CAPINTEC, INC. CAPTUS
®
3000
CHAPTER 13
MCA
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 13-1
ACQUISITION AND COUNT DATA ............................................................... 13-2
CHANGING DETECTORS ............................................................................. 13-3
SPECTRUM SCALE & ZOOMING ................................................................. 13-3
Vertical Zoom ............................................................................................ 13-3
Horizontal Zoom ........................................................................................ 13-4
COUNTING SETUP ........................................................................................ 13-6
SPECTRUM ID (NAME) ................................................................................. 13-7
REGIONS OF INTEREST (ROI) ..................................................................... 13-8
SAVE AND RESTORE COUNT DATA OR MCA SETTINGS ......................... 13-9
Save Spectrum ......................................................................................... 13-10
Recall Spectrum ....................................................................................... 13-11
Export to Excel ......................................................................................... 13-11
Export Raw Spectrum .............................................................................. 13-12
Save MCA Settings ................................................................................... 13-12
Recall MCA Settings................................................................................. 13-12
Save Counting Setup ............................................................................... 13-13
Recall Counting Setup ............................................................................. 13-13
Restore Current Settings ......................................................................... 13-13
PRINTING MCA DATA .................................................................................. 13-14
CUSTOMIZING MCA SETTINGS .................................................................. 13-14
High Voltage ............................................................................................. 13-15
Gain ........................................................................................................... 13-15
Zero Offset ................................................................................................ 13-16
Threshold .................................................................................................. 13-16
MANUAL CALIBRATION .............................................................................. 13-17
INTRODUCTION
The CAPTUS
®
3000 includes a fully functional multichannel analyzer (MCA) board. The MCA
Module provides custom control of the MCA parameters and data acquisition for special
applications:
• All MCA parameters are software controlled.
• Up to 16 Regions of Interest (ROI) can be defined at one time.
• Counting can be performed using live time, real time, or peak counts.
• Spectral data and MCA settings can be saved to hard disk.
• Count data and the spectrum can be printed.
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