Table Of Contents - Horiba Scientific FluoroMax-4 Operation Manual

With usb

Table of Contents

FluoroMax

-4 & FluoroMax

-4P with USB rev. D (30 Jul 2012)

0: Introduction ........................................................................................... 0-1

Chapter overview ............................................................................................................................. 0-2

Disclaimer ......................................................................................................................................... 0-3

Safety summary ............................................................................................................................... 0-5

Risks of ultraviolet exposure ............................................................................................................ 0-7

Additional risks of xenon lamps ........................................................................................................ 0-9

CE compliance statement .............................................................................................................. 0-11

1: Requirements & Installation ........................................................................ 1-1

Safety-training requirements ............................................................................................................ 1-1

Surface requirements ....................................................................................................................... 1-2

Environmental requirements ............................................................................................................ 1-3

Electrical requirements ..................................................................................................................... 1-4

Unpacking and Installation ............................................................................................................... 1-5

Software emulation .......................................................................................................................... 1-9

2: System Description ................................................................................... 2-1

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 2-1

Basic theory of operation ................................................................................................................. 2-1

Optical layout.................................................................................................................................... 2-2

3: System Operation ...................................................................................... 3-1

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 3-1

Power switch .................................................................................................................................... 3-1

Turning on the system ...................................................................................................................... 3-2

Checking system performance ......................................................................................................... 3-3

4: Data Acquisition ....................................................................................... 4-1

Introduction to FluorEssence™ and Multigroup ............................................................................... 4-1

Experiment Menu button .................................................................................................................. 4-2

Previous Experiment Setup button .................................................................................................. 4-4

Auto Run Previous Experiment button ............................................................................................. 4-5

Make Overlay File button ................................................................................................................. 4-6

3D Scan to 3D Profile button ............................................................................................................ 4-7

Run JY Batch Experiments button ................................................................................................... 4-9

Real Time Control .......................................................................................................................... 4-11

Create/Use Calibration Curve from CWA Data .............................................................................. 4-12

2D Intensity Map ............................................................................................................................ 4-16

Launch DataStation ........................................................................................................................ 4-18

Switch menu between HJY Software Application and Origin Std. ................................................. 4-19

Multigroup ....................................................................................................................................... 4-20

Running an unknown sample ......................................................................................................... 4-23

Using corrected signals in FluorEssence™ ................................................................................... 4-28

5: Optimizing Data ....................................................................................... 5-1

Cuvette preparation .......................................................................................................................... 5-1

Sample preparation .......................................................................................................................... 5-2

Running a scan on a sample ............................................................................................................ 5-4

Measuring the G factor ..................................................................................................................... 5-5

Improving the signal-to-noise ratio ................................................................................................... 5-7

Correcting data ............................................................................................................................... 5-14

6: Maintenance ............................................................................................ 6-1

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 6-1

Lamp replacement ........................................................................................................................... 6-1

Electronics ...................................................................................................................................... 6-11

Updating the FluoroMax

-4 and FluoroMax

-4P .................................................................................. 0-1

-4 firmware ............................................................................................. 6-13

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