PicoQuant MultiHarp 150 - Trace Mapping Dialog; General Settings Dialog

PicoQuantGmbH MultiHarpSoftwareV.3.1.0.0
6.6. Trace Mapping Dialog
TheMultiHarpsoftwarecanmeasureandstorehistogramsinupto512memoryblocks.Outofthese,upto16
curvescanbedisplayedatthesametime.Thetracemappingdialogisusedtoselectthecurvestodisplay.Tick
theindividualboxes‘Show’todisplayacurve.Selectthenumberofthememoryblockyouwishtomaptheindi-
vidualdisplaycurveto.TheTraceMappingDialogalsoprovidessomestatisticsoneachcurve.Theseitems
are:
FWHM TheFullWidthHalfMaximumofthecurvepeak(usuallyforIRFtraces)
Max Count Thecountinthehighestpointofthecurve
At Time ThetimecorrespondingtothehistogrambinwhereMax Countoccurred
Resolution Thetimebinwidthofthecurve
Furthermorethereareseveralbuttons:
Details Canbeclickedtoseemorecurveinformation
All Canbeclickedtomarkalltracesasshown
None Canbeclickedtomarkalltracesasnotshown
0..15 Canbeclickedtosetthedefaultmappingoftrace0..15toblock0..15
16..31 Canbeclickedtosetthemappingoftrace0..15toblock16..31
32..47 Canbeclickedtosetthemappingoftrace0..15toblock32..47
48..63 Canbeclickedtosetthemappingoftrace0..15toblock48..63
Clear (trash can) Canbeclickedtodeletethecontentsofindividualblocks
Thetracemappingdialogcanbelaunchedfromthecorrespondingbuttononthetoolbaraswellasthroughthe
tracecolorindicatoronthecontrolpanel.
6.7. General Settings Dialog
Usethisdialogtochangestandardsettingsofthe MultiHarp software.Notablytheseare: Prompt overwrite
(warningbeforeoverwritingexistingdata)andTTTR Marker Settings.ThecontrolconnectoroftheMultiHarp
providesTTLinputsforsynchronizationsignals.Themarkerscanbeenabledordisabledandrecordedateither
therisingorfallingedgeofthecorrespondingTTLsignal.Theactiveedgescanbechosenhere.Allsettingswill
bekeptintheWindowsregistryandwillberetrievedatthenextprogramstart.Theyarestoredonaperuser
basis.Notethattheretrievedsettingsmaybecomepitfallswhentheyaresetfortovaluesinnotinagreement
withthemeasurementyouareintendingtorun.
Thedialog'scontrolsaregroupedasfollows:
Display Group
Display Rate /s Setsthetimeintervalbetweendisplayupdates(from0.1to1s).
Draw mode Switchesbetweendifferentcurvedraw–modes(Lines/Stairs).
Grid Checked: Showsalightgreygridonthecurvedisplay.
Unchecked: Theaxesofthecurvedisplayaremarkedwithticks
File Saving Group
Prompt overwrite Activatethischeckboxifyouwishtobepromptedbeforesavingdataover
existingdatainafile(recommended).
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