The control panel for this processor module is show below. Each individual spectrogram can be multiplied by a scale factor, and an offset factor can be added to it. Offsetting is performed after scaling.
The Blue limit and Red limit fields are initialized with the actual end points of each spectrogram. These fields can be edited to instruct the processor to clip off the end regions of each spectrogram, if desired. See in Sec. 5.7.1.1 how to edit table cells. See in Sec. 5.7.1.2 how to enter a splice cut point.
Values entered in the table are assumed to be in units of Angstrom (spectrogram limits) and photon/s/cm**2/Angstrom (offset).
Selecting a specific table row, corresponding to a given spectrogram, can be accomplished in two ways: by directly selecting the row by clicking the mouse pointer over it, or by positioning the cross-hair cursor on the desired spectrogram's depiction in the plot window, and then clicking the mouse once.
Individual editable cells in the row thus selected can be selected for editing by clicking the mouse over them. The cell is selected when the numerical value in it is left-justified. As numerical values are typed in each field, they are checked for syntax and consistency. Both floating point and scientific notation are accepted (scientific notation with capital 'E' only, it's a Java idiom).
However, if, upon selection, the cell's background color changes from white to either yellow or pink, this means that the cell is also, at that point, listening to the cross-hair cursor. Acting on the cross-hair cursor then modifies the value in the cell. Pink cells are sensitive to the cursor position, while yellow cells are sensitive to cursor offsets. Of course, these cells can also be edited in the standard way, by typing.
Values delivered by the cursor will be automatically converted to the
appropriate units, if the plot window is displaying in units different from
whatever is acceptable for the table entries.
These cells can be populated by clicking the graphics
cross-hair cursor on the plot window. Either the X or Y value (depending on
context) delivered by the cursor will replace whatever value is in the cell.
The entry only becomes effective if the cell is unselected by clicking on
another cell, or by hitting the Return (Enter) or Tab
keys. Only at this point the value is checked for consistency.
These cells respond to cursor offset events. These
are created by dragging the cross-hair cursor (with the mouse button pressed),
and simultaneously holding down the Shift key. The entry only becomes
effective if the cell is unselected by clicking on another cell, or by
hiting the Return (Enter) or Tab keys.
Sometimes one wants to splice two or more spectrograms that have a common overlap region, by trimming them at the same wavelength such that the common overlap region gets reduced to zero length.
The Define splice cut point check box can be used to enter a wavelength value that is then checked against all spectrograms in the list. The ones that include the wavelength value at either blue or red end, have their corresponding fields in the “Blue limit” or “Red limit” columns replaced by the wavelength value.
To use this feature, just select the Define splice cut point check box and click the cross hair cursor on the graphics window at the desired wavelength. The selected wavelength value will replace values in the “Red limit” and “Blue limit” columns, and the box will uncheck itself.