Stepping - BEAMEX MC5-IS User Manual

Stepping

The Stepping configuration windows shown
below can are opened as described in
chapter Opening the Step or Ramp Con-
figuration Window on page 67.
Q u a n t i t y
P o r t
S t e p p i n g M o d e
S t e p T i m e
R e p e a t s
0 = c o n t i n u o u s
S t a r t i n g P o i n t
S t e p S i z e
N u m b e r o f S t e p s
D i v i s i o n o f S t e p s
R a n g e 0 %
1 0 0 %
V o l t a g e , V
8
7
6
5
4
- 1 0 1
S t a r t
Note that because of the
setting, the first repeat of the leftmost ex-
ample is limited to a small starting step and
only two full steps. Generally: if the step-
ping settings limit the first repeat to only a
fraction of a full repeat it is still calculated
as one repeat.
You may enter either the
Number of Steps
depend on each other, the value of the other
field is calculated whenever you make any
changes. Also, you can only enter an inte-
ger as the Number of Steps value. If you
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S T E P P I N G
s
V
V
5 1 0 1 4
T i m e , s
Star Star ting point ting point
Star Starting point Star ting point ting point
Step Size
. Because these values
Configure the Stepping settings according
to your needs. The following pictures are
examples of stepping configurations. The
graph below the configuration window dis-
plays the result of the settings.
Q u a n t i t y
P o r t
S t e p p i n g M o d e
S t e p T i m e
R e p e a t s
0 = c o n t i n u o u s
S t a r t i n g P o i n t
S t e p S i z e
N u m b e r o f S t e p s
D i v i s i o n o f S t e p s
R a n g e
V o l t a g e , V
8
7
6
5
4
- 1
S t a r t
enter a step size that results in a non-inte-
ger value for the Number of Steps field,
MC5-IS displays a dashed line instead of a
value for the Number of Steps field. This
indicates that the size of the step that
reaches the 100 % range limit is smaller
than the defined step size. See the
rightmost example.
or the
To stop stepping press the Function Key
Stop Stepping
/
C
continuous stepping (
zero) and a stepping with a predetermined
amount of repeats (max. value 65535).
S T E P P I N G
0 %
1 0 0 %
0 1 5 1 0 1 4
. This applies for both a
R R R R R e e e e e pea peats pea pea pea
s
V
V
T i m e , s
ts ts ts ts
field set to