The Move Widget

Figure 11.1 shows the Move motor menu.

Figure 11.1: The Move Widget

The explanation of the elements:

 MOT1: A button that displays the currently selected motor. If pushed, a list of available motors pops up (fig. 11.2).

 Move to: New positions are specified in the adjacent entry widget. This button starts the move.

 Scale widget: The slider bar is one way to move the motor.

 Incr.: 100: A menu button that selects an increment, which is used by the << and >> buttons.

 Slew: 100%: A menu button for changing the slew rate temporarily. The original value is restored when the widget is exited. The temporary slew rate cannot exceed the original value.

 Range: 100%: A menu button for adjusting the range temporarily. The original value is restored when the widget is exited. The temporary range is limited by the original range.

 |<, >|: Starts a move to the left/right limit.

 <<, >>: Move the motor by one increment, no backlash.

 <, >: Move the motor by one step.

 Stop: Stops the move.

 Signal: A signal can be displayed while the motor is moving. The corresponding flag can be found in the Options menu. The signal frame displays the maximum and contains two buttons. One moves the motor to the maximum, the other to the current cursor position. The cursor position is available as long as the cursor window is open.

 Sel. motor: Invokes the motor selector.

 Sel. slit: Invokes the slit selector widget ().

 Sel. VM The available virtual motors are presented in a chooser.

 Cursor Invokes the cursor widget for the signal SCAN GQE.

Figure 11.2: The Motor Selector