DAZZLER
TM
system manual Part I : installation & operation 5.4
in the INI files must edit them with Administrator write access. The Dazzler program processes
the INI file once, on startup.
5.3.2 Data Files
Brief description of the files used by the Dazzler program, mostly residing in the ’default
directory’ (see subsection 5.3.1).
• amp.txt and phase.txt, located in ’default directory’ . These files are used to spec-
ify spectral data through numerical arrays (see subsection 5.1.2, subsection 5.1.3 and
subsection 5.4.1).
• request.txt, used for the remote file operation protocol (see subsection 6.1.2) is located
in the ’default directory’ .
• wave files, used with the commands open/save and with the remote operation (see
section 5.4).
• params.txt, located in the default directory. It defines the absolute filepath to the
parameters’ folder (section 5.5). The parameter folders can be located anywhere.
• wave.txt, located in the parameters’ folder. It describes the waveform which appears
when starting the Dazzler program.
5.3.3 C:\dazzler
This folder C:\dazzler has been required since the remote access was introduced (2003). This
folder holds information which must be available from anywhere. Present content:
• folder data is the ’default directory’ for single Dazzler installations.
• paths.txt written by the Dazzler program on remote enable changes (see subsec-
tion 6.2.4).
5.4 Wave files
These files are used to save shaping parameters. It is the file format used when using the load,
save and save as items of the file menu. They are also used to provide changes when controlling
the software remotely (see section 6.2).
Each line in this text file describes the state of a control on the front panel. The list of legal
controls follows in Table 5.1 (the names and syntax can also be deduced from the wave.txt
present in the parameters folder).
The control definitions are essentially self-explanatory, except for the amplitude and phase
selectors, which describe the mode of operation (polynomial=0, dials=0, file=1, both=2). The
auto, addwaveform and cg parameters are 0 if unchecked and 1 if checked.
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