Data window Opening a data file or collecting data opens a data window. Any number (consistent with system memory) can be open at once but only one i[...]

248 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Data windows can be moved, maximized, minimized to an icon on the task bar, or resized in accordance with standard windows conventions. Selections on the D isplay Layout Image-Layout tab page determine whether the aspect and zoom ratios will be fixed or allowed to vary. Data displayed as a graph tracks changes in[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 249 The Data window t ool bar has seven buttons (five if viewing a data set as a graph or 3D graph). Descriptions of these buttons follow. Auto: Intensity levels are mapped to the display, ordinarily displays 256 (8 bits) levels. This gives a fast on-scale overview of the data. Different scaling can then be used to[...]

250 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M unselected. For more information, see the discussion of the Image Layout tab page on page 283. The Toggle Fixed Zoom Factor On/Off button is only provided when viewing a data set as an image. Zoom 1:1 button: Clicking this button attempts to set the zoom factor to 1:1. If the window is in scroll mode, (fixed zoom[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 251 Cursor: Equivalent to selecting the Cursor on the View menu; gives choice of small , large , or no cursor . The crosshair (large) cursor can be particularly useful, for example, if the scale function is active. The precise pixel position of the cursor can be read from the scales using the crosshair. Zoom: Provi[...]

252 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Toolbar: Allows the Data Window toolbar bar to be switched on or off. Display Layout: Opens the Display Layout dialog box. Dete c tor Tempe ratur e dialog box If the selected controller is a MicroMAX, ST-133 or V/ICCD (or control box), clicking Detector Temperature on the Setup menu will open the D etector Temper[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 253 DG-535 Comm P ort tab p age Allows you to set the communications port and parameters for communications between the computer and the pulser/timing generator. Additionally provides for initializing the port. See Chapter 13 for additional information. Parameters Port Type: Determines which type port will be used.[...]

254 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M DG-535 Continuous Pulsing Setup dialog box When Continuous pulsing, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay remain constant at the values specified. They can be entered directly or you can use the spin wheels to set the value. The units are selected from the drop-down boxes to the right of the data-entry windows. Control[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 255 DG-535 Interactive P ulse Wid th and Delay dialo g bo x The Interactive Pulse Width and Delay dialog box, accessed with the button of the Custom toolbar, allows you to control the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay parameters of a DG-535 or PTG timing generator w hile acquiring data. Parameters Pulse Width: The pulse [...]

256 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M The Interactive Trigger Setup dialog box, accessed by clicking on the button of the Custom toolbar, allows you to select the Trigger mode (Internal or External) and, if Internal is selected, to set the Frequency, all while acquiring data. Parameters Trigger Frequency: The trigger frequency is used with internal t[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 257 Parameters Continuous: Opens the Continuous Pulsing dialog box. See discussion on page 228 for detailed information. Sequential: Opens the Sequential Pulsing dialog box. See discussion on page 258 for detailed information. Bracket Pulsing O n/ Off radi o but t ons: Selecting ON activates the MCP bracket gating [...]

258 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M DG-535 P ulse S equen ce Setu p d ialog b ox In Pulse Sequential operation, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay change over the course of the measurement. This sweep can be accomplished linearly ( Fixed Increment type) or exponentially ( Exponential Increment type). Linear sequential operation is well suited to locat[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 259 Accumulations can be set on the DG-535 Pulse Sequence Setup dialog box and on the Experiment Setup Main tab page. The two settings must be the same for proper operation. Pulse Width: The starting and ending pulse widths are independently set. The first Shot will have the Starting pulse width and the last Shot w[...]

260 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M together. Towards the end of the decay where the decay is slow , the gate pulses are further apart but much wider to accommodate the lower signal amplitude. The result is output data that is relatively constant in intensity over the decay time. This data can be easily normalized by dividing each point by the expo[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 261 View Widt h/ Delay Sequence: Opens a window listing the currently programmed sequence of pulse width and pulse delay values. Save Sequence Values to Fil e: When this box is checked, the sequence values will be saved on completion of the run . The values saved are those actually used to take the data. The file c[...]

262 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Software Accumul at i ons: Sets the number of exposures to be taken for each Shot. Note that the number of Accumulations set here must be the same as the value set on the Experiment Setup Main tab page for proper operation. Control Buttons: OK: Saves the specified parameter values and closes the dialog box, retur[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 263 Termination: In the External trigger mode, the Termination radio buttons allow you to choose whether the trigger applied to the DG -535 will see a termination impedance of 50 or High . Control Buttons: Download t o DG -535: Clicking on this button immediately sends all current dialog values to the DG-535. Selec[...]

264 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Control Buttons: Download t o DG -535: Clicking on this button immediately sends all current dialog values to the DG-535. Selecting Download t o DG -535 also changes the name on the Cancel button to Close , indicating that canceling is no longer an option. OK: Click on this button to close the dialog. Selecting t[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 265 Diagnost i cs: Ge t/Set Pa ramet er The Diagnostics Get/Set Parameters dialog box allows the value of a parameter for which you have the ID to be entered directly. This function is primarily used as a factory development tool. Diagnost i cs menu The Diagnostics menu, which is accessed by selecting Diagnostics o[...]

266 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Display La bel Sett ings dial og box Clicking the Settings button on the Label dialog box opens the Display Label Setting s dialog box (Figure 230), which determines the appearance of the label. Clicking on Color opens the color palette, allowing the label color to be selected. The Horizontal vs. Verti cal select[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 267 For Additional I nf ormati on General tab page: pg. 278 Range tab page: pg. 346 Color tab page: pg. 225 Axes tab page: pg. 217 3D Layout tab page: pg. 204 Image Layout t ab page: pg. 283 Cursor tab page: pg. 236 Save as Default check box: Saves settings on all pages. These settings will be automatically establi[...]

268 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Auto 5%-95%: Function depends on whether data is being displayed as an image or as a graph. If displayed as an image, only data in the 5% to 95% range are displayed. Data with more than 95% of the maximum intensity are displayed as white, while those w ith less than 5% of the maximum intensity are displayed as bl[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 269 Display t ab page The Display tab page, accessed by selecting Hardware on the Setup menu, determines the basic orientation of the data display. Parameters Thumbnail Gr aphi cs: There are two. The one on the left represents the actual orientation of an image or spectrum. The one to the right shows the effect on [...]

270 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Edge Enhanc ement General discussi on: Chapter 10. Input tab page: pg. 286 Parameters tab page: pg. 310 Output t ab page: pg. 307 Edit menu The Copy function (Ctrl C) allows image data to be transferred to the clipboard for easy transfer to other programs. The mouse can be used to select the area to be transferre[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 271 PI software is a function of the amount of RAM required to operate Windows (usually from 6-12 Mbytes) and the amount of RAM used by other applications (varies greatly by application). Even when mail, fax, or other programs are minimized they still allocate RAM, and can interfere with the operation of the PI sof[...]

272 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Control Buttons: Cancel: The Cancel button closes the Environment Setup dialog without changing any settings. OK: The OK button saves changes to the Environment Setup dialog and closes the dialog. Changes do not take effect until the computer is rebooted . Execute d ialog b ox This dialog box, accessed by selecti[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 273 For Additional I nf ormati on Main tab page: pg. 295 Data File t ab page: pg. 244 ROI Setup t ab page: pg. 349 Data Corrections t ab page: pg. 242 A/D 3152 tab page: pg. 211 ADC tab page: pg. 212 Timing tab page: pg. 368 Processes tab page: pg. 331 Save/Load tab page: pg. 354 Control Buttons: Acquire: Clicking [...]

274 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Exposur e /Intensit y dialog box (MicroMAX an d ST -133) This dialog box, accessed by selecting Exposure/Intensity on the Acquisition menu, is like the Interactive Camera Operation dialog box with the follow ing differences. Allows the Exposure time, Intensity Scaling, and Offset to be adjusted w hen not acquirin[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 275 Fact or y Defa ults dial og boxes See page 294. File menu This menu (Figure 239) provides the basic file functions as follows. Open: Accesses the Open dialog box (pg. 302), allowing previously saved data files to be opened for display or processing. Close: Closes all windows using the file displayed in the acti[...]

276 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Filter Ma t rix ta b pa ge The Custom-Filter Filter-Matrix tab page allows you to set the filter matrix parameter values. The filter is applied to the data-set specified via the Custom Filter Input tab page (page 286). The processed data is saved in the file specified by the Custom Filter Output tab page (page 30[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 277 Font dialog box The Font dialog box (Figure 241), which opens when you select Fonts on the Display Layout Axes tab page, determines the font that will be used for the data window axis labels and scales. Note that not all fonts allow rotated Y axis labels. If the selected font is True Type (clearly identified on[...]

278 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Gener a l Display La yout ta b page Allows you to specify the most basic display functions, with the option of saving them as the default. Descriptions follow. See C hapter 6 for examples and additional information. Parameters Display Type: When a data file is opened, it can be displayed as an image or as a three[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 279 If there are eleven or more strips of data, they will be displayed as a normal image, such as that shown in Figure 80 (page 101). If there are at least three data strips but less than eleven, the data will be plotted as a 3D Graph as shown in Figure 84 (page 107). If there are only two strips of data, they will[...]

280 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Get/Se t Para meter s dialog box See Diagnostics: G et /Set Parameters di al og box discussion on page 265. Hardwar e LUT dialog box (Penta MAX) The Hardware LUT dialog box (Figure 243) is opened by clicking on Hardware LUT on the Acquisition menu. Its purpose is to determine how video will be mapped to a video m[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 281 Bit Range 0-128: Displays the bottom 128 gray levels. Suited to viewing low light level images. Bit Range 0-256: Displays the bottom 256 gray levels. Suited to viewing low light level images. Bit Range 2-512: Displays 256 gray levels corresponding to data values from 2 to 512. Bit Range 4-1024: Displays 256 gra[...]

282 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Help menu The Help menu (Figure 244) provides several ways of accessing WinView /32 Help. Contents: Clicking on Contents opens the WinView/32 Information Desk, which contains three tab pages, Contents, Index and Find. Content s works like a table of contents. Organized into books and topics, it displays a conveni[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 283 Image La y out tab pa ge This page allows you to select how the image and zoom aspect ratios are controlled. It additionally allows the image contrast and brightness to be changed. Parameters Color Bar : If checked, causes the color bar to appear above the image display. The color bar shows the complete range o[...]

284 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Zoom Factor Variable and Aspect Rat i o Variable: Image size changes if window is resized by dragging corner or one of the edges, which can be dragged independently. Complete image remains in window but it distorts as required to fill the window. Brightness and Contrast Brightness: Adjusts overall image brightnes[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 285 images show the effect of the selected changes. If the data set contains multiple frames, you can specify which frames are to be reoriented. Image orientation can be applied to data displayed as an image, graph or 3D Graph. Selections Rotate : Clicking on this check box causes the image to be rotated 90° CCW. [...]

286 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Informat ion box If Info is selected on the View menu and data is displayed, an information box for the active data window will appear on the desktop. For image displays, the intensity in A /D counts is reported at the X and Y position corresponding to the cursor position. Also reported are the Frame number, Aspe[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 287 The Input tab page is the same for all of the post-acquisition operations, Edge Enhancement, Sharpening, Smoothing, Morphological, Custom Filter, Look Up Table, Threshold/Clipping, Binning and Skipping, Cross Sections and Histogram. The page allows you to select the input data file and, if the file contains mul[...]

288 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Interactive Camera Op eration d ialog box (MicroMAX o r ST-133) If the controller is a MicroMAX or ST-133, clicking on Video Focus from the Acquisition menu will open the Interactive Camera O peration dialog box. This dialog box allows focusing to be quickly accomplished in “real time” by making the adjustmen[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 289 Offset: The Offset adjustment allow s precise adjustment of the image brightness by enabling counts to be subtracted from every data point in the image. The higher the offset setting, the larger the values that are subtracted and the darker the image becomes. Offset subtraction can be used to bring off-scale (c[...]

290 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Zoom: The 1× setting indicates that the CCD image w ill be binned or decimated so that the video monitor shows the entire CCD image at reduced resolution. The 2× setting shows a portion of the CCD image, but at approximately 1:1 resolution. Since you cannot see the entire CCD image, the Pan feature becomes avai[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 291 Interactive Camera Op eration d ialog box (PentaMAX) This box is opened by clicking on Video Focus from the Acquisition menu (PentaMAX Controller). This dialog box allows focusing to be quickly accomplished in “real time” by making the adjustments while observing the image on a video monitor connected to th[...]

292 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Zoom (ver 5 or higher): The 1× setting indicates that the CCD image will be binned or decimated so that the video monitor shows the entire CCD image at reduced resolution. The 2× setting shows a portion of the CCD image, but at approximately 1:1 resolution. Since you cannot see the entire CCD image, the Pan fea[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 293 Label dia l og box Right clicking inside an ROI causes the RO I context menu to appear. Selecting Label Display on the ROI context menu opens the Label dialog box (Figure 252) inside the ROI. The Label dialog box allows loading a previously saved label (from one on the SPE file’s 5 comment fields); alternativ[...]

294 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Load Fac t ory Def aults dia log box This dialog box, which is opened by selecting Load Factory Defaul ts on the Setup menu, and then selecting Fro m INI File allows the factory supplied *.INI file to be reloaded to re-establish the parameter values in effect when the software w as shipped. Because any *.INI file[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 295 This dialog box, which is opened by selecting Load Factory Defaul ts on the Setup menu, and then selecting From Controller allows the values stored in the Controller’s NVRAM to be reloaded. Features Load NVRAM Default s: This button causes the faults in the selected file to be loaded. View NVRAM Def aults: Th[...]

296 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Parameters Exposure Time: The Exposure Time is the amount of time the shutter will open to collect data. If no shutter is present, the Exposure Time will be the time between readouts. # of Images: This is the number of sequential images the software will collect and store in a single file. Each image will be digi[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 297 Accumulations: WinView/32 can collect more than one exposure and sum the exposures together before saving to disk. This allows larger signals to be achieved with improved signal-to-noise ratio. The resulting file will be about the same size as that for a single exposure. This value is independent of the # of Im[...]

298 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Control Buttons: Acquire: Initiates a data-collection run in which all data frames are stored. Focus: Initiates a data-collection run in which the data is not stored until Start Storage is selected. OK: Saves the changes and closes the Experiment Setup window w ithout initiating a data collection run. Cancel: Clo[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 299 Math dial og box Selecting Image Math on the Process Menu opens the Image Math dialog box (Figure 259), which allows mathematical operations to be performed on a file, or between two data files, with the result w ritten to an output file. The Image Math dialog box contains four tab pages. One is for each of the[...]

300 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Menu Bar Below the Title bar is the Menu Bar, w hich allows you to open the menus that control the various WinView/32 functions. Menus having to do with basic WinView/32 functions are located to the left. The Help menu is at the far right. Note that one letter of each of the menu names is underlined. The underlin[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 301 Online Thre s hold Setup Selecting On-Line Thresholding Setup on the Experiment Setup Processes tab page opens the Onli ne Threshol di ng Set up dialog box. This box allows you to independently enable the Minimum and Maximum threshold tests and set the threshold values. Parameters Min: The text entry box allows[...]

302 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Open dialog box Selecting Open on the File menu opens the Open dialog box (Figure 263). This box gives information about the data files that have been saved and allows you to select them for display and processing. Scrollbars appear if the number of titles exceeds what can be listed. Features and Selecti ons Look[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 303 If you want the software to control how the data w ill be displayed when the file is opened, check Auto Select . Leave Aut o Sel ect unchecked if you want to retain control over whether the data will be displayed as an Image , Graph or 3D Graph . Auto Select is the factory default selection. * In addition, one [...]

304 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Opera tion tab pa ge See Chapter 9 for additional information. Linear Operations Addition: The A file is added, pixel by pixel, to the B file and the results written to the C file. It is also possible to add a constant entered on the B tab page to each point on the A file, with the results written to the C file. [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 305 MAX: The A file is compared, pixel by pixel, with the B file and the larger of the two values written to the C file. It is also possible to compare each pixel of the A file with a constant entered on the B tab page, with the larger of the two values written to the C file. Non-Linear Operations Log10: The Log10 [...]

306 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Pixel value in A 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 1365 Corresponding pixel value in B 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 63 Result written to C 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1386 Complement: For each pixel value n in the A file, the corresponding value in the output file C is set to -1-n. Otherwise stated, each 0 becomes a 1 and each 1 a 0[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 307 Output t a b page (Edge Enhancement, Sharpening, Smoothing, Morphological, Custom Filter, Look Up Table, Threshold and Clipping Cross Sections, Binning and Skipping Histogram) The Output tab page is the same for all of the post-acquisition operations, Edge Enhancement , Sharpeni ng , Smoothing , Morphol ogical [...]

308 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Para me ters tab page (Binning and Skipping) The Binning and Skipping Parameters tab page allows the bin size to be set independently in the X and Y directions. The Skipping parameter sets the interval between bins. The Skipping parameter size can be independently set for X and Y. Data points that fall in the ski[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 309 Parameters tab p age (Cross Sectio n) Allows selection of either Sum or Average and X, Y or Z Cross Sections. If Sum is selected, all pixel values in either the X, Y or Z direction, according to w hether Y- Cross Section , X-Cross Secti on or Z- Cross Sect i on is selected, will be summed to generate the output[...]

310 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Para me ters tab page (Edge Enhanc ement) The Parameters tab page allows you to select any one of four pre-defined edge- enhancement operations. Alternatively, you can select User Defined and specify your own values in the Kernel matrix. See Chapter 10 for additional inform ation. Control Buttons: Mouse: Allows y[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 311 Parameters tab p age (Histogram) Two types of histograms are available for graphing the distribution of intensities of an image. The Histogram operation groups pixels of a similar intensity together. The X-axis indicates the intensity, and the Y-axis displays the number of pixels in that intensity range. The Cu[...]

312 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Para me ters tab page (Morphologica l) The Morphological operations Erode and Dilate are also accomplished by masking the data. The effect of the Erode process is to reduce the size of a white region, while Dilation increases it. The number of iterations is set by the user. All the options except for Block and Us[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 313 Process: Initiates the process selected via the Parameters tab page. The selected process is performed on the data specified on the Input tab page and saved using the file name and data type specified on the Output tab page. Close: Closes the window with no action taken. Help: Opens context-sensitive help for t[...]

314 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Para me ters tab page (Smoothing) The Parameters tab page allows you to select any one of three pre-defined smoothing operations. Alternatively, you can select User Defined and specify your own values in the Kernel matrix. See Chapter 10 for additional information. Control Buttons: Mouse: Allows you to specify a [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 315 Para me ters tab page (Thres hold and Clipping) The Parameters tab page allows you to control the Clipping and Threshold functions. Clipping an image causes pixels outside the specified range to be changed. When Clip High is selected, all pixels with values greater than the Clip H igh value will be changed to t[...]

316 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M PG-200 Co mm Port tab p age Allows you to set the communications port and parameters for communications between the computer and the PG-200. Additionally provides for initializing the port. See Chapter 13 for additional information. Parameters Port Type: Determines which type port will be used. Select Serial for [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 317 Apply Changed Setti ngs button, which sends only the new parameters to the PG-200. OK: Click on this button to close the dialog. Selecting this button does not automatically program the pulser/timing generator. To program the selected values into the timing generator click on Apply Changed Sett i ngs or Apply A[...]

318 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M PG-200 P ulsin g tab p age The Pulsing tab page allows you to set the gate pulse characteristics of the PG-200 Pulser. Through the Continuous and Sequenti al setup screens, it allows you to set the pulse width and the delay between application of a trigger and the time the output pulse is generated. It additional[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 319 Apply Changed Setti ngs button, which sends only the new parameters to the PG-200. OK: Click on this button to close the dialog. Selecting this button does not automatically program the pulser/timing generator. To program the selected values into the timing generator click on Apply Changed Sett i ngs or Apply A[...]

320 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M points can be spline-fitted to generate the complete curve so that the decay constant can be calculated, even where the data derives from two decay processes occurring simultaneously. Parameters Number of Images: With a Software Accumulations setting of one , Number of Images equals the number of exposures, each [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 321 specified starting and ending values and on the Number of Images specified. The increment values are calculated and reported in the associated text boxes. Exponential I ncrement Type: With this selection, the increment or change in Pulse Width and Pulse Delay changes from shot to shot. The precise delay and wid[...]

322 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Slow Decay Time Constant: In a two species system, enter the decay time of the slower of the two species. Note that it is not essential that you enter a value. If you have the decay time information, you will get better data if the information is entered, but acceptable results can be obtained in many situations [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 323 Name: If not using the default name for the sequence value file, enter the file name in the provided text box. The button at the end of the box opens a browser to facilitate assigning the file location. Software Accumul at i ons: Sets the number of exposures to be taken for each Shot. Note that the number of Ac[...]

324 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M The Triggers tab page provides for user control of the PG-200 triggering functions, as described in the following paragraphs. See page 325 for additional information about operation with the PG-200 Pulser. Parameters Trigger Frequency: The trigger frequency is usually used with internal triggering of the pulser. [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 325 Apply All Set t ings: Clicking on this button immediately sends all current dialog values to the PG-200. Reprogramming of the PG-200 w ill take several seconds. If you have only changed one or two dialog items, it is better to click on the Apply Changed Sett i ngs button, which sends only the new parameters to [...]

326 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Control Buttons: Apply Changed Setti ngs: Clicking on this button immediately sends any changed dialog values to the PG-200 Pulser. For example, if the Pulse Width and Trigger Frequency have been changed since the last time the pulser was programmed, only those values will be sent to the pulser. This is faster th[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 327 Selecting Print on the file menu opens a standard Windows 95 Print dialog box like that in Figure 284. The box is used to select the printer, configure the printer settings, select the pages to print and the number of copies. You also have the option of printing to a file. The options provided by the Properties[...]

328 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Prev Page: Allows you to step backwards sequentially through the pages of a multiple image file. Two Page: Causes two pages to be displayed at a time in a side-by-side layout. Zoom In: Allows you to zoom in on the previewed page, allowing a selected area to be examined in detail. There are two zoom levels. Note t[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 329 Selecting Print Setup on the File menu opens the Print Setup dialog box such as that in Figure 287. This box allows you to select the printer and make basic operating selections for it, such as paper size and source, and orientation (portrait vs. landscape). Properties allows you to access the full range of use[...]

330 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Sharpening: Opens the Sharpening window, which contains the tab pages that control the Sharpening function. See Chapter 10 for additional information. Smoothing: Opens the Smoothing window, which contains the tab pages that control the Smoothing function. See Chapter 10 for additional information. Morphological :[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 331 Processes tab pag e Thresholding Allows a threshold test to be performed on data as it is acquired. The threshold test is performed after background subtraction and flatfield correction but before software accumulation. Data that falls within the threshold range returns a 1 , data that falls below the minimum t[...]

332 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Propert ies window Right clicking on a file name (Open dialog box or Explorer) and selecting Properties will open the Properties window as shown in Figure 290. If PI Shell Ext ension was installed as described in Chapter 1, there will be three file property pages, the standard Windows’95 pages as shown in Figur[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 333 PTG Aux Trig Out t ab page Sets the delay to the Auxiliary Trigger Output w ith respect to the PTG trigger time. T he minimum delay is 25 ns and the longest is 10 ms. The resolution is 0.04 ns. Control Buttons: Download t o PTG : Clicking on this button immediately sends all current dialog values to the PTG. Se[...]

334 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M PTG Comm Port ta b page Allows you to set the communications port and parameters for communications between the computer and the pulser/timing generator. Additionally provides for initializing the port. See Chapter 13 for additional information. Parameters Port Type: Determines which type port will be used. Selec[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 335 PTG Continuous Puls i ng Setup dial og box When Continuous pulsing, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay remain constant at the values specified. They can be entered directly or you can use the spin wheels to achieve the wanted settings. The units are selected from the drop-down boxes to the right of the data-entry [...]

336 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Pulse Delay: The pulse delay is the time between the beginning of the trigger pulse (either internal or external) and the beginning of the photocathode gate pulse. The units available are nanoseconds (nsec), microseconds (µsec), or milliseconds (msec). Only some values are allowed, so the timing generator w ill [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 337 PTG Pulse Count e r The Pulse Counter dialog box, which is opened by clicking on Pulse Counter on the Acquisiti on menu, reports the number of gate commands sent to the PI-MAX by the PTG. A new reading is taken each time the Read button is clicked. Both main and burst gate commands are counted. The Close button[...]

338 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Bracket Pulsing O n/ Off radi o but t ons: Selecting ON activates the MCP bracket gating of the PI-MAX detector. This technique enhances the PI-MAX intensifier’s on/off ratio in UV measurements. The width and delay are adjusted automatically to always bracket the photocathode gate pulse. Keep in mind that the o[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 339 PTG Pulse Se que nce Se t up dialog box In Pulse Sequential operation, the Pulse Width and Pulse Delay change over the course of the measurement. This sweep can be accomplished linearly ( Fixed Increment type) or exponentially ( Exponential Increment type). Linear sequential operation is well suited to locating[...]

340 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Accumulations can be set on the PTG Pulse Sequence Setup dialog box and on the Experiment Setup Main tab page. The two settings must be the same for proper operation. Pulse Width: The starting and ending pulse widths are independently set. The first Shot will have the Starting pulse width and the last Shot will h[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 341 further apart but much wider to accommodate the lower signal amplitude. The result is output data that is relatively constant in intensity over the decay time. This data can be easily normalized by dividing each point by the exposure time and then using a spline fit to recover the curve. The logarithm (base e )[...]

342 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Save Sequence Values to Fil e: When this box is checked, the sequence values will be saved on completion of the run . The values saved are those actually used to take the data. The file could be recalled later and used for data normalization or other purposes. Setup File: Opens the Sequence Values File dialog box[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 343 Control Buttons: OK: Saves the specified parameter values and closes the dialog box, returning you to the PTG window. Cancel: Closes the dialog box without saving any of the specified values. Help: Accesses context-sensitive help for this window. PTG Triggers tab page The PTG Triggers tab page allows selection [...]

344 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Termination: In the External trigger mode, the Termination radio buttons allow you to choose whether the trigger applied to the PTG will see a termination impedance of 50 or High . Control Buttons: Download t o PTG : Clicking on this button immediately sends all current dialog values to the PTG. Selecting Downloa[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 345 Control Buttons: Download t o PTG : Clicking on this button immediately sends all current dialog values to the PTG. Selecting Download t o PTG also changes the name on the Cancel button to Close , indicating that canceling is no longer an option. OK: Click on this button to close the dialog. Selecting this butt[...]

346 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Control Buttons: OK: Executes the selection and closes the dialog box. Help: Access context-sensitive help for the Pulsers dialog box. Pulsing t a b page See: DG-535 Pulsi ng t ab page: pg. 256 PG-200 Pulsi ng t ab page: pg. 318 PTG Pulsing t ab page: pg. 337 Range Dis pla y Layout tab page Sets the region to be [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 347 Parameters Intensit y: If displaying the data as an image, allows you to set the range of data that will be mapped to the display. Displays generally are capable of displaying 256 (8 bits) gray levels. Depending on the makeup of your particular system and the experiment, there could be a far larger number of in[...]

348 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M you are attempting to do spectrograph adjustments. Suppose that initially little more than dark noise is displayed. With this low signal level, the auto- scale algorithm sets the gain to a high value to display the data. As the adjustment proceeds, the point might be reached where the data includes a peak that is[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 349 Record Ma cro dial og box Allows Visual B asic script macros to be entered and recorded. Not fully functional prior to software version 2.5. ROI Context me nu If the mouse is right clicked outside the ROI, the normal context menu appears. The ROI context menu contains the usual actions pertaining to the ROI (au[...]

350 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Note: If you have a PCI card, and your controller is other than a MicroMAX or PentaMAX, you must ensure that the number of pixels to be read out is always an even number. A warning will appear if this is not the case. If you are doing binning, the number of pixels digitized (after hardware binning is complete) mu[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 351 software if the Use Software Binning check box is checked. Otherwise, it is done in hardware. With postprocessing binning the original data can remain intact and unchanged. Hardware binning offers advantages in speed and noise performance, but is limited by the well capacity of the chip’s readout register, ma[...]

352 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M OK: Click on OK to save the changes and close the Experiment Setup window without initiating a data collection run. Cancel: Click on this button to close the Experiment Setup window without making any changes. Help: Opens context-sensitive help for whichever tab page is on top. Save As di alog b ox Selecting Save[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 353 Save as type: Indicates the file type. The data types currently supported are listed in Figure 313. If All Files (*.*) is selected, you will be able to save the file with whatever arbitrary extension you specify. The file, however, w ill be saved in the *.SPE file type f ormat. Note that the data only is saved.[...]

354 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Save/Lo ad Setu p tab p age The Save/Load tab page allows you to save a complete experiment setup or load a previously saved one from disk. Save: Clicking the Save button allows you to save to disk all of the Experiment Setup parameters as specified on the Experiment Setup tab pages. When the button is clicked, a[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 355 Control Buttons: Acquire: Clicking on Acqui re initiates a data-collection run in which all data frames are stored. Focus: Clicking on Focus initiates a data-collection run in which the data is not stored until Start Storage is selected. OK: Click on OK to save the changes and close the Experiment Setup window [...]

356 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Black Background: Trail will be plotted on black background. Otherwise original background color is preserved. Color T rail: Ongoing trail continues to be displayed with the color at any location that which was active w hen that portion of the trail was plotted. Color Blend: Portion of trial being currently plott[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 357 Sequent ia l Pulsing Set up See: DG-535: pg. 258 PG-200: pg. 319 PTG: pg. 339 Setup me nu Hardware: Opens the Hardware Setup window (page 281), which contains the tab pages that tailor the software to the user’s particular system components. Blemish Removal Pat t ern: Not fully functional in early releases of[...]

358 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Diagnosti cs: This command opens the Diagnostics menu, which allows the different diagnostics commands to be selected. See discussion of Diagnostics menu on page 265 for additional information. Setup Wiz a rd The Hardware Setup Wizard runs the first time you select Setup – Hardw are. The Wizard directly leads y[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 359 Detector/Camera /CCD Selection The second Setup Wizard dialog box (Figure 322) selects the Detector/Camera type. The selected Detector, Camera, or CCD appears in the text box. Clicking on the button at the end of the box causes the list of available selections to drop down. The new selection is made by simply c[...]

360 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Sharpening General discussi on: Chapter 10. Input tab page: pg. 286 Parameters tab page: pg. 313 Output t ab page: pg. 307 Smoothing General discussi on: Chapter 10. Input tab page: pg. 286 Parameters tab page: pg. 314 Output t ab page: pg. 307 Snap-Ins Toolba r The Snap-Ins Toolbar provides quick mouse-access to[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 361 Split Frame dia log box Allows you to split a multi-frame file into its constituent frames. The original file is retained and each frame is saved in a separate located in the same folder as the original. Numbers are appended to indicate the frame number. For example, if the original file contained ten frames an[...]

362 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Help Topics: List Help Topics. Equivalent to selecting Search for Help On on the Help menu. Context Sensit i ve Hel p: Note that this is a two-step operation. The first step is to click on this button. The second is to click on the men item, button, or dialog box selection for which you would like to have additio[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 363 Input Parameters Name: The file for which the statistics are to be calculated appears in the Input text box. If there is an active data file, its name will be automatically selected. If not, you can use the browser accessed by clicking the button at the end of the text box to conveniently specify the name and l[...]

364 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Control Buttons: OK: Implements Statistics selections. If Display Window is selected, report w ill be displayed. If an output file was designated, report will be written to disk. B oth output to file and output to window can be selected. Cancel: Closes Statistics window without implementing any selections. Help: [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 365 Intensit y Level s Max: Maximum intensity level in the ROI. Min: Minimum intensity level in the RO I. total: Sum of all intensity values in the R OI. avg: Sum of all intensity values divided by the number of pixels. sigma: Standard deviation of all the intensity values in the ROI. Number of Pixels i n Regi on: [...]

366 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Timer: The right-most pane is the Data Collection Timer. During an acquisition, it reports the elapsed time since initiating the run. Otherwise it reports the computer clock time. Clicking on this pane allows you to toggle the count up or down. Temperature See Detector Temperature di al og box on page 252. Thres [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 367 Control Buttons: OK: Click on this button to close the Timing G enerator Interactive Pulse Width and Delay dialog box. On clicking on OK , the new parameter values are sent to the Timing Generator. Cancel: The Cancel button exits the Timing Generator Interactive Pulse Width and Delay dialog box without saving a[...]

368 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Timing tab pa ge This page controls the controller timing parameters. Although all of the possible selections are discussed in the following paragraphs, note that not all of them will be available with any particular controller model. Parameters Timing Mode: The Timing Mode determines how the system will respond [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 369 ESABI (Elect roni c Shut t er Active Betw een I m ages) : Applies only to the special Double Image MicroMAX, which can capture two fast full-frame images before reading out. In this timing mode, the Experiment Setup Main tab page sets the exposure time of the both images. Two triggers are required, one that ini[...]

370 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Full Speed data collection therefore is used when actual data is being collected, that is, when data collection has the highest top priority. During setup or initial data collection, it will generally prove more convenient to select Safe Mode operation. See the controller or system hardware manual for a complete [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 371 Focus: Clicking on Focus initiates a data-collection run in which the data is not stored until Start Storage is selected. OK: Click on OK to save the changes and close the Experiment Setup window without initiating a data collection run. Cancel: Click on this button to close the Experiment Setup window without [...]

372 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Triggers tab page See: DG-535 Triggers t ab page: pg. 262. PG-200 Triggers t ab page: pg. 323. PTG Triggers tab page: pg. 343. TTL Diagnost i cs dial og box This screen allows t he Controller’ s TTL communications t o be tested. This functi on would ordinarily be used i n conjunction with an ext ernal TTL Test [...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 373 TTL Out The state of the TTL OUT li nes can be set from the TTL Diagnosti cs dialog box. Checking the box associated with an output bit designation sets it’s level high (+5 V; bit ON). If the box is left unchecked, the output bit is low (0 V; bit OFF). Vers ions & More box This box reports a variety of ki[...]

374 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M V/ICCD Focus - Came ra tab page This tab page (Figure 336), accessed by selecting Video Focus on the Acquisition Setup menu with V/ICCD as the selected controller, gives you software control over the basic V/ICCD operating parameters. Parameters Exposure: There is no difference between setting the exposure time h[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 375 Gamma Circuit: When checked, turns on the gamma function, displaying the video with a gamma of nominally 0.45. The effect is an overall brightening of the mid- range values in the picture. In effect, the brightness scaling of the scene is compressed to achieve greater dynamic range at the expense of linearity. [...]

376 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Parameters Offset: The Offset parameter allows the video to be shifted negatively. The range is in arbitrary units from 0 to 99 and the default setting is 10.0. The higher the setting, the larger the offset that will be subtracted from every pixel in the image, in effect shifting the entire image towards black. U[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 377 View menu This menu ( Figure 338) provides user control over the items that will appear on the WinView/32 desktop. A description of each function follow s. Toolbars: Allows you to choose w hich toolbar(s) will be displayed. No te that the Data Window Toolbar is selected from the Display menu. Status Bar: Determ[...]

378 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Virtual Chip dia log box Clicking Virtual Chi p on the Setup menu opens the Virtual Chip dialog box as shown in Figure 340. This screen is used to set the parameters for Virtual Chip operation, a special fast-acquisition technique that allows frame rates in excess of 100 fps to be obtained. For the Virtual Chip s[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 379 that the file WXvchip.opt be present in the same directory as the executable WinView/32 program. Contact Tech Support for information regarding the availability of Wxvchip.opt. This method of data acquisition requires that the chip be masked as shown in Figure 341. The mask can be a static one (fixed dimensions[...]

380 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Mode: Radio buttons allow the choice of High Speed Mode Enabled and Normal Mode Enabled . In the normal mode, the external masks would ordinarily be withdrawn, allowing normal frame-transfer operation. All of the parameter settings on the screen are grayed out if Normal Mode Enabled is selected. When High Speed M[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 381 Window menu The Window menu (Figure 343) is primarily concerned with how data windows are displayed on the desktop. Descriptions follow. New: If a data file is open and active, selecting New Graph, New Image or New 3D G raph will cause a second window containing the selected data to be displayed in the selected[...]

382 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Arrange Icons: If images have been reduced to icons by minimizing them, selecting Arrange Icons will arrange the icons in a neat row at the bottom of the desktop. If there is an open data file window at the bottom of the main window, then some or all of the icons may not be visible because they will be underneath[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 383 Tile Ho rizontally : If multiple data files are open, selecting Tile Ho rizontally will arrange the data windows one beneath the other and compressed vertically so that they all fit on the screen. The aspect ratio of image data windows is constrained and the windows may not be full screen width. In the case of [...]

384 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Close All : This selection closes all open data windows. 1, 2, 3….. : Open files are listed in numerical sequence at the end of the menu. Selecting a file on the list, either by clicking on the name of the file or by simply keying the file number with the menu displayed, will make that file the active one. It w[...]

Chapter 15 Menus and Dialog Boxes 385 WinX D ata Player dialo g bo x The WinX32 Data P layback Snap-In plays back as a movie a multiple-frame image file collected with the WinX32 program. The “movie” is displayed in the standard Data Window. Parameters and Buttons: Sele ct WinX Data File: O pens a browser that can be used to select the data fil[...]

386 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Playback Speed: Determines the playback speed by inserting a delay of the specified interval between each frame. Delay setting appears in the associated box. Playback Range: Allows a contiguous subset of the frames to be specified. The Min and Max sliders set the range. The Playback Selection Onl y check box must[...]

387 Appendix A Data Structure Version 1.43 Head er All WinView or WinSpec files (version 1.43) must begin with the following 4100 byte header: typedef WINXHEAD { 0 int dioden; /* CCD X dimension. */ 2 int avgexp; /* Not used by WinView */ 4 int exposure; /* exposure if -1 see lexpos */ 6 int datarange; /* Not used by WinView */ 8 int mode; /* Not u[...]

388 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M 150 int rtanum; /* Not used by WinView */ 152 int astdiode; /* Not used by WinView */ 154 int int78; /* Not used by WinView */ 156 int int79; /* Not used by WinView */ 158 double calibpol[4]; /* Not used by WinView */ 190 int int96; /* Not used by WinView */ 192 int int97; /* Not used by WinView */ 194 int int98;[...]

Appendix A Data Structure 389 Offset ----------- unsigned int dioden; /* 0 num of physical pixels (X axis) */ int avgexp; /* 2 number of accumulations per scan */ /* if > 32767, set to -1 and */ /* see lavgexp below (668) */ int exposure; /* 4 exposure time (in milliseconds) */ /* if > 32767, set to -1 and */ /* see lexpos below (660) */ unsi[...]

390 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M int srccmp; /* 654 number of source comp. diodes */ unsigned int ydim; /* 656 y dimension of raw data. */ int scramble; /* 658 0 = scrambled, 1 = unscrambled */ long lexpos; /* 660 long exposure in milliseconds */ /* used if exposure set to -1 */ long lnoscan; /* 664 long num of scans */ /* used if noscan set to [...]

Appendix A Data Structure 391 /* (Future Item) */ unsigned int SWmade; /* 1508 Software which created this file */ int NumROI; /* 1510 number of ROIs used. if 0 assume 1 */ /* 1512 - 1630 ROI information */ struct ROIinfo { /* */ unsigned int startx; /* left x start value. */ unsigned int endx; /* right x value. */ unsigned int groupx; /* amount x [...]

392 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M /* in the "polynom_coeff" */ char polynom_order; /* 3101 ORDER of calibration POLYNOM */ char calib_count; /* 3102 valid calibration data pairs */ double pixel_position[10];/* 3103 pixel pos. of calibration data */ double calib_value[10]; /* 3183 calibration VALUE at above pos */ double polynom_coeff[6][...]

Appendix A Data Structure 393 mode .......................... 8 8 exp_sec ....................... 10 A asyavg ........................ 14 E asyseq ........................ 16 10 yDimDet ....................... 18 12 date .......................... 20 14 ehour ......................... 30 1E eminute ....................... 32 20 noscan .............[...]

394 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M shutterComp ................... 1476 5C4 readoutMode ................... 1480 5C8 WindowSize .................... 1482 5CA clkspd ........................ 1484 5CC interface_type ................ 1486 5CE ioAdd1 ........................ 1488 5D0 ioAdd2 ........................ 1492 5D4 ioAdd3 ....................[...]

Appendix A Data Structure 395 ROIinfoblk[9] - endy ......... 1616 650 ROIinfoblk[9] - groupy ....... 1618 652 ROIinfoblk[10] - startx ....... 1620 654 ROIinfoblk[10] - endx ......... 1622 656 ROIinfoblk[10] - groupx ....... 1624 658 ROIinfoblk[10] - starty ....... 1626 65A ROIinfoblk[10] - endy ......... 1628 65C ROIinfoblk[10] - groupy ....... 163[...]

396 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Y Calib: calib_count .......... 3591 E07 Y Calib: pixel_position[1] .... 3592 E08 Y Calib: pixel_position[2] .... 3600 E10 Y Calib: pixel_position[3] .... 3608 E18 Y Calib: pixel_position[4] .... 3616 E20 Y Calib: pixel_position[5] .... 3624 E28 Y Calib: pixel_position[6] .... 3632 E30 Y Calib: pixel_position[7] [...]

Appendix A Data Structure 397 ------> | | | | `-----> A/D In the diagram below, the shift register is on the BOTTO M of the chip. Each ROW of data is first shifted DOWN into the shift register and then R IGHT. T he data is read (and stored) in this order: First row read: XnYm, ... X2Ym, X1Ym Last row read : XnY1, ... X2Y1, X1Y1 .-------------[...]

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399 Appendix B CD ROM Failure Work-arounds Although not common, there are CD drives that are not compatible with the Win ’95 long filename convention. Attempting to install on such a system causes the filenames to be truncated and the install fails, causing a message like: An error occurred during the move data process: - 113 Component: Appli cat[...]

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401 Index # of Images, 296 .SPE to ASC II convert snap-in, 203 3152 Frame Grabber, 87 3152 tab page, 211 3D graph cursor control, 238 3D Graph display, 116 3D Layout tab page 3D Mode, 204 3D Properties, 205 Marker Curves, 206 Z Axis Endpoint , 125, 205 3D Mode Multi-Strip, Same Frame, 2 0 5 Same Strip, mul tiframe, 205 3D Properties Highlight curs [...]

402 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Auxiliary Trigger Outp u t, 333 Axes (View menu), 377 Axes select ion, 279 Axis label ing, 114 B page (math), 219 B page parameters Datatype, 219 Frame, 219 Input B, 219 X Range, 219 Y Range, 219 Background subtract ion, 141, 142 acquiring background file s, 141 automatic, 142 Binary image math operati ons, 149 B[...]

Index 403 Minimum Block S ize, 225 Number of Blocks, 225 Number of Cleans, 224 Number of Strips per C lean, 224 vertical skips , 225 Clippi ng and Threshold procedure, 169 Clippi ng and Threshold procedure, 169 Close, 231 active data file window only, 231 application, 231 Close All , 384 Close R OI, 349 Closi ng a data file , 103 Color, 225 axes an[...]

404 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Curso r control of on 3D graph, 238 control of on si ngle stri p graph, 238 Cursor (View menu), 377 Cursor color, 226 Cursor Curve, 124 Cursor functi ons data displayed as graph or image, 123 Cursor tab page cursor style, 237 cursor visi ble, 237 line type, 237 ROI box dis play, 237 Curso rs type and functions , [...]

Index 405 5%-95% dis play range, 120 context window, 126 cursor, 123 Cursor Curve, 124 cursor functions , 123 displayi ng one strip, 122 hidden surfaces, 125 Information box, 121 Marker Curve, 124 multiple strips, 1 2 4 ROI, 120 strip s election, 124 Zoom In, 120 Data displayed as image autoranging ROI, 113 axes and cross s ections, 112 axes labeli[...]

406 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M bracket pulsi ng, 193 Comm Port t ab page, 253 continuous exponent ial mode, 194 continuous l inear mode, 194 Continuous Pulsi ng dialog box, 254 continuous pul sing se tup, 194 Download to DG-535, 253 Interactive Tri gger Setup dial og box, 256 operation of, 191 port address, 192 pulse dela y, 255 Pulse Sequen c[...]

Index 407 Experiment Set up window overview, 272 Exponential Data t ype (DG-535 Sequential ), 259 Exponential Data t ype (PG-200 Sequenti al), 321 Exposure Control Interactive Operation di alog box, 291 Exposure Time, 288, 296 Exposure/Intens ity dial og box overview, 274 External Sync, 368, 369 External Trigger enabled, 78 polarity, 78 V/ICCD, 78 [...]

408 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M overview, 280 Square Root, 280 Hardware requirements, 25 Hardware setup overview, 55 Hardware Setup Custom C hip tab page, 80 Custom Ti ming tab page, 81 Display Tab Page, 82 Interface tab page, 83 ST-130, 72 ST-133, 74 ST-138, 76 User Defined Chip, 80 User Defined Timing, 81 V/ICCD, 78 V/ICCD C ontrol Box, 79 Ha[...]

Index 409 edge enhancement, 151 morphological, 161 sharpening, 155 smoothing, 158 Install PI Saver (s creen saver), 356 Install Shield, 26 Installation aborting, 38 from FTP site, 27 multiple versio ns of WinView/32 , 38 software, 25 Installi ng WinView/ 32, 25 Intensifier, 374 Intensifier gain effect on dark charge, 142 Intensifier Gain, 297 Inten[...]

410 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Amplifier, 297 Exposure Time, 296 High Capacity, 297 Intensifier Gain, 297 Low Noise, 297 overview, 295 Use Full Chip, 2 9 6 Use Region of Int erest, 296 Manual Scan Pat terns di alog box, 298 Marker Curves, 206 mask, 276 Math A page, 208 Math A page parameters, 208 Math B page, 219 Math C page, 222 Math dialog b[...]

Index 411 Open dialog box, 302 Opening data fil es, 99 multiple files, 101 Opening, Clos ing and Savi ng data files introduction t o, 99 Operating syst em requirement, 26 Operation page Absolute, 30 5 Addition, 304 AND, 305 Complement, 306 Divisi on, 304 Exclusive OR, 305 Image Math, 304 Log10, 305 MAX, 305 MIN, 304 Multiplication, 3 04 Natural Log[...]

412 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Fast decay and Slow decay, 321 Fixed Increment, 320 Number of Images, 320 Pulse Delay, 320 Pulse W idth, 320 sequentia l exponential algorithm, 321 Slow Amplitude parameter, 322 Time Consta nt parameter, 322 Time Const ant, 321 PG-200 pulse r, 181 PG-200 tab page parameter descript ions, 324 PG-200 Triggers t ab [...]

Index 413 Time Const ant, 341 Pulse S equence Setup di alog box, 339 pulse widt h, 255, 335 Pulse Wi dth and Delay Ra nge Message, 340 Pulsi ng tab page, 337 Pulsi ng tab page, 188 sequentia l pulsi ng setup, 190 slope, threshol d & impedance, 188 trigger mode, 188 Triggers tab page, 343 Pulse C ounter, 210, 337 Pulse C ounter dialog box, 345 P[...]

414 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M Serial interface, 84 SESSION.DAT, 39 Set Temperature, 252 Set to Full Range , 3 48 Setup Custom, 33 load, 354 save, 354 Standard, 33 Standard ISA, 33 Standard PCI, 33 Setup menu Custom Tool bar, 357 Detector Temperature, 357 Diagnostics , 358 Environment, 357 Hardware, 357 Load Factory Defaults , 357 Pulsers , 35[...]

Index 415 Standard Tool butt ons Context Sensitiv e Help , 362 Copy, 361 Cut, 361 Help Topics, 362 Open, 361 Paste, 361 Print, 361 Print Preview, 361 Stop, 361 Start Menu folder, 35 Start Storage, 210 Statistics input parameters, 363 output parameters , 363 overview, 362 Statis tics dialog box, 362 Statistics report, 36 4 Frame, 364 intensity level[...]

416 WinView/32 Manual Version 2.4.M controller type s election, 78 Controller/ Detector page, 78 detector type, 78 External Trigger, 78 Enabled, 78 frame grabber, 78 readout mode, 78 waveform mode, 78 V/ICCD & V/ICCD Bo x difference explained, 78, 79 V/ICCD Box Comm Port, 79 controller type s election, 79 detector type, 79 external trigger, 79 [...]