Gentec-EO P-LINK - Manual (Page 19)

P- LINK User’s Manual Revision 15.0 19
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When working at a wavelength not available in the Wavelength menu, use the custom option. If you
choose custom, a dialog box appears where you can enter a wavelength. The wavelength you enter
must be within the range of valid wavelengths. The P-LINK interpolates a wavelength correction factor
using the pre-
programmed data in the detector’s EEPROM.
Personal wavelength correction ™ is automatic only with version 5 and higher detectors. With version 4
(V4) detectors, you need to use the Corrections menu to manually enter a multiplier to correct for the
wavelength. You will find these multipliers on the Personal wavelength correction
™ Certificate shipped
with the detector. You can use both the Wavelength menu and the Corrections menu for all V5 and later
detectors.
5.2.2 Settings - Data Sampling
The Data Sampling parameters are used for calculating the statistics(see section 5.1.4) and for data
acquisition(see section 5.3.3). PC-LINK uses default sampling parameters unless you set them yourself.
You can set PC-LINK either to calculate the statistics for a single sample and stop or to repeat
continuously. Take data for a few seconds or a few weeks. You have the flexibility to handle any
application, from analyzing a single short pulse with high resolution to sampling performance over a
period of months.
The statistical parameters that are calculated are listed in Table 2.1.
Figure 5-10 shows the window for setting the data sampling parameters. Table 5-11 describes the
parameters. When finished setting them, click save to activate the parameters.
Fig. 5-10 PC-LINK Data Sampling parameter window.
Table 5-11 Data Sampling Parameters
Parameter Choices Description
Sample Rate 10Hz to 1 per
hour Sets the number of points (measurements) per second: 10 per
second, 1 per second, 1 per 10 seconds, 1 per minute, 1 per
10 minutes, 1 per hour.
Sample Period Integer
1 to 1000000000 The time over which samples are to be averaged. Sets the
number of samples used in the average and standard deviation
[for example, for each average to be based on 5 minutes of
data, set to 5 minutes..].
Sample period Second Sets the time period for the value entered above.