Programmed Move

1. Click New Program or Load Program to start. The Save As window will appear.
2. Select a file name for a new or existing Programmed Move file.
3. Click Save to proceed with programming moves.
4. Make a stage move using either the trackball or the Move To (X,Y) window.
5. Click Add Step.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all the desired positions have been programmed (up to a maximum of 100 steps). Each position will be automatically assigned a program step number.

7. When all stage positions have been entered into the program, click Save Program.

Additional programs are created in the same manner, using a separate program name for each.

1. Click Load Program and load the Programmed Move file you wish to modify.
2. Highlight the Step # value in the Steps sub-panel.
3. Click the Remove Step button. When individual program steps are removed, all subsequent steps are “moved up” by one count (for example, after removing step #2 from a program, step #3 would become the new step #2, step #4 would become the new step #3, and so on). 
4. Click the Save Program button to save the edited version of program.

1. Click Load Program and load the Programmed Move file you wish to modify.

2. Highlight the Step # value in the Steps sub-panel.

3. Make a stage move using either the XY Motion controls or the Move To (X,Y) panel.
4. Click the Add Step button. When new program steps are added, all preexisting steps beyond the new entry are “moved down” by one count.
5. Click the Save Program button to save the edited version of program.

Once a program sequence has been taught to the computer, you can run the program from the Programmed Move panel. The stage moves to each position in the same order taught, relative to the current origin point. At each program position, the sample is scanned for 1.5 frames, captured, and indexed to the next position. The system stores captured data from each position on the hard disk; there should be sufficient memory to record all the data you intend to collect.

To run a series of programmed moves:

1. Ensure that the Programmed Move sequence you wish to run is loaded in the Programmed Move panel. If not, select Stage > Programmed Move and double-click the move file you wish to run.
2. Because the sample height may have changed, you must calibrate the Z position. To do this:
   1. Select one step in the list and click Move To Step. This will move the stage to that (X,Y) location.
   2. Click Focus Step and focus on the sample surface using the Focus Z Motor controls.
   3. Click Save Program. 
3. Click the Run button.