Main Menu and Toolbar

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Window Toolbar

• File

  	Open the template experimental file and make it active. Template will not be added to the Stored Data list. Templates have 'tpl' extension and do not contain experimental data. The path of templates directory is specified in the Options dialog. To create new template one can modify the existing template or experiment file and save it as a template (see Save Template).
  	Load experiment file or template from the disk and open it in Experiment Editor. 'Open file' dialog contains additional panel on the right. This panel has three pages which present file overview, text of experiment file and data plot of the selected file.
  	Save active experiment to the disk in SpecMan 'd01/exp' format. 'Save file' dialog contains additional panels at the bottom and on the right. Edit field at the bottom allows to edit the name of the experiment. Text editor on the right panel contains the copy of the sample description from the Sample description window. Any additional information can be entered.
  	Create an exact copy of the current experiment and store it in the Stored Data list.
  	Save current experiment at given time intervals. See Options dialog for settings.
  	Back up (autosave) experiments done. See Options dialog for settings.
  Save raw data	Save experiment in raw format (under development). All data that reach acquisition engine of the program are directly saved into binary file with d02 extension.
  	Save active experiment as template to disk. Templates have 'tpl' extension and do not contain experimental data. To change the path of template's directory see Options dialog.
  	Save content of the Log window.
  Show performance log	Output to log performance characteristics of the program.
  Reset performance counters	Reset performance statistics
  Force terminat.	Option for developers, please do not use.
  Exit	Exit the program. Exit is possible only in Idle mode. If some experiments contain not-saved data, corresponding dialogs will appear.

• Experiment

  	Execute active experiment. This menu is available only when experimental setup has no mistakes. See Troubleshooting for the help.
  	Terminate running experiment immediately. Last scan of the experiment will not be added to the experiment data (unless it was the only scan). The 'Experiment contains data' flag will not be set (see help on 'List of experiments').
  	Set spectrometer to the tuning mode. User can monitor the setup behavior at any experiment point and adjust parameters of experiment and devices. Data are not stored.
  	In a single experiment mode: repeat running experiment continuously. Repetition counter will increase correspondingly. To stop experiment use the Finish Scan menu or untoggle the button. If job queue is executed the queue will restart upon reaching the end. Repetition counter of experiments in the queue will not be affected.
  	Pause the execution of the experiment. Press again to continue.
  	Force experiment to stop after finishing of the current scan.
  	Suppress Storing. Current scan will not be added to the the accumulation buffer unless the option become unchecked.
  	Rename experiment
  Mark data as saved	Deselect 'not saved' flag of experiment.
  Revert	Return to last completed experiment. This options works only if Preserve a copy flag is set.

• Configuration

  	Load configuration file from disk. The path of configuration files directory is specified in the Options dialog. To edit configuration file see help on configuration files, 'Device configuration' and 'Pulse configuration'.
  	Save configuration files.
  	Launch the Device Configuration dialog. See Concept topic for overview.
  	Launch the Pulse Configuration dialog. See Concept topic for overview.
  	Launch the 'Interface Configuration' window. This window provides information about devices connected through interfaces.
  	Observer mode. No changes of experiment flow can be done.
  	Experiment can be executed but SpecMan4EPR configurations can not be edited.
  	Some elements of SpecMan4EPR configurations can be edited.
  	Configurations of SpecMan4EPR can be edited.
  	Launch the 'Options' dialog. This dialog allows to manage the shell parameters. See Configuring SpecMan topic for the help.

• Devices

  Some devices may need more sophisticated control interface than one that provided by 'Initial Device Setup' window. These devices can use their own custom Direct Control Interfaces. Interfaces can be opened from the 'Devices' menu. When there are no devices that have Direct Control Interfaces, the 'Devices' menu is empty.

• Window

  	Switch on and off second view port and shows currently selected data there.
  	Digital scope.
  	SpecMan4EPR chat
  	Network monitor. Monitors data flow between Client and Server.
  	Links scale of the second view port to the first one.
  Update client	Refresh Client. Helps to bypass errors in Client-Server interaction.
  Connect client	Connect Client GUI to Server.
  Disconnect client	Disconnect Client GUI from Server.

• Help

  	Opens SpecMan4EPR help.
  	Opens the Reference Data window: periodic table, experiment planner and the programmable formula calculators.
  	Opens 'About' dialog.