Chapter 7.

Working in TOP View (Optional Feature)

7.1.2 Setting Up TOP View for TIMED, or TIMED CONTINUOUS Operation

In TIMED CONT operation, the instrument continuously acquires scan data, which is added to the display’s buffer. In
TIMED mode, the instrument acquires data until the acquisition buffer is full. The time interval between data
acquisition, which sets the TOP View display’s “scrolling” speed, determines the duration of DISPLAY LENGTH.
This calculated value represents the amount of scanning time represented on the TOP View display at any one time.
Additional scanning data scrolls to the instrument’s data buffer and is immediately viewable anytime the display is
stopped (Section 7.3) or is pressed. Refer to Figure 65 and follow these steps to configure the instrument for TOP
View operation in TIMED mode. The resulting TOP View operation is shown in Figure 67 on page 151.

1. Activate the CLOCK Submenu (located in the SCAN Menu) by pressing below it.
2. Press to set the CLOCK Function to TIMED or TIMED CONT.
3. Press and turn the Function Knob to set the duration (in hertz) of the SAMPLE INTRVL. The sample interval
equates to the number of TOP View data lines acquired and displayed per second.
4. Note that the calculated value of DISPLAY LENGTH automatically updates. This calculated value represents the
amount of scanning time represented on the TOP View display at any one time. While scanning a test piece,
stopping the display (Section 7.3) allows the operator to scroll back through TOP View data that’s held in the data
buffer.
Note: While scanning in TIMED mode, TOP View data is first added to the display screen. When the screen is full,
the initial data “scrolls” into the instrument’s data buffer. Scrolling direction is defined in Step 5. In TIMED
CONT Mode, when the buffer is full, acquiring new data automatically causes the oldest data in the buffer to
be overwritten. At any time, the TOP View scanning process can be stopped, allowing on-screen and buffered
data to be stored in a data set (Figure 64 below).

Figure 64: The A- and/or B-Gated regions in a sector or linear scan provide the data sources from which the
TOP View display is generated.

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