Download the archive, "M201_stp.zip" and extract all of it's contents into the same folder. Follow instructions in m201_grf.rtf Some of the information contained in that file is shown below to be viewed for your convenience before downloading the archive. ========== Special Note ========== If using this application with the EMF-16 hardware, please look at the "EMF-16.HTM" file for complete information for application usage and ignore the documentation shown below. Startup: Run the application either by double-clicking it's icon or by selecting it from the start-menu. It may be best to run it for the first time with the default channel selections as well as the other defaults that we've preset - you may need to change the COM-Port though. This will help you get a feel for how the display works. Many of the runtime parameters are loaded from, and can be saved back to the ini files. CHoffset.ini and M201_grf.ini are placed into the application directory during the setup process but will not be used unless you copy them into the Windows directory. They are provided as convenience so you can see the format that is used within them. You can modify the files and copy them into your Windows directory if you would like the application to make use of a particular configuration the first time that it is run. However, whenever the application is loaded with no existing .ini files (as may be the case the very first time that you run the application), it will use default values for all the configuration parameters. You can then change any of the configuration parameters to fit your system and when the application is then closed, you will be prompted for the opportunity to save your current configuration to the .ini files which the application will then create in your Windows directory. The CHoffset.ini file is provided for the option to save and apply the current voltage values to the future voltage values, creating an offset in the displayed voltage. We don't recommend directly editing the CHoffset.ini file. If there are any non-zero values in that file, the next time you run the application it will automatically start scanning in the "USING offset voltages" mode. Likewise if there are only zeros in that file, the scanning will start in the "Not using offset voltages" mode. SignOn/Scanning: When the application is first started, you must click the "signon" button before any scanning can be performed. The SignOn allows the application to intitialize the serial port and also pass certain parameters to the DLL. Once that is done, all other functions of the application will be enabled as well as the ability to to start scanning. The signon button only needs to be pressed once each time the application is loaded. The ability to start and stop the scan allows certain parameters to be changed and applied to a new scanning operation, and also allows the resources required to run the scan to be freed for the rest of the system use when not scanning.