Heath Monochromator user information IMPORTANT: Before you ...

Heath Monochromator user information
IMPORTANT: Before you turn the computer ‘on’, make sure that the μDAC I/O is powered
up by checking to see if the red LED on the μDAC is illuminated. If you do not start the
system up in this order the I/O device may not initialise properly.
Having started the computer you need to log on using the password... proton
Start the “Heath” (LabVIEW) application from the icon on the desktop. The user screen
shown in Figure 1 will open up.
Figure 1: First Heath user screen to open up.
Check to see that the serial number 1000023038 appears in the Serial window on the bottom
left of the screen. If this number does not appear then the I/O was not properly initialised.
Speak to the Demonstrator about what might be wrong.
Use the tab selection on the top left of the screen to go to “Page 2”. The user screen shown in
Figure 2 will open up.
Fill the scan settings (that you have selected) into the relevant boxes. Please note that the
wavelength and slit width settings are in Angstom while the count time is in milli-seconds.
Choose a ‘User Name’ and ‘Scan title’ that will make sense to you and to other readers in a
year’s time, and choose a file name that will do likewise.
Having filled in the scan requirements, return to Page 1.

Figure 2: Second Heath user screen to open up.
From Page 1, select the ‘Start’ button. The window shown in Figure 3 will open up that will
prompt you to decide where the data is to be saved. Data may be saved to the Desktop or to
the Reports folder. Ultimately all data should be saved in the Reports folder.
Figure 3: Scan requirement acceptance and saving location windows.
Once the ‘save location’ has been selected the scan will start automatically. A typical,
completed scan is shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: A typical, completed Heath Monochromator scan.
The data from the scan can be retrieved from the folder into which it was saved. Part of a
typical set of data is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5: Part of a typical data set retrieved from a Heath scan.