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BSA Flow Software Installation and User's Guide - CSI

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5.3.4 System monitor<br />

It frequently occurs that two photomultipliers of the same type require<br />

different high voltage levels to generate the same signal amplitude. This is<br />

due to sensitivity variations. Once the high voltage levels for all PMs have<br />

been set accordingly, the Balance can be enabled to maintain the ratio.<br />

Figure 5-14 System Monitor, Scope display set to Burst Signal<br />

The System Monitor is an aid to optimise processor settings <strong>and</strong> to see the<br />

Doppler signals, as well as to monitor the progress of an acquisition.<br />

The Group pane shows the progress of acquisition.<br />

The Channel pane shows the photo-multiplier high voltage setting <strong>and</strong> the<br />

anode current.<br />

The Scope Display shows digitised bursts or their associated spectrum online.<br />

A very important parameter for optimisation of processor settings is the<br />

Record Length.<br />

The processor digitises the input signal continuously. When the burst<br />

detector indicates presence of a burst, a number of samples of the digitised<br />

signal, centered around the burst maximum, is transferred to an FFT<br />

processor for analysis.<br />

The number of samples transferred is defined by the Record Length<br />

settings, see the sections above.<br />

The record interval is the record length multiplied by the time between<br />

samples.<br />

The Scope display shows the full burst, <strong>and</strong> dotted vertical lines in the<br />

display indicate which part is being analysed (the record interval).<br />

Note the <strong>BSA</strong> F/P 30 processors do not display the record interval<br />

<strong>BSA</strong> <strong>Flow</strong> <strong>Software</strong>: Project explorer objects 5-21

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