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B.1.19 How long is the battery life?
Note:
B.1.20 What type of Ethernet cable can I use for the static IP
configuration?
B.1.21 Can I install additional software on the instrument
controller?
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the protective metal spiral, the chances are high that the fibers have been
damaged too. Refer to the Fiber Optic Check utility to determine if any fibers
are broken.
The fibers can be damaged by coiling the cable up too tightly. If left in a tight
coil for longer than a week, the fibers are likely to develop longitudinal
fractures that will not be detectable. These fractures in the fiber will cause
light leakage, resulting in a weaker signal. The fiber optic cables should be
stored by placing them loosely within the netting compartment on the
instrument.
The fiber cable should never be stored with a bend of less
than a 5" diameter for long periods of time.
The NiMH (Nickel-Metal Hydride) battery charge lasts about nine (9) hours
using a VNIR-only FieldSpec spectroradiometer with accessory not powered
by the instrument in an ambient environment.
The battery charge lasts over four (4) hours using a full-range
spectroradiometer with a Contact Probe in an ambient environment.
The limiting factor for how long you can work in the field may be the battery
in the instrument controller rather than the spectroradiometer's batteries.
The spectrometer can be plugged directly into the instrument controller using
a cross-over, shielded Ethernet cable.
Yes, but with qualifications.
The types of applications that can interfere with the measurement of data are
utility programs, network programs, and those working in the background,
such as virus checkers.
ASD programs, such as RS
streamed from the FieldSpec spectroradiometer at a high rate of speed.
Programs running in the background can cause packets to be lost.
Microsoft Office, image processing programs, and other software applications
generally do not interfere with ASD programs, particularly if they are not
running and competing for CPU cycles and RAM at the same time that data is
being collected from the FieldSpec spectroradiometer.
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, require real-time access to the data that is being
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