Chapter 6 Software Reference; Introduction; Gui Panel - THORLABS TST101 User Manual

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Software Reference

6.1 Introduction

This chapter gives an explanation of the parameters and settings accessed from the
Kinesis software running on a PC. For information on the methods and properties
which can be called via a programming interface, see Appendix D

6.2 GUI Panel

The following screen shot shows the graphical user interface (GUI) displayed when
accessing the Stepper Driver T-Cube using the Kinesis software.
The serial number of the Stepper Driver T-Cube associated with the GUI
panel is displayed in the top right hand corner. This information should
always be provided when requesting customer support.
Position window - shows the position (in
millimetres or degrees) of the motor. The motor
must be 'Homed' before the display will show a
meaningful value, (i.e. the displayed position is
relative to a physical datum, the limit switch).
Move - Opens the settings window, so that position data and velocity
parameters can be entered - see Section 5.4. Moves are performed using the current
velocity parameters which can be changed in the same panel. The present settings
are displayed below the window.
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Fig. 6.1 Stepper Driver T-Cube Software GUI
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