Specifications

Operation

3.1.2 Display Screens

The individual display screens can be accessed by the trackball (p. 22) on

the E-517 front panel. You can check the different screens by powering up

the piezo control electronics with no actuator/stage and no host PC

connected.

The following screens are available via the trackball:

■ "Main screen", the first line shows the current control mode ("o") and

servo mode ("s") for all channels (0 = OFFLINE / open-loop

operation, I = ONLINE / closed-loop operation; see

"Modes of

Operation"

(p. 23) for details) and the active syntax version of the PI

General Command Set (E517 or E516, see

"Select Command Set

Version"

(p. 41) for details). Lines 2 to 4 show the current voltage and

position values (in V and μm) for all connected channels. The current

voltage value can also be read with the VOL? command and the

current position value with the TSP? command.

The main screen is active upon power-on and reboot.

■ DISPLAY SERVICE, where you can adjust the brightness and the

contrast of the display. Ranges are 10-31 for brightness and 5-31 for

contrast. The settings can be permanently saved as power-on

defaults with WPA 100 (see WPA command) and are also available

via controller parameters (brightness: ID 0x0E000D00; contrast: ID

0x0E000D01; see "Controller Parameters" in the E-517 User Manual

for more information)

■ COMMUNICATION, where you can select the RS-232 baud rate and

the IEEE 488 address. The settings can be permanently saved as

power-on defaults with WPA 100 (see WPA command). They are

also available with IFC, IFC? (temporary settings) and IFS, IFS?

(default settings) and via controller parameters (RS-232 baud rate: ID

0x11000400; IEEE 488 address: ID 0x11000900; see

"Default and

Current Settings"

(p. 46) and "Controller Parameters" in the E-517

User Manual for more information)