ORTEC Easy-MCS, Hardware User Manual

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Easy-MCS
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Multichannel Scaler and MCS-32 (A73-B32) Software 931054C / 1213
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More Analysis Options
Further software features allow you to compare two spectra, subtract or add two spectra, nor-
malize the vertical scale, subtract a flat background, or smooth statistical fluctuations. Also
available is a routine that automatically finds each peak in a spectrum and marks it with an
ROI. The centroids, gross counts, and net counts from all the ROIs in a spectrum can be
printed, either with or without library matching. If the computer has been asked for a match
to a user-defined library of peak locations, the library information will be printed along with
the matching ROI data. In addition to the standard
.MCS file format, spectra can be imported
and exported as ASCII text.
Programmed Data Acquisition
Some measurements require changes in the data acquisition conditions as different spectra
are acquired. The Start JOB command gives you an easy way to define a stream of “job
commands” that varies the instrument settings and controls acquisition of multiple spectra.
The job stream can be simple or sophisticated. Once the job stream is defined and imple-
mented, data acquisition proceeds automatically under the job’s control. If you wish, you can
set up a job as an icon on your Windows desktop, and run it with one click of the mouse.
Other software programs can activate the Easy-MCS for a specific operation by calling the
MCS-32 software with a .JOB file name specified on the command line. Alternatively, the
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ONNECTIONS
Programmer’s Toolkit (A11-B32) can be purchased and used to program the
Easy-MCS at the command level. The use of ActiveX controls in A11-B32 makes program-
ming orders of magnitude easier with National Instruments LabVIEW, Microsoft Visual
Basic, or Microsoft Visual C++.
Inbit FullShot™ Screen Capture and Graphics Printing
The Easy-MCS package includes the Inbit FullShot Image Capture and Printing Utility. With
FullShot, you can capture a whole screen, a window, or a portion of a window and save it in
a variety of graphics file formats or send it directly to the printer. See the accompanying
FullShot user manual.