Multichannel Systems nanoZ manual - Manual (Page 13)

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Clicking on Scope or selecting View | Scope from the main menu will display a
virtual oscilloscope with the Z test or plating waveform (output) in green, and the
measured (input) waveform in cyan. Use the arrow icons to the right of the scope
to change the horizontal (time) and vertical (amplitude) zoom. To switch back to
the meter display, click Meter or select View | Meter from the main menu.
The status bar displays information about the nanoZ device hardware, including
error conditions. The LED icon on the left hand corner of the status bar reflects
the mode LED on the actual nanoZ device, and indicates the currently selected
mode of operation: off for passive mode, glowing green for impedance mode, and
glowing red for electroplating mode.
Impedance data are displayed in an Excel-like spreadsheet (see Report window),
which can be saved to file for storage or further analysis in programs like
Microsoft Excel or Matlab.
The mode-specific settings for the various automated modes of operation are
described in the next chapter of the User Manual.
Channel
mapping
To support the various electrode adaptors that are available for the nanoZ, the
nanoZ application seamlessly translates the probe site layout to the adaptor pin
mapping, and from the adaptor pins to the nanoZʼs internal multiplexer (MUX). By
mapping in two stages, rather than directly from the probe layout to the nanoZ, it
is unnecessary to construct a new probe mapping for different adaptors.
Both adaptor mappings and electrode site layouts are defined in ʻelectrodes.iniʼ.
Refer to Appendix C for information on how to configure additional probe layout
and adaptor mappings.
Adaptor
window
Adaptors can be selected from the drop-down list of known adaptors (i.e. those
defined in ʻelectrodes.iniʼ) located in the left top corner of the nanoZ main
application window. Select View | Adaptor from the main menu to display a
window depicting the adaptor. If no adaptor is attached to the nanoZ, selecting
No Adaptor from the drop-down list of adaptors will show the layout of the 64
channels used by the native connector.
probe
site
layout
adaptor
pin
mapping
nanoZ
MUX
channel