Ocean Optics QE Pro Install - Manual (Page 9)

1: Introduction
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• LED indicator to show when the TEC is stable and accurate
• Temperature stability: <0.1ºC
• Continuous TEC setpoint control from 40ºC below ambient up to 50 ºC
• GPIO
• Single strobe
• Continuous strobe
• 10 user-programmable digital I/O pins
• SPI/I2C for controlling peripherals
• Nonvolatile storage
• Wavelength calibration coefficients
• Linearity correction coefficients
• Absolute irradiance calibration (optional)
• Buffering
• Triggering (4 modes)
• Resets
• Watchdog timer for reliability
• Hardware power recycle via reset pin or software command
• Kensington ® security slot
• LEDs for feedback on TEC readiness and general spectrometer health
• Software support:
• OceanView
• OmniDriver
• SeaBreeze
• CE certification
System Requirements
You can use the QE Pro’s USB connectivity with any computer that meets the requirements for the
spectrometer operating software being used (Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, Mac OS X and Linux). See
About Ocean Optics Software .
Alternately, the QE Pro has a serial port for connecting to PCs and PLCs. However, this connection
method requires an external power supply to power the QE Pro, the Breakout Box, and a serial cable.
EEPROM Utilization
Nonvolatile memory in each QE Pro contains wavelength calibration coefficients, linearity coefficients,
and a serial number unique to each individual spectrometer. The OOI software application reads these
values directly from the spectrometer, enabling the ability to “hot-swap” spectrometers between
computers without entering the spectrometer coefficients manually on each computer.