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Appendix C
SRS Residual Gas Analyzer
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RGA users who demand a traditional standalone controller box
Standalone partial pressure display units, which connect directly to RGA mass spectrometers, have been
available since the early days of mass spectrometry and are still the preferred display option for many
vacuum users.
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RGA users who do not wish to deal with computers, software upgrades and system
crashes.
There is a modern trend to dedicate a PC to every new instrument or sensor in the lab. However, PCs
cannot generally be regarded as friendly or reliable in process environments. If you are not interested in
dealing with: (1) system crashes, (2) software incompatibilities, (3) hardware incompatibilities, (4) boot-
up times, (5) software upgrades, (6) operating system upgrades, (7) software development, (8) computer
interfaces, etc, you should consider the PPM100 as an upgrade to your RGA/RGA Windows setup.