[fix] SPARC GUI: adjust mirror alignment and ebeam fast blanker display

[pieleric]

• Rename "ebeam blanker" to "electron pulser" to make its purpose clearer.
• Don't allow running the mirror auto-alignemnet in Tunnel mode, as it's
  not supported
• Reduce the maximum step size of the stage Z to 100µm, as bigger could
  too easily lead to collision.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the SPARC GUI to clarify UI terminology, constrain potentially unsafe Z-stage step sizing near the mirror, and adjust mirror auto-alignment availability based on alignment mode.

Changes:

• Rename the “EBEAM BLANKER” fold-panel label to “ELECTRON PULSER” in the relevant SPARC UI panels.
• Add a SPARCv2-specific Z-stage step-size range cap (max 100 µm) for near-mirror adjustments.
• Hide mirror auto-alignment controls in Tunnel mode (with a recommended additional safeguard noted in comments).

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
src/odemis/gui/xmlh/resources/panel_tab_sparc2_align.xrc	Updates fold-panel label text to “ELECTRON PULSER”.
src/odemis/gui/xmlh/resources/panel_tab_sparc_acqui.xrc	Updates fold-panel label text to “ELECTRON PULSER”.
src/odemis/gui/model/tab_gui_data.py	Caps SPARCv2 stage Z step-size maximum to 100 µm for near-mirror use.
src/odemis/gui/main_xrc.py	Keeps generated/compiled XRC label text consistent (“ELECTRON PULSER”).
src/odemis/gui/cont/tabs/sparc2_align_tab.py	Refactors auto-align enablement and hides auto-align controls in Tunnel mode.

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The alignment tab now tracks mirror auto-alignment support from hardware availability and calibration metadata. It shows auto-alignment controls for supported lens and mirror modes and hides them for tunnel-lens mode. Systems with a mirror XY actuator now include a configurable stage Z step size. GUI labels for the electron beam blanker now use “ELECTRON PULSER” in the affected resources.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to dac0d

The PR hides unsupported mirror auto-alignment in Tunnel mode and limits stage-Z movement, but a running alignment can continue after switching into Tunnel mode, and malformed calibration data can make the alignment control fail at runtime. These bounded risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files. (3 skipped: 2…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the SPARC GUI changes to mirror alignment and the electron pulser display.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately covers the label rename, Tunnel-mode auto-alignment restriction, and stage Z step-size reduction.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files. (3 skipped: 2 unsupported, 1 too large.)

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Inline comments:
In `@src/odemis/gui/cont/tabs/sparc2_align_tab.py`:
- Around line 1496-1498: Update the _onAlignMode handling for tunnel-lens-align
to cancel _mirror_auto_align_future when an auto-alignment task is active, await
or complete its cancellation cleanup before changing the optical path, then hide
the auto-align controls. Preserve normal behavior when no alignment task is
running.
- Around line 837-840: The calibration gate near _support_mirror_auto_align must
validate the complete auto-alignment data before enabling controls: ensure
min_step_size contains valid numeric l, s, and z values, ebeam_working_distance
is numeric, and the mirror/stage axis mapping required by _on_btn_auto_align is
present and valid. Keep _support_mirror_auto_align false for malformed or
incomplete metadata so clicking the button cannot raise KeyError or TypeError.

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• src/odemis/gui/cont/tabs/sparc2_align_tab.py
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• src/odemis/gui/xmlh/resources/panel_tab_sparc_acqui.xrc

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