Capintec CAPTUS 4000e - CHAPTER 13 MCA; INTRODUCTION; ACQUISITION AND COUNT DATA; CHANGING DETECTORS

CAPINTEC, INC. CAPTUS
®
4000e
August 15 MCA 13-1
CHAPTER 13
MCA
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 13-1
ACQUISITION AND COUNT DATA ............................................................... 13-2
Channel Data Display ................................................................................ 13-2
CHANGING DETECTORS ............................................................................. 13-3
SPECTRUM SCALE & ZOOMING ................................................................. 13-3
Vertical Zoom ............................................................................................ 13-3
Horizontal Zoom ........................................................................................ 13-4
COUNTING SETUP ........................................................................................ 13-7
SPECTRUM ID (NAME) ................................................................................. 13-7
REGIONS OF INTEREST (ROI) ..................................................................... 13-8
SAVE AND RESTORE COUNT DATA OR MCA SETTINGS ........................ 13-10
Save Spectrum ......................................................................................... 13-10
Recall Spectrum ....................................................................................... 13-11
Export to Excel ......................................................................................... 13-12
Export Raw Spectrum .............................................................................. 13-13
Save MCA Settings ................................................................................... 13-13
Recall MCA Settings................................................................................. 13-13
Save Counting Setup ............................................................................... 13-13
Recall Counting Setup ............................................................................. 13-14
Restore Current Settings ......................................................................... 13-14
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
®
4000e 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.