GENESIS SPECTRUM USER MANUAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS1 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS SPECTRUM...................................................................................11.1 README.TXT FOR THIS RELEASE....................................................................................................22 QUICK START.......................................................................................................................................53 MAIN WINDOW OVERVIEW...............................................................................................................73.1 PULL DOWN MENUS .......................................................................................................................73.2 THE TOOLBAR.................................................................................................................................83.3 THE MAIN SPECTRUM PANEL........................................................................................................93.4 THE STATUS BAR.........................................................................................................................103.5 THE SPECTRUM COLLECTION WINDOW.......................................................................................103.6 OTHER PANEL VIEWS...................................................................................................................104 SETUP AND CALIBRATION ............................................................................................................114.1 MICROSCOPE PARAMETERS........................................................................................................114.2 DETECTOR GEOMETRY PARAMETERS .........................................................................................124.3 CALIBRATION ................................................................................................................................144.3.1 When to Calibrate? ..................................................................................................................144.3.2 Calibration Samples.................................................................................................................154.3.3 Automatic Calibration..............................................................................................................164.3.4 Manual Calibration..................................................................................................................164.3.5 Example Calibration Log File .................................................................................................175 SPECTRUM BASICS .........................................................................................................................195.1 SETTING THE COUNT RATE AND DEAD TIME...............................................................................195.2 AUTO AMPTIME ............................................................................................................................195.3 SPECTRUM COLLECTION ..............................................................................................................205.4 SPECTRUM VIEWING.....................................................................................................................215.4.1 Zooming ...................................................................................................................................215.4.2 Energy Scale ............................................................................................................................215.4.3 Gridlines ..................................................................................................................................235.4.4 Logarithmic Scale ....................................................................................................................235.4.5 Color Selection.........................................................................................................................245.4.6 Blank Screen ............................................................................................................................245.4.7 Window Options.......................................................................................................................245.5 ADDING LABELS AND TEXT...........................................................................................................255.5.1 Spectrum Label ........................................................................................................................255.5.2 Adding Text ..............................................................................................................................255.6 SAVING TO FILE ............................................................................................................................265.6.1 How to Save .............................................................................................................................265.6.2 How to Save In Sequence .........................................................................................................265.63 Spectrum file Parameters.........................................................................................................285.7 PRINTING SPECTRA ......................................................................................................................295.8 RECALLING STORED SPECTRA.....................................................................................................305.8.1 File or Current Parameters .....................................................................................................305.8.2 Snap Spectra Viewer ................................................................................................................325.9 PROJECT MODE............................................................................................................................335.10 EDAX REPORT GENERATION ......................................................................................................346 PEAK IDENTIFICATION AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS ............................................................356.1 AUTO PEAK IDENTIFICATION.........................................................................................................356.1.1 Peak to Background Ratio .......................................................................................................37GENESIS Spectrum – User’s Manuali