Ocean-optics Ocean View Install User Manual

Spectrometer Operating Software Installation Installation and Operation Manual Document Number 000-20000-310-02-201312 Offices: Ocean Op

1: Introduction 2 000-20000-300-02-201312 • STS Micro Spectrometers • Torus Spectrometer • USB650 Spectrometer • USB2000 Spectrometer • USB200

5: Schematic View 92 000-20000-300-02-201312 Spectrometer Enables you to input data to and output data from the connected spectrometer. Locat

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 93 2. After the starting and ending values have been set, click Apply. This sets the SubRange node

5: Schematic View 94 000-20000-300-02-201312 Location: Advanced Math -->Array Math --> Subrange Number of Inputs: 1 Type of Inputs: SubRang

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 95 Time Derivative (Dx/Dt) Calculates and outputs a time-based derivative of the input data.

5: Schematic View 96 000-20000-300-02-201312 Type of Output: scalar or array User Controls: Title X label, Unit X label, Title Y label, Unit Y lab

000-20000-310-02-201312 97 Index A Absolute Irradiance wizard, 49 Absolute Value (Abs), 69 Absorbance Wizard, 45 Acquisition (Acquire), 69 Acquisiti

Index 98 000-20000-300-02-201312 Exporting a Shared Project, 35 F Favorites window, 37 features, 2 File (File), 81 File menu Exporting a Shared Pro

Index 000-20000-310-02-201312 99 Multiply (Mult), 84 N Natural Logarithm -- base e (Ln), 85 Negate (Neg), 85 new document tab group, 39 O Ope

Index 100 000-20000-300-02-201312 Hunter Lab (Lab), 82 Integral (Integr), 82 Interpolation (Interp), 83 Linear Regression (Reg), 83 Logarithm - bas

Index 000-20000-310-02-201312 101 Color, 50 Concentration, 51 Energy, Power, Photons, 53 Peak Metrics, 53 Photometry, 50 Quick View Fluoresce

2: Introduction 000-20000-310-02-201312 3 - Quick View Fluorescence - Relative Irradiance - Absolute Irradiance - Color - Photometry -

Index 102 000-20000-300-02-201312

1: Introduction 4 000-20000-300-02-201312 Getting Updates OceanView software features one year of free web-based, automatic upgrades when you buy t

000-20000-310-02-201312 5 Chapter 2 Installation Overview The following sections will guide you in installing OceanView on a Windows, Macintosh or L

2: Installation 6 000-20000-300-02-201312 • Linux – Any version released for an x86 or amd64 platform since 2010 Example: CentOS(Version 5.5),

2: Installation 000-20000-310-02-201312 7 3. Choose Browse my computer for driver software. 4. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Ocean Optics\O

2: Installation 8 000-20000-300-02-201312 Note Newer versions of MacOSX do not ship with Java so you may need to manually install a recent Java rel

2: Installation 000-20000-310-02-201312 9 ~/Desktop/OceanViewSetup_Linux64.bin The Linux version of OceanView requires some libraries that

2: Installation 10 000-20000-300-02-201312 Product Activation Licensing You can activate your OceanView software conveniently online by selecting H

2: Installation 000-20000-310-02-201312 11 Deactivating Your Product Key for Software Installation on Another Computer With the exception of

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000-20000-310-02-201312 13 Chapter 3 User Interface Launching OceanView Once you have installed your software and connected your spectrometer, yo

3: User interface 14 000-20000-300-02-201312 • Restore Previous Session -- Reloads the Schematic and view window configurations as they were when

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 15 ► Procedure 1. Select Load Project to view the list of previously saved projects. 2. Selec

3: User interface 16 000-20000-300-02-201312 Views OceanView offers two different ways to view your measurement data: Graph View and Schematic Vie

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 17 Schematic View The Schematic View presents data from your device(s) in a diagram format. The Sc

3: User interface 18 000-20000-300-02-201312 • Easily add new Graph and Table Views See Chapter 5: Schematic View for more information. Online H

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 19 • Opening a Project • Saving a Project • Removing a Project • Using the Device Manager Creat

3: User interface 20 000-20000-300-02-201312 Use this dialog box to perform the following functions: • Connect/disconnect the device from OceanV

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 21 Add additional acquisition controls to the Main Controls tab by clicking the Add/Remove Control

000-20000-310-02-201312 i Table of Contents About This Manual ...

3: User interface 22 000-20000-300-02-201312 Main Controls Tab Controls at the top of the window determine whether the acquisition should request

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 23 Control Function Scans to Average Specifies the number of discrete spectral acquisitions th

3: User interface 24 000-20000-300-02-201312 Control Function Continuous Strobe Set the continuous strobe period. Acquisition Delay Set the

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 25 ► Procedure 6. Determine if you will be using a particular pin as an input or an output. •

3: User interface 26 000-20000-300-02-201312 Graph View Controls Ocean View offers the following controls from the Graph View: Control Funct

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 27 Control Function Convert active spectrum to overlay. Takes a snapshot of the currently di

3: User interface 28 000-20000-300-02-201312 Save Options: Field Selections Save every scan Updates the graph data after every scan Update

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 29 File Options: Field Selections Save to directory Type in or browse to the desired director

3: User interface 30 000-20000-300-02-201312 General Window Click from the Graph Layer Options Window to display the General screen to set proxy

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 31 Keymap Window Click from the Graph Layer Options Window to display the Keymap screen to creat

Table of Contents ii 000-20000-300-02-201312 Load Project ...

3: User interface 32 000-20000-300-02-201312 Graph Layer Window Select the Graph Layer options by clicking in the Graph Layer Options Window. Thi

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 33 • Chart Area – alters the color, pattern, and width of the gridlines on the graph. The gridline

3: User interface 34 000-20000-300-02-201312 Unit Precision Tab Allows you to specify the precision reported for the wavelength and intensity. You

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 35 • Remove Project • Share Project • Page Setup Dialog Box • Exit Create New Spectroscopy App

3: User interface 36 000-20000-300-02-201312 2. Navigate to the desired file’s location and select Open. The project contents expand into a Share

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 37 Exit Select File | Exit to close the OceanView software. Window Menu The Window menu consists

3: User interface 38 000-20000-300-02-201312 • Float – Opens the selected window in a new pane that you can drag to a desired location by pressin

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 39 • Minimize – Shrinks all views in the window. • Dock – Anchors a floating view to the main wi

3: User interface 40 000-20000-300-02-201312 • Collapse Document Tab Group – Combines all views into the active window. The other open views are

3: User Interface 000-20000-310-02-201312 41 Help Menu The Help menu consists of the following menu selections: • Welcome Screen • Licens

Table of Contents 000-20000-310-02-201312 iii Spectrometers ...

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000-20000-310-02-201312 43 Chapter 4 Wizards Overview OceanView provides you with a wealth of functionality to capture, store and process your dat

4: Wizards 44 000-20000-300-02-201312 • Main Controls – Set the basic and advanced features of the attached spectrometer. The Automatic button in

4: Wizards 000-20000-310-02-201312 45 Quick View Minus Background Select Quick View mode to take a Quick View and subtract the stored backgr

4: Wizards 46 000-20000-300-02-201312 ► Procedure 1. Invoke the Absorbance wizard by clicking the Create new spectroscopy application icon . 2

4: Wizards 000-20000-310-02-201312 47 Where: = Sample intensity at wavelength = Background intensity at wavelength = Reference i

4: Wizards 48 000-20000-300-02-201312 signal processing functions before taking absorbance, transmission, reflection, and relative irradiance measu

4: Wizards 000-20000-310-02-201312 49 4. Set Acquisition Parameter controls. 5. Store Reference spectrum. 6. Store Background spectrum.

4: Wizards 50 000-20000-300-02-201312 7. Save the calibration. This panel allows you to set the collection type and area used in the irradiance ca

4: Wizards 000-20000-310-02-201312 51 ► Procedure 1. Invoke the Photometry wizard by clicking the Create new spectroscopy application icon

Table of Contents iv 000-20000-300-02-201312 Interpolation (Interp) ...

4: Wizards 52 000-20000-300-02-201312 Beer's Law 5. Use the Beer's Law panel to set the parameters for your Beer-Lambert concentration

4: Wizards 000-20000-310-02-201312 53 g. Note that the graph in the lower left corner of the panel populates each new data point that is add

4: Wizards 54 000-20000-300-02-201312 2. Use the Select Processed Node panel to choose which data node supplies the information for the calculatio

4: Wizards 000-20000-310-02-201312 55 Controls section will vary based on user-defined parameters entered in the Peak Finder and Baseline Est

4: Wizards 56 000-20000-300-02-201312 ► Procedure 1. Invoke the Strip Chart wizard by clicking the Create strip chart icon . 2. Use the Sourc

4: Wizards 000-20000-310-02-201312 57 b. You may choose to display the average result from a range of wavelengths by selecting Average from.

4: Wizards 58 000-20000-300-02-201312 ► Procedure 1. Open the Splice Spectra dialog box by clicking the Splice Spectra button ( ) in the Graph V

000-20000-310-02-201312 59 Chapter 5 Schematic View Overview The Schematic View presents data from your device(s) in a diagram format with icons rep

5: Schematic View 60 000-20000-300-02-201312 Acquisitions Start a new acquisition for a spectrometer by right-clicking the spectrometer icon and se

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 61 Docked Schematic View Minimized Schematic View

000-20000-310-02-201312 v About This Manual Document Purpose and Intended Audience This document provides you with an installation and configurati

5: Schematic View 62 000-20000-300-02-201312 Maximized Schematic View Resizing from Docked View When the Schematic View is totally collapsed and

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 63 Resizing from Minimized View To resize the schematic to the Minimized view when it is docked, y

5: Schematic View 64 000-20000-300-02-201312

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 65 Minimizing Use the Minimize control (available once the view has been pinned) or drag the view

5: Schematic View 66 000-20000-300-02-201312 Nodes Nodes graphically represent a static data capture from an acquisition on the Schematic View. Nod

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 67 ► Procedure 1. The first step to using OceanView in the Schematic View is to place a spectrom

5: Schematic View 68 000-20000-300-02-201312 For most nodes, right-clicking on the node allows you to Rename, Duplicate, or Delete that node. Right

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 69 12. The button clears all nodes (except the spectrometer icon) from the schematic diagram, al

5: Schematic View 70 000-20000-300-02-201312 Notes: Different types of acquisitions are available for different devices. Acquisition choices may in

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 71 Type of Output: N/A User Controls: The Configure View Parameters button in the upper left corne

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5: Schematic View 72 000-20000-300-02-201312 Type of Output: scalar User Controls: N/A Background Estimation (Bk Est) Removes the underlying

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 73 Boxcar Filter (Bxcr) Applies a Boxcar filter to smooth the input data. Location: Advanced

5: Schematic View 74 000-20000-300-02-201312 User Controls: N/A CIE u'v'w' (u'v'w') Outputs the CIE 1976 u&apos

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 75 CIE XYZ (XYZ) Outputs the CIE 1931 X, Y,and Z tristimulus color values based on the input d

5: Schematic View 76 000-20000-300-02-201312 Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) Outputs the correlated color temperature based on the input da

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 77 Data Source (Outdated) Captured data is outdated and needs to be refreshed. Location: N/A

5: Schematic View 78 000-20000-300-02-201312 If this node is placed on the schematic as the result of a wizard, it will be called one of the follow

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 79 Divide (Div) Outputs the quotient of input values. Location: Basic Math -->Divide Numb

5: Schematic View 80 000-20000-300-02-201312 Energy, Power, Photons (EPP) Calculates and outputs radiometric quantities for an absolute irradi

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 81 Exponential (Exp) Outputs Euler's number, e, raised to the power of the input data. L

000-20000-310-02-201312 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Product Overview Ocean Optics has taken Java-based spectroscopy software to the next level with Oce

5: Schematic View 82 000-20000-300-02-201312 Floor (Floor) Rounds the input data down to the previous integer value. Location: Bounds -->F

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 83 Interpolation (Interp) Outputs the input data array with the specified x-axis intervals and

5: Schematic View 84 000-20000-300-02-201312 Type of Inputs: scalar or array Type of Output: scalar or array User Controls: N/A Maximum Value (M

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 85 Natural Logarithm -- base e (Ln) Outputs the natural logarithm of the input. Location: Bas

5: Schematic View 86 000-20000-300-02-201312 The user controls that are available vary based on which type of output control is selected. ► Proced

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 87 Calculates and outputs the location of peaks using user-defined selections and input data. Loca

5: Schematic View 88 000-20000-300-02-201312 Notes: ► Procedure When connecting the Phtmet node, 1. Wire the Absolute Irradiance Unit Converter

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 89 Round (Round) Rounds the input data up or down to the nearest integer value. Location: Bou

5: Schematic View 90 000-20000-300-02-201312 User Controls: Point filter span, Polynomial order Notes: When adjusting the Point filter span, be aw

5: Schematic View 000-20000-310-02-201312 91 User Controls: Play/Pause Controls, Acquisition Delay, Gaussian Light Source, Blackbody Light So