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. Ainsi, envoi : -mode continu : générateur RC sans T OFF -mode MOS : générateur RC avec T ON / T OFF Dans le 1 er cas, chaque trame est envoyée en entier ; l'exécution de chaque trame est immédiate ; la fin d'exécution de la trame en cours est signifiée à l'application Java, qui se charge d'envoyer la suivante. Dans le 2 ème cas, chaque trame est fractionnée en pas élémentaire z ; la fin d'exécution du pas élémentaire en cours est signifiée à l'application Java, qui se charge d'envoyer le pas élémentaire suivant jusqu'à la fin de la trame de longueur Z, Cette fin est signifiée à l'application Java pour lancer l'exécution de la 2 ème trame et ainsi de suite jusqu'à la fin du parcours

. Soit and . Trame, le parcours consiste à faire un déplacement de l'électrode dans le sens descendant, d'une distance de 400 x 1.25 ?m à une fréquence de 100 Hz Cette trame correspond à une descente du moteur Z à 100 Hz pendant 400 pas et un intervalle d'exécution de 2 pas ; à chaque intervalle d'exécution, le ?C fait une scrutation des ports connectés à la caractérisation et incrémente ses compteurs (en cas de décharge) en vérifiant que T ON est activé (les impulsions de courant pendant T OFF ne sont pas prises en considération), Ces informations sont envoyées en string à l'application Java qui se charge de les formater et de les stocker dans un fichier texte. Elles seront nécessaires pour la régulation