Gentec-EO P-LINK-4 - Manual (Page 9)

Octolink for P-LINK- 4 User’s Manual Revision 1.2 8
2.2 Status Bar
The status bar displays the following:
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The number of connected channels
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The file name for the current acquisition.
2.3 Display Menu
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Full Screen:
Displays ONE channel in full screen.
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Mosaic:
Allows the choice of the number of simultaneous channels. Moving the middle line will resize or
hide the windows.
2.4 Parameters Menu
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Screenshot:
Defines the path and filename of the « HeaderYYYYDDMM_HHMMSS.bmp » image.
- Butto n […]: Used to browse and select the file path.
- The header must be manually entered in the text field.
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Graphical Parameters:
Defines the number of points shown in graphic mode (10 Hz).
2.5 Detectors Menu
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Auto Detection:
This function searches for connected detectors, opens a window and loads the last saved
settings corresponding to the serial number. This function is launched automatically at program
startup and cannot be called if detectors are already connected
- Position:
o The channel position in the program’s main window (cell 1, top left; cell 4, top
right and cell 8, bottom right).
o By default the positions are displayed as “ -1 “ and will be sequenced in function
of the Windows detection order.
o The position can be modified with a right click on the cell displaying (-1).
- Port:
Windows communications port
- Name:
Detector type
- Serial:
Detector serial number
- Title:
User defined name
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Save Settings:
The program creates one file for each channel using the serial number as the filename. The
filepath is: C:\Octolink\*.dat. The file format is not human readable (it cannot be read with a text
reader like “Notepad”). NOTE: To restore default settings, the files must be deleted.