Ocean Optics OOIIrrad-C - Manual (Page 55)

5: Calibration
Note
The Lamp | Enable Strobe function is used to control a digital line on the DB15
connector. It can be used to turn the lamp on and off.
11. Verify that the number of Scans to Avg is set to a high value such as 50 or 100 to ensure better
calibration accuracy.
12. Block the light path and select Spectrometer | Scan Dark to take a dark scan. The Store a scan
screen for a dark scan appears. Follow the directions on the screen. A raw baseline curve is added
to the Actual Scan graph.
13. Unblock the light path to calibration lamp and select Spectrometer | Scan Calibration Lamp to
take a reference scan. The Store a scan screen for a reference scan appears. Follow the directions
on the screen. The lamp’s raw spectrum, as seen by spectrometer, is added to the Actual Scan
graph. Click OK.
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