Acquis.ini File

The initialization file acquis.ini contains definition sections for each transient recorder. The data here corresponds to the values set while configuring the transient recorders. The data entries may appear in a different order within a section named [TR<address>]. Here, the section for the transient recorder with the device address 0 is shown

Transient recorder configuration

[TR0]
Range = 1
Pretrigger = 0
FreqDivider = 2
ShotLimit = 1000
Threshold = 0
Discriminator = 0

AnalogA = TRUE
Analog B = False
Analog C = False
AnalogD = False

PC A = TRUE
PC B = False
PC C = False
PC D = False

PolarisationA = 1
polarisationB = 2
PolarisationC = 3
PolarisationD = 4

PolarisationApc = 1
PolarisationBpc = 2
PolarisationCpc = 3
PolarisationDpc = 4

A-binsA = 16000
A-BinsB = 16000
A-binsC = 16000
A-binsD = 16000

P-binsA = 16000
P-binsB = 14800
P-binsC = 1000
P-binsD = 16000

WavelengthA = 534,000000
WavelengthB = 512,000000
WavelengthC = 513,000000
WavelengthD = 514,000000

WavelengthApc = 600,000000
WavelengthBpc = 610,000000
WavelengthCpc = 620,000000
WavelengthDpc = 630,000000

LaserA = 1
LaserB = 2
LaserC = 3
LaserD = 4

PM = 850,000000
PM2 = 3,000000
PM3 = 5,000000
PM4 = 7,000000

PM1pc = 850,000000
PM2pc = 4,000000
PM3pc = 6,000000
PM4pc = 8,000000

A section always begins with [TR<n>] where n indicates the address of the transient recorder.

• Rangeinput range of the transient recorder. Valid values are

  • 0 : 0 .. 500 mV

  • 1 : 0 .. 100 mV

  • 2 : 0 .. 20 mV

• FreqDividerSet the frequency divider, it changes the sampling rate before

  the summation, so with FreqDivider value of 0 and bin width 3.75m you will get 3.75m range resolution. With a FreqDivider of 8 you will get 30m range resolution. Valid values are 0, 1, 2 ,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128.

• ShotLimitSets the maximum number of shots that the TR should acquire.

  valid values are arbitrary number between 2 and 64K

• Discriminator : level between 0 and 63

• Pretrigger: The pretrigger is 1/16 of the hardware tracelength.

  The command can be used only if the TRHardwareInfo['HWCAP'] contains the bits 0xF9

  • 0 : disable pretrigger

  • 1 : enable pretrigger

  For more info see https://licel.com/manuals/TR40-16bit3U_Manual.pdf#subsection.3.8

• ThresholdSets the damping state to either on or off

  • 0 : damping state off

  • 1 : damping state on

• AnalogA : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable analog acquisition for memory A

• Analog B : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable analog acquisition for memory B

• Analog C : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable analog acquisition for memory C

• AnalogD : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable analog acquisition for memory D

• A-binsA : number of analogue bins to be read out from mem A. max number of bins

• A-BinsB : number of analogue bins to be read out from mem B. max number of bins

• A-binsC : number of analogue bins to be read out from mem C. max number of bins

• A-binsD : number of analogue bins to be read out from mem D. max number of bins

• P-binsA: number of photon counting bins to be read out from mem A. max number of bins

• P-binsB: number of photon counting bins to be read out from mem B. max number of bins

• P-binsC: number of photon counting bins to be read out from mem C. max number of bins

• P-binsD: number of photon counting bins to be read out from mem D. max number of bins

• PC A : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable photon counting acquisition for memory A

• PC B : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable photon counting acquisition for memory B

• PC C : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable photon counting acquisition for memory C

• PC D : (TRUE | FALSE) Enable or disable photon counting acquisition for memory D

• PolarisationA : detection polarization for analogue mem A. see Polarisation value

• PolarisationB : detection polarization for analogue mem B. see Polarisation value

• PolarisationC : detection polarization for analogue mem C. see Polarisation value

• PolarisationD : detection polarization for analogue mem D. see Polarisation value

• PolarisationApc : detection polarization for photon counting mem A. see Polarisation value

• PolarisationBpc : detection polarization for photon counting mem B. see Polarisation value

• PolarisationCpc : detection polarization for photon counting mem C. see Polarisation value

• PolarisationDpc : detection polarization for photon counting mem D. see Polarisation value

• PM : Photomultiplier voltage for analogue memory A

• PM2: Photomultiplier voltage for analogue memory B

• PM3: Photomultiplier voltage for analogue memory C

• PM4: Photomultiplier voltage for analogue memory D

• PM1pc: Photomultiplier voltage for photon counting memory A

• PM2pc: Photomultiplier voltage for photon counting memory B

• PM3pc: Photomultiplier voltage for photon counting memory C

• PM4pc: Photomultiplier voltage for photon counting memory D

• WavelengthA: laser wavelength assigned to analogue memory A

• WavelengthB: laser wavelength assigned to analogue memory B

• WavelengthC: laser wavelength assigned to analogue memory C

• WavelengthD: laser wavelength assigned to analogue memory D

• WavelengthApc: laser wavelength assigned to photon counting memory A

• WavelengthBpc: laser wavelength assigned to photon counting memory B

• WavelengthCpc: laser wavelength assigned to photon counting memory C

• WavelengthDpc: laser wavelength assigned to photon counting memory D

Polarisation value	max number of bins
0 : none	16300 bins
1 : parallel
2 : crossed
3 : right circular
4 : left circular

Global informations

[global_info]
Location = "Berlin"
Longitude = 13,384714
Latitude =  52,542598
Height_asl = 45,000000
working_directory = "C:\temp\"
first_letter = "LI"
Zenith = 0,000000
Azimuth = 15,000000
frequency1 = 120,000000
frequency2 = 100,000000
frequency3 = 10,000000
frequency4 = 10,000000
SaveOverflow = TRUE