BSA Flow Software Installation and User's Guide - CSI

6.5.1 Generic Traverse Driver
Properties
Logical measuring and traverse position co-ordinates are different. The user
can move the traverse independently in up to 3 directions, specified in the
external traverse file.
In combination with the standard 57G15 traverse driver:
Logical measuring and traverse position co-ordinates are different. The user
can move the traverse independently in up to 4 directions, specified in the
external traverse file.
In combination with the Generic traverse driver:
The user can write his own traverse controller using the Generic Traverse
driver supporting up to 3 directions without the use of the external traverse
file.
Logical measuring and traverse position co-ordinates are different. The user
can move the traverse independently in up to 6 directions, specified in the
external traverse file.
Control of third party traverse systems is established by using the Generic
traverse driver. With this driver the user can use any programming language
with access to the serial port interface. The user’s traverse controlling
program can be placed on a separate computer, running a different operating
system, or it can be operated on the same PC the software is running on. In
the latter case at least two serial ports have to be available in the PC. If the
traverse is also connected to a serial port, the PC requires at minimum three
serial ports.
The Traverse Driver properties mainly specify the COM-port settings and
configuration. In addition, a command string can be specified. This
command string is used to send information to the traverse controller.
Figure 6-66: Common serial COM-port properties, including command
string for initialisation of the traverse..
The property section for each Generic traverse channel is very similar to the
Lightweight channel properties.
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