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Chapter 2
2.2.2 Kinesis Server
Kinesis controls are re-usable compiled software components that supply both a
graphical user interface and a programmable interface. With the Kinesis system, .Net
Controls are deployed to allow direct control over (and also reflect the status of) the
range of electronic controller units, including the MFF series filter flippers. Software
applications that use .Net Controls are often referred to as 'client applications'. A .Net
Control is a language independent software component. Consequently the controls
can be incorporated into a wide range of software development environments for use
by client application developers. Development environments supported include
Visual Basic, Labview, Visual C++, C++ Builder, HPVEE, Matlab, VB.NET, C#.NET
and, via VBA, Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Word.
Consider the control supplied for the filter flipper.
This Control provides a complete user graphical instrument panel to allow the stage
to be manually operated, as well as a complete set of software functions (often called
methods) to allow all parameters to be set and operations to be automated by a client
application. The instrument panel reflects the current operating state of the unit to
which it is associated (e.g. such as filter position). Updates to the panel take place
automatically when a user (client) application is making software calls into the same
Control.
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