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    15 Discovery Way, Acton, MA 01720 Phone: (978)263-3584, Fax: (978)263-5086 Web Site: www.piacton.com Operating Instruction s for Model 300-74 9 Remote Scan Controller fo r Acton SP-300i/SP-500i Monochromators Ver 2.0 1[...]

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    2 General: The Acton M odel 300-749 is a Remote Scan Controller for the Acton 300i and 500i monochromator/spectrographs. Functions include GOTO for rapidly m oving the monochrom ator to a specific center wavelength, scanning of wavelengths, indexing of gratings, selecting the installed grating turret and setting the slit widths for monochromators w[...]

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    3 If this menu is not shown, press the right arrow key (green) followed by the “library ” key (2) and press the key under the box labeled SP300. This should bring up the menu shown above. This menu indicates there are two main selections for operation: SP300 selects the menu for normal SP300i/500i operation. UTIL selects lesser used utility fun[...]

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    4 GRAT: Press the function key below the GRAT com mand. The following screen is shown: > 1 1200 g/mm Blz = 500 2 600 g/mm Blz= 750 3 150 g/mm Blz = 300 1 2 3 T2 T3 The arrow by the number indicates which grating is now in place. To select another grating, press the function key below the 1, 2 or 3 grating label. Note that only the gratings for t[...]

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    5 SLITS: Pressing the function key below the SLITS label will allow control of the motorized slits. The following menu is display ed: Slits: Side Entr: 250 µ m Front Entr: no slit Front Exit: 1000 µ m Side Exit: 10 µ m SID N FRT X SID X QUIT To adjust the width of a particular slit press the function key below the desired slit. SID N represents [...]

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    6 Select the GRAT function and enter the position number of the grating to be installed. Select the GROV function and enter the groove density in g/m m ( e.g. 1200) Select the BLAZE function and enter the blaze wavelength for the grating to be installed. Select either HOL, NM or MCR for the units of the blaze wavelength ( HOL for holographic, NM fo[...]

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    7 Display s the model number of the monochrom ator for approximately 5 seconds and then returns to the utility menu. Press NXT to get to the remaining functions of this menu. HOME: This function is used to initialize the monochromator wavelength and the motorized slits. When selected, the following menu is presented: Home slits and Mono: SID N FRT [...]

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    8 Software Reinstallation: The software fo r the Acton 300-749 Remote Scan is installed at the factory when the 300-749 is purchased. If, however, the software needs to be reinstalled for any reason, the enclosed disk contains all the files necessary for complete soft ware installation. Included on the disk are the Acton files SP300LIB, INSTALL and[...]

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    9 Create a directory on the computer hard disk labeled SP300 and copy all files from the installation disk to this directory . Change directory to SP300 and ty pe KERMIT <cr>. In kermit, ty pe SET BAUD 9600 <cr>. In kermit, ty pe SET PORT 1 <cr>. ( or SET PORT 2 as appropriate ) If no previous version of the SP300 program exists o[...]

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    10 On the HP-48, press F (RECV). ( The HP48 is now "Connecting"). In kermit, ty pe S INSTALL <cr>. ( The code will be sent to the HP-48 in 5 packets, and a beep will sound at the end of transmission.) In kermit, ty pe Q <cr>. This returns to DOS. On the HP-48, press VAR . The menu at the bottom of the screen should now show IN[...]