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TABLE OF CONTENTS
4.2 Data sources ........................................................................................................................ 24
4.3 Signal flow............................................................................................................................ 25
4.4 Adjustment auto function................................................................................................... 26
4.5 Events................................................................................................................................... 26
4.6 System filters ....................................................................................................................... 26
4.7 Streaming aggregation........................................................................................................ 27
4.8 Network discovery protocol................................................................................................ 27
5 PicoScale hardware .................................................................................................................... 29
5.1
PICOSCALE controller ........................................................................................................ 29
5.2 Interfaces ............................................................................................................................. 31
5.2.1 Environmental Module interface ............................................................................ 31
5.2.2 Optical outputs......................................................................................................... 32
5.2.3 Power connection .................................................................................................... 32
5.2.4 USB slave interface .................................................................................................. 33
5.2.5 Ethernet interface .................................................................................................... 33
5.2.6 USB master interface............................................................................................... 33
5.2.7 SmarAct Sensor Interface (SI).................................................................................. 33
5.2.8 SmarAct High Speed Sensor Interface (HSI) ........................................................... 33
5.2.9 GPIO and Digital Differential Interface ................................................................... 33
5.3 Breakout-Box ....................................................................................................................... 35
5.3.1 Differential Digital Interface DDI ............................................................................. 36
5.3.2 BOB digital GPIOs..................................................................................................... 38
5.3.3 BOB analog GPIOs ................................................................................................... 39
5.4 Sensor heads ....................................................................................................................... 40
5.5 Environmental Module........................................................................................................ 41
6 Setup and installation................................................................................................................. 42
6.1 System checklist .................................................................................................................. 42
6.2 Unpack the system.............................................................................................................. 43
6.3 Cabling ................................................................................................................................. 43
6.4 System power up................................................................................................................. 45
6.5
PICOSCALE software and API installation......................................................................... 46
6.6 Firmware updates................................................................................................................ 46
6.6.1 Performing a
PICOSCALE firmware update .......................................................... 47
6.6.2 System diagnostics data .......................................................................................... 47
7 PicoScale Control GUI ................................................................................................................ 49
7.1 Configuration of the PicoScale............................................................................................ 50
7.1.1 Connecting to the controller ................................................................................... 50
7.1.2 General settings ....................................................................................................... 50
7.1.3 Status........................................................................................................................ 51
7.2 Adjustment .......................................................................................................................... 53
7.3 Advanced Trigger................................................................................................................. 55
7.3.1 Trigger Source configuration ................................................................................... 56
7.3.2 Trigger configuration ............................................................................................... 60
7.4 Interfaces ............................................................................................................................. 63
7.4.1 Digital IO interface configuration............................................................................ 63
7.4.2 Digital Differential Interface (DDI) configuration.................................................... 64
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