Ocean Optics SpectraSuite - Manual (Page 31)

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Chapter 3
Controls and Indicators
Overview
SpectraSuite consists of a number of visual controls in the form of icons and buttons. This chapter
describes these controls and how to use them.
Some menu selections and controls require that some action to be taken before they can be used. When
unavailable, the controls are grayed-out. Many of these requirements will be lifted so that the software
will ask what to do when it is not appropriate to take an action yet, but until then, the behavior is as
follows:
 Acquisition parameters, storing dark/reference spectra, and the Strip Chart require an
unambiguous selection of an acquisition. If no acquisitions are running, try starting one.
If more than one acquisition is started, try clicking on the desired trend in the graph to
select the correct target. Similarly, try expanding the tree under the icon of the
spectrometer and see how the controls respond to selecting each item. Right-click these
items (or Control-click in MacOSX) to see additional actions for each.
 Minus dark requires a dark spectrum to be stored.
 A, T, R, and I (relative irradiance) require a dark and reference to be stored.
 Absolute Irradiance mode (I) requires a calibration and a stored dark spectrum.
 Photometry and energy/power/photons measurements require an active absolute
irradiance calculation.
Graph Controls
The heart of the SpectraSuite application is the spectrum graph. SpectraSuite provides you with a wide
variety of options to customize and monitor your graph views.
Controls are organized into the following toolbars that can be displayed or hidden using the Down Arrow
button ( ).