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INTRODUCTION 3
CONTENTS OF SHIPMENT 3
1 QUICK START 5
1.1 INSTALLING THE AVASPEC 5
1.1.1 Bluetooth installation 7
1.2 LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE 11
1.2.1 USB1 platform 11
1.2.2 USB2 platform 11
1.3 MEASURING AND SAVING A SPECTRUM 12
1.4 MEASUREMENT SETUP 13
2 MINIATURE FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETERS 15
2.1 AVASPEC-128 FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 15
2.2 AVASPEC-256 FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 18
2.3 AVASPEC-1024 FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 21
2.4 AVASPEC-2048 FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 24
2.5 AVASPEC-2048L FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER WITH LARGER PIXELS 27
2.6 AVASPEC-ULS2048 ULTRA LOW STRAYLIGHT FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 28
2.7 AVASPEC-3648 FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 29
2.8 AVASPEC-2048X14 HIGH UV-SENSITIVITY BACK-THINNED CCD SPECTROMETER 32
2.9 AVASPEC-NIR256 NEAR-INFRARED FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 35
2.10 SPECTROMETER CONNECTIONS 37
2.10.1 USB1 platform connections 37
2.10.2 USB2 platform connections 40
2.11 AVASPEC MULTICHANNEL FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETERS 43
2.11.1 Multichannel connections USB1 platform 44
2.11.2 Multichannel connections USB2 platform 46
2.12 AVASPEC-2048TEC THERMO-ELECTRIC COOLED FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER 49
2.12.1 Connections 50
3 AVASOFT-BASIC MANUAL 53
3.1 MAIN WINDOW 54
3.2 MENU OPTIONS 60
3.2.1 File Menu 60
3.2.2 Setup Menu 67
3.2.3 View Menu 73
3.2.4 Help Menu 77
3.3 TROUBLESHOOTING 78
4 LIGHT SOURCES 79
4.1 AVALIGHT-HAL TUNGSTEN HALOGEN LIGHT SOURCE 80
4.2 AVALIGHT-HAL-S TUNGSTEN HALOGEN LIGHT SOURCE WITH SHUTTER 82
4.3 AVALIGHT-HAL-CAL CALIBRATED TUNGSTEN HALOGEN LIGHT SOURCE 85
4.4 AVALIGHT-LED LED LIGHT SOURCE 87
4.5 AVALIGHT-DHC COMPACT DEUTERIUM-HALOGEN LIGHT SOURCE 89
4.6 AVALIGHT-XE XENON PULSED LIGHT SOURCE 93
4.7 AVALIGHT-D(H)S(-BAL) (BALANCED) DEUTERIUM HALOGEN LIGHT SOURCE 95
4.8 AVALIGHT-DH-CAL UV/VIS CALIBRATED LIGHT SOURCE 101
4.9 AVALIGHT-CAL SPECTRAL CALIBRATION LIGHT SOURCE 103
5 FIBER OPTICS 106