Settings Panel; Persisting Settings To Hardware - THORLABS KBD101 User Manual

6.3 Settings Panel

When the 'Settings' button on the GUI panel is clicked, the 'Settings' window is
displayed. This panel allows motor operation parameters such as move/jog velocities,
and stage/axis information to be modified.
There are two settings tabs, 'Current Device Setting' and Device Startup Settings'.
The Current Device settings option shows the settings currently active in the device.
If the settings are modified by using the GUI panel controls, then the changes will be
reflected on this tab. Current Device Settings are never stored, instead they are
created from existing Device Startup Settings either when the device loads or the
Device Startup Settings for the device are changed in the Settings editor.
Device Startup Settings option shows the settings which are used to initialize the
device on start up and are stored in a file on the PC. There may be one or more sets
of Device Startup Settings available for any device and these fall into two catagories:
Default Device Startup Settings. These settings are supplied with the software and
cannot be modified. There may be multiple sets of these settings, for example for
different Actuator types.
Custom Device Startup Settings. These settings can be copied from existing Default
Device Startup Settings and can be fully edited.
See the Kinesis Helpfile for more information

6.3.1 Persisting Settings to Hardware

Many of the parameters that can be set for the Brushless Driver K-Cube can be stored
(persisted) within the unit itself, such that when the unit is next powered up these
settings are applied automatically. This is particularly important when the driver is
being used manually in the absence of a PC and USB link. The Velocity Profile and
Jogging parameters described previously are good examples of settings that can be
altered and then persisted in the driver for use in absence of a PC. To save the
settings to hardware, check the 'Persist Settings to the Device' checkbox before
clicking the 'OK button.
The 'Persist Settings' functionality is provided to simplify use of the unit
in the absence of a PC. When the unit is connected to a PC and is
operated via the Kinesis software, the default Server settings will be
loaded at boot up, even if the 'Persist Settings' option has been checked.
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