Roper Photometric Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Description.................................................................................................................................1

Software......................................................................................................................................2

Roper Scientific Customer Service..........................................................................................2

Introduction...............................................................................................................................3

Rules of Syntax..........................................................................................................................3

Whitespace.................................................................................................................................3

Parameters / Arguments.........................................................................................................3

Single Parameter Functions..............................................................................................4

Multiple Parameter Functions..........................................................................................4

Verbs...........................................................................................................................................4

Verbs as Subroutines.........................................................................................................5

Begin and End....................................................................................................................5

Looping Verbs....................................................................................................................5

Shift Verbs...........................................................................................................................5

Display Verbs.....................................................................................................................6

Syntax Summary.......................................................................................................................6

Script....................................................................................................................................6

Whitespace..........................................................................................................................6

Function Syntax..................................................................................................................6

Readout / Display.............................................................................................................6

Function Definitions.................................................................................................................7

Example Scripts.......................................................................................................................13

Open the Shutter..............................................................................................................13

Single Image.....................................................................................................................13

TDI (Time Delay Integration) Panorama......................................................................14

Ratio Imaging: 2-Frame Ratio........................................................................................ 15

Ratio Imaging: Multi-Frame Ratio.................................................................................16

3-Color Sequence.............................................................................................................17

Intermittent Exposure.....................................................................................................18

High-Speed Spectroscopy...............................................................................................19

Error Codes..............................................................................................................................20

Man Pages................................................................................................................................21

pl_exp_display_script(101).............................................................................................21

pl_exp_init_script(101)....................................................................................................22

pl_exp_listerr_script(101)...............................................................................................23

pl_exp_setup_script(101)................................................................................................24

pl_exp_start_script(101)..................................................................................................25

pl_exp_uninit_script(101)...............................................................................................26

Decoding..................................................................................................................................27

Decoding the ICL.............................................................................................................27

Image Display...................................................................................................................27