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+{
+  "fontShellPanel" : {
+    "name" : "Monospaced",
+    "style" : 0,
+    "size" : 13
+  },
+  "fontShellCommand" : {
+    "name" : "SansSerif",
+    "style" : 0,
+    "size" : 13
+  },
+  "fontOutput" : {
+    "name" : "Monospaced",
+    "style" : 0,
+    "size" : 13
+  },
+  "fontEditor" : {
+    "name" : "Monospaced",
+    "style" : 0,
+    "size" : 13
+  },
+  "fontPlotLabel" : {
+    "name" : "SansSerif",
+    "style" : 0,
+    "size" : 11
+  },
+  "fontPlotTick" : {
+    "name" : "SansSerif",
+    "style" : 0,
+    "size" : 10
+  },
+  "fontPlotTitle" : {
+    "name" : "SansSerif",
+    "style" : 1,
+    "size" : 13
+  },
+  "fontTerminal" : {
+    "name" : "Monospaced",
+    "style" : 0,
+    "size" : 14
+  },
+  "tabSize" : 4,
+  "contentWidth" : 0,
+  "editorBackground" : null,
+  "editorForeground" : null,
+  "simpleEditor" : false,
+  "hideEditorLineNumbers" : false,
+  "hideEditorContextMenu" : false,
+  "consoleLocation" : "Left",
+  "dataPanelLocation" : "Status",
+  "openDataFilesInDocTab" : false,
+  "noVariableEvaluationPropagation" : false,
+  "processingScripts" : [ ],
+  "asyncViewersUpdate" : false,
+  "scanPlotDisabled" : false,
+  "scanTableDisabled" : false,
+  "cachedDataPanel" : false,
+  "dataExtensions" : null,
+  "dataSubFiles" : null,
+  "hideFileName" : false,
+  "showEmergencyStop" : false,
+  "showHomingButtons" : false,
+  "showJogButtons" : false,
+  "hideScanPanel" : false,
+  "hideOutputPanel" : false,
+  "showXScanFileBrowser" : false,
+  "showQueueBrowser" : false,
+  "backgroundRendering" : false,
+  "showImageStatusBar" : true,
+  "persistRendererWindows" : false,
+  "defaultRendererColormap" : "Grayscale",
+  "linePlot" : "ch.psi.pshell.plot.LinePlotJFree",
+  "matrixPlot" : "ch.psi.pshell.plot.MatrixPlotJFree",
+  "surfacePlot" : null,
+  "timePlot" : "ch.psi.pshell.plot.TimePlotJFree",
+  "plotsDetached" : false,
+  "plotLayout" : "Vertical",
+  "quality" : "High",
+  "defaultPlotColormap" : "Temperature",
+  "markerSize" : 0,
+  "plotBackground" : null,
+  "gridColor" : null,
+  "outlineColor" : null,
+  "disableOffscreenBuffer" : false,
+  "defaultPanels" : [ {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.epics.Scaler",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.ScalerPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.epics.Scienta",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.ScientaPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.Motor",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.MotorPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.MasterPositioner",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.MasterPositionerPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.ProcessVariable",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.ProcessVariablePanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.MotorGroup",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.MotorGroupPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.DiscretePositioner",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.DiscretePositionerPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.Camera",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.CameraPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.Slit",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.SlitPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.HistogramGenerator",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.HistogramGeneratorPanel"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.ReadonlyRegister$ReadonlyRegisterArray",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.DeviceValueChart"
+  }, {
+    "deviceClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.device.ReadonlyRegister$ReadonlyRegisterMatrix",
+    "panelClassName" : "ch.psi.pshell.swing.DeviceValueChart"
+  } ],
+  "scriptPopupDialog" : "None"
+}
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