Setup Storage (Spi Flash Management) - BCID Bio-Science CI-203 Operation Manual

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At the 'Scan Time' selection, press the RIGHT arrow to start the motor spinning up. Press LEFT or
STOP to stop the motor or to exit back to the Setup Scanner Adjustment Menu. Use the UP/DOWN
arrow to change the scan time value in the upper right corner.
Scan time should be in the
40xxx to 41xxx range.
At the 'Step Len' (step length) selection, press the RIGHT. Use the UP/DOWN arrow to change the step
length value in the upper right corner. Press ENTER to increase the step length value to the maximum
of 900. Press STOP to exit back to the Setup Scanner Adjustment Menu. Press STOP again and the
display will prompt to save changes. Press SAVE to save any changes made or press STOP to exit.
Step Length should be 36xx – 37xx
otherwise conduct the scan length
calibration.
Press the RIGHT arrow to access the Scan Defaults menu. Press ENTER and indicate whether you
want to save the defaults by pressing the SAVE key or press STOP to exit. Press LEFT arrow to exit
back to the Setup Scanner Adjustment Menu.

Setup Storage (SPI Flash Management)

SPI (serial peripheral interface) flash plays an important role in the architecture of the CI-203. It
holds all the non-volatile scan parameters, the copy file descriptors, the measurements buffers, etc.
The total size of the serial flash is 1MB, or 16 sectors with 64KB in each sector. Currently the CI-203
uses 4 sectors; sector 0 is inerasable while sectors 1-3 could be erased by the user from the "Set-Up
Storage" menu. Sector 0 is protected because it holds all of the scan/timing parameters. The user is
allowed to modify these parameters, but not to erase them. Sectors 1-3 could be erased thus
eliminating all the files from CI-203.
The user must create at least one (usually blank) file or else the "Measure" function will hang
the system requiring a hard reset. When the user creates a file the instrument allocates data
structure at sector 1 of the serial flash. In addition to this, the same file is created on the SDcard. This
is necessary because the CI-203 uses only special files with the removable SDcard. Without the SDcard
inserted, the instrument is still able scan an object, but cannot store or save the measurement.
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CI-203 Instruction Manual rev. 8/9/2016
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