FAQ for TILLvisION

How do I control loops and arrange images in a protocol?

The Repeat page lets you set the number of repeats and the Cycle time. The cycle time is the time from the beginning of a cycle to the beginning of the following one. The End of Loop Delay occurs only once per repeat loop. The Accumulated Command Duration is the time which will be needed for the whole repeat loop and the Memory Consumption shows the necessary memory for the whole repeat loop (Size of Image * Number of Images).

Used Grabber Bank Memory: Here you can see how much memory is used for one repeat-loop. All images from one repeat-loop will be stored in one frame grabber bank. Since one bank contains 8MB of memory, this value has to be less than or equal to 8MB. Acquiring images into one grabber bank enables overlapped exposure (acquiring of an image while the other one is read out).

Arrange Images as: Due to the fact that increasing the number of images in one grabber bank may be useful, this option enables you to resort the images on the fly (more about high speed acquisition).
Repeat command options