Viewing An Intensity Scan Of Both Lamps - Thermo Scientific Surveyor PDA Plus Hardware Manual

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Xcalibur Diagnostics for the PDA Detector
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Viewing an Intensity Scan of Both Lamps

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4. Click the Display tab to open the Display page. Then click Start Data to refresh the
spectra (see Figure 49).
5. Press ALT+PRINT SCREEN to save a picture of the scan to the clipboard. Paste this
picture into a text editor such as Microsoft Word. To track any degradation in intensity,
keep this scan to compare with future scans. Date the printout and add it to your
maintenance records.
Figure 49. Viewing a scan of the deuterium lamp intensity (diodes 35, 52, 77)
 To view an intensity scan of the deuterium (D
1. Click the Configuration tab to open the Configuration page.
2. In the Configuration page, turn on the tungsten (W) lamp, if it is not already on.
3. Create a display method (.spda) to view the intensity of both lamps. Set channels A,B,
and C to monitor diodes 94, 177, and 260, respectively.
See "Creating a Display Method to View the Light Intensity"
on creating a display method.
) and tungsten (W) lamps
2
on page 45 for instructions
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