Multichannel Systems nanoZ manual - Manual (Page 14)

nanoZ User Manual
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When a channel is active, the corresponding pin on the Adaptor window is
highlighted. In passive or impedance testing mode, the pin is highlighted in
green; in electroplating mode the pin is highlighted in red. In Manual Control
mode (only), left clicking on an adaptor pin will switch the nanoZ to the channel
that corresponds to that pin.
Channels that have no connection for a given adaptor (as defined in
ʻelectrodes.iniʼ) cannot be selected, regardless of operating mode. For example,
the NZA-DIP16 adaptor uses 16 of the 64 available channels, and accordingly
only these 16 channels can be selected. To re-enable all 64 channels, select No
Adaptor.
Probe
window
The nanoZ application supports arbitrary probe site configurations and, once
defined in ʻelectrodes.iniʼ, handles the channel mapping transparently. Several
example probes are provided with the default installation. Probe definitions can
be modified and new definitions can be added; refer to Appendix C for a detailed
description on how to do this.
Select View | Probe from the main menu to display a window showing the probe
electrode site layout with numbered sites.
When a channel is active, the corresponding electrode site
on the Probe window is highlighted. In passive (channel
selected) or impedance testing mode, the site is
highlighted in green; in electroplating mode the site is
highlighted in red.
The probe layout window can be used to select a subset of
electrode sites for testing or electroplating. You can select
and deselect one or multiple electrode sites using the
mouse. Double clicking the left mouse button selects or deselects all sites.
Selected site numbers are displayed in green; deselected sites are displayed in
grey.
The Probe window site selection applies to all automated modes of operation, but
not the Manual Control mode channel selector. In Manual Control mode (only),
left clicking on a site switches the nanoZ to the channel corresponding to that
site, taking into account the adaptor mapping. This provides an easy way to test
the impedance of selected sites by simply clicking on the sites of interest.
The Probe window can also be used to visualize impedance test results
according to the probe site layout, which may be more intuitive than reading
tabular results. Once a probe has been tested, holding down the right mouse
button highlights the condition of every recording site (red for short, blue for open,
green for normal, according to the settings in the Report window). With the right