Operating Basics
Programmer Interface Commands
The remote programming commands for all sampling modules are documented in
the
Programmer Guide
accessible from the instrument Help menu.
User Adjustments
All optical module setups, parameters, and adjustments are controlled by the
main instrument. To save, recall, or change any module settings, use the
main-instrument menus or front-panel controls. Consult the
Online Help
for
your main instrument.
Optimizing Measurement Accuracy
Performing the following procedures to increase (or maintain) the measurement
accuracy of the optical module:
Run Vertical Compensation
Clean the Optical Connectors
Run Dark-Level and User Wavelength Gain Compensations
Perform Vertical
Compensation
Performing a vertical compensation will maximize the accuracy of the automatic
measurements you take. This procedure uses internal routines to optimize the
vertical offset, gain, and linearity.
Overview
To perform optical compensations
Control elements and resources
Prerequisites
1.
Install the optical sampling module(s).
2.
Place dust covers on all optical module channels (or
otherwise turn off optical inputs to the module).
3.
Power on the instrument and allow a 20 minute
warm-up before doing this procedure.
4.
Set the acquisition to run continuously.
See the instrument user documentation and
online help for details on operating the instrument
controls.
Access the
compensation
routines
5.
Select
Utilities > Compensation
from the application
menu bar to open the Compensation dialog box.
The Compensation dialog box lists the main instrument
(mainframe) and installed sampling modules. The
temperature change from the last compensation is
also listed.
6.
Wait until the Status for all items changes from
Warm
Up
to
Pass
,
Fail
, or
Comp Req'd
.
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