e-Vision and e- LP101013.100 – 01 January 2004
MKS Instruments, Spectra Products
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2. Introduction
The e-Vision
®
is a complete quadrupole residual gas analyser (RGA), comprising of
a quadrupole analyser, an e-Vision
control unit, a low voltage power supply and the
necessary interconnecting cables, incorporating all of the electronics normally found
in a separate control unit and RF power supply, into one compact unit, which fits
directly onto the quadrupole analyser.
The e-Vision
is designed to be operated in several ways:
From a host computer, which will normally be an IBM compatible PC running the
MKS Spectra EasyView Windows software package.
By browsing to the e-Vision
using a Java enabled web browser.
By integrating the e-Vision
control into current systems through the use of the
ASCII protocol command set.
A complete RGA system comprises of an e-Vision
connected to a single computer,
or network, using the Ethernet (RJ-45) connector.
This manual focuses on the e-Vision and e-Vision
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hardware and should be used in
conjunction with the relevant user interface manual during installation.