Lynx Genie 2000 Acquisition Window Adjust
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Lynx Genie 2000 Acquisition Window Adjust
From Genie’s Start menu, activate the Gamma Acquisition and Analysis (GAA)
application, then open the datasource for the specific instrument. To open a
datasource, select
File
|
Open Datasource
, then select the “Detector” option in the
Source box. Next, select the datasource file and then
Open
.
If the Detector list is empty, the likely cause is that no MCA definitions exist in the
run-time database, or that the VDM's key has not been detected.
The Adjust dialogs are found under the MCA menu in the Gamma Acquisition and
Analysis (GAA) application.
In the following Adjust Screen discussion, the MCS Adjust Screen and the associated
selection button are available only if MCA Input #2 was selected as the MCA Input
number when setting up the MCA controls in the
Devices | MCA
screen of the MID
Editor or MID Wizard. If MCA #1 was selected then the MCS selection button and
adjust screen are hidden from view, and only the PHA settings will be presented.
Notes: If you get a “Required Hardware Unavailable” error, likely causes are you
may have selected the wrong data source for the instrument; there is a
problem with the communication interface (check the cables); the instrument
power is off; or, the instrument IP address was incorrectly entered when
configuring the device. For this case the problem must be corrected before the
data source can be opened.
If you get a “Hardware Verification Error” there is a mismatch between the
MID Definition setup and the hardware configuration. Likely causes are the
High Voltage Power Supply configuration or other hardware settings have
been changed. You can choose to accept or not accept the verification error in
the associated dialog box. If you select NO, a RED error box will appear in
the top left corner of the Acquisition and Analysis window. You can
determine the source of the verification error by looking at the Status Page,
which you can access by clicking
MCA | Status
. The problematic item will
be marked with an asterisk (*).
The following section describes those parameters for the Lynx that can be accessed
from the acquisition windows’ Adjust dialog screen. Select the
MCA
|
Adjust
menu
options to access these screens.
Note that the Adjust screen for a given hardware within the Lynx may actually be
composed more than one adjust screen; when additional screens are present, the
Next/Prev
buttons can be used to navigate them.
