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Spectrum RX I

Getting Started Guide

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Page 1: ...Spectrum RX I Getting Started Guide ...

Page 2: ... implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose PerkinElmer shall not be liable for errors contained herein for incidental consequential damages in connection with furnishing performance or use of this material Copyright Information This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this publication may be re...

Page 3: ...rements 17 Site Requirements 17 Unpacking the Spectrum RX I 19 Moving the Spectrum RX I 19 Opening the Shipping Containers 20 Unpacking the Spectrum RX I 21 Removing the Packaging 21 Changing the Desiccant 24 Locating the Interferometer Adjustment Screws 27 Unpacking the Screen 30 Installation 33 Resetting the Date of Previous Desiccant Change 35 Adjusting the Interferometer 39 Contacting PerkinEl...

Page 4: ...manual If you require assistance contact your local PerkinElmer service engineer This manual describes how to unpack and install your Spectrum RX I how to align the interferometer and gives a very brief tutorial to help you familiarize yourself with the instrument Part Numbers All eight digit numbers in this manual are PerkinElmer part numbers unless stated otherwise ...

Page 5: ...T refers to keys on the PC keyboard is used to show that you have to click two keys at the same time for example ALT F All eight digit numbers are PerkinElmer part numbers unless stated otherwise Notes cautions and warnings Three terms in the following standard formats are also used to highlight special circumstances and warnings NOTE A note indicates additional significant information that is pro...

Page 6: ...tros En recuadros éste se proporciona información sobre este tipo de circunstancias F Caution Attention Nous utilisons le terme CAUTION ATTENTION pour signaler les situations susceptibles de provoquer de graves détériorations de l instrument ou d autre matériel Les détails sur ces circonstances figurent dans un encadré semblable à celui ci I Caution Attenzione Con il termine CAUTION ATTENZIONE ven...

Page 7: ...as En los recuadros como éste se proporciona información sobre este tipo de circunstancias F Warning Danger Nous utilisons la formule WARNING DANGER pour avertir des situations pouvant occasionner des dommages corporels à l utilisateur ou à d autres personnes Les détails sur ces circonstances sont données dans un encadré semblable à celui ci I Warning Pericolo Con il termine WARNING PERICOLO vengo...

Page 8: ...boxes For example scan The top row of the keypad keys are called the soft keys The function of the soft keys changes as you access different commands Instead of permanent labels soft keys have labels that appear on the screen Soft keys are represented by white boxes setup Soft keys that execute their command immediately without the entry having to be confirmed are called action keys Action keys ar...

Page 9: ... into the instrument especially into the top of the display screen housing which contains a high voltage supply Clean all external spills immediately If anything that is spilled enters the main body of the Spectrum RX I switch off the power and call a PerkinElmer Service Engineer DO NOT stare into the laser beam The Spectrum RX I contains a low power visible red laser momentary exposure to the bea...

Page 10: ...paired Only use the Spectrum RX I indoors and under the following conditions Temperature 15 C to 35 C Relative Humidity 75 maximum non condensing If possible avoid any adjustment maintenance and repair of the opened operating instrument If any adjustment maintenance and repair of the opened operating instrument is necessary this must only be done by a skilled person who is aware of the hazard invo...

Page 11: ...g WARNING Make sure that the switch at the electrical supply inlet on the right hand side of the Spectrum RX I is not obstructed Electrical Safety Connect the Spectrum RX I to a power supply line that includes a switch or other adequate means of disconnection from the electricity supply Only plug the Spectrum RX I into an electricity supply socket that is provided with a protective earth connectio...

Page 12: ...temporary conductivity caused by condensation must be expected The Spectrum RX I is able to withstand transient overvoltages typically present on the MAINS supply The normal level of transient overvoltages is impulse withstand overvoltage category II of IEC 60364 4 443 EMC Compliance EC directive The Spectrum RX I has been designed and tested to meet the requirements of the EC Directives 89 336 EE...

Page 13: ...tinuous wave radiation at a wavelength of 633 nm and has a maximum output power of less than 1 mW A portion of the laser radiation with a maximum power level of less than 0 4 mW may be accessed in the sample compartment which classifies the instrument as a CDRH Class II BS EN 60825 Class 2 and IEC 825 Class 2 laser product The laser is switched on when the main cover is closed and the Spectrum RX ...

Page 14: ...25 and I E C 825 classify a 633 nm laser radiation beam as Class 2 when it has a power level in the range 6 8 W to 1000 W The typical level of 633 nm laser radiation that a user can access in the sample compartment of the Spectrum RX I is 35 W WARNING Do not stare into the laser beam Staring into the laser beam can cause permanent damage to your eyes Laser Labels and Laser Apertures This manual co...

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Page 17: ...nt such as large motors connected If possible do not use photocopiers discharge lamps radio transmitters and other equipment with large or frequent transient loads on the same supply circuit Site Requirements Minimum bench dimensions of 110 x 80 cm to accommodate the Spectrum RX I To obtain the best performance from your Spectrum RX I Place the Spectrum RX I in an environment that is relatively du...

Page 18: ...orrectly under the following conditions Ambient temperature 15 C to 35 C Ambient relative Humidity 75 maximum non condensing CAUTION Relative humidity higher than 75 can damage the windows o the sample compartment If you expect the humidity to exceed 75 continually purge or desiccate the sample compartment ...

Page 19: ...rum RX I be aware that condensation caused by moving the Spectrum RX I from a cooler environment to a warmer one can damage the windows of the sample compartment To prevent this damage from occurring make sure that the windows are protected by placing fresh bags of desiccant in the sample compartment leave the Spectrum RX I to reach the temperature of the surroundings before removing the protectiv...

Page 20: ...Hexagonal wrench 3 32 inch 1 0990 7220 Hexagonal wrench 3 16 inch 1 0496 0995 Screwdriver 1 4 inch blade 1 0C97 3085 Spare Fuse 3 15A 250V Slo Blo 1 Various Power cable 2 L118 1021 1 cm 1 J stop plate 1 N017 1191 2 cm 1 J stop plate 1 L118 1090 Half aperture plate 1 L118 1092 Reference aperture plate 1 0186 2082 Polystyrene film card 1 L105 0044 Spectrum RX I Manuals CD Contains 0993 4217 Routine ...

Page 21: ...ere stored at room temperature the Spectrum RX I must be left in the bag for a minimum of 4 hours The Spectrum RX I can be damaged by the condensation caused by opening the bag before the Spectrum RX I has equilibrated to room temperature 3 Remove the Spectrum RX I from the bag and position it on the bench where it will be used Sample compartment lid Locking screw for the main cover Figure 1 The S...

Page 22: ... cm about 15 turns of the wrench WARNING Make sure that the power cable is not connected 8 Lift the main cover from the front 9 Support the cover with the prop which is stored on the underside of the main cover to the right Insert the free end into the notched receptacle Figure 2 Do not support the prop on the power inlet module which is behind the notched receptacle Prop Prop storage clip Notched...

Page 23: ...s from the centers of the three positions indicated in Figure 3 When you remove each bolt place it in its storage position as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 Shipping Bolt Storage Positions Shipping Bolts Figure 3 Locations of the shipping bolt Storage position Shipping bolt Figure 4 Shipping Bolt and Storage Position ...

Page 24: ...t notice the scan mirror swing free when you have unscrewed the bolt sufficiently The bolt must protrude by at least 1 5 cm Figure 5 The Scan Mirror Clamp Changing the Desiccant The optical system of the Spectrum RX I is purged at the factory then sealed under a clear plastic purge cover This protects the KBr both in the beamsplitter and in the sample compartment windows from being damaged by humi...

Page 25: ...the purged optical system is exposed to the atmosphere To minimize the loss of purge have the new desiccant ready before you begin and complete the procedure as quickly as possible r Do not start the procedure if the temperature of the Spectrum RX I has not equilibrated with the ambient temperature of the laboratory Do not start the procedure if the relative humidity is 75 You can determine the re...

Page 26: ... Figure 6 Location of the Desiccant Box Right hand side panel Desiccant bags Pressure relief tube Figure 7 Replacing the desiccant Five surfaces of the desiccant box are formed from a single sheet of metal The sixth surface the right hand side panel is a separate piece Figure 7 ...

Page 27: ...ther new desiccant pack and insert the two bags of desiccant at the other side of the tube 7 Snap the right hand side panel back onto the box 8 Lower the box into the Spectrum RX I 9 Tighten the screws on the top of the desiccant box Locating the Interfe ometer Adjustment Screws r During the installation procedure you adjust the interferometer by turning the adjustment screws located under the cle...

Page 28: ...nt Screw Septum Covers NOTE The interferometer has been aligned at the factory and should only need to be optimized by the adjustment during the installation procedure For this reason it is important that you do not turn the screw more than a quarter turn in each direction during the following procedure ...

Page 29: ...to the top of the adjustment screw a depth of about 4 cm as shown in Figure 9 Gently rotate the wrench until it drops into the top of the adjustment screw 3 Turn the screw a quarter turn clockwise and then a quarter turn counterclockwise to familiarize yourself with the feel of turning the screw 4 Remove the hexagonal wrench from the left hand septum cover and insert it into the right hand septum ...

Page 30: ...xagonal wrench 8 Close the main cover and lock it by turning the locking screw clockwise until it becomes difficult to turn Do not overtighten the locking screw because this may cause damage to the main cover 9 Push the Spectrum RX I back on the bench to the position required Unpacking the Screen 1 Carefully remove the screen from the shipping carton NOTE We recommend that you do not attach the ba...

Page 31: ... Connect the power cable to the socket on the rear of the screen Figure 10 3 Connect the communication lead from the monitor into the MONITOR port on the right hand side of the Spectrum RX I Figure 11 Connect to MONITOR port Figure 11 The Screen Connected to the Spectrum RX I ...

Page 32: ...32 Spectrum RX I Getting Started Guide 4 Position the screen on top of the Spectrum RX I as shown in Figure 12 Figure 12 The Spectrum RX I and the Screen ...

Page 33: ...he Spectrum RX I Power Socket 2 Connect both power cables to the power supply 3 Switch on the power to the screen using the switch on the front 4 Switch on the power to the Spectrum RX I using the switch next to the power cable socket The Spectrum RX I begins running its start up diagnostic tests which are described fully in the Instrument Diagnostics section of Advanced Operations Two beeps sound...

Page 34: ...rkinElmer on page 43 7 Adjust the screen display so it is centred on the screen Refer to the manual supplied with the screen if there are any problems 8 Position the screen unit such that the pointers on the soft key labels are aligned with the soft keys on the Spectrum RX I NOTE To help align the screen unit with the soft keys press and move the screen unit such that the center method soft key la...

Page 35: ...nance Warning in Advanced Operations however we recommend that you use the default of six months Before performing any other tasks after the initial power up on installation set the date of the desiccant change 1 At Ready For Next Command press The command line and soft keys shown in Figure 15 are displayed Figure 15 Desiccant Maintenance Warning Command Line 2 If necessary correct the date by pre...

Page 36: ...ine as the date of the previous desiccant change A message is displayed desiccant changed Ready For Next Commands returns Install The Spectrum RX I has a series of performance tests it uses to ensure that it has been installed correctly 1 To start the checking procedure press Install The following screen appears ...

Page 37: ... mirror clamp and renewing the desiccant are in Unpacking the Spectrum RX I on page 19 2 To confirm that the unpacking procedure has been followed press PROCEED A diagram of the sample slide showing the correct position of the alignment light control lever is shown in Figure 16 The following screen appears ...

Page 38: ... J stop must be removed Figure 16 The Sample Slide 3 To confirm that the beam path is clear of all obstructions press PROCEED The Spectrum RX I starts a series of tests When it finishes a confirmation screen appears 4 At the confirmation screen press PROCEED The following screen appears ...

Page 39: ...packing the Spectrum RX I on page 19 When the tests have been completed and the Spectrum RX I has been switched on for long enough to fully equilibrate you will be required to adjust the interferometer alignment Adjusting the Interferometer 1 When the Spectrum RX I is ready for you to adjust the interferometer the following screen appears ...

Page 40: ... energy throughput the longer the bar The bar is a different color at the right hand end This shows the greatest length that the bar has reached A number above the bar The number is in arbitrary units related to the amount of energy reaching the detector In the following steps you adjust the interferometer so that the energy is maximized ...

Page 41: ...f the wrench will be at a slight angle towards the left front corner of the instrument 5 Push the wrench down onto the top of the adjustment screw Gently rotate the wrench until it drops into the top of the adjustment screw NOTE Scan errors may be caused when the wrench is first engaged If the scan status box changes to red with the word ERROR wait until the scan has recovered before proceeding Th...

Page 42: ... the top of the adjustment screw 9 Adjust this screw also to give maximum energy 10 Repeat steps 8 through 13 until you are sure that the energy throughput is maximized NOTE Typically the maximum energy will be between 90 and 120 units It should take about three repeats of steps 8 through 13 to achieve an alignment to within 1 whole number of the maximum observed value 11 Refit the inserts in the ...

Page 43: ...e instrument Given on the information plate beside the power switch on the right hand side of the Spectrum RX I Details of the error screen shown Storing the Results of the Installation When all the checks have been completed the first screen of the installation report will be displayed NOTE If this screen shows a warning about excessive noise level pressing RETRY will automatically recheck the si...

Page 44: ...ort appears The installation report can be printed or saved to disk Press PRINTER to send the report to the printer Press DISK to save the report to disk The first screen of the installation report screen returns when you choose one of these options 2 Press EXIT to exit from the installation report The following screen appears ...

Page 45: ...w complete 3 Press EXIT to exit from the installation procedure The startup screen appears without the Install key NOTE We recommend that you leave your Spectrum RX I switched on overnight and then adjust the interferometer again see Adjusting the Interferometer on page 56 ...

Page 46: ...lignment light is in the off position Figure 18 Figure 18 Preparing the Sample Slide 2 Press shift restore setup factory This ensures that all the instrument parameters are set consistently 3 Press scan Backg 16 The Spectrum RX I collects 16 background scans Wait until the scan status box reports READY before continuing 4 Press scan X 1 The Spectrum RX I collects a single scan the 100 line and rat...

Page 47: ...ise command above it displayed the results on the screen and also stored those results in its memory The Spectrum RX I can store up to 100 numeric V va iables called V0 through V99 The results of the Noise command were stored in V0 V1 and V2 They remain in these V variables until the Spectrum RX I is switched off or until they are overwritten for example by the results of another command r You can...

Page 48: ...ted Guide 8 Press The value for the S N is reported in the command line In the example below the value is 2775 1 The value expected depends on the type of detector fitted in your Spectrum RX I high linearity LiTaO3 detector 1000 1 ...

Page 49: ...rum RX I can generate a ratio spectrum which has background effects removed When Fourier Transform Infrared FT IR spectrometers such as the Spectrum RX I are used to collect infrared spectra the data they collect are influenced not only by the sample but also by the characteristics of the spectrometer the infrared source detector beamsplitter and window material all contribute to the spectrum Also...

Page 50: ...uide 1 Make sure that the sample slide is empty the alignment light is off and the Jacquinot stop J stop has been removed Figure 19 Alignment light off Jacquinot Stop Figure 19 The Sample Slide 2 Press BACKG The following screen appears ...

Page 51: ...th BACKG replaced by Survey The background spectrum is not permanently displayed because you are usually not interested in it you are usually interested in the ratio spectrum of your sample The ratio spectrum will appear when you collect it in the empty axes that are displayed 3 To display the background spectrum press Backg The background spectrum appears The curved profile of the background spec...

Page 52: ... t r 4 Identify the following features of the Spectrum RX I graphics display Abscissa horizontal axis and ordinate vertical axis units Status line This reports the spectrum region in which the spectrum is stored the number of scans collected and the resolution 4 0 cm 1 The colored mark to the left of the region name identifies the color of the related spectrum on the display This is particularly i...

Page 53: ...ment lid 2 Insert the sample of polystyrene film supplied with the Spectrum RX I into the sample slide 3 Close the sample compartment lid 4 Press Survey Axes are displayed When the scan is complete the spectrum of polystyrene appears The status line reports that the spectrum is in X Using the View Keys The 12 view keys located toward the top right of the keypad enable you to display spectra and ma...

Page 54: ... survey spectrum of polystyrene returns The arrow keys You can use the view keys in the second and third rows to move the displayed spectrum horizontally and vertically 1 Press once The spectrum moves a small step to the left 2 Press several times in succession The spectrum moves several small steps to the left 3 Press and hold it down The spectrum moves to the left faster and faster 4 Repeat step...

Page 55: ...ons in effect 1 Make sure that the polystyrene survey spectrum in region X is displayed 2 Press autex shift The spectrum expands vertically to fill the display area of the screen The limit labels at the top and bottom of the ordinate axis display the changed scale 3 Move the spectrum with the horizontal arrow keys The new ordinate limits do not change as the spectrum moves horizontally 4 Move the ...

Page 56: ...hroughput the longer the bar A pointer at the right end of the bar This indicates the greatest length the bar has reached A number above the bar The number is in arbitrary units related to the amount of energy reaching the detector Figure 20 Monitoring the Energy Throughput In the following steps you adjust the interferometer so that the energy is maximized 3 Remove the two round inserts from the ...

Page 57: ...t b Tilt the wrench toward the left front corner of the instrument at an angle of 6 c Push the wrench in as far as it goes d Gently rotate the wrench until it drops into the head of the adjustment screw NOTE Scan errors may be caused when the wrench is first engaged If the scan status box changes to red with the word ERROR wait until the scan has recovered before proceeding This may take several s...

Page 58: ... down farther into this opening than into the other 8 Adjust this screw also to give maximum energy 9 Repeat steps 5 through 8 until you are sure that the energy throughput is maximized NOTE Typically the maximum energy will be between 90 and 120 units It should take about three repeats of steps 5 through 8 to achieve an alignment to within 1 unit of the maximum observed value 10 Refit the inserts...

Page 59: ...f the instrument Routine Operations covers the tasks that you are likely to do regularly collect view and plot spectra and so on Advanced Operations covers topics that you require less frequently for example maintenance instrument diagnostics and typed commands To view these manuals you will need Adobe Reader which is available free from www adobe com ...

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