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MIRA P
2.927.00XX / 6.2133.030
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8.0924.8001EN / v7 / 2025-01-24

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  • Page 1 MIRA P 2.927.00XX / 6.2133.030 Product manual 8.0924.8001EN / v7 / 2025-01-24...

  • Page 3: Product Manual

    Metrohm Raman 407 South 2nd Street Laramie, WY 82070 +1 307 460 2089 info@metrohm.com www.metrohm.com MIRA P Firmware version 9.0.2.100 or higher Product manual 8.0924.8001EN / v7 /  2025-01-24...
  • Page 4 Technical Communication Metrohm Raman Laramie, WY 82070 This documentation is an original document. 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.  ...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Table of contents 1 Overview   1 Instrument description ............ 1 Instrument versions ..............  1 1.2.1 MIRA P .................. 1 1.2.2 MIRA PowerPack .............. 2 Software ................ 3 1.3.1 MIRA Cal P Software .............. 3 1.3.2 Tutorial MIRA Cal P .............. 3 About the documentation ...........  4 Displaying accessories ............ 6...
  • Page 6 10.2 Interfaces ................ 49 10.3 Energy supply .............. 49 10.3.1 MIRA P – Energy supply ............ 49 10.3.2 MIRA PowerPack – Energy supply ..........  49 10.4 Dimensions and materials .......... 50 10.4.1 MIRA P – Dimensions and materials ........ 50 10.4.2 MIRA PowerPack – Dimensions .......... 51 10.5 Operating specifications ............  51 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 7: Overview

    The MIRA spectrometers are the only handheld Raman spectrometers currently on the market with Orbital Raster Scan (ORS) technology. 1.2  Instrument versions 1.2.1  MIRA P MIRA P instruments are available in the following versions: Table  1 Product versions Article number Designation Version feature MIRA P Basic 2.927.0010...

  • Page 8: Mira Powerpack

    Article number Designation Version feature 6.2133.030 MIRA PowerPack May be operated together with MIRA P, MIRA M-3, MIRA XTR, MIRA DS. External rechargea- ble battery. The article number and serial number for identification of the product can be found on the type label:...

  • Page 9: Software

    QR code 1.3  Software 1.3.1  MIRA Cal P Software In order to configure a MIRA P instrument, the following software is needed: 6.06071.010 Mira Cal Pharma USB Stick   To download the latest version of MIRA Cal P software (including firm- ware), click on the following link: https://go.metrohm.com/s/uZsT4...

  • Page 10: About The Documentation

    The document contains important safety information and warnings which you must follow in order to ensure safe operation of the instrument. Metrohm is not responsible for damages and safety hazards that occur from using the instrument in a manner that is not specified in the user manual.

  • Page 11: Liability Disclaimer

    Metrohm Raman, Inc. or its affiliates have been notified of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 12: Displaying Accessories

    Displaying accessories ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1.5  Displaying accessories Up-to-date information on the scope of delivery and on optional accesso- ries can be found on the Metrohm website.   1 Searching for a product on the website Go to https://www.metrohm.com. ￭ Click on ￭...

  • Page 13: Safety

    MIRA PowerPack MIRA PowerPack is an external rechargeable battery designed to extend the time of operation. MIRA PowerPack may only be operated together with MIRA P, MIRA M-3, MIRA XTR or MIRA DS. 2.2  Responsibility of the operator The operator must ensure that the basic regulations on occupational safety and accident prevention are observed.

  • Page 14: Requirements For Operating Personnel

    IEC 61010. 2.4.2  Laser safety Nominal ocular hazard distance (NOHD) The following information refers to the nominal ocular hazard distance (NOHD) for the instrument MIRA P in accordance with EN 60825-1 (Safety of laser products), (see page 51). ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 15: Interlock Mechanism

    IEC 60825.14 for guidance on the safe use of lasers. You can purchase protective laser glasses (6.7560.010) from Metrohm Raman (see "Displaying accessories", chapter 1.5, page Laser classification of the MIRA P The laser classification of the complete device depends on the Smart Tip used. Complete device classification...

  • Page 16: Warning Stickers On The Instrument

    Safety instructions ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ The lid of the Smart Tip is opened. ￭ The attached Smart Tip is disconnected from the instrument. ￭ Risk of injury when measuring thermally sensitive materials Measuring a thermally sensitive sample that is in a tightly sealed vessel can lead to a pressure increase and subsequent explosion of the vessel.

  • Page 17: Laser Specifications

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety Laser specifications Figure  3 Sticker at the bottom of the instrument Max Power: 100 mW Wavelength: 785 nm Compliance Complies with 21 CFR 1040.10 & 1040.11 except for compliance with IEC 60825-1 Ed.3, as described in the Laser Notice No.

  • Page 18: Meaning Of Warning Signs

    Meaning of warning signs ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ WARNING Indicates a potential danger. Failure to avoid the danger may result in death or serious injury. CAUTION Indicates a potential danger. If not avoided, it may result in light or minor injuries. NOTICE Indicates a potentially damaging situation. If not avoided, the prod- uct or something in the surrounding area could be damaged.

  • Page 19: Functional Description

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description 3  Functional description 3.1  Overview of the instrument Front Figure  4 MIRA P – Front Magnetic smart tip fixture/ laser aper- Battery compartment ture Type B mini USB connector On/off switch Touch screen ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 20 Overview of the instrument ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Rear Figure  5 Mira P - Rear Barcode reader Long Working Distance Attachment Lens (LWD) Storage Accessories covering Short Working Distance Attachment Lens (SWD) Storage Case The instrument and attachments are delivered in a case. The contents vary depending on the product version.
  • Page 21 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description Figure  6 Mira P – Case (example) Manual SWD / LWD / XLWD Contact Ball-Probe MIRA PowerPack Tablet Holder Vial Holder Mira P Power supply unit Batteries 10 iUA – MIRA intelligent Universal Attachment 11 Calibrate/Verify Attachment (CVA) 12 Right Angle Attachment ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 22: Delivery And Storage

    Keep this packaging to ensure safe transportation of the product. If a transport locking device is present, keep this as well for future reuse. 4.3  Storage MIRA P Always remove batteries if the instrument is not in use. MIRA PowerPack Check the storage conditions at least every 1 to 2 months (see ￭...

  • Page 23: Installation

    Charge status Full Almost full Half full Yellow battery warning Metrohm recommends replacing the bat- teries 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 24 Energy supply with batteries ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Battery type recommendation Use AA Energizer® Ultimate Lithium™-type batteries. Metrohm recommends as well rechargeable NiMH Panasonic eneloop pro™ batteries.   Pull the lever. ￭   Open the top lid. ￭ ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 25 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation   Replace the batteries. Refer to the plus and minus signs on the ￭ housing.   Close the lid. ￭   Push the lid downwards until the lock release mechanism ￭ engages. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 26: Energy Supply With Mira Powerpack

    MIRA PowerPack can be attached to operate the instrument for 9+ hours. During operation with MIRA PowerPack, automatic shutdown is dis- abled. Metrohm recommends inserting batteries into the instrument for safety. If both internal AA batteries and MIRA PowerPack are installed, the following applies: MIRA PowerPack is discharged before the internal batteries.

  • Page 27: Charging Instructions

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation Figure  8 MIRA PowerPack – Rear USB-C connector USB connector for charging MIRA PowerPack. Do not bend the cable. Charging instructions MIRA PowerPack is shipped at <25% charge, in accordance with IATA regulations. Please charge MIRA PowerPack fully before first use.  ...
  • Page 28 Energy supply with MIRA PowerPack ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Charging procedure 0%–25% 25%–50% 50%–75% 75%–100% 100% Red lights progressing from 1 to Charging procedure paused due to temperature. If no LED lights up after 30 minutes of charging procedure, press for 10 seconds.  ...
  • Page 29 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation   Holding the MIRA P and MIRA PowerPack with the front side ￭ facing forward, hook MIRA PowerPack's right latch onto the instrument's right lanyard pin. Press and hold down the lock button. ￭ Rotate MIRA PowerPack's left latch onto the instrument's left ￭...

  • Page 30: Usb Connection

    5.3  USB connection 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 31: Safe Shutdown

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation 5.4  Safe shutdown 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 ￭...

  • Page 32: Initial Configuration

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6  Initial configuration Configuration Use MIRA Cal P software to change instrument settings or to install spectral libraries. Refer to MIRA Cal P software tutorial for detailed information (see "Tutorial MIRA Cal P", chapter 1.3.2, page ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 33: Operation And Control

    By design, Smart Tips will not allow operation of the instrument when seated in an incorrect position. The scope of delivery depends on the instrument version (see "MIRA P", chapter 1.2.1, page 1). You can purchase other Smart Tips separately (see "Displaying accessories", chapter 1.5, page...
  • Page 34 The Right Angle Attachment allows the collection of data by placing the substance on a surface and laying the MIRA P down next to the substance with the Right Angle Attachment covering the substance. Ideal for a baggie on the hood of a squad car.
  • Page 35 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Description The iUA provides the flexibility of a universal attachment with the intelligent mode of operation of the MIRA Smart Tips. Use position ● for direct contact. ￭ The focal point is approximately 1 mm from the end of the attachment. Use position ●●...

  • Page 36: Attaching Smart Tips

    Attaching Smart Tips ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 7.2  Attaching Smart Tips Using Calibrate/Verify Attachment (CVA) The CVA has 2 positions. Attaching the Smart Tip works the same way for both positions.   Attach the Smart Tip by engaging the bottom left corner of the ￭...
  • Page 37 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control The lid contains a safety feature which cancels the measurement and stops the laser if you open the lid.   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 38 Attaching Smart Tips ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ The lid contains a safety feature which cancels the measurement and stops the laser if you open the lid.   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 39 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Using Intelligent Universal Attachment (iUA) WARNING Eye damage from laser radiation Laser radiation can cause serious eye damages. Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. Follow the ￭ safety measures and instructions. Avoid exposure to laser radiation and specular reflections. Do not ￭...
  • Page 40 Attaching Smart Tips ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭   Rotate the attachment to change the position. The attachment ￭ has 3 positions. The number of dots above the notch indicates the position: Table  4 Intelligent Universal Attachment (iUA) Sampling Focal point Dots on attachment ≅1 mm Surface (direct contact) Position ●...
  • Page 41 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Using attachment lenses (SWD, LWD, XLWD) WARNING Eye damage from laser radiation Laser radiation can cause serious eye damages. Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. Follow the ￭ safety measures and instructions. Avoid exposure to laser radiation and specular reflections. Do not ￭...
  • Page 42 Attaching Smart Tips ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Using Right Angle Attachment WARNING Eye damage from laser radiation Laser radiation can cause serious eye damages. Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. Follow the ￭ safety measures and instructions. Avoid exposure to laser radiation and specular reflections. Do not ￭...
  • Page 43 ANSI Z136.1 or supplement IEC 60825.14 for guidance on the safe use of lasers.   Attach the Smart Tip: Seat the brass knob into the recess on the ￭ left side of the MIRA P. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 44 Attaching Smart Tips ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭   Tighten using the brass knob on the attachment. Do not over ￭ tighten. Using Standoff Attachment WARNING Eye damage from laser radiation Laser radiation can cause serious eye damages. Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. Follow the ￭...
  • Page 45 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control The Standoff Attachment is not meant to be used outdoors. It may be operated only in a defined and monitored laser area.   Attach the Smart Tip: Seat the brass knob into the recess on the ￭...

  • Page 46: Data Acquisition

      Manually adjust the adjustment ring to the desired Standoff dis- ￭ tance and perform the measurement. Metrohm recommends using a tripod in connection with the Standoff Attachment. 7.3  Data acquisition The following steps show how to measure samples with the instrument.
  • Page 47 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control   2 Login Select your user name from the dropdown list, enter your password and click on [Login].   3 Attach smart tip If not already done, attach the correct smart tip to the instrument (see "Attaching Smart Tips", chapter 7.2, page 30) Within an operating procedure a certain smart tip type may be required.
  • Page 48 Data acquisition ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭   4 Selecting an operating procedure Select an operating procedure from the dropdown list.   5 Read a barcode Click on to use the barcode reader instead of typing in by hand. Barcode functionality and behavior is defined in the operating proce- dure.

  • Page 49: Configuration

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control   8 Measuring the sample Click on [Acquire] to start the measurement. ￭ When the data is acquired, a spectrum is displayed with information according to the definitions in the operating procedure.   9 Measuring the next sample Click on [Next] to start the next measurement.

  • Page 50: Battery Chemistry

    Configuration ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Battery Chemistry There are many different types of AA batteries. For an accurate battery life indicator, it is important to choose the battery chemistry that is being used in the device. The two chemistries that are supported are Li and NiMH. Set the battery chemistry:  ...

  • Page 51: Safe Shutdown

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control   4 Click on SST. 7.5  Safe shutdown 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. ￭...

  • Page 52: Maintenance

    Routine cleaning of the instrument can be done using non-corrosive cleansers such as water, ethanol, or acetone. Metrohm Service offers every form of technical advice for maintenance and service of all Metrohm products. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 53: Disposal

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Disposal 9  Disposal Properly dispose of chemicals and of the product to reduce negative effects on the environment and public health. Local authorities, waste dis- posal companies or dealers provide more detailed information on disposal. Observe the WEEE EU directive (WEEE = Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) for the proper disposal of waste electronic equipment within the European Union.

  • Page 54: Technical Specifications

    Ambient conditions ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 10 Technical specifications 10.1  Ambient conditions 10.1.1  MIRA P – Ambient conditions Nominal function range –20 to +50 °C at max. 93% relative humidity, non-condens- Storage and Transport –20 to +70 °C at max. 93% relative humidity, non-condens-...

  • Page 55: Interfaces

      Data transmission   with USB cable (6.2151.110) 10.3  Energy supply 10.3.1  MIRA P – Energy supply Battery specifications 2 x 1.5 V, size AA up to 3.5 hours Nominal input voltage 5 V DC   Power consumption 1,300 mA max.

  • Page 56: Dimensions And Materials

    Dimensions and materials ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 10.4  Dimensions and materials 10.4.1  MIRA P – Dimensions and materials Dimensions     Width 88.2 mm   Depth 45.3 mm   Height 125.5 mm   Display 3.7'' TFT LCD resistive touch   display, glove-compatible Samples for Vial Holder  ...

  • Page 57: Mira Powerpack - Dimensions

    Dimensions     MIRA PowerPack 90 × 45 × 50 mm Width × Depth × Height MIRA P & MIRA PowerPack 90 × 45.3 × 170 mm Width × Depth × Height Weight 319 g   MIRA P & MIRA PowerPack <1100 g...
  • Page 58 Operating specifications ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Protection Level of protective glasses D LB5 775–795 nm   (according to EN 207) NOHD – Nominal Ocular Hazard Dis-     tance Contact Ball-Probe 34.5 cm   Standoff Attachment at 0.25 m setting 12 m   Standoff Attachment at 1.5 m setting 125 m  ...

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