External triggering of Aspect 3000

Lachlan Graham (lachlan.Graham@dbce.csiro.au)
Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:26:54 +1000

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Dear Colleagues,
Thanks to all those who replied to my original message. We have set the =
external triggering as follows:
Pin 5 of the 10 pin IDC connector on the process controller is the =
external trigger. Pin 10 in the same connector is the ground. The =
following code could be controlled externally and the sequence did not =
run until pin 5 was grounded to pin 10:

START, CALL WAIT
RESTRT, 1M
{INSERT YOUR PULSE PROGRAM HERE}
....
...
...
GOTO START
WAIT, D30 IF XTRIG GOTO START =20
D30 IF NOT XTRIG GOTO RESTRT=20
RETURN

This does not exactly square with what I read in one of the Bruker =
manuals where XTRIG is meant to be true when pin 5 is logical low and =
false otherwise but it works.
Another slightly odd feature (to me at least, I'm a mechanical engineer =
not electronic specialist) was that when pin 5 was not grounded, the =
voltage difference between pin 5 and ground was 1.6 V which is =
indeterminate in TTL systems. I would have expected it to be pulled to =
5V. But anyway, I've been able to get it to work for the job we need to =
do so thanks again to those who supplied information.
Regards,
Lachlan Graham

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Dear Colleagues,
Thanks to all those who replied to = my original=20 message.  We have set the external triggering as = follows:
Pin 5 of the 10 pin IDC connector on = the process=20 controller is the external trigger.  Pin 10 in the same connector = is the=20 ground.  The following code could be controlled externally and the = sequence=20 did not run until pin 5 was grounded to pin 10:
 
START,  CALL WAIT
RESTRT,  1M
{INSERT YOUR PULSE PROGRAM = HERE}
....
...
...
GOTO START
WAIT, D30 IF XTRIG GOTO=20 START          =
          D30 IF = NOT XTRIG=20 GOTO RESTRT
         =20 RETURN
 
This does not exactly square with = what I read in=20 one of the Bruker manuals where XTRIG is meant to be true when pin 5 is = logical=20 low and false otherwise but it works.
Another = slightly odd feature=20 (to me at least, I'm a mechanical engineer not electronic specialist) = was that=20 when pin 5 was not grounded, the voltage difference between pin 5 and = ground was=20 1.6 V which is indeterminate in TTL systems.  I would have expected = it to=20 be pulled to 5V.  But anyway, I've been able to get it to work for = the job=20 we need to do so thanks again to those who supplied = information.
Regards,
Lachlan Graham
 
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