Ocean Optics OOIBase16 - Manual (Page 8)

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Setup Menu Functions
Configure Hardware
This command opens the “Interface Setup
Parameters” dialog box. It allows you to configure
the specific type of hardware connecting the
spectrometer to the computer. In this box, you
specify your Spectrometer, A/D Converter, Base
Address and IRQ. The parameters in this dialog
box are usually set only once -- when OOIBase is
first installed and the software first starts. (See
Installing OOIBase Operating Software on
page 3 for further details.)
Configure Spectrometer
This command opens the “Spectrometer
Configuration” dialog box. The number of
spectrometer channels in your system is selected.
The correct numbers for the First Coefficient,
Second Coefficient, and Intercept have already
been entered from the bottom of the
calibration sheet that came with your
spectrometer.
Stray light is light detected at a wavelength
or wavelengths other than those at which the
light should be detected. All spectrometers
experience the effects of stray light. The
Enable Stray Light Correction and the
Stray Light Constant functions, through a
mathematical equation, reduce every pixel’s
intensity to compensate for the total amount
of stray light in the spectrometer.
Time Series Acquisition
This command opens the “Time Series
Setup” dialog box. It allows you to specify
parameters important to the time series
data acquisition of full spectra. You can
opt to have up to four Spectrometer
Channels in a time series setup.
Enter the Number of Scans and Delay
Between Scans you want for your setup.
The value entered for Number of Scans
will affect the amount of memory (see
Estimated memory) required for your
measurements. If these values are too
high and require more memory than you
have available, your computer may
freeze, hang or crash.
The Delay Before First Scan function
allows you to begin acquiring data at a
later time. After entering the time (in