Princeton PIXIS-XB System User Manual page 95

Index
Output amplifier
dual ....................................................................... 39, 43
High Capacity ............................................................ 43
Low Noise .................................................................. 43
P
Performance certificate ............................................ 14
PICam ...................................................................... 15
Power cord ............................................................... 13
Power requirements ................................................. 20
Powerup procedure ............................................ 31, 34
Preopen Shutter mode .............................................. 50
Program Error message ........................................... 71
PVCAM.INI ............................................................ 65
R
Readout
binning ....................................................................... 40
hardware................................................................ 41
software ................................................................. 41
subsection of array..................................................... 40
time ............................................................................. 48
Readout Per Trigger ................ See also External Sync
Readout rate
control of .................................................................... 44
precision vs speed tradeoff ....................................... 44
Repairs ....................................................................... 9
Requirements
environmental ............................................................ 20
ventilation .................................................................. 13
Resolution, loss of with binning .............................. 41
S
S/N ratio............................................................. 38, 42
Safe mode
as used for setting up ................................................. 54
fast image update ....................................................... 54
flowchart .................................................................... 55
missed events ............................................................. 54
Safety related symbols used in manual ................... 10
Saturation ................................................................. 38
Serial violation ......................................................... 68
Serial Violations message ........................................ 72
Shift register ............................................................ 39
Shutter
external shutter connector ......................................... 12
lifetime ....................................................................... 28
modes
Disable .................................................................. 48
Normal .................................................................. 48
Preopen ........................................................... 48, 50
signs of failure ........................................................... 70
Shutter mode
Open Before Trigger ................................................. 51
PreOpen ..................................................................... 51
Shutter Open output level ........................................ 56
SHUTTER output level ..................................... 56, 76
Signal-to-noise ratio
on-chip integration ..................................................... 38
Single Trigger mode ................................................ 59
Software binning...................................................... 42
Specifications
operating temperature ................................................ 77
PIXIS-XB ................................................................... 76
System power up ............................................... 31, 34
T
Technical support .................................................... 92
Temperature
control problems ........................................................ 67
operating ..................................................................... 77
specifications .............................................................. 77
thermal cutout switch................................................. 67
Temperature control ................................................ 37
effect of vacuum deterioration .................................. 68
Temperature lock ..................................................... 37
Thermal cutout switch ............................................. 67
Timing control ......................................................... 54
Timing modes .......................................................... 48
Trigger modes
multiple trigger (Kinetics) ......................................... 60
single trigger (Kinetics) ............................................. 59
Troubleshooting
acquisition start but viewer contents do not update . 64
baseline change .......................................................... 64
camera stops working ................................................ 64
Camera1 in Camera Name field ............................... 65
controller not responding........................................... 66
CoolCUBE
II
air in hoses ............................................................. 66
low coolant ............................................................ 66
data loss ...................................................................... 68
data overrun (hardware conflict) ............................... 68
data overrun message ................................................ 69
Device is not found message ..................................... 69
Device is Occupied .................................................... 70
DMA buffer size .................................................. 68, 71
Error Creating Controller message ........................... 70
program error ............................................................. 71
serial violation ............................................................ 68
Serial Violations message ......................................... 72
shutter failure........................................................ 70, 72
temperature lock ........................................................ 68
vacuum deterioration ................................................. 68
vignetting .................................................................... 72
U
USB 2.0
cable ............................................................................ 14
data overrun ................................................................ 69
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