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b. Press the instrument's power button to turn on the spectrometer. The spectrometer's
LightBar will display a cycling green light while the instrument warms up and will
show a solid green bar when the instrument is ready for use.
5. Verify the spectrometer's performance.
Performance verification and qualification workflows use a polystyrene reference material
inside the spectrometer to run a series of standard tests to verify your instrument
operation and to ensure the accuracy of your data.
a. Launch the Thermo Scientific™ OMNIC™ Paradigm software. The first time the
software starts, it will open with the touchscreen interface. Later, you can switch
between the touchscreen and the desktop interfaces.
b. Using the touchscreen interface, navigate to the Workflows tab and select Nicolet
FTIR – Factory Qualification. To run the workflow, touch the Run icon and follow
the on-screen prompts.
For more on performance verification and qualification workflows, see
Spectrometer.
Unpack and Get Started with the Spectrometer
Qualify Your
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