Operator's Manual
Issue 14 / Mar 2016
MercuryiPS
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o Tapping on the Current (A) (or Field (T)) indicator opens the “Set Point / Set
Rate” screen (Figure 14).
A set of magnet control buttons, Hold, To Set, To Zero and Heater ON/OFF.
o Hold is used to unclamp the output to make the magnet power supply ready for
use. It can also be used to pause a ramp or to reset the power supply after a
magnet quench.
o To Set is used to ramp (sweep) the magnet current to a preset target current,
either positive or negative, at a preset rate.
o To Zero is used to ramp (sweep) the magnet current to zero amps (Tesla), at a
preset rate.
Amp/Tesla button to switch the display between current (Amp) and field (Tesla) modes.
Interface connect/disconnect button. The button displays one of the following letters:
E if the ethernet interface is selected.
I if the Isobus interface is selected.
U if the USB interface is selected.
G if the GPIB interface is selected.
L if local control is selected.
The button is orange if the selected interface is connected.
The button is blue if the selected interface is not connected.
Tap the button once to connect or disconnect the interface.
Plot button. Tap once to plot information against time (see section 3.6).
Config button. Tap once to display or set the magnet configuration table information (section
4.4).
Settings button. Tap once to display the General Settings tab, one of a number of Settings
pages (chapter 8). If the text is RED, as shown above, then check the alarm log (section
16.1).
Left and right scroll-buttons to display two more home pages. This provides a total of 18
configurable widgets.