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Scope set home#

Sets the home position of the probe station scope.

Description#

The test sets the home position of the motorized scope of the connected probe station. Two modes are available:

Mode Meaning
Current position The current scope position is stored as the new home position.
Position The given x/y coordinates are stored as the new home position.

Scope site positions and scope movements with the reference point "Home" are always relative to the scope home position.

Input parameters#

Parameter Description
Probe station The probe station whose scope home position shall be set.
Home position "Current position" or "Position" (see above).
Home x position The home position on the x axis. (Only used in mode "Position".)
Home y position The home position on the y axis. (Only used in mode "Position".)

Output parameters#

This test does not store output parameters.

Supported devices#

All probe stations with a motorized scope, e.g. MPI SENTIO based probe stations (SENTIO 3.0.2 or later, remote command set_scope_home).

Example#

Move the scope to the desired position, then run the test with mode "Current position" to store it as the new scope home position.