Lightfield; Figure 15. Lightfield Experiment Workspace - Princeton Instruments ProEM+ EMCCD User Manual

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4. Follow the instructions on the dialogs to perform the initial hardware setup: this
5. If you will be performing spectroscopy, you also need to define the spectrograph by
Note: For a step-by-step procedure on basic system operation (Imaging and
Spectroscopy), refer to the appropriate "First Light" sections: for Imaging applications
(page 40) or for Spectroscopy applications (page 43).

LightField

1. Make sure the ProEM+ (and spectrograph, if this is a spectroscopy system) is
2. Start LightField.
3. While LightField is starting up, it will detect the available device(s) and load the
4. When you drag an icon into the Experiment Devices area, the appropriate
5. Because this is a new experiment, the default settings will automatically be
System Setup
wizard enters default parameters on the Hardware Setup dialog tabs and gives you
an opportunity to acquire a single test image to confirm the system is working. Note
that this is a test image and it is not acquired using the settings needed for true data
acquisition.
selecting Define from the Spectrograph menu, highlighting the correct spectrograph
name, and clicking on Install Selected Spectrograph .
connected to the host computer and that the camera (and spectrograph) power
supply is turned on.
appropriate icons into the Available Devices area in the Experiment workspace.
expanders will be loaded into the Experiment Settings stack on the lefthand side
of the window.

Figure 15. LightField Experiment Workspace

entered for the experiment device(s). These settings will allow you to begin
previewing (Run button) or acquiring (Acquire button) data.
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