ATONARP ASTON IMPACT User manual

ASTON IMPACT QUICK START GUIDE, USM-980-0004, REV. A
ASTON IMPACT
QUICK START GUIDE
April 2022
Software Version: 1.0
Document Version: 1.0

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Quick Start Guide v. 1.0, 5/13/2022, Aston Impact, Software Version 1.0

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Revision History
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Vinay Kulkarni

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Quick Start Guide
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1.1 Physical connections and power On
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1.2 Cabling
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1.3 Communicating with Aston Impact
5
1.3.1. Procedure to Install Aston Impact on Windows OS
5
1.3.2 Procedure to install Aston Impact on Ubuntu
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1.4 Modbus
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1.5 Validate calibration of Aston Impact
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1.6 Aston Impact usage scenarios
15
2. Abbreviations
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3. Quick access to Aston Impact files
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4. Glossary
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1. QUICK START GUIDE
1.1. Physical connections and power On
For more information about connection, see Physical Overview section.
• Connect the analyte inlet port to the process supply line.
• Connect the exhaust port to the process exhaust vent line.
WARNING! If the exhaust is not connected properly, it can cause harmful and
hazardous substance leakage into the environment.
• Before Aston Impact is powered on, ensure that the electrical requirements and
environmental regulations are met.
1.2. Cabling
• Connect the AC line input to Aston Impact. It is necessary that the users have
easy access to the rear side of the Aston Impact, where the power inlet is
located. This is necessary whether the Aston Impact is installed inside an
enclosure or not and will allow easy and quick disconnection of power to the unit
if necessary.
• Connect an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet connector on the rear panel.
MANDATORY: The main supply must have a correctly installed
protective earth (ground) conductor and must be installed and
checked by a qualified electrician before the Aston Impact system
is powered on. Ensure that the protective earth ground integrity is
maintained.
WARNING! Interruption of the protective earth ground conductor
inside or outside the Aston Impact system, or disconnection of the
protective earth conductor terminal is likely to cause electrical shocks
or other damages.

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 Connect the other side of the ethernet cable to the computer
 Press the On/Off switch on the rear panel to power on the system.
1.3. Communicating with Aston Impact
1.3.1. Procedure to Install Aston Impact on Windows OS
1. Download the Client Application from HERE
2. Double click on the downloaded exe file and follow the steps to install the
application.

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After Installation of the application, Aston Impact icon will appear on Desktop/Taskbar
3. Click on the Aston Impact Icon
Upon clicking on the Aston Impact icon Aston Impact user interface is launched and would
prompt to choose a device.

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4. You can access the UI after entering the device hostname or IP address and click
connect.
Aston Impact Dashboard will be launched.
1.3.2. Procedure to Install Aston Impact on Ubuntu
1. Download the Client Application from HERE
2. Double click on the downloaded file and install the application
3. You can access the UI after entering the device hostname or IP address and click
connect.
Aston Impact Dashboard will be launched

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NOTE
For a detailed guide to configuring the Aston Impact through the user interface for a custom
application environment.
After connecting to the system, the dashboard appears as follows.

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4. Click on INITIALIZE
Initialization window is opened

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5. Click on PROCEED.
6. Wait until TURBO PUMP reaches about 90000 RPM and QUAD PRESSURE reaches
about 1.5 x 10-4 Pa range

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7. Click on FILAMENT1
8. Turn on DEVICE (filament 1)
9. Wait until the DEVICE (filament 1) is on.

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10. Click on ION DETECTOR, Click on DISABLE / ENABLE to enable / disable SEM. If
enabled set the required voltage
11. Click on SCAN icon

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12. Choose SCAN SETTING of Survey (scan 1-300) or SIM (scan in a selected range or
single point)
o Click on SCAN
spectrum appears on the screen.

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1.4. Modbus
Aston Impact supports communication through Modbus. Please refer to Aston
Modbus programming guide to interface Aston through Modbus.
1.5. Validate calibration of Aston Impact
Aston Impact is supposed to identify all gasses including any harmful or corrosive ones. To
increase the accuracy of the readings, we recommend checking the system calibration
regularly (depending on the usage of the system) before long-term runs.
Aston Impact is factory calibrated using standard gas mixtures as well as PFTBA to cover
the full mass range using the same procedures detailed in the Mass Axis Calibration
document. As the mass spectrometer sensor and vacuum chamber get exposed to a
variety of gasses, some of them more reactive than others with surfaces, slight changes in
electrode voltages may lead to shifts in peak locations. This effect is greatly mitigated by
keeping the vacuum chamber and the sensor heated up to 250 °C to minimize surface
adsorption. It is however recommended to verify the calibration according to a user-
settable preventive maintenance schedule which depends on the usage of the instrument.
This verification is particularly important ahead of long process runs to ensure that data is
collected using optimum instrument performance.
The calibration verification can be achieved, using any available gas e.g., Argon or gas
mixture, by performing a survey scan and verifying the location of the relevant peaks to be
within +/- 0.1 amu. If the peaks are slightly shifted to the left or to the right, running the
Auto MAC (Mass) function may be the fastest method to re-align the peaks. Manual
calibration, stepping through Resonant Frequency, Resolution Tuning, and Mass Axis
Correction may also be considered.

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1.6. Aston Impact usage scenarios
This section details typical usage scenarios for Aston Impact and provides
guidance on how to realize these use-cases.
Table 5. Usage scenarios
USE CASE
GUIDANCE
DATA ACQUISITION
1. Data acquisition can be started from the Scan page.
2. Users can trigger data acquisition by selecting a
scan or workflow Presets from the dashboard
footer and clicking start.
3. Workflows and scan properties can also be
customized and run from their respective pages
accessible from the workflow menu bar.
COLLECTING ACQUIRED
DATA
1. Acquired data can be exported out of the system
from Reports.
2. Scan report has the ion current data from the
acquisition.
3. Other parameters monitored in the system are
recorded in Dashboard reports.
CALIBRATION
The Aston Impact calibration process primarily involves:
1. RF resonant frequency search
2. Resolution/Sensitivity tuning
3. Mass axis correction
These features are accessed from the Calibration
section in the footer of the dashboard page.

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2. ABBREVIATIONS
A
Amperes (current)
Amu
Atomic Mass Unit
BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution
CLI
Command Line Interface
COMM
Communication Port
CTS
Clear to Send
Da
Dalton
dB
Decibel
DB
Database
DC
Direct current
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS
Domain Name System
EI
Electron Ionization
EHS
Environmental Health and Safety
eV
Electron volt
GND
Ground
GPL
General Public License
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
Hz
Hertz (frequency)
IP
Internet Protocol
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
I2C
Inter Integrated Circuit Communications
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
LED
Light emitting diode
m/z
Mass to charge
Nmtui
NetworkManager Text User Interface
PC
Personal Computer
PDF
Portable Document Format
pF
Picofarads
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
RF
Radio Frequency
RPM
Revolutions per Minute
RS-232
Recommended Standard no. 232
RTS
Request to Send
RX
Receive
SoC
System on a Chip
SSH
Secure Shell
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics

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Th
Thomson
TLS
Transport layer security
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic
TX
Transmit
U
Unified Atomic Mass Unit
USB
Universal Serial Bus
UI
User Interface
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
V
Volts (voltage)
W
Watts (power)

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3. QUICK ACCESS TO ASTON IMPACT FILES
Quick Links to Aston Impact Source Files
1
Atonarp knowledge base
2
Aston Impact Windows client application
3
Aston Impact Ubuntu client application

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4. GLOSSARY
Ambient Temperature
Ambient temperature is the temperature of the air surrounding a component.
Analyte
Analyte is a substance whose chemical constituents are being identified and measured.
Annotate
Annotate is technique to describe or add additional comments, notes, explanations, or
other types of remarks to a plot.
Aston Impact
Aston Impact uses mass spectrometry to quantify the composition of constituents in a
gas blend by measuring the mass to charge ratio of the ions generated from the blend.
Aston Impact configuration
Aston Impact configuration sets the mass spectrometer properties.
Aston Impact manager
A middleware layer of the Aston Impact software stack.
Background scan
A background scan measures the contribution of ion leakages and environment to the
generated spectrum.
Baud
Baud is a component that determines the speed of communication over a data channel.
Blend
Blend is a mixture of different analyte molecules. Known blends are used for calibrating
the Aston Impact.
Calorific value
The amount of energy produced by the complete combustion of a specified quantity of
material or fuel.
Compliance
Following certain accepted standard