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8.3.4 The minispec Menu
All commands concerning instrument settings are included in this menu item. The commands
for the magnet heater calibration and the receiver tuning are only available for BRUKER
service personnel and therefore are grayed with a normal software startup. The list of
commands depends on the status of the instrument (see figure). If there is no application
loaded, the list is enlarged by the commands
Connect and Disconnect .
Figure 8.7: The minispec Pull-Down Menu
The Connect/Disconnect Command
Once the system requirements for TCP/IP have been fulfilled, a software link between the
minispec software running on a PC, and the minispec must be initialized. To establish the PC
to minispec connection, select
minispec Connect . Alternatively you can select Connect in
the Welcome Box.
Enter the minispec Serial Number when prompted by the Connection Dialog Box.
The minispec Serial Number must be a valid entry in the MS-Windows ’hosts‘ file and have
the form 'NBxxxx' for NMS- or 'NDxxxx'/'NFxxxx' for mq-systems.
The minispec serial number, which is the host name of the minispec, is used to identify the
BRUKER minispec, controlled by the minispec software that is running on a PC in a TCP/IP
network. It is recommended to add the IP address of the minispec and its corresponding
Serial Number to the Windows ‘hosts‘ file on the PC, if not already done by the software in
the setup procedures described earlier (section Connecting the PC to the minispec for the
First Time and Wake-up State of the minispec.exe Software).
To add the IP address and the serial number of the minispec:
1. Open the file ‘ hosts ‘ from the Windows folder (e.g. ‘notepad‘).
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In the case you work with Windows NT the hosts file is placed in the directory:
system32\drivers\etc\ .
2. Add a line in the following form to the file: <IP address><Space><minispec Serial
Number> Where <IP address> is the network wide unique IP-address in the form
‘xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx’, and <minispec Serial Number> is the minispec Serial Number of the
form ‘NBxxxx’, ‘NCxxxx’, ‘NDxxxx’ or 'NFxxxx'.
Use the command Disconnect from the menu to disconnect from the current minispec (e.g.
prior to reconnecting to another minispec).