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Chapter 2, Installing dragon, Overview – Ocean Optics Dragon User Manual

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Chapter 2

Installing Dragon

Overview

You must install the Quantum software application prior to connecting Dragon to your computer. The
Quantum software installation installs the drivers required for Dragon installation. If you do not install
Quantum first, the system will not properly recognize Dragon.

Quantum Software Installation

The Quantum software used to operate your Dragon spectrometer is on the Dragon CD. Double-click on
the Quantum Software setup.exe file and follow the prompts in the Installation Wizard.

Dragon Installation

Procedure

Follow the steps below to connect Dragon to a computer via the USB port:

1. Install Quantum software (setup.exe) from the Dragon CD on the destination computer.

2. Locate the USB cable (USB-CBL-1) provided with Dragon.

3. Insert the square end of the cable into the side of Dragon containing the USB port.

4. Insert the rectangular end of the cable into the USB port of the computer.

5. If you have an optical fiber, connect it to the SMA connector on the other end of the

spectrometer.