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  • Page 1 MIRA Cal DS MIRA Cal DS Tutorial 8.105.8069EN / 2021-09-15...
  • Page 3 Metrohm Raman 407 South 2nd Street Laramie, WY 82070 +1 307 460 2089 info@metrohm.com www.metrohm.com MIRA Cal DS MIRA Cal DS 1.2.50 Tutorial 8.105.8069EN / 2021-09-15...
  • Page 4 Technical Communication Metrohm Raman Laramie, WY 82070 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

    Install MIRA Cal DS ............. 21 5 Initial start-up Start MIRA Cal DS ............... 30 Establish a connection between MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS and MIRA Cal DS ............30 Configuration ..............33 5.3.1 Create and edit libraries ............33 5.3.2...
  • Page 6 6.2.2 Sample list folder management ..........43 Processing a spectrum ............44 Generate reports ..............46 Export .................. 49 Database backup ..............51 Managing ................52 6.7.1 Managing users ..............52 7 Create support log file ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ MIRA Cal DS...

  • Page 7: Overview

    MIRA Cal DS software With the help of a synchronization workflow, all needed data is synchron- ized between MIRA Cal DS software and MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS instru- ments. Synchronizing MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS instruments to MIRA Cal DS soft- ware ensures that the instrument is up to date.

  • Page 8: Product Versions

    The product is available in the following version: Order number Designation Version feature 6.06071.020 MIRA Cal DS Version 1.2.50 Symbols and conventions The following formatting may appear in the documentation: Cross-reference to figure legend The first number refers to the figure number. The second number refers to the product part in the fig- ure.

  • Page 9: Safety

    Safety 2 Safety 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 10: Personnel Requirement

    ￭ 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 11: Danger From Radiation

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety 2.4.2 Danger from radiation WARNING Eye injury by laser radiation Laser radiation can cause serious eye injuries. 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 12: Meaning Of Warning Signs

    Meaning of warning signs ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ WARNING Type or source of danger Consequences when not observing the notice: A serious injury that may result in death is probable. Measures to avoid the danger ￭ CAUTION Type or source of danger Consequences when not observing the notice: A minor to moderate injury is probable.
  • Page 13 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety Warning sign Meaning Warning of flammable materials Warning of corrosive substances Warning of optical radiation Warning of laser beams Depending on the intended use of the product, the corresponding warn- ing sign stickers must be placed on the product. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 14: Functional Description

    Users can also build operating procedures by using parameters that the user selects, either in the MIRA Cal DS software or on the MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS instrument. Operating procedures can be shared between MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS instruments.

  • Page 15: Drop Down Menus

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description Drop down menus File Open ▶ Samples Imports samples. Imports libraries. Libraries Operating Proce- Imports operating procedures. dures Save As ▶ Saves samples to selected location. Samples Libraries Saves libraries to selected location. Operating Proce- Saves operating procedures to selected location. dures Settings Opens a view with two tabs:...
  • Page 16 Exit Closes MIRA Cal DS. Instrument Connect Connects MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS to MIRA Cal DS. Disconnects MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS from MIRA Cal DS. Disconnect PIN codes The user can add PIN codes. Double click a PIN code entry to delete, enable or disable a PIN code.
  • Page 17 Updates languages for the application. guage Package Upload Certifi- Updates licensed libraries. cate Package Advanced Is displayed only when MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS is connected to MIRA Cal DS. Upload Encrypted Library ￭ Uploads an encrypted library. Upload Library Access File ￭...
  • Page 18 Automatically creates a folder with the serial number of MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS Automatic Acquisi- tion Organization and with the time and date when acquisitions are performed by MIRA Cal DS. Require Advanced Requires the user to login to use the advanced features of the software (see "Managing users", page 52).
  • Page 19 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description Save Sample Summary On Saves sample summary after synchronization. Sync Save System Suitability Test Saves system suitability test after synchronization. On Sync Auto Synchron- Automatically synchronizes to the device and/or database after a modification of operating procedure, library or other device modification. The synchronization of user operating procedures, licensed libraries and user libraies can be checked separately.
  • Page 20 Drop down menus ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Figure 3 Settings - Reports tab In the Reports tab you can set the following: Reports tab Sample Summary The selected settings define the content of the Sample Summary report. Report Settings View Example to view, save or print the report. Click on To add a personalized logo to the report, click on Add Logo in the Reports section of the Home tab.

  • Page 21: Function Tabs And Feature Views

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description Function tabs and feature views The features displayed in the function tabs depend on which view the user has selected from the left side menu. There are the following views. Sample view ￭ Library view ￭ Operating Procedure view ￭...
  • Page 22 Acquisition Set- Select acquisition settings for scanning a sample while MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS tings is connected to MIRA Cal DS (see "Data acquisition with MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS", page 41). Filter Select parameters to sort samples.
  • Page 23 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description Libraries Displays the libraries on the device. Libraries can be added to or removed from the device. Licensed Libra- Select a licensed library and click on View to see the contents of the library. ries Reports ▶ Library Reports Generate reports for the selected libraries.

  • Page 24: Identification Of Samples With Libraries

    Creating a library Users can create a library in MIRA Cal DS, which will then be used for identification of samples. Identification libraries are generated in MIRA Cal DS from acquisitions of known substances that the user has access to.
  • Page 25 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description Identification of a substance Libraries are selected for matching when operating procedures are cre- ated. When analyzing a sample, the sample spectrum will be compared to all the spectra in the selected library. The measured sample will be identified as one of the library samples and displayed as Identification Result.

  • Page 26: Installation

    Compatible keyboard using USB / PS/2, or similar connection System backup Network or local backup required for data archiving. NOTICE Only use the provided Metrohm USB cable (6.021.08010) and do not use third party USB cables. The usage of a powered USB Hub is rec- ommended. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 27: Install Mira Cal Ds

    Make sure to have administrator rights before installing MIRA Cal DS Make sure the system fulfills the system requirements (see "System requirements", page 20). Installing the Metrohm USBCOM Driver 1 To download the latest version of MIRA Cal DS, click on the following link: https://www.metrohm.com/en/support-and-service/software-center/ miracal/ Double click on the installer.
  • Page 28 Install MIRA Cal DS ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Click on [Next] to begin the installation of the driver. Click on [Install]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 29 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Click on [Next]. Click on [Finish] to complete the installation. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 30 After the installation of the Metrohm USBCOM Driver is completed, the MIRA Cal DS installation wizard starts automatically. Click on [Next] to start the installation of MIRA Cal DS software. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement. Click on [Next].
  • Page 31 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Enter your User Name. Enter the Company Name. Click on [Next]. Click on [Install] to start the installation. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 32 Select Automatically close and attempt to restart applica- tions.. Click on [OK]. Click on [Finish] to complete MIRA Cal DS installation. Installing HazMasterG3® software 1 If HazMasterG3 was purchased, copy the HazMasterG3 application from the USB drive and double click on the executable installation.
  • Page 33 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Click on [Next] to start the installation of HazMasterG3. Check I Agree. Click on [Next]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 34 Install MIRA Cal DS ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Click on [Next]. Click on [Install]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 35 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Click on [Next]. Click on [Finish] to complete HazMasterG3 installation. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 36: Initial Start-Up

    Start MIRA Cal DS ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 5 Initial start-up MIRA Cal DS is designed to operate as simply as possible. The software's main use is data synchronization and report generation. This is accom- plished with simply connecting the instrument to the software. The data will automatically synchronize and reports will be generated.
  • Page 37 Connect/Disconnect from the home page 1 On the home page of MIRA Cal DS, click on [Connect]. The instrument will automatically connect and synchronize its data. If more than one MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS is connected, the user may be asked to select an available instrument.
  • Page 38 Establish a connection between MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS and MIRA Cal DS ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ NOTICE The icon in the menu bar of MIRA Cal DS indicates a suc- cessful connection. The screen of the instrument displays Connected. MIRA Cal DS will automatically synchronize when [Connect] is selec- ted from the home page.

  • Page 39: Configuration

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Initial start-up The MIRA Cal DS default is to automatically synchronize when you select [Connect]. The user can change synchronization settings when MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS is connected to the software. 3 To disconnect MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS from the software, click on Instrument ▶...
  • Page 40 Configuration ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Select samples. You can select multiple samples with the key [CTRL] and the key [SHIFT]. NOTICE Use Sample Browser to find samples. The Recent tab allows the user to view recently viewed samples. 7 Double click on the sample or click on [Add] in the Library Sam- ples section of the Home tab to add the sample to the library.

  • Page 41: Create And Edit Operating Procedures

    MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS has Smart Acquire, a process that optimizes acquisition parameters to enhance sample evaluation. The default proce- dure on MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS and in MIRA Cal DS automatically per- forms a smart acquire and evaluates spectra against all available libraries.
  • Page 42 Configuration ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Acquisition option Description Smart Acquire Laser power, integration time, etc. are automatically adjusted depending on the type of sample used, environment and the amount of background light- ing. This method is specifically useful when the user is unaware of the set- tings that should be used for an acquisition.
  • Page 43 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Initial start-up Acquisition option Description Averages If the value is higher than 1, the dis- played spectrum is an average of mul- tiple acquisitions. A higher value in this field will lead to a longer measurement time, because more spectra need to be acquired.
  • Page 44 Configuration ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Add information about the operating procedure in the Metadata tab. NOTICE After an operating procedure is created, its name cannot be changed. 5 Go to the Acquisition tab. Select the desired acquisition options. 6 Go to the Identification tab. Select the library to be used for match- ing from the Available Libraries.
  • Page 45 9 If you check Auto Synchronize in the settings, new operating pro- cedures synchronize automatically when you connect the MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS instrument to the MIRA Cal DS software. If you do not check Auto Synchronize, it is necessary to click [Syn- chronize] in the header to synchronize new operating procedures to MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS.

  • Page 46: Calibration And System Suitability

    Calibration and system suitability ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Calibration and system suitability Calibrate an instrument 1 Connect an instrument. 2 Attach a proper Calibration Standard to the instrument. 3 Place the instrument upright. 4 Click on Instrument ▶ Calibrate instrument. The calibration may take some time.

  • Page 47: Operation And Control

    Transfer acquired spectra from MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS to MIRA Cal DS 1 Connect the MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS instrument to the MIRA Cal DS software. 2 MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS will synchronize to MIRA Cal DS either auto- matically or manually.
  • Page 48 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Data acquisition with MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS connected to MIRA Cal DS 1 Connect the MIRA XTR DS / MIRA DS instrument to the MIRA Cal DS software. 2 Click on the Acquire tab. 3 Select parameters.

  • Page 49: Displaying And Managing Data

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Displaying and managing data 6.2.1 Viewing a spectrum When a spectrum is synchronized it is placed in the active viewing win- dow. Double click on the spectrum name to view the matching results and the reference spectrum. Filter 1 Click on the Filter tab.

  • Page 50: Processing A Spectrum

    Processing a spectrum ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3 To add a sample, select the sample from the sample list. Right click and cut it. Select the desired folder and paste it into the folder. Processing a spectrum Spectra can be processed or reprocessed by using different methods. Go to the Process tab to view the different processing options.
  • Page 51 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 4 Go to the Library tab. The Quick Match window will stay active. 5 Select a library from the list. Right click on the library and select View. Go to the Library Samples tab. A library match icon will become active.

  • Page 52: Generate Reports

    Generate reports ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2 Select a spectrum. Press the icon to lock the active spectrum. Select a different spectrum. 3 Choose the operation to perform with the 2 spectra. Select multiple spectra for averaging and standard deviation calculations. 4 A weighted subtraction or addition can be performed. Activate Weight and use the slider or numerical window to adjust the weigh- ted implementation on the operand.
  • Page 53 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Sample report option 2 1 Select a sample. Right click on the selected sample. 2 Go to Reports. 3 Select a report format. NOTICE Preview the report by selecting either [View Summary] or [View Full]. There are 2 options to generate a library report. The following 2 proce- dures describe them.
  • Page 54 Generate reports ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ There are 2 options to generate an operating procedure report. The fol- lowing 2 procedures describe them. The report looks the same with both procedures. Operating procedure report option 1 1 Select the Operating Procedure view. 2 Click on the Reports tab. 3 Click on [Full].

  • Page 55: Export

    Export samples NOTICE Only samples exported with file type BRMS (.brms) or SRMP (.srmp) can be imported back to MIRA Cal DS. These files are encryp- ted to protect data integrity. .brms is the standard format used in MIRA Cal DS.
  • Page 56 Export ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 5 Click on [Save]. Export libraries 1 Go to the Libraries view. 2 Select the library to export. Multiple selection is possible. 3 Right click on the library. Click on [Save As]. You can save a library only as .lrmp file type. 4 Select a destination for the file.

  • Page 57: Database Backup

    Click on File ▶ Advanced ▶ Database ▶ Backup. 2 Select a destination for the file. Click on [Save]. Restoring database NOTICE Be aware that the existing MIRA Cal DS data is overwritten with the data from the database file. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 58: Managing

    Managing ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ An existing MIRA Cal DS database file must be available in .litdb format. 1 Click on File ▶ Advanced ▶ Database ▶ Restore. 2 Select the location of the database and the database file to restore. Click [Open].
  • Page 59 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 3 Create a user name and password in the New User section and click [Save]. 4 Delete a user by selecting the user in the Delete User section and click [Delete]. 5 Click [Close] to close the Users window. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 60: Create Support Log File

    7 Create support log file With the help of this function, a log file can be created. In a support case, the created log file can be sent to your Metrohm representative. A calibration standard should be attached to the instrument but is not necessary.

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