Braun MCA166-USB user manual Mmcasetfast, Mmcasetslow, MMCASETPZCMANUAL18, MMCASETPZCVALUE19

Name	MMCA_SET_FAST
Description	The command sets the fast discriminator threshold.
1. Parameter	Threshold	integer value	0 ... 2499, default 400
Results	-
Return Code	see MMCA_RESET command

Name	MMCA_SET_SLOW
Description	The command sets the slow discriminator threshold.
1. Parameter	Threshold		integer value			0 ... 2499, default 400
Results	-
Return Code	see MMCA_RESET command
Name	MMCA_SET_PZC_MANUAL18
Description	The command sets the PZC value and returns the PZC offset.
1. Parameter	PZC value			integer value			0 ... 2499
Result array	Number of measured pulses			integer value
Byte offset 128
Result array	averaged negative offset of measured			integer value
Byte offset 130	input pulses
Return Code	see MMCA_RESET command
Name	MMCA_SET_PZC_VALUE19
Description	The command sets the PZC value.
1. Parameter	PZC value			integer value			0 ... 2499
Results	-
Return Code	see MMCA_RESET command
Name	MMCA_SET_PZC_TIME_OFFSET
Description	The command sets the time offset for the PZC measurement.
1. Parameter	Offset for low DTC	integer value			0 ... 31, default 15
2. Parameter	Offset for high DTC	integer value			0 ... 31, default 15
Results	-
Return Code	see MMCA_RESET command

18Please note that this function may cause a firmware hang up if the following requirements are not meets:

-statistical distributed input pulses with a count rate between 500 and 30000 Cps

-the significant peak is located above the first quarter of the spectrum

19The function requires a reference to a pzc result array, but the function has no effect on this array at the moment.

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