| Name | Short Name | Type | Description |
| Input image source | input | string | |
| Input positions list | inputlist | string | List of position numbers or ranges, if "List of positions" is selected above |
| Template Excel workbook (*.xlsx) | template | string | |
| Template mode | templatemode | string | |
| Worksheet of optimized cell | worksheet | string | The numeric value in this cell will be minimized. |
| Optimized cell | cell | string | The numeric value in this cell will be minimized. |
| Penalty for erroneous run | penalty | real | If optimized cell does not return a numeric value, or the pipeline generates an error ("ERR" appears on the main status bar), then this value will be used as optimized cell value. |
| Pipeline processing timeout (sec) | timeout | real | The pipeline is reseted and the currently tested parameter set is penalized if processing takes longer than the seconds given here. Use 0 for no time out. |