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Note: Timing is a crucial issue when operating the scanner. If the computer is very busy doing other computations, the internal clock of the program will work slower. A good check for excessive computer activity is if the X−windows server is not able to repaint the user interac e at a reasonable speed.

3.4 Scanner Command Area

The buttons in the command area can be used to send commands directly to the scanner or to pop up further windows, i.e. the mar345−Scan and mar345−Change Paramete rs windows. The functions of the individual buttons are:

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ButtonDescription

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Collect

Changes layout of the button choices, i.e. the Collect Menu buttons are

 

displayed.

Scan

Pops up the mar345−Scan window.

Erase

Immediately starts to erase the imaging plate. Erasing is identical to doing

 

a scan, but no data are taken.

Initialize

The scanner will move to its distance reference position (usually at the far end

 

of the translation stage). This distance initialization may have to be done if the

 

scanner looses the information about the distance for some reasons. The re−

 

ference positions are taken from the configuration file. The detector move−

 

ment has to be confirmed.

 

The configuration file will be reread when pressing this button.

Open Shutter Opens (or closes) the local X−ray beam shutter.

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And in the Collect Menu there are:

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Single Set

Pops up the mar345−Change Parameters

window for programming

 

a single data set.

 

Multiple Sets

Pops up the mar345−Change Parameters

window for programming

 

up to 64 data sets.

 

Index Crystal

Pops up the mar345−Change Parameters

window for programming

 

a small number of images to be used for indexing a crystal.

MAD Data

Pops up the mar345−Change Parameters

window for programming

 

a data collection typical for anomalous and/or MAD data.

Cancel

Returns to the original layout.

 

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Compaq mar345 manual Scanner Command Area