Ocean Optics Maya2000Pro VIS-NIR Install - Manual (Page 13)

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Chapter 2
Installing the Maya2000 Series
Spectrometers
Overview
You must install the operating software application prior to connecting your Maya2000 Series
Spectrometer to a computer. The Ocean Optics SpectraSuite spectrometer operating software installs the
drivers required for the Maya2000 Series spectrometer installation. If you do not install the software first,
the system will not properly recognize the Maya2000 Series.
If you have already connected the Maya2000 Series to the computer prior to installing the operating
software, consult Chapter 3:
Troubleshooting for information on correcting a corrupt Maya2000 Series
installation.
Maya2000 Series Installation
This section contains instructions for connecting the Maya2000 Series Spectrometer to a computer. To
connect the Maya2000 Series Spectrometer to a computer via the USB port, the computer must be
running a Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, Mac OS X or Linux operating system.
► Procedure
Follow the steps below to connect the Maya2000 Series to a computer via the USB port:
1. Install the spectrometer operating software on the destination computer.
2. Locate the USB cable (USB-CBL-1) provided with the Maya2000 Series Spectrometer.
3. Insert the square end of the cable into the side of the spectrometer.
4. Insert the rectangular end of the cable into the USB port of the computer.
If you installed SpectraSuite prior to connecting the spectrometer, SpectraSuite installs the spectrometer
drivers. If the drivers do not successfully install (or if you connected the spectrometer to the computer
before installing SpectraSuite), consult Chapter 3:
Troubleshooting .
If you have followed the previous steps and started SpectraSuite, the spectrometer is already acquiring
data. Even with no light in the spectrometer, there should be a dynamic trace displayed in the bottom of
the graph. If you allow light into the spectrometer, the graph trace should rise with increasing light
intensity. This means the software and hardware are correctly installed.