Princeton Instruments PI-MAX System - Page 236

236 PI-MAX/PI-MAX2 System Manual Version 5.F
Microscopy
focusing ............................................................. 147
IR blockers ........................................................ 148
light throughput ................................................. 143
parfocality ......................................................... 147
Module
installation ......................................................... 180
removal .............................................................. 180
Monitor connector ................................................. 154
Mounting
microscope ......................................................... 143
C-mount ........................................................ 146
F-mount ......................................................... 144
spectrograph ........................................................ 37
N-O
Nitrogen
connecting source to camera ............................. 216
continued flushing after shutting down experiment
...................................................................... 216
flushing with nitrogen or dry air ........................ 215
Non-Overlapped operation, example ....................... 62
NOTSCAN signal .......................................... 157, 159
NVRAM calibration ................................................ 98
Optical-fiber adapter and cable ................................ 51
Outline drawings
PI-MAX/PI-MAX2 with C-mount adapter ........ 189
PI-MAX/PI-MAX2 with F-mount adapter ........ 189
PI-MAX/PI-MAX2 with spectroscopy adapter . 190
ST-133A ............................................................ 190
ST-133B ............................................................ 191
Overexposure protection ........................................ 135
Overlapped operation
example ............................................................... 61
P-Q
Parfocality.............................................................. 147
PCI
cable .................................................................. 162
card installation ................................................... 39
diagnostics software .......................................... 177
driver installation ................................................. 39
fiber optic adapters .............................................. 162
non-conforming peripheral cards ...................... 177
TAXI protocol ................................................... 161
Peltier type cooler .................................................... 17
PI-MAX
pulsed operation ................................................ 161
rear panel features ............................................. 153
software control of ............................................ 193
Timing Gen connector ............................... 157, 159
PI-MAX2
DIF operation .................................................... 129
rear panel features ............................................. 153
Plug-in modules, installation and removal ................ 180
Power connector, PI-MAX2 .................................. 153
Power cord ............................................................... 35
Power module (ST-133) ................................ 158, 160
Power requirements ................................................. 35
Power switch and indicator .................................... 156
Power/Signal connector, PI-MAX ......................... 153
Pre Trig In, PTG connector ........................... 158, 160
Pre-Trigger .............................................................. 87
Princeton Instruments USB 2 driver installation ..... 41
Procedures
adapter installation ............................................ 204
line voltage selection and line fuse .................... 168
plug-in module installation/removal .................. 180
Programmable Interface connector .......................... 149
Programmable TTL interface
connector ................................................... 157, 159
pinout levels ....................................................... 149
PTG
Aux Out ..................................................... 157, 159
description ......................................................... 161
Ext Trig In .................................................. 158, 160
Pre Trig In ................................................. 158, 160
T0 .............................................................. 158, 160
Timing Gen ............................................... 157, 159
Trig indicator ............................................. 158, 160
Pulser
inhibiting during readout ................................... 139
internal............................................................... 188
PVCAM.INI .................................................... 45, 167
R
Readout
binning................................................................. 64
full frame ............................................................. 60
inhibiting gating during readout ........................ 139
interline ............................................................... 61
subsection of array .................................... 61, 63, 64
Readout pattern, subtractable ................................. 141
Readout rate
control of ............................................................. 67
precision vs speed tradeoff .................................. 67
Readout times (full frame) for several CCD types
table of ................................................................. 64
Relay Lens ............................................................. 144
Requirements
humidity ............................................................ 163
power ................................................................... 35
ventilation ............................................................ 35
Resolution, loss of with binning .............................. 64
Restore last settings ............................................... 193
RSConfig.exe ................................................... 45, 167
S
S/N ratio............................................................. 59, 66
Safe mode .............................................................. 193
as used for setting up ........................................... 70
fast image update ................................................. 70