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Configuration preferences are read out of text files stored in the folder `config`. Gepard is shipped with two configuration templates: `default.gepard.cfg` for the programme itsself, and `default.database.json` for communication with a database server.
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Gepard's configuration file, `default.gepard.cfg`, contains the default configuration of Gepard and can be left as it is. On the contrary, `default.database.json` is only a template that needs editing to enable uploading results to a database.
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To change the default configuration of Gepard, copy `default.gepard.cfg` to `.default.gepard.cfg` (i.e. add a point character in the beginning) and edit it accordingly:
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[Defaults]
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# file path without "" !
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file_path = .
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When Gepard opens a file dialog (e.g. to create a new project or open an existing one) `file_path` is the location that it opens per default.
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[Interface]
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# possible values: SIMULATED_RAMAN_CONTROL, SIMULATED_FTIR_CONTROL, WITEC_CONTROL, RENISHAW_CONTROL, THERMO_FTIR
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raman_interface = SIMULATED_RAMAN_CONTROL
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This configures the connection of Gepard to a microscope. In modes `SIMULATED_RAMAN_CONTROL` and `SIMULATED_FTIR_CONTROL`, Gepard can be operated on any computer, regardless of the presence of a microscope. The other options require the corresponding devices to be present and configured to comunicate with Gepard.
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If you plan on using one of the interfaces to control your device, please
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note: You use this interface at your **OWN RISK**! Make sure, that no obstacles
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block the objective and that you **UNDERSTAND** and **VALIDATE** the code that controls
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the microscope! Start with "witectesting.py" or "renishawtesting.py" which should read and move within small margins.
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