Andor Technology iKon-L - 3.3 - HOT KEYS; Data Acquisition Hot Keys; Data Window Hot Keys

USING THE iKon-L
iKon-L SECTION 3
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3.3 - HOT KEYS
Hot keys (or shortcuts) as shown in Tables 4, 5 & 6 enable you to work with the system directly from the
keyboard, rather than via the mouse.
Table 3: Data Acquisition Hot Keys
KEY STROKE DESCRIPTION
F3
Start Real Time Signal Acquisition
F5
Take signal
F6
Toggle Autoscale Acquisition On/Off
F9
Autoscale
Ctrl + B
Take background
Ctrl + R
Take reference
Esc
Abort Acquisition
Table 4: Data Window Hot Keys (N.B. Num Lock must be switched ON for some of these functions to operate)
DISPLAY MODE
KEY STROKE DESCRIPTION 2D 3D IMAGE
+
Expand (‘Stretch’) data-axis
  
-
Contract (‘Shrink’) data-axis
  
Ins
If maintain aspect ratio off, expand x-axis.
If maintain aspect ratio on, expand x-axis and y-axis
  
Del
If maintain aspect ratio off, contract x-axis.
If maintain aspect ratio on, contract x-axis and y-axis.
  
/
On image, if maintain aspect ratio off, expand y-axis.
On image, if maintain aspect ratio on, expand x-axis and y-
axis.

Home
Move cursor furthest left
  
End
Move cursor furthest right
  
PgUp
Scroll up through tracks
 
PgDn
Scroll down through tracks
 
Shift + PgUp
Move to next image in series
  
Shift + PgDn
Move to previous image in series
  
Left Arrow
Move cursor left
  
Right Arrow
Move cursor right
  
Up Arrow
Scroll trace up (on image: move cursor up)
  
Down Arrow
Scroll trace down (on image: move cursor down)
  
Shift + Left Arrow
Scroll trace/image left
  
Shift + Right Arrow
Scroll trace/image right
  
Ctrl + Left Arrow
Peak search left

Ctrl + Right Arrow
Peak search right
