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Data Acquisition

The data acquisition is performed with the dedicated PMOD PSAMPLE tool for acquisition. The module is started activating the corresponding button Button_configuration in the PMOD Toolbox.

The acquisition interface is organized in two panels as shown below: the Measurement Device(s) page and Combined View (All devices) page.

The Measurements Device(s) page consists in a wide display area and a configuration and control area. The measurement data are displayed as time activity curves (TAC) in counts/sec over time.

Acquisition_Main_Interface

The various facilities buttons are summarized in the table below:

Button_configuration

Configuration button: allows the configuration of up to 3 devices.

Button_normalization_to_1_display

Normalization: displays all curves normalized to 1

Button_curve_autoscale

Autoscale: if ON automatically adjusts the curves range on the display, on both X and Y axis

Button_update_during_acq

Update checkbox: if enabled, automatically updates the display during the acquisition.

Button_correction

Corrections: link button that allows sending directly the acquired curve(s) to the PSAMPLE Correction tool.

Button_activate_main_PMOD_toolbox

PMOD Icon: activate the PMOD Main Toolbox from where each PMOD module can be started.

Button_clear_acq

Clear: is the button dedicated for the buffer cleaning.

Button_clear_start

Clear checkbox: if enabled, clear the buffer on start. In particular, upon the re-start of an experiment the acquisition will overwrite the existing measurements. Contrary, if disabled, the acquisition will continue from the moment the experiment was stopped.

Button_add_capture

Capture: creates a capture of the entire screen and adds it to a buffer up to 20 captures.

Button_Console

Console: opens the console dialog window.

Button_END_by

The End By supports two setting options:

  • User: allows stopping the acquisition any time upon activation of the STOP button;
  • Time: the user can set up the time, in minutes, at which the experiment will automatically stop.

Button_Arrow_up

Device Info: displays the set up configuration for the device;

Hide/Show Controls: when shown allows enabling/disabling the channels signal to be displayed.

Define/Save Protocol: is the dedicated selection for the definition of the acquisition protocol.

Load Protocol: a protocol previously saved can be retrieved and applied to a new acquisition.

ACQ_Start, ACQ_Start_All

Start button: upon activation starts the acquisition for the configured device. The Start All allows starting simultaneously the acquisition in case multiple devices are configured.

ACQ_Stop, ACQ_Stop_All

Stop button: if selected the acquisition is stopped. The Stop All button allows ending simultaneously the acquisition for multiple devices.

The Combined View (All devices) page has similar layout with the first panel. This page is not accessible if only one device (e.g. Twilite) is used and configured. Differently, when multiple devices are configured the window becomes active. Thus, at the end of the acquisition, the results can be easily inspected. The shapes of different dynamic range can be compared normalizing each curve to its own maximum. This can be easily achieved upon activation of the Normalize curves display button Button_normalization_to_1_display, located on the bottom line in the display control area. In the graphic area only the curves enabled for display are shown.

Acq_EnabledCurve

In This Section

PSAMPLE Configuration

Data Acquisition

Demo Mode