The status bar shows important information on the system status:

Parameter

Description

Scaling

Displays which lateral scaling is currently being used. If you click on the arrow, the Scaling dialog will be opened. There you have access to advanced scaling settings and the scaling wizard.

System Information

Always shows the latest, currently active process that the system is performing.

Progress bar

Displays the progress of the currently active process. Each new process added supersedes older still active processes. If you click on the arrow button, a window opens with a list of all processes in chronological order. You can stop a process that is running using the Stop button.

Performance indicators

In this group you will see an overview of the performance of individual computer components:

  • Free RAM indicates how much physical memory is still available.
  • Free HD indicates how much space is still available on the hard drive onto which the next image is to be acquired (see Tools > Options > Saving).
  • CPU indicates the usage of the Central Processing Unit.
  • The small status bar provides an overall assessment of the system usage.
  • GPU indicates the usage of the Graphics Processing Unit by ZEN and ZEN related services. It is also visualized by a small status bar on its right.
    Note: This GPU indicator is only visible if you your computer has Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 or higher.

Info: Double-clicking in the Performance Indicators area opens the Windows Task Manager. In case you do not have sufficient Windows access rights to open the Task Manager from here, a message is displayed.

Frame Rate

Indicates the current frame rate in frames per second (fps) used by the active camera for producing new images. Please note in most cases that at speeds greater than 100 frames per second, this value cannot always be accurately determined.

Pixel Value

Displays the gray value to the image at the current position of the mouse pointer. In the case of multichannel images, the gray value/channel is displayed for up to 4 channels.

Position

Displays the X/Y position (in pixel coordinates) of the mouse pointer in the image.

Information (i)

If you click on the icon, a window opens with System Messages.

Storage Folder

Displays the location where new images are automatically saved. This path can be changed in the menu Tools > Options > Saving.

Optional
Status: Airyscan Detector Alignment

If you click on the arrow the Alignment Tool window opens.

User

Shows the Windows user name of the logged in user.

Time

Shows the current Windows system time.