Ocean Optics Remora - Manual (Page 7)

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Chapter 1
Introduction
Product Overview
Remora is a convenient, low-cost adapter that turns your Ocean Optics spectrometer into a robust web
and information server, allowing you to capture data wirelessly or over the Ethernet. You can connect to
Remora’s web interface and control your spectrometer through Wi-Fi
 or Ethernet-enabled devices such
as PCs, mobile phones, PDAs, etc.
Remora
Possible applications for Remora include polling a spectrometer sitting in your lab from a remote location
and changing spectrometer configuration parameters such as integration time and signal averaging while
on the other side of campus. In addition, spectrometers equipped with Remora can be deployed as a
network of devices that collect real-time data that is instantly accessible via the Internet.
Features
Remora provides the following features:
 Communication with the spectrometer over Ethernet
 A simple web interface (similar in appearance to a wireless router) to
 Set basic acquisition parameters
 Configure networking
 Acquire a Scope mode spectrum
 Allow remote viewing of the status of acquisitions running between the spectrometer and
SpectraSuite
 Perform basic data logging and error notification