Mode

Mode

The Pane Mode panel is the first panel presented when opening a new (File / New) trace pane. Through it, the user informs the Motion Scope software which source of signal data to use, and what the data access and redraw cycles are.

Data Source

Data Source is the actual source of data to be traced. There are three menu items:

Demo – Built-in data traces for demonstration and training purposes. NOTE: This setting is not used for signal data measurements!

Device (MPI) – Standard, default option for examining signal data from controller cards installed within the host computer running Motion Scope.

Controller # – PCI-assigned controller card whose signal data is to be accessed.

Client (MPI) – Option for examining signal data from a controller card installed within a remotely networked client computer.

Controller # – PCI-assigned controller card whose signal data is to be accessed. Port-- Port number of client computer to be accessed.
Port – Socket connection to use for the client. In most cases this will be the same for host and client(s), and the default value (3300) can be used.
Server – IP address (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX) of client computer to be accessed.

Acquire Cycle Time – Time (in milliseconds) between data acquisitions from the controller's memory. Data is copied from controller memory and appended to the end of the Motion Scope memory buffer.

Redraw Time – Time (in milliseconds) between display updates. Data is read from the Motion Scope memory buffer, processed, and then plotted in the Pane window.

Redraw on Done/Full Only – Display is not updated until the data acquisition is complete or the buffer is full.

>>> Helfpul Tip
If there are gaps in the data displayed by Motion Scope, select the Redraw on Done/Full Only. This will eliminate the display updates during the data acquistion. Or the performance can be improved by reducing the Acquire Cycle Time and increasing the Redraw Time. This will still allow display updates during acquisition, but at a lower rate. These techniques will allow Motion Scope more CPU cycles to acquire and buffer the data.

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