GBS Elektronik MCA166-USB - Manual (Page 36)

MCA166-USB
The first argument is a string with the name of the command. In the following table all available
commands (use of capital and small letters is possible), the corresponding firmware specific names and
the number of the required parameters are listed.
Name of the command Firmware specific name Number of the parameters
INIT CMD_INIT 1
START CMD_START 2
STOP CMD_STOP 0
CLEAR CMD_CLEAR 1
MODE CMD_SET_MODE 1
ADC_RES_DISCR CMD_SET_ADC_RES_DISCR 3
THRESHOLD CMD_SET_THRESHOLD 1
PRESETS CMD_SET_PRESETS 2
ROI CMD_SET_ROI 2
REPEAT CMD_SET_REPEAT 1
TIME_PER_CHANNEL CMD_SET_TIME_PER_CHANNEL 1
GAIN CMD_SET_GAIN 2
STABILISATION CMD_SET_STABILISATION 3
PREAMPLIFIER_POWER CMD_SET_PREAMPLIFIER_POWER 1
BIAS CMD_SET_BIAS 2
FAST CMD_SET_FAST 1
SLOW CMD_SET_SLOW 1
SHAPING_TIME CMD_SET_SHAPING_TIME 1
PUR CMD_SET_PUR 1
MCA_INPUT CMD_SET_MCA_INPUT 1
MCS_INPUT CMD_SET_MCS_INPUT 1
INPUT_POLARITY CMD_SET_INPUT_POLARITY 1
USER_DATA CMD_SET_USER_DATA 2
SET_MEASURE_PZC CMD_SET_MEASURE_PZC 2
QUERY_POWER CMD_QUERY_POWER 0
QUERY_STATE CMD_QUERY_STATE 0
QUERY_SPECTRA CMD_QUERY_SPECTRA 2
QUERY_IMAGE CMD_QUERY_IMAGE 3
QUERY_ENRICHMENT CMD_QUERY_ENRICHMENT 4
QUERY_USER_DATA CMD_QUERY_USER_DATA 1
QUERY_CENTROID CMD_QUERY_CENTROID 2
PZC_TIME_OFFSET CMD_SET_PZC_TIME_OFFSET 2
TDF CMD_SET_TDF 1
QUERY_SYSTEM_DATA CMD_QUERY_SYSTEM_DATA 0
MCS_CHANNEL CMD_SET_MCS_CHANNEL 1
UF6_ROIS CMD_SET_UF6_ROIS 3
QUERY_UF6_ROIS CMD_QUERY_UF6_ROIS 0
QUERY_UF6_INFO CMD_QUERY_UF6_INFO 0
STAB_PARAM CMD_SET_STAB_PARAM 2
QUERY_VOLTAGE_CURRENT CMD_QUERY_VOLTAGE_CURRENT 0
The second argument of MCA_COMM refers to the received data of the command (in Visual Basic always
a RECDATA data type, in C/C++ a RECDATA or a command specific structure). Information about the
data structures you can find in chapter A3.2 and in the files mca32com.bas (Visual Basic) or
mca_comm.h (C/C++). The received data are significant if the command is a QUERY command.
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