Manual

Manual – TopCon TC.GSS
7.4.8.4. Tab –
TopControl application
Tab –
User level: from Standard User
The Scope function is an easy to use “8-channel storage oscilloscope”.
It can record any of the internal digital parameters in the TopCon
TC.GSS power supply.
Among others, the following variable groups can be recorded using the
SCOPE function:
Actual and set values
Voltage, current, power etc. (digital and analogue)
Device-internal parameters, such as temperature, controller signals,
system state/error signals, intermediate circuit voltage,
transformer current, internal 24 V supply, etc.
The firmware has an internal data buffer -2- for 8 x 1024 data words of
16/32 bits each. As a consequence up to four variables can be sampled
at the same time with the maximum frequency of 20 kHz.
TopControl acts as the user interface and provides control information -
4- to the SCOPE function -1- that runs continuously in the TopCon
power supply. The data are acquired in the power supply itself -2-. The
data -2- are then uploaded for display in the TopControl application -3-.
Fig. 113 Principle of the built-in SCOPE function.
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TopCon
Scope
Memory
DSP
The recording can either be started “immediately”, or after a certain
trigger event.
Characteristics of a trigger event:
An event can take place before or after data recording.
An event can react to a positive/negative edge.
The SCOPE function is used in various ways.
Graphic analyse of the output values
(e.g. for recording load characteristics).
Assessing/optimising the control behaviour.
Troubleshooting/debugging.
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