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- Page 1 USB-MCA APG7300A Instruction Manual Version. 1.3.0 Sep. 2023 TechnoAP Co., Ltd. 2976-15 Mawatari, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-0012 TEL: +81-29-350-8011 FAX: +81-29-352-9013 URL: http://www.techno-ap.com E-mail: info@techno-ap.com...
- Page 2 Thank you very much for purchasing the USB-MCA, Model: APG7300A (hereinafter "This device") of TechnoAP Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "We"). Please read this "Safety Precautions / Disclaimer" before using this device, be sure to observe the contents, and use it correctly.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
APG7300A Instruction manual - Contents - 1. Overview ...................................... 4 2. Specifications....................................5 3. Appearance ....................................6 4. Setup ......................................7 4.1. Connection ................................7 4.2. Installation of the driver software ........................8 4.3. Installation of the applications software ...................... 17 5. -
Page 4: Overview
USB-MCA (USB-multichannel analyzer) made by TechnoAP Co., Ltd. APG7300A and APG7300L (hereinafter referred to as APG7300A (L)) are equipped with a high-speed successive approximation ADC, and operate lightweight with only USB bus power without using an AC adapter It is a compact MCA. -
Page 5: Specifications
APG7300A Instruction manual 2. Specifications Model: APG7300A and APG7300L (1) Analog input The number of the channels 1CH Input range 0 to 10V Input impedance 1kΩ Possible input pulse width Minimum 100 nsec up to Maximum 100 μsec (*the period exceeding the threshold) -
Page 6: Appearance
APG7300A Instruction manual 3. Appearance Image 1: APG7300A(L) [Front] (1) INPUT LEMO (EPL.00.250.NTN) connector for amplifier signal input (2) LED LED for operation check POWER It turn on at the time of connected with PC It turn on at the time of a measurement start... -
Page 7: Setup
APG7300A Instruction manual 4. Setup 4.1. Connection Figure 1: Connection at the time to use of the MCA (1) Connect USB-MCA and a PC with an USB cable. NOTE: It is necessary to install the driver software on the PC to be connected for the first time. See below for how to install the driver software. -
Page 8: Installation Of The Driver Software
APG7300A Instruction manual 4.2. Installation of the driver software The first time you connect this device to the computer, you need to install the driver software from the included CD- ROM. For Windows 7 REQUIRED Log in as Administrator or an account of Administrative right. - Page 9 APG7300A Instruction manual Installation on an interactive basis （１） Refer to attached CD "Driver" folder Next, install "Techno AP USB-MCA Option". After installing the "Techno AP USB-MCA " driver software, install the "Techno AP USB-MCA Option" using the same procedure. In Device Manager, check that the two icons "Techno AP USB-MCA "...
- Page 10 APG7300A Instruction manual For Windows 8 (64bit) In Windows8 (64bit), driver software without a digital signature cannot be installed by default to prevent users from accidentally installing driver software. This driver software does not have a digital signature, so you need to "disable driver signature enforcement"...
- Page 11 APG7300A Instruction manual (5) Select "Startup Settings" from the "Advanced Options" screen, and then select "Restart" from the "Startup Settings" screen. (6) After restarting, press the "7" key on the "Startup Settings" screen and select "7) Disable driver signature enforcement".
- Page 12 APG7300A Instruction manual (11) Right-click "USB-MCA", select "Update Driver Software (P)", and select "Browse my computer for driver software (R)". (12) When the "Update Driver Software" screen is displayed, select "Browse (R)", and when the "Browse for Folder" screen is displayed, select the drive where the "USB-MCA" driver software is stored. Select OK. When you return to the "Update Driver Software"...
- Page 13 (14) When "TechnoAP USB-MCA" is displayed on the "Device Manager" screen, right-click the remaining "USB- MCA" and repeat from (11) to update the remaining driver software. (15) The "TechnoAP USB-MCA Option" is displayed on the "Device Manager" screen, and the driver software installation is complete.
- Page 14 APG7300A Instruction manual For Windows10 (64bit) In Windows 10 (64-bit), driver software without digital signature cannot be installed by default to prevent the user from installing driver software by mistake. Since this driver software does not have a digital signature, it is necessary to "disable force driver signature enforcement"...
- Page 15 APG7300A Instruction manual (6) On the "Startup Settings" screen after rebooting, press the "7" key and select "7) Disable Force Driver Signing". REQUIRED After rebooting, log in as an administrator or log in with an account with administrator privileges. (8) Connect the USB-MCA to the PC with a USB cable.
- Page 16 (12) When the "Windows Security" screen is displayed, select "Install this driver software (I)". When "Driver software has been updated successfully" is displayed, select "Close (C)". (13) When "TechnoAP USB - MCA" is displayed on the "Device Manager" screen, right-click the remaining "USB- MCA", repeat from (11), and update the remaining driver software.
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Page 17: Installation Of The Applications Software
Log in as Administrator or an account of Administrative right. (2) Execute "setup.exe" in the "Application" folder in the attached CD. Proceed with the installation interactively (3) Execute "Start button" - "TechnoAP" - "USB-MCA". (4) The application "USB-MCA" will start. - Page 18 APG7300A Instruction manual For Windows 10 * Same for Windows 11 (1) Select "Setup.exe" in the "Application" folder in the supplied CD. Select "Manage" in the application tool of the menu and select "Run as administrator". (2) Run "Setup.exe" in the "Application" folder in the supplied CD. Proceed with the installation interactively.
- Page 19 APG7300A Instruction manual (4) Right-click the "Windows" mark at the bottom left of the screen to display "Menu" and execute "All apps"-"TechnoAP"-"USB-MCA ". (5) The application "USB-MCA" starts up. If a "connection error" dialog is displayed immediately after startup, check if the device is correctly connected to the PC or if the device manager recognizes the device.
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Page 20: Application Screen
APG7300A Instruction manual 5. Application screen 5.1. Startup screen Execute in order of start button, “TechnoAP”, “USB-MCA”. Alternatively, if you execute the shortcut icon "USB-MCA" on the desktop, the following startup screen will be displayed. Figure 2: Startup screen of USB-MCA... -
Page 21: Quit Screen
APG7300A Instruction manual * Tab section config Measurement settings file File settings calibration Settings such as ROI (Region Of Interest) for energy calibration * Information section mode Mode. Indicate "histogram" Measurement mode. Display "Real time" or "Live time" measurement mode throughput count Total count. -
Page 22: Config Tab
APG7300A Instruction manual 5.3. config tab Figure 4 config tab * ADC gain Gain of ADC. Select from 16384, 8192, 4096, 2048, 1024, and 512 channels (ch). The input voltage range of the amplifier output signal of each channel is 0 to 10V. Divide this range by the above channel. - Page 23 APG7300A Instruction manual Peak detection (abs) timing threshold Wave pattern cosmetic surgery input signal Peak detection (fast) timing Figure 5 threshold and peak detection (abs / fast) timing * Set LLD energy LLD (Lower Level Discriminator). The unit is ch. We do not count ch below this threshold.
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Page 24: File Tab
APG7300A Instruction manual 5.4. file tab Figure 7 file tab * save on stop When measurement is completed, histogram data is saved in a file. The file is saved in the same format as described above. * save at interval Sets whether to save histogram data to file at preset time intervals. -
Page 25: Calibration Tab
APG7300A Instruction manual 5.5. calibration tab Figure 8 calibration tab Set ROI (region of residence) and the energy calibration. It calculates the number of the counts or the half bandwidth of the peak by setting ROI at the spectrum peak. - Page 26 APG7300A Instruction manual "calibration" part Types of calibration: Choose the unit of the X-axis among following three. ch (channel) unit indication The unit of "FWHM" of "FWTM" of ROI is optional. eV unit indication. Calculate degree of leaning a and graft b of linear function y=ax+b so that ch is eV with two kinds of peaks (center level) in one spectrum and two points of calibration of the energy level and set it in the X-axis.
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Page 27: Graph
APG7300A Instruction manual 5.6. Graph graph Indicate the spectrum which gauss fitted by data between spectrum of CH1 and each ROI. cursor x Set the position of the dotted line cursor in the graph. The count value on the spectrum at the set position is displayed in “cursor y”. - Page 28 APG7300A Instruction manual Cursor movement tool. The cursor can be moved on the graph when setting the ROI. Zoom You can select and execute the following six zoom in and zoom out by clicking. Figure 11 Graph zooming in and zoom out tool (1) Rectangle Zoom Use this option to click on a point on the display as the corner of the zoom area and drag the tool until the rectangle occupies the zoom area.
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Page 29: Measurement
APG7300A Instruction manual 6. Measurement 6.1. Start Measurement (1) Click the menu "Clear". The histogram data in the device is initialized. If you want to continue the previously measured histogram or measurement results, start the next measurement without clicking "Clear". -
Page 30: File
APG7300A Instruction manual 7. File 7.1. Histogram data file (1) File format Text format separated by comma (csv) (2) File name Create arbitrarily (3) Configuration [Header] header section Measurement mode Measurement mode. Real time or Live time Measurement time Measurement time. Unit is seconds... -
Page 31: Function
APG7300A Instruction manual 8. Function 8.1. Data acquisition by the GATE signal timing When you want to acquire event data at that time from an external condition when an event occurs, input a LV-TTL level signal to the LEMO connector "GATE" on the front panel. When it is high, it measures. When it is low, it does not measure. -
Page 32: Calculation Method Of Fwhm (Half Bandwidth)
APG7300A Instruction manual 8.3. Calculation method of FWHM (half bandwidth) The FWHM (Full Width at Half Maximum) in the "status" tab is calculated as follows.. Figure 14 Calculation of FWHM (1) The maximum value fmax between ROI Start and ROI end in the histogram is detected. -
Page 33: Calculation Of Gross Count And Net Count
APG7300A Instruction manual 8.4. Calculation of gross count and net count The "gross" and "net" counts in the "ROI" part are calculated by the Covell method. background Figure 15 Gross and net calculation (1) The " gross" count is the sum of counts between ROI start and ROI end. -
Page 34: Calculation Method Of Two-Point Calibration
APG7300A Instruction manual 8.5. Calculation method of two-point calibration Perform a two-point calibration using the centroid of the two energy peaks and the peak energy value to make the unit scale of the X axis of the graph an energy (e.g., keV). One-point calibration is also possible. -
Page 35: Gauss-Fit
APG7300A Instruction manual 9. Gauss-fit This software has a peak analysis function by Gauss fitting. By opening the dedicated screen, you can calculate the half-value width, etc. by dividing the peaks with a small number of counts and the peaks that overlap with each other during measurement or for the histogram data in the data file. - Page 36 APG7300A Instruction manual * Setting section data source Select the data to be analyzed online Targets the data being measured on the main screen offline Targets the data in the pre-read histogram data file or Gauss fit data file target CH...
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Page 37: On-Line
APG7300A Instruction manual 9.2. On-line For the histogram acquired during measurement, perform Gaussian fit analysis for the specified peak according to the following procedure. 1. Select data source, “online”. 2. Start measurement in histogram mode. The histogram during measurement is displayed in the histogram graph. -
Page 38: Off-Line
APG7300A Instruction manual 9.3. Off-line For the histogram obtained by reading the histogram data file or the Gauss fit data file, perform Gauss fit analysis for the specified peak by the following procedure. 1. Select data source, “offline”. 2. Click open gauss fit file or open histogram file from file in the menu. A file selection dialog is displayed. Select the data file to be read and open it. -
Page 39: Notes
APG7300A Instruction manual 9.4. Notes Please note the following points to operate normally on the Gauss fit screen. When selecting combination as type of fit and setting the number of fit to two or more, set fit1 and fit2 in this order from the left in the gauss fit graph. -
Page 40: Peak Search
APG7300A Instruction manual 10. Peak search This software has a function to automatically detect peaks and perform peak analysis. You can open the dedicated screen and automatically detect the peak and calculate the half width etc. for the histogram data of the data file during measurement. - Page 41 APG7300A Instruction manual *Setting section data source Select the data to be analyzed online Targets the data being measured on the main screen offline Targets the data in the pre-read histogram data file or Gauss fit data file target CH...
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Page 42: On-Line
APG7300A Instruction manual 10.2. On-line Perform peak search analysis using the following procedure for the histogram acquired during measurement. 1. Select data source online 2. Start measurement in histogram mode. The histogram being measured is displayed in the peak search graph. -
Page 43: Off-Line
APG7300A Instruction manual 10.3. Off-line Perform peak search analysis according to the following procedure for the histogram obtained by reading the histogram data file or peak search data file. 1. Select data source as offline 2. Click open peak search file or open histogram file from file on the menu bar. A file selection dialog is displayed. -
Page 44: Notes
APG7300A Instruction manual 10.4. Notes Please note the following points to operate normally on the peak search screen. The degree of peak search changes by adjusting the sensitivity level, FWHM for search (ch.), and ROI of peak (ch.). Adjust each setting to the optimum while observing the shape of the red peak detection part. - Page 45 APG7300A Instruction manual TechnoAP Co., Ltd. Address: 2976-15 Mawatari, Hitachinaka-city, Ibaraki-prefecture, 312-0012, Japan TEL: +81-29-350-8011 FAX: +81-29-352-9013 URL: http://www.techno-ap.com E-mail: info@techno-ap.com Business Hours: 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM, Monday to Friday Techno AP Co., Ltd.
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