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Using OOIChem Software
OOIC
HEM
O
PERATING
S
OFTWARE
provides users with a real-time interface to a variety of acquisition,
signal processing, display, and measurement functions. The 32-bit software program operates with Windows
95/98 and Windows NT and performs basic absorbance, emission and kinetics functions, which are presented
in an easy-to-follow format that is ideal for undergraduate-level students and beginning spectroscopists.
OOIChem software provides users with five different modes of operation: Scope, Absorbance,
Transmission, Relative Irradiance, and Concentration. In addition, the software allows users to control data
acquisition features such as integration period, averaging, and boxcar smoothing -- directly from the
spectral graph display. Users can acquire data by taking manual single scans or by running continuous
scans, and add into the spectral window as many as 8 previously saved overlay spectra.
Users can also perform kinetics
experiments, which allows users
to monitor and report up to 4
single wavelengths or up to 2
calculated values from a
combination of wavelengths --
for example, an absorbance value
of 400 minus an absorbance value
of 700. A kinetics chart displays
the time series. When the
experiment is complete, the data
can be exported to an ASCII file
for additional processing.
Another exciting feature of OOIChem
is that users can control the
parameters for all system functions
such as acquiring data, designing the
graph display, and configuring the
cursor. Additional features of
OOIChem include the ability to save
data as ASCII files and to store and
retrieve sample spectra.
OOIChem software will be updated
and improved continuously. To
obtain free upgrades, visit out web
site at
www.oceanoptics.com/Software_Updates.asp
. In order to download free upgrades, you will need
the password found on the back of your
Software and Resources Library
CD.
If you find that you need more advanced spectrometer operating software, we have included, free of charge,
OOIBase32, a sophisticated, 32-bit, user-customizable advanced acquisition program. See the included
OOIBase32 manual for a list of functions and features.
