Chapter 6 Software Reference; Introduction; Gui Panel - THORLABS TIM101 User Manual

Chapter 6 Software Reference

6.1 Introduction

This chapter gives an explanation of the parameters and settings accessed from the
APT software running on a PC.

6.2 GUI Panel

The following screen shot shows the graphical user interface (GUI) displayed when
accessing the Piezo Motor Driver T-Cube using the APTUser utility.
Note. The serial number of the Piezo Motor Driver T-Cube associated with the GUI
panel, the APT server version number, and the version number (in brackets) of the
embedded software running on the unit, are displayed in the top right hand corner.
This information should always be provided when requesting customer support.
Digital displays - Shows the position (drive pulses) of the motor associated with the
drive channel. The motor must be 'zeroed' before the display will show a meaningful
value, (i.e. the displayed position is relative to a physical datum). Only one channel at
at ime can be enabled, and this is indicated by the LED in the adjacent button.
Jog - used to increment or decrement the motor position. When the button is clicked,
the motor is driven in the selected direction at the jog velocity one step per click. The
step size and jog velocity parameters are set in the 'Settings' panel (see Section 6.3.).
Zero - Zeroes the position counter at the current motor position. Subsequent moves
are then measured from the current position.
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Fig. 6.1 Piezo Motor Driver T-Cube Software GUI