CU-950/CU-960 settings

Introduction

This section describes the CU-950/CU-960 settings which are available in the Instructions dialog box in the System Control module.

Note: How to open and use the Instructions dialog box is described in The Instructions dialog box.
Only CU-950/CU-960 Advanced settings can be changed

CU-950/CU-960 Advanced

The CU-950/CU-960 settings are only visible in the Instructions dialog box if the CU-950 Advanced controller or CU-960 Advanced controller is installed. The CU-950 Advanced or the CU-960 Advanced is connected to the Ethernet connection of the computer.

CU-950/CU-960 USB

If a CU-950 USB or a CU-960 USB controller is installed, the settings cannot be changed and always have the following values:

  • Data recovery = OFF

  • Method behaviour = PAUSE

Data recovery instruction

The illustration below shows the parameter of the Data recovery instruction.

Note: In this case there is only one parameter and it has the same name as the instruction.

Data recovery parameter

If the connection between the PC and the CU-950/CU-960 is lost during a method run and Data recovery is set to

  • ON, the run data is saved in the CU.

  • OFF, the run data is lost.

Note: You cannot set the parameter to ON unless there is a memory card installed in the CU.
Method behaviour instruction

The illustration below shows the parameter of the Method behaviour instruction.

Communication loss parameter

If the connection to the instrument is lost during a method run and Communication loss is set to

  • CONTINUE, the method run will continue to execute until end is reached.

  • PAUSE, the method run will pause. When the connection is reestablished you have to click Continue to resume the run.

2005-06-15