3B SPECTRA-1 Mounting instructions

Spectrometer
Visible Light Spectrometer
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Table of Contents
Package Contents ...............................................................................................................................3
Trademarks.........................................................................................................................................4
Manual Driver and Application installation .........................................................................................5
Manual Application Installation ..........................................................................................................6
First Start of the Application ...............................................................................................................8
Running the Spectrometer ................................................................................................................10
Custom calibration............................................................................................................................12
Switching the Calibrations.................................................................................................................15
Zooming & Scrolling..........................................................................................................................16
Zooming........................................................................................................................................16
Resetting Zoom.............................................................................................................................17
Scrolling........................................................................................................................................17
Other controls ..................................................................................................................................18
Stopping spectrometer .................................................................................................................18
Automatic Y axis scaling ................................................................................................................18
Export & Quick Export...................................................................................................................19
Cursor position .............................................................................................................................20
Transmissivity measurement ............................................................................................................21
Dynamic measurement and multiple charts ......................................................................................23
Dynamic measurement .................................................................................................................23
Multiple charts..............................................................................................................................24
System requirements........................................................................................................................26
Minimal system requirements.......................................................................................................26
Software (operating system) .....................................................................................................26
Hardware..................................................................................................................................26
Recommended system requirements............................................................................................26
Software (operating system) .....................................................................................................26
Hardware..................................................................................................................................26

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Package Contents
Spectrometer package contains the following items:
Documentation
Calibration report (separate paper or label on the Spectrometer device)
Installation CD
The Spectrometer device
Fiber optics cable
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

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Trademarks
All trademarks used in this manual are the sole property of their respective owners.
StarCam is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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Manual Driver and Application installation
Application installation contains also driver installation, so you don’t need to install the driver
separately. If you want to install all components, skip this chapter and go directly to ‘Application
Installation’ chapter.
To install the driver of Spectrometer device separately, follow the instructions below:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Insert the provided software CD into CD-ROM drive.
3. Go to the ‘customer/Camera/CameraDriver’ folder and run the exe file.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the driver installation.
5. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the installation and restart the system if needed.
6. Connect the Spectrometer device to the USB port (if not already connected).
7. Once the Spectrometer device is connected to the computer, the system will detect the new
USB device and configure the device automatically.
To install just the Spectrometer application (driver already installed/software upgrade), follow the
instructions below:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Insert the provided software CD into CD-ROM drive.
3. Go to the ‘customer’ folder and run the setup.exe.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the application installation.
5. Connect the Spectrometer device to the USB port (if not already connected).
6. Once the Spectrometer device is connected to the computer, the system will detect the new
USB device and configure the device automatically.

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Manual Application Installation
1. Before installing the Spectrometer, uninstall any previously installed versions of the
application:
Go to the Control Panel
Double click on the ‘Add or Remove Programs’

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Find the Spectrometer application and click ‘Remove’
2. Run ‘autorun.exe’ from the root folder on the CD and follow the instruction.

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First Start of the Application
After the installation process is completed, the application is ready to operate with included
spectrometer device. To start the application click the Spectrometer icon on your desktop
or go to the Start menu -> All Programs
It is important to attach the spectrometer device prior to starting the application; otherwise the
application will not recognize the spectrometer device.
After the installation, at the first application startup, the user is prompted to enter the calibration
data corresponding to the spectrometer device. Calibration data are printed on the Calibration
report included with the spectrometer device.
Example of the Calibration report (the Calibration report on your spectrometer device could differ
from the one provided on the figure below):

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It is important to enter the numbers from the Calibration report at the exact position to the dialog:
After entering the data the main application window appears and the Spectrometer is ready for use.

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Running the Spectrometer
To run the spectrometer, follow these steps:
Select video device
Press the ‘Play’ button
The spectrometer displays the recorded light spectrum in upper left corner of the preview window

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and also the chart representation of the spectrum.

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Custom calibration
1. Make sure the spectrometer is running (if not, press the ‘Fast Forward’ button).
In ‘Calibration’ menu, select ‘Calibrate…’.

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2. A message box with information about the steps needed to perform the custom calibration
appears. Choose how many calibration points will be used and click ‘OK’.
3. Now, a black chart appears. Specify calibration points by clicking on the black chart and enter
the corresponding wavelength.
Specifying calibration points (three or two –depending on the step 3):
a. Click on the peak label with known wavelength.

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b. A message box appears. Enter the corresponding wavelength for the point (peak)
specified in step a. Click ‘OK’.
c. Repeat steps a, b for further point(s).
4. After setting all calibration points a notification message appears. Click ‘OK’ for finishing the
custom calibration.

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Switching the Calibrations
In case the custom calibration is already set, option to choose between default and custom
calibrations is enabled in ‘Calibration’ menu. Choose the calibration you want to use.

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Zooming & Scrolling
Zooming is not available during calibration process.
Zooming
In order to zoom in press the left mouse button and drag to the right, to zoom out, press the left
mouse button and drag to the left.
Zooming in:
Zooming out:

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Resetting Zoom
To reset the zoom, click the ‘1:1’button.
Scrolling
While zoomed in, hold and drag the right mouse button to scroll the chart.

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Other controls
Stopping spectrometer
To stop the spectrometer, just press the ‘Stop’ button.
Automatic Y axis scaling
Y axis scaling is available in automatic mode. Scaling can be used in both cases –while spectrometer
is running or stopped. To turn the automatic scaling on or off, press the ‘Scaling’button.

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Export & Quick Export
The export functionality is available only in case the spectrometer is stopped. Execute ‘Export’ and
specify export file name and destination directory.
Once export file name and directory are specified, you can use ‘Quick Export’ without additional
specification (saved files will be automatically marked by ascending numbers).

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Cursor position
The cursor position functionality is available only in case the spectrometer is stopped. The
functionality displays intensity for corresponding (specified) wavelength. The cursor shows the
specified wavelength position in the graph. ‘Arrow’buttons can be used to move the cursor in the
graph.