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10.4 Adjusting the threshold level manually
To avoid fluorescence radiation, the threshold of the detector can be adjusted.
This adjustment is done in the TVX window.
Command Description
setvcmp value
Values for setvcmp between 0 .. 0.8.
Figure 20 Value of Vcomp (x) for a specified energy
Zero sets threshold level very high and no x-rays are registered; 0.8 sets
threshold level very low and all x-rays and some noise are counted.