I had the same problem before. The test button didn't drive the stage. When I was doing mapping, it just moved one line and stopped. Once I set up the backlash from stage command, there was no problem. I guess your problem may be different from mine although it did one line mapping too. Lang Shi Microprobe Laboratory Earth and Planetary Sciences McGill University 3450 University Street Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2A7 Canada Tel(514) 398 6774 Fax:(514) 398 4680 ________________________________________ From: JEOL-Focused Probe Users List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Anette von der Handt [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 1:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PROBEUSERS] Stage mapping acquisition woes Hi, the test button does the stage backlash just fine, I also made sure that the backlash values in stg-cmd are all set ok. Point analysis work fine, it only occurs in the stage mapping. Thanks, Anette On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Lang Shi <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: If you press the test button from joystick, does the stage move? If not, you have to set up backlash from the stage command manually. Lang Shi Microprobe Laboratory Earth and Planetary Sciences McGill University 3450 University Street Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2A7 Canada Tel(514) 398 6774<tel:%28514%29%20398%206774> Fax:(514) 398 4680<tel:%28514%29%20398%204680> ________________________________________ From: JEOL-Focused Probe Users List [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] on behalf of Anette von der Handt [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 1:04 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: [PROBEUSERS] Stage mapping acquisition woes Hello Probeusers! the stage mapping on my JEOL JXA-8900R just started to show the most peculiar behavior. No matter the mapping conditions, it acquires only a single line and uses the stage backlash once a second. The amount of the backlash seems to correlate with the individual set width of the map. The resulting map shows the correct amount of pixels but obviously is not the way I want to acquire maps. I tried various settings, made sure that backlash values are set correct, rebooted whatnot. Potentially important information: We just had to disable the linear encoder for the stage (anyone has a spare linear encoder board?) on my machine (although that should only affect X and Y) and I am not sure if it is related to this. It is not the first time that I acquired maps since the loss of the linear encoder though and it was ok before. Has anyone ever seen this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Anette -- Dr. Anette von der Handt Department of Earth Sciences University of Minnesota 310 Pillsbury Drive SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Office phone: (612) 624-7370<tel:%28612%29%20624-7370><tel:%28612%29%20624-7370> Office fax: (612) 625-3819<tel:%28612%29%20625-3819><tel:%28612%29%20625-3819> Lab phone: (612) 624-3539<tel:%28612%29%20624-3539><tel:%28612%29%20624-3539> **** JEOL Probe Users Listserver Moderator: Anette von der Handt, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Electron Microprobe Lab, University of Minnesota Post a message: send your message to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Unsubscribe: send "SIGNOFF PROBEUSERS" to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> On-line help and FAQ: http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/listserver.html * **** JEOL Probe Users Listserver Moderator: Anette von der Handt, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Electron Microprobe Lab, University of Minnesota Post a message: send your message to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Unsubscribe: send "SIGNOFF PROBEUSERS" to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> On-line help and FAQ: http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/listserver.html * -- Dr. Anette von der Handt Department of Earth Sciences University of Minnesota 310 Pillsbury Drive SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Office phone: (612) 624-7370 Office fax: (612) 625-3819 Lab phone: (612) 624-3539 **** JEOL Probe Users Listserver Moderator: Anette von der Handt, [log in to unmask], Electron Microprobe Lab, University of Minnesota Post a message: send your message to [log in to unmask] Unsubscribe: send "SIGNOFF PROBEUSERS" to [log in to unmask] On-line help and FAQ: http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/listserver.html * **** JEOL Probe Users Listserver Moderator: Anette von der Handt, [log in to unmask], Electron Microprobe Lab, University of Minnesota Post a message: send your message to [log in to unmask] Unsubscribe: send "SIGNOFF PROBEUSERS" to [log in to unmask] On-line help and FAQ: http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/listserver.html *