Hudson Robotics SoftLinx 5.0 - Manual (Page 7)

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Adding Interfaces
Clicking on the Add New Instrument button on the Instrument Setup list will activate the following window:
To add a new instrument, select an instrument type from the "Available Instrument Types" list. This is a list
of all installed instrument interfaces, as well as pre-loaded SoftLinx Interface Packages (SIP), located in
the Installed Directory\Interfaces folder. When clicking on an instrument in the list, its name will appear in
the Instrument Name box. Users may customize names by typing in the Instrument Name box after
selecting an instrument. Instrument Names can only be composed of alphanumeric characters and the
underscore "_" character.
Interfaces which are already installed on the machine have their proper icon listed with their name.
Interfaces which are not currently installed, but have an existing SIP on the system, are noted by the
icon.
In addition to installing interfaces, users may do the following:
Create Custom Interface - Allows the user to create a new instrument interface, based off of an available
interface template. Clicking on the button will open the following: