Ocean Optics Ocean View User Manual

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Spectrometer Operating Software

Installation Installation and Operation Manual

Document Number 000-20000-310-02-201312

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Table of Contents

About This Manual...............................................................................................................

v

Document Purpose and Intended Audience.....................................................................................

v

What’s New in this Document ...................................................................................................................

v

Document Summary.........................................................................................................................

v

Product-Related Documentation ......................................................................................................

v

Chapter 1: Introduction .........................................................................

1

Product Overview ................................................................................................................

1

USB Spectrometer and Device Control................................................................................

1

Features ..............................................................................................................................

2

Spectroscopic Functions......................................................................................................

3

Getting Updates...................................................................................................................

4

Chapter 2: Installation ...........................................................................

5

Overview .............................................................................................................................

5

OceanView Minimum System Requirements.......................................................................

5

Installation ...........................................................................................................................

5

Installing on a Windows Platform .....................................................................................................

6

Installing on a Macintosh Platform ...................................................................................................

7

Installing on a Linux Platform ...........................................................................................................

8

Retrieving from a CD ........................................................................................................................

9

Product Activation................................................................................................................

10

Licensing...........................................................................................................................................

10

Starting Your 10 Day Free Trial........................................................................................................

10

Using Your Product Key to Activate Your Software .........................................................................

10

Deactivating Your Product Key for Software Installation on Another Computer ..............................

11

Connecting Your Spectrometer............................................................................................

11

Chapter 3: User Interface ......................................................................

13

Launching OceanView.........................................................................................................

13

Welcome Screen .................................................................................................................

13

Run a Wizard....................................................................................................................................

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Load Project .....................................................................................................................................

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Restore Previous Session ................................................................................................................

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Quick View........................................................................................................................................

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Views...................................................................................................................................

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Graph View.......................................................................................................................................

16

Schematic View ................................................................................................................................

17

Online Help..........................................................................................................................

18

Main Window Controls.........................................................................................................

18

Creating a New Spectroscopy Application .......................................................................................

19

Opening a Project.............................................................................................................................

19

Saving a Project ...............................................................................................................................

19

Removing a Project ..........................................................................................................................

19

Using the Device Manager ...............................................................................................................

19

Acquisition Parameter Controls ...........................................................................................

20

Main Controls Tab ............................................................................................................................

22

Add/Remove Controls Tab ...............................................................................................................

24

GPIO Function..................................................................................................................................

24

Graph View Controls ...........................................................................................................

26

Configure Graph Saving ...................................................................................................................

27

Graph Layer Options Window ..........................................................................................................

29

Menus .................................................................................................................................

34

File Menu..........................................................................................................................................

34

Window Menu...................................................................................................................................

37

Help Menu ............................................................................................................................

41

Chapter 4: Wizards ................................................................................

43

Overview .............................................................................................................................

43

Select Data Source Wizard..................................................................................................

43

Set Acquisition Parameters Wizard......................................................................................

43

Select Spectroscopy Wizard................................................................................................

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Color Wizard.....................................................................................................................................

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Photometry Wizard ...........................................................................................................................

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Concentration Wizard .......................................................................................................................

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Energy, Power, Photons Wizard ......................................................................................................

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Peak Metrics Wizard.........................................................................................................................

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Strip Chart Wizard ............................................................................................................................

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Splicing Spectral Data .........................................................................................................

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Chapter 5: Schematic View ...................................................................

59

Overview .............................................................................................................................

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Using the Schematic View ...................................................................................................

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Spectrometers ..................................................................................................................................

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Acquisitions ......................................................................................................................................

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Displaying the Schematic View............................................................................................

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Sizing the Schematic View ...............................................................................................................

60

Schematic Icons ..................................................................................................................

65

Devices.............................................................................................................................................

65

Nodes ...............................................................................................................................................

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Creating a Schematic View..................................................................................................

66

Icon Definitions....................................................................................................................

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Absolute Value (Abs)........................................................................................................................

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Acquisition (Acquire).........................................................................................................................

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Add Color View (Color).....................................................................................................................

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Add Graph View (View) ....................................................................................................................

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Add Scalar View (Scalar)..................................................................................................................

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Add (Add)..........................................................................................................................................

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Aggregate (Aggregate) .....................................................................................................................

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Average (Avg)...................................................................................................................................

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Background Estimation (Bk Est).......................................................................................................

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Blackbody (Blkbdy)...........................................................................................................................

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Boxcar Filter (Bxcr)...........................................................................................................................

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Ceiling (Ceiling) ................................................................................................................................

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CIE L*a*b* (L*a*b*)...........................................................................................................................

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CIE u'v'w' (u'v'w') ..............................................................................................................................

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CIE uv (uv)........................................................................................................................................

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CIE xyz (xyz) ....................................................................................................................................

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CIE XYZ (XYZ) .................................................................................................................................

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Color Rendering Index (CRI)............................................................................................................

75

Constant (Const) ..............................................................................................................................

75

Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)...............................................................................................

76

Cosine (Cos).....................................................................................................................................

76

Data Property (DataProp).................................................................................................................

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Data Source (Outdated) ...................................................................................................................

77

Data Source (DataSource) ...............................................................................................................

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Delta x (Delta x)................................................................................................................................

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Derivative -- spatially based (Deriv) .................................................................................................

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Divide (Div) .......................................................................................................................................

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Dominant Wavelength & Purity (Purity)............................................................................................

79

Emissive Color (Emiss Color)...........................................................................................................

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Energy, Power, Photons (EPP) ........................................................................................................

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Evaluate Function (FnEval) ..............................................................................................................

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Exponential (Exp) .............................................................................................................................

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File (File)...........................................................................................................................................

81

File Writer .........................................................................................................................................

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Floor (Floor)......................................................................................................................................

82

Hunter Lab (Lab) ..............................................................................................................................

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Integral (Integr) .................................................................................................................................

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Interpolation (Interp) .........................................................................................................................

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Linear Regression (Reg) ..................................................................................................................

83

Logarithm - base 10 (Log10) ............................................................................................................

83

Maximum Value (Max)......................................................................................................................

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Minimum Value (Min)........................................................................................................................

84

Multiply (Mult) ...................................................................................................................................

84

Natural Logarithm -- base e (Ln) ......................................................................................................

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Negate (Neg) ....................................................................................................................................

85

Output Control (Output Control) .......................................................................................................

85

Peak Metrics (Metrics)......................................................................................................................

86

Peaks (Peaks) ..................................................................................................................................

86

Photometry (Phtmet) ........................................................................................................................

87

Power (Pwr)......................................................................................................................................

88

Reflective Color (Refl Color).............................................................................................................

88

Round (Round) .................................................................................................................................

89

Running Average (RunAvg)..............................................................................................................

89

Savitzky-Golay Filter (SGolayFilt) ....................................................................................................

89

Selector (Select) ...............................................................................................................................

90

Simulated Spectrometer ...................................................................................................................

90

Sine (sine).........................................................................................................................................

91

Spectral Overlay (Capt) ....................................................................................................................

91

Spectrometer ....................................................................................................................................

92

Splice (Splice)...................................................................................................................................

92

Square Root (SqRt) ..........................................................................................................................

93

Standard Deviation (StdDev)............................................................................................................

93

SubRange (SubRng) ........................................................................................................................

93

Subtract (Subt) .................................................................................................................................

94

Tangent (tan) ....................................................................................................................................

94

Time Derivative (Dx/Dt) ....................................................................................................................

95

Time Trend (Trend) ..........................................................................................................................

95

Unit Labels (Units) ............................................................................................................................

95

Update Rate (Rate) ..........................................................................................................................

96

Whiteness (Whiteness).....................................................................................................................

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Index .......................................................................................................

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About This Manual

Document Purpose and Intended Audience

This document provides you with an installation and configuration instructions to get your system up and running. In addition, user interface for OceanView is provided.

What’s New in this Document

This version of the OceanView Spectrometer Operating Software Installation and Operation Manual updates the manual to support Release 1.3.4.

Document Summary

Chapter

Description

 

 

Chapter 1: Introduction

Provides an overview of the OceanView operating software.

 

 

Chapter 2: Installation

Contains instructions for installing and configuring the

 

OceanView software.

 

 

Chapter 3: User Interface

Describes how to operate OceanView with the user interface

 

provided. Descriptions include views possible, and the

 

controls and menus available.

 

 

Chapter 4: Wizards

Provides procedures for using the OceanView wizards to

 

capture your project data.

 

 

Chapter 5: Schematic View

Contains instructions for using the OceanView schematic

 

view. A full description for each of the schematic view icons is

 

provided.

 

 

Product-Related Documentation

ADC1000-USB Operating Instructions

Apex 785 Raman Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

External Triggering Options Instructions

External Triggering Options for Spectrometers with Firmware 3.0 and Above

HR2000 and HR2000CG-UV-NIR Series High-Resolution Fiber Optic Spectrometers Installation and Operation Manual

HR2000+ High-speed Fiber Optic Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

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HR4000 and HR4000CG-UV-NIR Series High-resolution Fiber Optic Spectrometers Installation and Operation Manual

ISS-UV-VIS Integrated Sampling System Installation and Operation Instructions

Jaz Installation and Operation Manual

LS-450 Blue LED Pulsed Light Source Installation and Operation Manual

Maya2000, Maya2000Pro, and Maya2000 Pro Vis-NIR Spectrometers Installation and Operation Manual

NIR Near Infrared Fiber Optic Spectrometers Installation and Operation Manual

NIRQuest Near Infrared Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

OOINLCorrect Loading Non-Linearity Correction Coefficient Instructions

QE65000 Scientific-grade Fiber Optic Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

QE65Pro Scientific-grade Fiber Optic Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

QE Pro Scientific-grade Fiber Optic Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

Red Tide USB650 Fiber Optic Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

STS Spectrometer Getting Started

Ventana High Sensitivity Spectrometers Installation and Operation Manual

USB2000 Fiber Optic Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

USB2000+ Fiber Optic Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

USB4000 Spectrometer Installation and Operation Manual

USB-AOUT Analog Output Module Installation and Operation Instructions

You can access documentation for Ocean Optics products by visiting our website at http://www.oceanoptics.com. Select Technical → Operating Instructions, then choose the appropriate document from the available drop-down lists. Or, use the Search by Model Number field at the bottom of the web page.

You can also access operating instructions for Ocean Optics products on the Software and Technical Resources CD included with the system.

Engineering-level documentation is located on our website at Technical → Engineering Docs.

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Product Overview

Ocean Optics has taken Java-based spectroscopy software to the next level with OceanView. This next logical step in the evolution of spectrometer software provides good stability, persistence of user settings, a broad scope of device features, and consistent file saving and loading procedures.

OceanView operates on 32and 64-bit Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems. The software can control any Ocean Optics USB spectrometer.

USB Spectrometer and Device Control

OceanView easily manages multiple USB spectrometers – each with different acquisition parameters – in multiple windows, and provides graphical and numeric representation of spectra from each spectrometer. Using OceanView, you can combine data from multiple sources for applications that include upwelling/downwelling measurements, dual-beam referencing and process monitoring.

OceanView can be used with the following Ocean Optics spectrometers when they are interfacing to a computer through their USB port:

Apex 785 Raman Spectrometer

HR2000 High-resolution Spectrometer

HR2000+High-resolution Spectrometer

HR4000 High-resolution Spectrometer

Jaz System

Maya 2000 and Maya2000-Pro Spectrometers

NIR-512 Near-IR Spectrometer

NIR256-2.1 and NIR256-2.5 Near-IR Spectrometers

NIRQuest512, 512-2.2 and 512-2.5 Near-IR Spectrometers

NIRQuest256-2.1 and 256-2.5 Near-IR Spectrometers

QE65000 Scientific-grade Spectrometer

QE65 Pro Scientific-grade Spectrometer

QE Pro Spectrometer

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STS Micro Spectrometers

Torus Spectrometer

USB650 Spectrometer

USB2000 Spectrometer

USB2000+ Spectrometer

USB2000-FLG Spectrometer

USB4000 Spectrometer

Ventana High Sensitivity Spectrometers OceanView also supports the following USB devices:

ADC1000-USB A/D Converter

ISS-UV-VIS

USB-AOUT Analog Output Module

Features

Customizable user-interface that allows you to choose what data you want to display and which items to display on the toolbars and menus.

Persistence of user settings including:

-File locations

-Acquisition parameters

-Menu settings (hiding/showing of menu items)

-Graph view customization

Capability of manually saving experiment settings (source, processing type, acquisition parameters, data view customization) and reloading them again later.

Ability to perform specialized calculations on spectral and other measurement data, including:

-Derivatives and integrals of spectral data

-Spectral arithmetic

-Ratiometric on the same spectrum or between 2 different spectra

-Interpolation, subsetting and concatenation of a spectrum

Support of the following experiments/processing modes:

-Quick View (formerly Scope Mode)

-Quick View Minus Background

-Absorbance

-Reflection

-Fluorescence

-Transmission

-Raman

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-Quick View Fluorescence

-Relative Irradiance

-Absolute Irradiance

-Color

-Photometry

-Concentration

-Energy, Power, Photons

-Strip Charts

-Spectral Math/Arithmetic

-Spectral Splicing

-Color

-Photometry

-Peak metrics

Schematic view for processing spectral data on the fly and for customizing your experiment (data acquisition)

Spectroscopic Functions

OceanView allows you to perform the three basic spectroscopic experiments – absorbance, reflectance and emission, as well as absolute irradiance and Raman. Signal-processing functions such as electrical dark-signal correction, stray light correction, boxcar pixel smoothing and signal averaging are also included. Scope mode, the spectrometer operating mode in which raw data (signal) is acquired by the detector, allows you to establish these signal-conditioning parameters. The basic concept for the software is that real-time display of data allows users to evaluate the effectiveness of their experimental setups and data processing selections, make changes to these parameters, instantly see the effects and save the data. Most spectrometer-system operating software does not allow such signal-conditioning flexibility.

With OceanView, you can perform time-acquisition experiments for kinetics applications. As part of the time-acquisition function (strip charts), you can monitor and report single wavelengths, and you can average between wavelengths and find the integral between two wavelengths. In addition, you can perform reference monitoring in a variety of ways: single wavelength (1 or 2 channels), integrated intensity (starting and ending wavelengths for 1 or 2 channels) and wavelength-by-wavelength (2 channels).

OceanView gives you complete control of setting the parameters for all system functions such as acquiring data, designing the graph display, and using spectra overlays. OceanView has the benefit of providing various software-controlled triggering options for external events such as laser firing or light source pulsing.

Other advanced features give you several data-collection options. You can independently store and retrieve dark, reference, sample and processed spectra. All data can be saved to disk using autoincremented filenames. You can save data as ASCII files. One feature prints the spectra and another copies spectral data into other software such as Excel and Word.

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Getting Updates

OceanView software features one year of free web-based, automatic upgrades when you buy the software. OceanView alerts you when updates are available with a pop-up in the lower right corner of your screen. You can also get updates using the menu item Help | Check for Updates.

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Installation

Overview

The following sections will guide you in installing OceanView on a Windows, Macintosh or Linux operating system.

Caution

Do NOT connect the spectrometer to the computer until you install the OceanView software. Follow the instructions below to properly connect and configure your system.

OceanView Minimum System Requirements

Monitor resolution:

1024 X 768 or higher

RAM:

1.5 GB or higher

Processor:

Intel Core II Duo @ 1.4 GHz or better

 

Intel Core Duo @ 2.0 GHz or better

 

AMD Athlon Neo X2 @ 1.6 GHz or better

 

Intel Atom @ 2.13 GHz or better

 

AMD Athlon 64 x2 @ 1.7 GHz or better

HD Space:

300 MB free space

 

 

 

Note

Most processors produced in 2010 and later should work well with OceanView.

Installation

Download OceanView from the link you received in your e-mail. If you have purchased a CD, download the file appropriate for your computer system from the CD.

Installation instructions are included below for installing OceanView on each of the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows – XP, Vista, 7, 8; 32-bit and 64-bit

Apple Macintosh – OSX 10.5 or higher on Intel processor

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Linux – Any version released for an x86 or amd64 platform since 2010 Example: CentOS(Version 5.5), and Ubuntu (version 10.4LTS)

Installing on a Windows Platform

Total download is approximately 64 MB (32-bit) or 71 MB (64-bit).

Procedure

1.Close all other applications running on the computer.

2.Start Internet Explorer.

3.Navigate to the link you received to the OceanView software in your email and click on the OceanView software appropriate for your Windows operating system.

4.Save the software to the desired location. The default installation directory is \Program Files\Ocean Optics\OceanView.

5.The installer wizard guides you through the installation process. The OceanView icon location is

Start | Programs | Ocean Optics | OceanView | OceanView and the current user’s desktop.

Device Driver Issues with Windows 64-Bit

Hardware device driver installation is seamless on Microsoft Windows 32-bit operating systems when you connect your spectrometer to your computer. However, 64-bit Windows systems require a bit more care when connecting your spectrometer for the first time.

If your spectrometer is not recognized by OceanView running on a 64-bit computer, you need to manually install the spectrometer drivers using the procedure below.

Windows 64-bit Driver Installation Process

Use the following procedure when connecting your spectrometer to a Windows 64-bit system. Steps may vary slightly depending on the version of Windows.

Procedure

1.Open the Control Panel and click Device Manager.

2.Under Other devices, right-click on the Ocean Optics spectrometer and choose update driver software. The following screen appears:

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3.Choose Browse my computer for driver software.

4.Navigate to C:\Program Files\Ocean Optics\OceanView\SystemFiles and click OK. Then click

Next.

5.When the following pop-up screen appears, choose Install this driver software anyway.

6. When the driver installation is successful, the software will recognize your spectrometer.

Installing on a Macintosh Platform

You must be logged on as an administrative user to install OceanView on your Mac. Total download is approximately 35 MB.

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Note

Newer versions of MacOSX do not ship with Java so you may need to manually install a recent Java release before installing OceanView. Instructions to download a recent Java release for different versions of OSX can be found at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5648

There is also a direct link for the Java for OSX 10.7.3 and newer at:

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp#mac

Procedure

1.Navigate to the link you received to the OceanView software and download the installer (OceanViewSetup_Mac.dmg).

2.Double-click the OceanViewSetup_Mac.dmg file to mount the disk image. A new OceanView icon resembling a disk drive appears on your desktop. The new icon should open automatically (if it doesn’t, double-click it).

3.Drag the OceanView.app icon to the Applications folder icon to install. OceanView can then be launched from the Applications folder. If desired, double-click the Applications folder and drag the OceanView icon from Applications to the Dock to be able to launch it more conveniently.

4.When the installation is complete, drag the OceanView drive icon to the trash can.

Installing on a Linux Platform

Total download is approximately 75 MB (32-bit) or 67 MB (64-bit).

Procedure

1.Navigate to the link you received to the OceanView software in your email and download the appropriate Linux OceanView installer.

Note

The example below is for a 64 bit installer downloaded to the desktop. Change 64 to 32 and the file location as needed for your installation.

2.Start a terminal window and enter the following commands:

chmod 755 ~/Desktop/OceanViewSetup_Linux64.bin sudo ~/Desktop/OceanViewSetup_Linux64.bin

You are prompted for your password, which allows you to execute the setup as root. Contact your system administrator if you do not have the password. If the sudo command does not work (it may not be set up for your user account), then enter the following:

su

(enter password for root)

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~/Desktop/OceanViewSetup_Linux64.bin

The Linux version of OceanView requires some libraries that may not be installed by default, depending on the Linux distribution. The following are libraries are required and are not provided as part of OceanView:

-libstdc++ version 6 or newer

-libXp version 6 or newer

-libusb version 0.1.10 or newer (should be provided in a libusb package or can be downloaded from http://libusb.sourceforge.net/download.html#stable)

3.It may be necessary to modify SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) restrictions before OceanView will run. It is possible to remove SELinux auditing by running 'setenforce Permissive' as root or by customizing your SELinux policies. The OceanView installer does not modify system security settings.

Note

The default installation directory is /usr/local/OceanOptics/OceanView.

A symbolic link is put in /usr/bin so that you can enter OceanView on any command line to start the program.

The OceanView icon location varies by installation, but will be under either Applications or Other under the Application Launcher menu.

Retrieving from a CD

If you purchased a CD for OceanView, use this procedure to retrieve the installation files.

Procedure

1.Insert the CD that you received containing your OceanView software into your computer.

2.Select the OceanView software for your computer’s operating platform via the CD interface. Then follow the prompts in the installation wizard.

--OR--

Browse to the appropriate OceanView set-up file for your computer and double-click it to start the software installation. Set-up files are as follows:

Windows 32-bit: OceanViewSetup_Windows32.exe

Windows 64-bit: OceanViewSetup_Windows64.exe

Mac: OceanViewSetup_Mac.dmg

Linux 32-bit: OceanViewSetup_Linux32.bin

Linux 64-bit: OceanViewSetup_Linux64.bin

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Product Activation

Licensing

You can activate your OceanView software conveniently online by selecting Help --> Licensing and entering the product key in the OceanView Licensing dialog box that you received when you purchased the software.

If you do not have an Internet connection, click Offline Registration to display the Product Activation wizard. Using this wizard, you can then save an activation request file and send it to Ocean Optics via an Internet-connected device. Ocean Optics will then reply with your Activation Request file that you must apply using Step 3 of the Product Activation wizard.

The OceanView Licensing dialog box also allows you to deactivate your software license.

Starting Your 10 Day Free Trial

All data and projects saved during your 10 day free trial will be available when the software is activated using a valid product key. Contact info@oceanoptics.com to purchase OceanView licenses.

Procedure

1.Double-click the OceanView icon on your Desktop to start the software.

2.Click the Cancel button in the OceanView Product Activation dialog box that opens to start your 10 day free trial with a fully functional version of OceanView.

Using Your Product Key to Activate Your Software

Note

An Internet connection is required to activate your software using a valid product key. If an Internet connection is not available, contact info@oceanoptics.com for the offline activation procedure.

Procedure

1.Double-click the OceanView icon () on your Desktop to start the software.

2.Click Next in the OceanView Product Activation dialog box to enter your product key.

3.Copy the product key from the email you received and paste it into the product key box.

4.Click the Register Software button to validate your product key.

5.Click Finish to complete the software registration.

If you see the message below, check your Internet connection and click the Register Software button again. If the computer is connected to the Internet and you still cannot register your software, contact info@oceanoptics.com for assistance.

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Deactivating Your Product Key for Software Installation on Another Computer

With the exception of multi-license packs, your product key is only valid for use on two computers at a time. A deactivation option is available in OceanView if you want to deactivate your product key on one computer so you can use it on another computer.

Procedure

1.Go to Help | Licensing.

2.Click Deactivate. The following warning will appear:

3.Click Yes to deactivate the license. OceanView closes and the license will be available for use on another computer.

Connecting Your Spectrometer

Once you have installed OceanView, you can install your spectrometer. Most Ocean Optics spectrometers connect to your computer using a USB cable. However, refer to your spectrometer manual for specific spectrometer installation instructions (see Product-Related Documentation).

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User Interface

Launching OceanView

Once you have installed your software and connected your spectrometer, you are ready to display your measurement data using OceanView. Launching OceanView differs, depending on your operating system and where you have placed your OceanView program files.

For PCs running Microsoft Windows, the default location is Start | Programs | Ocean Optics |

OceanView | OceanView.

For Mac computers, the default location is the Applications folder.

Welcome Screen

When you start OceanView, a Welcome screen appears asking what you would like to do.

Select from the following tasks:

Run a Wizard -- Asks you to select your data source (spectrometer), and then allows you to choose the type of spectral analysis you want to perform. See Chapter 4: Wizards for more information.

Load Project – Loads a previously saved project.

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Restore Previous Session -- Reloads the Schematic and view window configurations as they were when the software was closed.

Quick View -- Displays the spectrum in Quick View mode showing raw, unprocessed data (previously referred to as Scope mode).

You can skip this window in the future by unchecking Show on startup at the bottom of the screen. Click OK once the selection is made on this window.

Click Cancel to skip the selections on this window and open a Quick View spectrum window.

Run a Wizard

Procedure

1.Select Run a Wizard and click OK to open the Wizard selection dialog box.

2.Click Spectroscopy to open the Select Spectroscopy Wizard dialog box.

3.Select the processed mode you want to enter and click Next. The wizard will take you through all the necessary steps to optimize your acquisition and enter the desired processing mode.

The wizards can also be accessed by clicking the Create a new spectroscopy application button ( ) or by selecting the File | Create a new spectroscopy application menu item. See Chapter 4: Wizards for more information on using OceanView wizards.

Load Project

With the new persistence functionality and ability to save and reload projects, you can quickly enter a processed mode by reloading a previously saved method.

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Procedure

1.Select Load Project to view the list of previously saved projects.

2.Select the project you want to load and click OK. Your project will reload and even warn you if you are reloading Reference or Background data that should be updated to ensure accurate measurements.

Note

To load a project, you must have the same spectrometer(s) that were used to create the project connected to the computer before you can load the project. The project will not load if the spectrometers used to create it are not connected to the computer.

You can also load a project by clicking the Open Project button () or by selecting the File | Open Project menu item.

Save projects by clicking the Save project button () or selecting the File | Save Project menu item.

Restore Previous Session

Select Restore Previous Session and click OK to open the software just as you left it when you last closed it. The settings and customization from the previous session will reload. If the previous session included Reference and Dark data, you will be warned that you are reloading data that should be updated to ensure accurate measurements.

Note

To restore a previous session, you must have the same spectrometer(s) that were connected when you last closed OceanView attached to the computer before you can reload the session. The session will not load if the spectrometers used to create it are not connected to the computer.

Quick View

Select Quick View to display spectra for all the attached devices in a raw, unprocessed data view useful for setting acquisitions parameters and troubleshooting. This mode was previously referred to as Scope mode in Ocean Optics’ SpectraSuite and OOIBase32 software.

To display a Quick View spectrum for all the attached devices, do one of the following:

Select the Quick View option from the Welcome Screen and click OK.

Click the x in the upper right corner of the Welcome Screen.

Tip

Remove the checkmark from the Show on startup option in the Welcome Screen and the software will also start in Quick View.

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Views

OceanView offers two different ways to view your measurement data: Graph View and Schematic View.

Graph View

The Graph view shows the spectrum graph as well as offering Graph Layer Options, Strip Charts, Spectral Splicing, and Peak finding.

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Schematic View

The Schematic View presents data from your device(s) in a diagram format. The Schematic View provides you with all of the functionality of the Window view, plus the following enhanced capabilities:

Algorithm nodes – allow for math functions such as ratios, adding multiple spectra, and adding a constant to spectra.

Set a subrange – ability to focus on a specific subset of the spectrum

Interpolate spectral data – evenly space data from two or more spectra to analyze them mathematically

Retrieve device properties such as serial number, firmware version, wavelength and total number of pixels

Send a single value (such as TEC temperature, integral, average over a specific wavelength range) from the device to the Scalar view to analyze the value over time

Preview spectra in graphs at every step in your process

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Easily add new Graph and Table Views

See Chapter 5: Schematic View for more information.

Online Help

OceanView has extensive context sensitive help. Click the Help button in any dialog box for more details. Tooltips are also available by hovering over a button or window for more information. Help is also available using the Help option in the top menu.

Main Window Controls

Note

Different types of acquisitions are available for different devices including Spectrometer, I²C, SPI, Board Temperature, Thermo-Electric Cooling and Analog In. The controls available in the Acquisition Parameters Controls vary based on the type of acquisition is selected.

The Main Window controls at the top of the OceanView screen allow you to perform the following tasks:

Creating a New Spectroscopy Application

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Opening a Project

Saving a Project

Removing a Project

Using the Device Manager

Creating a New Spectroscopy Application

Click to choose the application to build. This function is also available from the File Menu.

Select Spectroscopy Wizard

Color

Photometry

Concentration

Energy, Power, Photons

Opening a Project

Click to navigate to and open a previously stored project. You can also type the shortcut Ctrl + O. This function is also available from the File Menu.

Saving a Project

Click to save a project in a location that you specify.

Removing a Project

Click to delete a previously stored project. You can also type the shortcut Ctrl + X. This function is also available from the File Menu.

Using the Device Manager

Click to display the Device Manager dialog box.

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Use this dialog box to perform the following functions:

Connect/disconnect the device from OceanView

Add another device to OceanView

Rescan for devices

Simulate a device

Automatically connect to the device when it is attached to the network

Acquisition Parameter Controls

Acquisition parameters allow you to establish signal-conditioning settings for your processed data. By using the graph real-time display of data you can evaluate the effectiveness of your experimental setups and data processing selections, make changes to these parameters, instantly see the effects and save the data. The options available can change based on device.

The Acquisition Control Panel is accessed in the Graph View window by clicking the Acquisition Controls button ().

The Acquisition Control Panel can also be accessed in the Schematic window by clicking the Acquisition Controls node ().

When you click the Acquisition Controls button in the Graph or Schematic View, the Main Controls tab of the Acquisition Parameters Controls opens.

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Add additional acquisition controls to the Main Controls tab by clicking the Add/Remove Controls tab and checking the boxes next to the desired feature. When checked, the controls for these features will show up on the Main Controls tab. Unchecking a feature does not disable the feature. It only hides the controls on the Main Controls tab. The spectrometer type will determine which controls are available in the Add/Remove Controls tab. The Spectrometer feature is already checked and grayed out. This feature places certain necessary spectrometer controls on the Main Controls tab and cannot be removed.

Note

If a control is shown in the Main Controls tab, by selecting it in the Add/Remove Controls tab, that setting will be pushed to the device before every update. If multiple acquisitions have visible controls for the same feature on the same device, the device will alternate between them, possibly resulting in rapid changes of state (e.g., lamp control).

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Main Controls Tab

Controls at the top of the window determine whether the acquisition should request data continuously (with an optional delay between updates), stop acquiring (pause), or take single measurements. The rest of the controls are described below:

Control

Function

 

 

Integration Time

Specifies the integration time of the spectrometer, which is analogous to the shutter

 

speed of a camera. The higher the integration time, the longer the detector monitors

 

the incoming photons. If your Quick View intensity is too low, increase this value. If

 

the intensity is too high, decrease this value.

 

Adjust the integration time so that the greatest amount of light that you anticipate for

 

your application causes a signal of about 85% of spectrometer’s capability (for

 

example, 3500 for spectrometers with a total of 4096 counts, 14000 counts for

 

spectrometers with a total of 16384 counts, 50000 for spectrometers with a total of

 

65535 counts). The horizontal blue line is set at 85%. While watching the graph

 

trace, adjust the integration time until the signal intensity level is appropriate for the

 

device.

 

Clicking Automatic sets the integration time to 85% of the spectrometer’s dynamic

 

range.

 

 

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