Table Of Contents - Kipp & Zonen Brewer Mk III Operator's Manual

1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 7
2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 9
2.1 SPECTROPHOTOMETER ..................................................................................................... 10
2.1.1 Mechanical Construction .............................................................................................. 11
2.2 SOLAR TRACKING ................................................................................................................ 20
2.2.1 Zenith Positioning System ............................................................................................ 20
2.2.2 Azimuth Positioning System ......................................................................................... 20
2.3 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................................... 21
3 BREWER SYSTEM SETUP .......................................................................................................... 23
3.1 SPECTROPHOTOMETER UNPACKING AND SETUP ......................................................... 25
3.2 TRIPOD UNPACKING AND SETUP ...................................................................................... 25
3.3 AZIMUTH TRACKER UNPACKING AND SETUP .................................................................. 27
3.4 MOUNTING THE BREWER ................................................................................................... 27
3.5 BREWER OPERATING SOFTWARE ..................................................................................... 29
3.6 COMPUTER SETUP .............................................................................................................. 29
3.7 BREWER / COMPUTER INTEGRATION ............................................................................... 30
3.8 MAIN MENU COMPUTER DISPLAY ...................................................................................... 32
3.9 INITIAL TESTS ....................................................................................................................... 32
3.10 FINAL INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................ 33
4 BREWER COMMANDS ................................................................................................................ 35
4.1 RESERVED KEYS: Home, Del, Ctrl+Break, F keys ............................................................... 35
4.2 BREWER COMMAND SUMMARY ......................................................................................... 36
5 ROUTINE OPERATIONS AND MINOR MAINTENANCE ............................................................. 49
5.1 DAILY TASKS ......................................................................................................................... 49
5.2 WEEKLY TASKS .................................................................................................................... 53
5.3 INFREQUENT TASKS ............................................................................................................ 53
5.4 MINOR MAINTENANCE ......................................................................................................... 53
6 UV STABILITY CHECK - QL ........................................................................................................ 57
7 SOLAR AND LUNAR SITING - SI, SIM ......................................................................................... 61
8 BREWER SCHEDULES - SE, SKC, SK ........................................................................................ 63
APPENDIX A BREWER DATA FILES ........................................................................................... 65
APPENDIX B CONFIGURATION FILES ....................................................................................... 81
APPENDIX C UV PROCESSING ................................................................................................... 85
LAMP DATA ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 85
Brewer Response Files .......................................................................................................... 85
Lamp Irradiance Files ............................................................................................................ 86
UV DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMS .............................................................................................. 86
UV and UX Data Analysis Programs ..................................................................................... 87
APPENDIX D NOBREWER ........................................................................................................... 89
APPENDIX E UMKEHR PROCESSING ........................................................................................ 91

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