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  • Page 1 Mira DS Product Manual 8.926.8001EN / 2020-03-01...
  • Page 3 Metrohm AG Ionenstrasse CH-9100 Herisau Switzerland Phone +41 71 353 85 85 Fax +41 71 353 89 01 info@metrohm.com www.metrohm.com Mira DS Firmware version 8.0.1.136 or higher Product Manual 8.926.8001EN / 2020-03-01...
  • Page 4 Technical Communication Metrohm AG CH-9100 Herisau techcom@metrohm.com This documentation has been prepared with great care. However, errors can never be entirely ruled out. Please send comments regarding possible errors to the address above. Copyright This documentation is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Table of contents 1 Overview Instrument description ............1 Model versions ..............1 Mira Cal software ..............2 Third party software ............. 2 About the documentation ........... 3 Additional Information – Software tutorials ...... 5 1.6.1 Accessories ................
  • Page 6 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents 6 Initial configuration 7 Operation and control Smart tips – Overview ............33 Attaching smart tips ............36 Acquiring data ..............51 Acquiring data with the iUA ..........58 Settings ................61 7.5.1 Operating Procedures menu ..........63 7.5.2 Calibrate Device section ............

  • Page 7: Overview

    Overview 1 Overview Instrument description Metrohm Instant Raman Analyzers (Mira) are handheld, high-power Raman spectrometers designed for rapid, nondestructive identification of unknown chemical samples, both liquid and solid. Barely larger than a smartphone, the Mira spectrometers are the only handheld Raman spec- trometers currently on the market with Orbital Raster Scan (ORS) technol- ogy.

  • Page 8: Mira Cal Software

    Mira Cal software NOTICE You can purchase other attachments or accessories separately from Metrohm AG Accessories (see chapter 1.6.1, page 5). Mira Cal software Mira Cal DS software In order to configure a Mira DS instrument, the following software is...

  • Page 9: About The Documentation

    Metrohm Raman, Inc. To ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 10 Metrohm Raman, Inc. or its affiliates have been notified of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 11: Additional Information - Software Tutorials

    Internet. You can download this information using the article number as follows: Downloading the accessories list 1 Enter https://www.metrohm.com/ into your Internet browser. 2 Enter the article number of the product (e.g. 2.1001.0010) into the search field.

  • Page 12: Safety

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Product safety 2 Safety Product safety This product exhibited no flaws in terms of technical safety at the time it left the factory. To preserve this status and ensure non-hazardous opera- tion of the product, the following instructions must be observed carefully. Hazard levels The following warning messages indicate the severity of the danger and its possible effects.

  • Page 13: Intended Use

    Lists measures to avoid hazard. Intended use Metrohm products are used for the analysis and handling of chemicals and other materials. Usage therefore requires the user to have basic knowledge and experience in handling chemicals. Knowledge with respect to the application of the fire prevention measures prescribed for laboratories is also mandatory.

  • Page 14: Residual Risks

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Residual risks Residual risks 2.4.1 General dangers at the workplace Generally, the regulations and provisions of the regulatory institutions and authorities in the field of work apply. The instructions regarding the following areas have to be followed when using the products: Work safety ￭...

  • Page 15: Danger From Electrical Potential

    ￭ connected. You can not service or replace any parts inside the housing. Only personnel who have been issued Metrohm qualification may ￭ perform service and repair work on electric and electronic parts. The electrical safety of the instrument is ensured as part of the ￭...
  • Page 16 Follow the provisions of the IEC 60825-1 standard "Safety of laser ￭ products" and the regulations for the use of laser systems in your country. You can purchase protective laser glasses (6.7560.010) from Metrohm AG Accessories (see chapter 1.6.1, page 5). Laser Classification depending on Smart Tips Attached Smart Tip...

  • Page 17: Warning Stickers On The Instrument

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety Tablet Holder, Vial Holder and Calibration Standard have an interlock mechanism for measurement. This mechanism prevents laser radiation from emerging. Laser stops immediately if: The lid of the smart tip is opened. ￭ Attached smart tip is disconnected from the instrument. ￭...
  • Page 18 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Residual risks Laser aperture Laser aperture sticker Laser specification / serial number (bot- Laser class tom of instrument) Type plate Bluetooth label Emergence of laser Laser aperture ￭ ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 19: Responsibility Of The Operator

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety Laser specifications Max Power: 100 mW Wavelength: 785 nm Complies with Complies with IEC 60825-1:2014 21 CFR 1040.1 & 1040.11 except for deviations pursuant to Laser Notice No. 50, dated June 24, 2007 Serial number Manufacturing date: month / day / year Laser class The following laser classification is used for all Mira instruments.

  • Page 20: Personnel Requirement

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Personnel requirement Personnel requirement Only qualified personnel may operate the present product. Qualified personnel are people authorized by the safety responsible to carry out the necessary operations. They are capable of recognizing and avoiding possible dangers. These people are qualified due to their profes- sional training, experience and/or instruction.

  • Page 21: Overview Of The Instrument

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Overview of the instrument 3 Overview of the instrument Front Figure 1 Mira DS – Front Magnetic smart tip fixture/ laser aper- Touch screen ture Battery compartment Type B mini USB connector On/off switch ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 22 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Rear Figure 2 Mira DS – Rear Accessories covering Long Working Distance Attachment Lens (LWD) Storage Short Working Distance Attachment Lens (SWD) Storage ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 23: Transport And Storage

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Transport and storage 4 Transport and storage Checking the delivery Immediately upon arrival of the merchandise, check the shipment against the delivery note to ensure completeness and absence of damage. Storing the packaging The product is supplied in extremely protective packaging together with the separately packed accessories.

  • Page 24: Installation

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installing HazMasterG3 app for Android 5 Installation Installing HazMasterG3 app for Android The installation of HazMasterG3 is optional (6.6071.640). HazMasterG3 is a CBRNE/IED and HME investigative tool for use in tradi- tional incident response situations. It delivers insights and guidance for 167,000+ chemical agents (toxic industrial chemicals (TICs), toxic industrial materials (TIMs), chemical warfare agents (CWAs), precursors, trade names, etc.).

  • Page 25: Installing Mira Cal M For Android

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Installing Mira Cal M for Android The installation of Mira Cal M is optional. With Mira Cal M you can conveniently store, manage and exchange data acquired on a Mira instrument. The app allows not only to activate or deactivate purchased libraries, but also to transfer data between the Mira instrument and Mira Cal M.
  • Page 26 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installing Mira Cal M for Android Figure 3 Mira Cal M home screen NOTICE When Mira Cal M is launched, libraries are downloaded in the background. For a successful download, the app has to be open and the Android device has to be connected to the internet. This process can take a few minutes.

  • Page 27: Energy Supply

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Energy supply 5.3.1 Energy supply with batteries Battery indicator Charge status Full Almost full Half full Yellow battery warning We recommend to change the batteries when the battery indicator changes color from yellow to red. Red battery warning The instrument will give a low battery warning and then shut down.
  • Page 28 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Energy supply Open the battery compartment Pull the lever. Push the lateral cover upwards. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 29 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Open the lateral cover. Open the top cover. The battery compartment is now open. Close the battery compartment When inserting the batteries, refer to the plus and minus signs on the housing. Close the top cover. Hook the lateral cover on the top cover. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 30: Energy Supply With Mira Powerpack

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Energy supply Push the lateral cover down to the limit. The battery compartment is now closed. 5.3.2 Energy supply with Mira PowerPack The optional Mira PowerPack is a Li-Ion battery pack. The PowerPack can be attached to the Mira DS and power the instrument for up to 9 hours of operation.
  • Page 31 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation NOTICE During the operation with PowerPack, we recommend to insert bat- teries in the Mira DS as a backup. During the operation with PowerPack, the shutdown delay is disa- bled. Mira PowerPack Front Figure 4 Mira PowerPack – Front Charge indicator Check button 4 LED indicator lights show the state of...
  • Page 32 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Energy supply Mira PowerPack Rear Figure 5 Mira PowerPack – Rear USB-C connector USB connector for charging the PowerPack. NOTICE Do not bend the cable. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 33 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Charging instructions Mira PowerPack is shipped at <25% charge, in accordance with IATA regu- lations. Please charge PowerPack fully before first use. 1 Plug the power charger to the power grid and connect the USB-C plug to the PowerPack USB-C connector. The charge indicator will flash briefly while the PowerPack negotiates the charge voltage.
  • Page 34 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Energy supply Installing the PowerPack Remove the lanyard from the lanyard pins. Facing the front of Mira DS and Mira Power- ￭ Pack, hook the PowerPack's right latch onto the instrument's right lanyard pin. Press and hold the lock button. ￭...
  • Page 35 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Connect the USB Mini-B plug to the instru- ment. Checking the PowerPack state of charge 1 To check the state of charge, press the Check button The PowerPack charge indicator will light for approximately 3 sec- onds. 4 LED indicator lights show the state of charge. PowerPack state of charge 75% - 100% 50% - 75%...

  • Page 36: Usb Connection

    USB connection NOTICE We do not recommend to use third party USB cables, only use the provided Metrohm USB Mini-B cable (order number 6.215.1110). Energy supply For stationary use in the laboratory, you can operate the instrument with the USB interface which is connected to a powered USB hub. The USB hub also allows data transfer.

  • Page 37: Safe Shutdown

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Safe shutdown NOTICE To prevent unexpected behavior in the instrument, always perform a safe shutdown. A safe shutdown is performed in the following cases: The on/off switch is pressed. ￭ The battery is low. ￭ A battery-powered instrument is not in use for the duration speci- ￭...

  • Page 38: Initial Configuration

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Initial configuration NOTICE Configuration Use Mira Cal DS software to change instrument settings. Use Mira Cal DS software to install spectral libraries. Refer to Mira Cal DS software tutorial for detailed information Addi- tional Information – Software tutorials (see chapter 1.6, page 5). ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 39: Operation And Control

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 7 Operation and control Smart tips – Overview Smart tips are attached to the instrument with magnetic connectors. The smart tips contain a memory chip so that the instrument can identify them. Due to design, smart tips will not allow operation of Mira DS when seated in an incorrect position.
  • Page 40 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Smart tips – Overview Contact Ball-Probe (6.07506.030) Standoff Attachment (6.07506.020) The Contact Ball-Probe Attachment allows The Standoff Attachment allows to collect to collect data from a substance with no data from a distance of 0.25 m to 1.5 m. concern of proper focus.
  • Page 41 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Right Angle Attachment (6.07506.000) Universal Attachment (6.07506.010) The Right Angle Attachment allows to col- The Universal Attachment is an attachment lect data by placing the substance on a sur- with 3 different sampling distances. face and laying the Mira DS down next to Use position 1 for focusing through bottles.

  • Page 42: Attaching Smart Tips

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips SERS Attachment (6.07506.040) 10 Tablet Holder (6.07504.000) The SERS Attachment accommodates propri- The Tablet Holder is used for different tablet etary SERS substrates. or capsule shapes. A spring-loaded holder helps to mount and position the sample. Class 3B laser operation.
  • Page 43 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Using Attachment Lenses WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭ Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. ￭ Instruments of the laser class 3B must be used in protected and ￭...
  • Page 44 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Attach the smart tip by engaging the bottom left corner of the tip into the left edge of the mounting point. Rotate the tip into position. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 45 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Using Universal Attachment WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭ Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. ￭ Instruments of the laser class 3B must be used in protected and ￭...
  • Page 46 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips The Universal Attachment has 3 positions. Rotate the attachment to change the position. The spots indicate the position of the Universal Attachment. Using intelligent Universal Attachment WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions.
  • Page 47 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Attach the smart tip by engaging the bottom left corner of the tip into the left edge of the mounting point. Rotate the tip into position. The intelligent Universal Attachment has 3 positions. Rotate the attachment to change the position.
  • Page 48 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Attach the smart tip by engaging the bottom left corner of the tip into the left edge of the mounting point. Rotate the tip into position. Open the Vial Holder and insert a vial to meas- ure its contents.
  • Page 49 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Using Right Angle Attachment WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭ Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. ￭ Instruments of the laser class 3B must be used in protected and ￭...
  • Page 50 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Using Contact Ball-Probe WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭ Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. ￭ Instruments of the laser class 3B must be used in protected and ￭...
  • Page 51 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Attach the smart tip. Seat the brass knob into the recess on the left side of the Mira DS. Tighten using the adjustment knob on the attachment. Do not over tighten. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 52 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Using Standoff Attachment WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭ Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. ￭ Instruments of the laser class 3B must be used in protected and ￭...
  • Page 53 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Tighten using the adjustment knob on the attachment. Do not over tighten. Manually adjust the adjustment ring to the desired standoff distance and acquire the data. NOTICE It is recommended to use a tripod when using the Standoff Attachment. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 54 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Using SERS Attachment WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭ Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. ￭ Instruments of the laser class 3B must be used in protected and ￭...
  • Page 55 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Attach the smart tip. Slide the SERS paper substrate, printed side down, into the slot on the side of the attach- ment. Insert the strip until resistance is met. The attachment accommodates the strip at the optimal depth.
  • Page 56 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Remove the attachment from the instrument or power down the instrument. Open the hinged door of the attachment. Remove the strip. Wipe down interior surfaces with a kimwipe or swab. Use ethanol or isopropanol to clean the attachment.

  • Page 57: Acquiring Data

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Open the Tablet Holder. Push the levers and position the sample in the middle. Release the levers to fix the sample. Acquiring data The following steps show how to acquire spectra with the instrument. NOTICE Default pincode of the instrument is 1234. Additional pin codes have to be defined and synchronized beforehand on Mira Cal DS Software.
  • Page 58 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Acquiring data 2 Pincode Enter 1234 (default pincode) or a user configured pin code. After the PIN code is entered a prompt screen for calibration will appear. 3 Calibrating the System Prompt Screen To calibrate the system, click on [Calibrate Device] and follow ￭...
  • Page 59 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Mira DS is designed to be used with the default procedure. If one wishes to build and use a user procedure, be aware that this might affect the performance of the Mira DS matching algorithms. Click on [Change Procedure] and select an operating procedure from the drop-down menu.
  • Page 60 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Acquiring data 4 Measuring the sample Start the measurement with [Acquire]. The status screen will indicate the stage of the smart acquire. You can abort the acquisition only during the actual data collection. Once the matching starts, the process cannot be aborted. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 61 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control When the measurement is finished, the result appears as specified in the operating procedure. 5 Examining the result The results are displayed in 2 tabs: Mixture and Identification. Click on the different tabs to see the identification and mixture results.
  • Page 62 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Acquiring data 6 Measuring the next sample Click the [Back] button to return to the Laser Ready display. Click on [Acquire] to start the measurement. Identification screens Identification screen Color code Hazard level Green Safe Orange Caution Danger Blue No information Grey Inconclusive...
  • Page 63 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Identification screens for mixtures Result list ￭ If it is a mixture, the result list button shows a list of all components. To view the details of a component, click on the respective component. Result Name ￭...

  • Page 64: Acquiring Data With The Iua

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Acquiring data with the iUA Spectrum ￭ The spectrum button shows the spectrum of the current sample. It will be overlaid with a spectrum from the library if available. Press on SAMPLE or LIBRARY above the spectral viewing window to hide the corresponding spectrum.
  • Page 65 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control The display indicates: The attached iUA and its position, e.g. for position 1: IUA-1 ￭ Laser Ready: The laser is ready to be armed. ￭ An instruction, e.g. Rotate To IUA-3 ￭ 2 Changing the operating procedure To optimize the identification of contents in polymer or glass contain- ers, click on [Change Procedure] and load the Content ID oper- ating procedure.
  • Page 66 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Acquiring data with the iUA When the sample measurement is finished, the instrument is ready for the container measurement. 6 Measuring the container Follow the instruction on the display, e.g. Position Laser on Con- tainer. Start the measurement with [Acquire]. When the measurement is finished, the result appears as specified in the operating procedure.

  • Page 67: Settings

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 7 Examining the result The results are displayed in 2 tabs: Contents and Container. Click on the different tabs to see the respective result. Contents result Container result Click on the three dots in the upper right corner to see GHS data or the HQI.
  • Page 68 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings Home screen / Arm laser ￭ Scan log ￭ Settings ￭ Open settings Click on Figure 6 Settings menu The menu offers the following settings. Procedures: Operating Procedures menu (see chapter 7.5.1, page ￭ Calibrate Device: Calibrate Device section (see chapter 7.5.2, ￭...

  • Page 69: Operating Procedures Menu

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control The shown information includes: Time: HH:MM:SS UTC ￭ Date: YYYY-MM-DD ￭ Device Name ￭ Serial # ￭ Device Model: Mira DS ￭ PKG Version ￭ Language PKG ￭ Range: 400 - 2300 cm ￭ Wavelength: 785 nm ￭...
  • Page 70 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings Viewing or deleting operating procedures , then Procedures ▶ View Procedures. Click on The instrument displays the stored operating procedures. 2 To view the procedure settings, click on the name of the correspond- ing procedure. To delete a procedure, click on .
  • Page 71 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 2 Naming procedure The procedure must be named. Click on the Procedure Name input field. Enter the name on the keyboard. Confirm with [Enter]. 3 Scan Delay To set a delay before the start of a scan, enable Scan Delay and set the scan delay time.
  • Page 72 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings 4 Smart Acquire Either enable or disable Smart Acquire. Enabling Smart Acquire ￭ Enabling Smart Acquire on a custom operating procedure will run samples through the smart acquire noise and fluorescence rejection routines before matching against the enabled libraries. Disabling Smart Acquire ￭...

  • Page 73: Calibrate Device Section

    Calibrate Device section NOTICE Instrument calibration can also be done in Mira Cal DS software with a connected instrument. Calibrating the instrument 1 Attach a Metrohm provided Calibration Standard Attaching smart tips (see chapter 7.2, page 36). Place the instrument upright. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 74 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings Click on , then Calibrate Device. 3 With the Calibration Standard attached and the instrument placed upright, click on [Calibrate]. 4 Ensure that the calibration is successful. Once the calibration is complete, a screen with the system suitability test will indicate if the system passed or failed.

  • Page 75: View Libraries Menu

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 5 Click on [Next]. The home screen appears. 7.5.3 View Libraries menu Viewing, enabling and disabling libraries Click on , then View Libraries. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 76: System Settings Menu

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings Figure 8 View Libraries screen The instrument shows the installed libraries. 2 Enable or disable the libraries for matching. 3 To add libraries to the instrument, use the Mira Cal DS Software. 7.5.4 System Settings menu The System Settings menu opens with , then select System Set- tings ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 77 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Figure 9 System Settings menu The menu offers the following system settings: Change Time/Date (see "Change Time and Date", page 71) ￭ Transfer Data (see "Transfer Data", page 71, 73, 79) ￭ Shutdown Delay (see "Shutdown Delay", page 79) ￭...
  • Page 78 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings 2 Plug in the instrument to a Windows PC using the provided USB cable. Click on [Mount as Storage Device]. The instrument will undergo a setup to install device drivers onto the Windows PC. The Mira DS instrument will show up on the Windows PC as a stor- age device.
  • Page 79 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 5 Copying files to the Windows PC Files in the scannumber folder can be copied directly to the Windows PC for later viewing or sharing. 6 To disconnect, on the Mira DS instrument click on [Disconnect Storage Device].
  • Page 80 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings Click on Discover. ￭ NOTICE The Mira DS will appear in the available devices with the model name followed by the serial number. Example: Mira DS 192600200020300000 If no devices are detected, ensure that Bluetooth is enabled on the Android device.
  • Page 81 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Enter the PIN code 9999. Click on OK. ￭ The Android device is now connected to the instrument. The instru- ment is ready to transfer data or acquire a spectrum. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 82: Operating Procedure

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings 4 Mira Cal M The DEVICE tab of Mira Cal M allows changing of the procedure, editing of the acquisition state, and acquiring a spectrum. 5 Operating procedure The display shows the current procedure, e.g.: Default Procedure. Mira DS is designed to be used with the default procedure. If one wishes to build and use a user procedure, be aware that this might affect the performance of the Mira DS matching algorithms.
  • Page 83 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control NOTICE The default procedure will match the scanned sample to all of the enabled libraries present on the instrument. The default pro- cedure enables smart acquire to automatically adjust laser power and integration time. NOTICE The SERS Attachment automatically enables a specialized SERS operating procedure.

  • Page 84: Exporting Data

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings 7 Downloading data from Mira DS In the home screen of Mira Cal M, open the menu . ￭ Click on [Download Samples]. ￭ Select the number of scans to download. ￭ Mira Cal M downloads the samples from the Mira DS. 8 Exporting data In Mira Cal M, click on Samples, , [Export].
  • Page 85 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 9 Emailing data In Mira Cal M, click on Samples, , [Export]. ￭ Choose the information to be shared. [Email]. ￭ Choose the scans to be sent. Select the desired mail client or ￭ messenger and send the files. 10 Disconnecting In Mira Cal M, click on On the Mira DS, click on [Disconnect Bluetooth].
  • Page 86 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Settings Language , then System Settings ▶ Language. Click on 2 Choose your preferred language. Mira DS supports the follwing languages: English ￭ German ￭ French ￭ Spanish ￭ Portuguese ￭ Chinese ￭ Italian ￭ Turkish ￭ Czech ￭ Hungarian ￭...
  • Page 87 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Select the battery type: Lithium ￭ NiMH ￭ The change will be reflected by the text in the battery indicator. This setting is persistent. NOTICE We recommend to change the batteries when the battery indicator changes color from yellow to red. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 88: Samples

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Samples Samples Scan log Scan log View the saved spectra in the Scan Log. Figure 11 Scan Log with saved spectra The samples are color-coded: Color code Hazard level Green Safe Orange Caution Danger Blue No information Grey Inconclusive or Calibration 2 View sample To open the sample menu, click on a scan number button.
  • Page 89 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 3 Run Mixture To run the mixture matching routine against all enabled libraries on the instrument, click on [Run Mixture]. Match name and spectra can be viewed. 4 Reprocess A sample can be re-processed to match to a different enabled library. The function [Reprocess] uses the original operating procedure set- tings that were used to collect the data.

  • Page 90: Maintenance

    Metrohm. Shorter maintenance intervals may be necessary if you frequently work with caustic and corro- sive chemicals. Metrohm Service personnel are properly trained in proce- dures for safely repairing the instrument. Routine cleaning of the instrument can be done using non-corrosive cleansers such as water, ethanol, or acetone.
  • Page 91 ￭ sockets) against moisture. If you suspect that moisture has gotten into the product, discon- ￭ nect the product from the energy supply. Then notify Metrohm Service. Only personnel who have been issued Metrohm qualification may ￭ perform service and repair work on electrical and electronic com- ponents.

  • Page 92: Disposal

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 9 Disposal This product is covered by European Directive, WEEE – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. The correct disposal of your old product will help to prevent negative effects on the environment and public health. More details about the disposal of your old product can be obtained from your local authorities, from waste disposal companies or from your local dealer.

  • Page 93: Technical Specifications

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Technical specifications 10 Technical specifications 10.1 Ambient conditions Mira DS Nominal function range –20 … +50 °C at max. 93% relative humidity, noncondens- Storage and Transport –20 … +70 °C at max. 93% relative humidity, noncondens- Mira PowerPack Nominal function range –20 …...

  • Page 94: Interfaces

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Interfaces 10.2 Interfaces USB connector Type A/B mini USB connector (USB 2.0) with the following functions: Power supply Data transmission with USB cable (6.2151.110) 10.3 Energy Supply Battery specifications 2 x 1.5 V, size AA up to 3.5 hours Nominal input voltage 5 V DC Power consumption...

  • Page 95: Operating Specifications

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Technical specifications Weight 705 g Material Housing Aluminum anodized Accessories covering Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE-E) IP Rating (according to EN 60529) IP67 Ruggedization MIL-STD-810G Method 514.6C-1, C-2, C-3 Category MIL-STD-810 Method 516.6 Procedure IV MIL-STD-810G Method 516.6 Procedure VI MIL-STD-810G Method 512.5 Procedure I IEC 60529 Dust 10.5...
  • Page 96 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operating specifications Beam divergence 2 degrees Temporal emission structure Detection technique Orbital Raster Scan (ORS™) to average over the sample Laser class according to EN 60825-1 Class 3B Protection Level of goggles (accord- D LB5 775 … 795 nm ing to EN 207) NOHD - Nominal Ocular Hazard Dis- tance...

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