ORTEC DSPEC Pro, Hardware User Manual

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DSPEC Pro
®
Digital Gamma-Ray Spectrometer User’s Manual 794380D / 0914
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For the purposes of this manual, when we refer to MAESTRO, we mean the ORTEC MCA emulator/analysis
application you are using (e.g., MAESTRO, GammaVision, ISOTOPIC).
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there was no problem during the acquisition. The SOH status is saved with the spectral data in
the
.SPC
file as part of the QA data.
MAESTRO, GammaVision, and other ORTEC programs can monitor the status of the SOH bit
for the current spectrum on the Status tab under Acquire/MCB Properties.... In addition, user-
developed programs may read and write the SOH register. Chapter 4 provides the commands for
reading and interpreting the SOH settings; see Appendix A for a table of SOH bit definitions.
1.8. Host Computer and Software Requirements
The DSPEC Pro is completely computer-controlled and can be operated with any suitable
ORTEC C
ONNECTIONS
software, including the supplied MAESTRO MCA Emulation Software
(A65-BW), communicating via the supplied version of C
ONNECTIONS
. The current version of
MAESTRO runs under Microsoft
®
Windows 8, 7, XP Professional SP3.
1.9. About this Manual
This manual describes the DSPEC Pro, tells how to connect it in a complete spectroscopy sys-
tem, gives instructions on configuring the hardware settings (such as high voltage, presets, and
gain), and supplies the hardware commands and responses. Complete details on using the con-
trol software are in the accompanying MAESTRO Software User’s Manual as well as the man-
uals for GammaVision
®
, Renaissance
®
, ISOTOPIC, and our other spectroscopy software.
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