About This Quick Start Guide
Important
Before handling your instrument, please go through this Quick Start guide thoroughly.
Skipping any of the installation, configuration or testing steps will result in it taking longer
for you to learn to use the R9 components and may lead to abuse of your equipment.
Since this is a Quick Start Guide, you may have questions about using your R9 Controller System that
this Guide does not answer. Please email, Skype, call or fax us with your questions. We will be happy to
provide you with the service and information you need to help you get your R9 system operational. We
also look forward to assisting you in customizing your system to perform new tasks. The open
architecture, flexible design and customization possibilities afforded by our Iconic Hardware Description
Language (IHDL™) will often make seemingly difficult hardware and/or procedural enhancements both
easy and effective.
The R9 Section [http://www.rhk-tech.com/the-r9-spm-control-system.php] of the RHK website at www.rhk-
tech.com will be updated with new applications, user contributed IHDL™ solutions, bug-fixes, and new
options to make your research more productive.
This Guide covers information needed to quickly become familiar with the R9 Control System
environment. To reduce the learning curve and minimize the potential for damaging expensive
equipment, some content will cover simple testing of the R9 Controller without connecting to your
microscope. You will simultaneously confirm that your R9 Control System components are working while
getting a hands-on walkthrough. Do not skip the testing: Everyone learns faster and better this way.
This guide assumes you have an RHK Beetle UHV300 STM scan head operating at atmospheric
pressure or in an ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) environment. It also assumes that you will be using tunneling
current as the feedback signal to perform topographic imaging and I/V spectroscopic measurements. This
assumption is for illustration purposes only. The settings for most operations will be the same for other
types of scan heads.
The Chapters are arranged according to the sequence of steps you will take to get your first topographic
images and spectroscopic curves with your new system. The steps are:
1. Prepare your system
• Unpack and inspect the R9 Control System.
• Configure the Power
• Connect the Ethernet communications links between the R9 Control System Computer and the R9
Control System Hardware (R9h) components and the Computer and the user's Local Area Network
(LAN).
• Start the R9 Control System Software (R9s) and become familiar with its operation.
• Turn on and set up the R9 Controller, perform simple tests before connecting your microscope
2. Connect your microscope
• Cable connections
• Complete R9h testing
3. Approach sample
4. Take an image
• Re-check hardware configuration
• Configure image settings
• Take image
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