Filter - General Wheel Positioning Tool

Menu Bar of the Filter Tool contains three buttons:

• File
  • Init Wheels button which is interfaced to the command, that starts wheel initialization process (usually locatinc detent positions).
  • Quit button quits application.
• Select button pulls down menu with filter wheel names. These in turn pull down menus with filter position names, which can be mouse selected.
• Help button which starts Netscape navigator.

Filter Window contains graphic representation of the existing wheels and a button panel with filter names. Selecting new filter position requires clicking on the left mouse button with the filter name on it, or on the wheel image, if the appropriate filter wheel is selected (slided off the wheel stack).

Selecting the wheel will bring a big filter wheel onto the screen.

• If you have realeased the left mouse button than you have to click again on one of the filter positions (selected position is shown as a depressed one).
• If you haven't released the mouse button yet, you can drag the mouse over the filter wheel until requested filter positions shows depressed. Than you can release mouse button to select the requested position.