Using ooibase operating software, File menu functions – Ocean Optics OOIBase16 User Manual

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Using OOIBase Operating Software

File Menu Functions

New

This command opens a new window and starts acquiring data from the spectrometer. By default, the Master
channel is selected and the graph is placed in Scope Mode.

Open

This command opens a dialog box that allows you to reload a saved set of spectra. If you saved the dark or
the reference spectra, they are also restored.

Close

This command immediately closes the current graph window. You are not given the opportunity to save the
current spectrum when this command is chosen.

Store Dark Spectrum

This command stores the current spectrum as the dark spectrum for the channel activated. This spectrum is
taken with the light source off or with the light path blocked. (See

Doing an Experiment

on page 15.)

Saving a dark spectrum is requisite before the software can make the calculations of absorbance,
transmission, and relative irradiance spectra.

Store Reference Spectrum

This command stores the current spectrum as the reference spectrum for the channel activated. This
spectrum is taken with the light source on and a blank in the sampling region. (See

Doing an Experiment

on page 15.) Saving a reference spectrum is requisite before the software can make the calculations of
absorbance, transmission, and reflection spectra.

Save Sample Spectrum

This command opens a dialog box that allows you to save a set of spectra as a binary file. If the dark and
reference spectra are saved, they are also saved in the binary file. Data acquisition parameters are also saved.

Export Spectrum

This command opens a dialog box that allows you to export the current spectra (sample, reference, and/or
dark) into a comma-delimited ASCII file. You are given the opportunity to specify the filename. The
following file extensions are the default:

Spectrum

Extension

Reference

.REF

Dark

.DRK

Sample

Absorbance

.ABS

Transmission

.TRM

Reflection

.RFL

Scope

.SCO

Print Preview

This command opens a window allowing you to view how the current spectrum will look when printed.