Appendix C Software; Introduction; Camera State - Princeton Instruments PI-MAX 3 System Manual

Software

Introduction

The PI-MAX3 camera requires software control and can be operated with either of two
Princeton Instruments WinX application programs, WinView/32 or WinSpec/32, or by
the Princeton Instruments Monarch application program. The software manuals discuss
control of the PI-MAX3 camera and the internal timing generator (referred to as the
SuperSYNCHRO) in detail. Nevertheless, the following paragraphs, which delineate the
applicable WinX software screens, may prove helpful as a convenient reference.

Camera State

In a system having the PI-MAX3 camera, this dialog box appears when the software is
booted. It displays the camera's current start-up state and allows you to restore the
previous setting.
Keep in Safe Mode: This is the default. Whenever the software is booted, the Safe
Restore to Last Setting: Making this selection followed by clicking on OK will put
Once the selection has been made, the user can easily change the gate mode via the
Experiment Setup Main page. In systems having the PI-MAX3 camera, the Experiment
Setup Main page allows the user to directly select Safe mode or Gate Mode .
Figure 72. Camera State dialog box
mode is established, biasing the PI-MAX3 intensifier's photocathode off. The
intensifier gain and exposure time in effect when the software was last shut down
are retained.
the camera in the gate mode in effect when the software was last shut down.
Thus, clicking on the Restore to Last Setting radio button could put the
camera in Safe Mode or Gate Mode , whichever was the active state at the time
of shutdown. In addition, the intensifier gain in effect when the software was shut
down is also restored, as is the exposure time.
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