Settings Panel - THORLABS TIM101 User Manual

TIM101 Piezo Motor Controller
Moving - lit when the motor is in motion.
Stop - halts the movement of the motor.
Settings display - shows the following user specified settings:
Driver - the type of control unit associated with the specified channel.
Drive Voltage - the maximum piezo drive voltage. Set in the range 80V to 130V.
Drive Rate - The velocity to move when a move command is initiated. It is specified
in drive pulses/sec, in the range 1 to 2,000.
Drive Accn - The acceleration up to the drive rate. It is specified in pulses/sec/sec in
the range 1 to 100,000.
Jog Step Size - the size of step (ie. number of drive pulses) taken when the jog signal
is initiated.
Jog Rate - The velocity to move when a jog command is initiated. It is specified in
drive pulses/sec, in the range 1 to 2,000.
Ident - when this button is pressed, the Channel LED on the front panel of the
associated hardware unit will flash for a short period.
Active - lit when the unit is operating normally and no error condition exists.
Error - lit when a fault condition occurs.
Settings button - Displays the 'Settings' panel, which allows the operating
parameters to be entered for the motor drive - see Section 6.3.

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
to be modified. Note that all of these parameters have programmable equivalents
accessible through the ActiveX methods and properties on this Control (refer to the
APTServer helpfile for further details and to Section 2.3.4. for an overview of the APT
ActiveX controls). The various parameters are described below.
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