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1. utoC offers 5 different methods of auto matic spectra evaluation and a on line quantification Cross references highlighted in colour can be The operator is able to set individual referred to at any time by clicking with the mouse automatic switches with AutoC Scrolling in the current topic can be carried out i i 1 board keys or with In AutoC you can set via menu all switche with the aid of the norma key j y for running automatic program parts with the icons shown at the top of the window or Icon eee ee AS R NTEC GmbH 31 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT 3 6 Spectrum evaluation with the WINDOWS menus The WINDOWS menus in RONTEC WinTools provide a selection from the full range of function of the Tools Both first menus are common in Windows and are dealing with spectra handling With Edit and Copy the current spectrum display can be copied to intermediate storage Other WINDOWS programs can then process the spectrum images pixel 0 images e g to prepare an analysis report 32 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions A A B AdaB Rol ClearB ClrAll Identify Corr Coat Ident IdAdd IdClr IdOk PeakS LineR Back Background Brems GeoOp EoOp LinB PolyB SubBg Back Quantify Bayes Betak Fit PUzaf Film SpecQ kFact P U Net RONTEC GmbH Addition of both visible spectr
2. We recommend switching off the appliance at the end of the working day and switching it on again at the beginning of the next day After it has been switched on it takes about 15 minutes before the electronics have reached a thermal balance Test measurements can of course be carried out beforehand For the use of the RONTEC UHV Dewar detector please read the hardware description 42 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions RONTEC XFlash Detector Starting work 1 Switch on the SPU unit or switch off Standby switch Lamps PROCESSOR UNIT and DETECTOR SUPPLY lights up Lamp COOLING SYSTEM lights up Lamp COOL max lights up 2 Switch on the dvice computer Control lamp lights up 3 Switch on the monitor Control lamp lights up 4 Switch on the periphery if required Control lamp lights up Normally the thermoelectric cooler is set to thermostat operation switch in middle position When the preselected temperature has been reached the COOL max lamp goes off A value is shown in the temperature display which has to correspond to the preselected thermostat temperature The system is ready to operate in a few seconds A warm up time of 2 hours should be allowed for measurements that place high demands on the energy calibration If owing to environmental conditions the thermostat temperature is not reached at system start up or if the COOL max lamp lights up during measurements temp
3. All that is needed is to operate the appropriate icon buttons with the mouse The spectrum cursor is moved to the required position by clicking with the mouse After the measuring process the spectrum is saved At this point each spectrum is allocated a name After the spectrum has been saved qualitative and quantitative evaluation can be carried out with WinTools But the identification of the elements qualitative analysis can also be carried out in WinShell with the aid of an intelligent line marker during the measurement process which saves a great deal of time see 2 4 The measuring and saving process can also be controlled with the menus Measure and File with normal use of the mouse or keyboard With Open background only one spectrum at a time can be loaded which can then serve as a comparative spectrum for the current measurement 2 2 Measure mode and measure parameters In the Settings menu functions can be called up to adjust the hardware and the measuring regime Under Settings Measure parameters the current primary electron energy high SEM voltage and any deviating sample orientation can be entered The measure mode can be set in the Measure mode menu and the hardware can be set under SPU settings Measure Parameters The switches Check working distance and Read high voltage on line can be used with the SEM with an optional link MCA Reset sets the MCA processor back into its basic status MCA setting
4. overwritten by the ori RONTEC GmbH 39 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT _ 40 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions Se Operation instructions APPENDIX a R NTEC GmbH 41 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Switching the X ray spectrometer hardware on and off UHV Dewar Detector and other Si Li detection units Starting work 1 Switch on the detector power supply and the mains switch for the SPU Green lamp DS lights up Green lamp on switch lights up 2 Switch on the device computer Control lamp lights up 3 Switch on the monitor Control lamp lights up 4 Switch on the periphery if required Control lamp lights up After about 1 minute a constant beep sound comes from the SPU When this beep tone goes off after about 1 minute the detector is ready to operate You can then begin spectrum measurement End of work 1 Save all results from the work 2 Exit from WinShell and WinTools and or close down the system directly from the desktop See instructions for WINDOWS 3 You can switch off the device computer the monitor the mains voltage supply to the SPU and the high voltage supply to the SPU on the rear The SPU can remain switched on When it is switched on the software system must be closed down before switching off
5. R NTEC GmbH 53 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT EDWIN is delivered on several floppy disks The installation program setup exe is on Disk 1 The program is started from WINDOWS A setup exe and the user is guided through all other necessary information and input steps PNT WinShell WinTools Click the type of Setup you prefer then click Ne TS be installed with the most common options fiscommended for most users SEE The installation sets up new objects in WINDOWS WinShell and WinTools are the two main EDWIN programs Sv Sy N pa Dy Eigen ten von Soft WINSHELL SPCVIEwW WINTOOLS Sa Common used 32 bit Windows SPCPRINT 3 uninstallation is used to uninstall EDWIN too All the files icons and links are removed The files generated during the operation of the programs such as spectra results parameter files automatic routines are not corn NIC piagne deleted The dspdrv ini file is also generated during program r Quicktime Browser Plugin operation Thus reinstallation of the program system does not SiSoft Sandra 98 Standard windows NT 4 0 Service 4 overwrite the parameters and the calibration of detector German example Program options Customes T After installation operator has to set options PIN number pp R NTEC MultiE TTL pulses for mapping R NTEC Control DDE control of WinShell i
6. M A R NTEC WinLink parameter transfer from REM Heenieo MuE LinsScan Mapping Hopnlee Wink ink BEM intorlace It is possible to set customer and PIN code includes purchased options via Extra Program Options Both information are on original disks or are given otherwise 2 a 54 R NTEC GmbH
7. instructions If there is not to be any communication with the SPU selection of setting on the SPU by switch Signal processing unit activate communication must be deactivated The communication of the PC with the SPU requires that the SPU must already be switched on gt before the is switched If it does not work switch off both devices and switch again the order 1 SPU 2 Depending on the PC it may be necessary to switch off for several minutes voltage supply of the MCA is sometimes time even after it is switched off provided for a long Under EDX Setup see illustration the parameters are set for the e Detector parameters Detector e Measuring conditions geometry Eo SEM Measure Parameters e Resolution of the detector FWHM Fano factor dependent on the selected pulse throughput e Energy channel calibration Calibration abs lin dependent on the selected energy range of the spectrum EDX Parameters With the entries in this menu the driver for the MCA processor and thus the file dspdrv ini is gt directly altered If incorrect entries made it is possible that system cannot operated If After the installation of the system it is therefore sensible to save dspdrv ini both on the original disks and in a backup directory Restarting the computer does not solve the problem the faulty file dspdrv ini must be inal file from the disk
8. integrated log header the content of this file is used as a header There is no interactive dialog Of course it is also possible to edit this file constantly and actively e g with the system editor RESULT REPORT X RAY SPECTROMETRY WITH RONTEC WinTools Institution ABC Institute Operator Dr Miller Customer Sparc Corp e e e he e e e e de ce de e de e e e e ce e e de e e je de de e e e e e ee e e e de de he He e e e de dede hee de e e e eoe e e e e e KK ee e de fe e fe je de e e de dee k k k k oe eoe ode e oe e e de ce ene e de e v v 3c kc e oe he de e e e de ee eoe je de ce tok e e ke e e e ke e kk RONTEC EDWIN WinTools BREIT59 7 10 1997 9 54 3 ce e e e e de ode e e de de de e He e e de e oe oe de e e e e e ee de e 3c Ke e ke e ke de de e e e de de le e eoe e e de e e dece de ke e e version 3 0 eng Eo 14 8 keV TO 30 0 6 0 PUzaf results elem line P B B F c 100 confid h C K ser Coat 00000 1 00000 15 20 1 95 K ser 00000 1 00000 46 81 6 17 Ca K alpha 8407 1 02502 1 01129 37 99 4 38 standardless R NTEC GmbH 27 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT In the switch position keeping the minutes both the results and all intermediate steps are printed Under with pr results_ error info the error information is also logged at the end of a quantitative evaluation With the switch position result output tabulated the output can be printed as a table directly to
9. of the result it is possible with result print to output the result immediately on a printer only if automatic result printing is not agreed With IdClr it is possible to delete elements selectively from the results list This leads to a complete re evaluation of the spectrum With error hints the analyst is given information to help in the interpretation of the results and possibly to optimise the excitation of the elements or the evaluation of the spectrum R NTEC GmbH 23 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Here the various switch positions to modify spectrum processing and evaluation will only be explained briefly Further information can be found in the integrated operating manual and the RONTEC Tools operating manual automatic identification x user supported identification identification by operator take over current identific take over IM gt Ident autom take over chart ident edr The switches for element identification are self explanatory For switches 2 and 3 a dialog must be carried out during identification The operator can enter the elements either with the support of the peak search or comple tely independently For each element the desired line series must be selected and a summation range must be specified if no spectrum reconstruction switch for deconvolution has been selected If lt Esc gt is pressed during the entry of the range the corresponding line series is explicitly presc
10. options can be set both individually in the View menu and all together in the View Spectrum view dialog Lined Spectra can be used to switch the presentation of spectra between line presentation and presentation as filled in bars Show linemarker can be used to determine whether or not the element line markers set should be displayed X axis in channels switches the X axis between the energy dimension in keV and the channel dimension The Y axis can be scaled both manually and automatically Y axis automatic The advantage of automatic scaling is that the improvement of the signal noise ratio can be observed very well as the measure time increases Automatic scaling is also useful if the measuring is done in the background and the WinShell window is constantly on top of all other windows Window on Top RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Spectrum Display energy acquisition time and puls density 2 fix comment for every spectra grafic and 3 variable comment which needs an input for every transfer Operation instructions Options for spectra display handling during transfer to clipboard or for printout and cycle time for spectra updating ar given Actualization is the time delay in ms between two spectra transfers from hard ware The time is adjustable between 100ms und 5000ms During transfer between spectra window to clipboard or print layout several parts are implementable 1 current measur
11. procedure matrix correction standardless or with standard factors Settings ToolC 7 switch Analysis of thin layers standardless special quantitative procedure Settings ToolC SET SpecQ Calculation of ne counts in relation to acquisition time reference value for standard comparison analysis data transfer to MultiQuan Settings ToolC SET Refer Display of Peak Background values with statistical errors Display of net counts values with statistical errors 33 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT ToolC Setting of switches for manual spectra evaluation CorrC Setting of switches for spectra correction Corr FElem Setting of forbidden elements automatic identification EdDat Edit of spectra parameter spectra comment CALIB EnerC Energy channel calibration CALIB Fwhm Determination of energy resolution CALIB Stand Edit calculation of standard factors for PUzaf CALIB ParOp Optimization of Bremsstrahlung fitting via variation of physical experiment parameters SET Coat Calibration Settings of Coat correction SET 4 SpecQ Method setting for SpecQ function SET Refer Setting of reference method MultiQuan for function kFact Tools Menu on off Fade in fade off complete Tools menu system including function key driving possibilities Help Online Help short self changing help window Help integrated manual Spectra data ASB1 IMP With EdDat all parameters of the A spectrum can be modi fied In add
12. results with integrated Editor changes are visible at page preview With Auto layout activ the printer layout places all parts R NTEC GmbH Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT automaticaly Operator has to choose the number of columns Operator can select special functions via popup menu faded in after pushing right mouse key at selected part A selected part is visible or not and in this case not printed operator can change layout which part is displayed below and which above So he can inscribe images addtional He can copy parts into clipboard or can delete them Is there any image or text in clipboard only a right mouse key click at free space is needed to get via Insert menu the content of clipboard at selected position A double click of left mouse key inserts a new text label via built in editor It is convenient to activate the switch Auto insert for a lot of tasks In this case SpcPrint watches for changes in clipboard and updates of the file result txt of WinTools and the new parts are once included at the printer preview The result will be updated the spectrum in clipboard will be inserted additionally 2 5 Identification of elements m For qualitative analysis identification of elements the functions Add linemarker and Edit linemarker in the menu Edit are significant Add linemarker can also be called up directly via the corresponding Id Inermarker il icons I Selection for
13. the reconstructed spectrum it can be decided whether further peaks should be identified 3 3 Automatic spectrum evaluation individual settings In general on line quantification and the 5 standard methods offered are sufficient for spectrum evaluation In this case you can skip section 3 3 Please answet If the menu item gt AutoC is selected in the automatic settings you can reach the mode for flexible individual settings of the automatic function after answering a security question When the automatic settings are called up again the status of the selection of an individual method is displayed Spectrum evaluation with flexible intervention options for the individual evaluation steps most flexible automatic function WinT cols Controls The icon A is used to call up the function Autom and the icon gt A is used to call up AutoC cf RONTEC Tools operating manual The three basic modes for automatic spectrum evaluation can be switched by simply clicking with the mouse at the marked position and are described in sections 3 3 1 to 3 3 3 The type of identification qualitative analysis can be selected with the first line of the menu apart from User automatic function Automatic identification can be controlled with the list of forbidden elements under the menu item 5 FElem cf 3 3 1 20 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions 3 3 1 On line quantificatio
14. Cursor position Elements can be set and deleted again The direct element input energy positions for the expected lines are rea immediately displayed as line markers for each element In accordance with the pre viously selected current position of the spectrum cursor WinShell offers all ele ments which can generate characteristic lines in the selected position The relative height of the line markers of a line series in relation to each other suggests approximately the proportional pulse rate which must be anticipated Operator can activates the icon function L via left key mouse double click at spectrum display region By contrast with WinTools WinShell has an integrated intelligent line marker In addition to the exact emission rates of the X ray lines atom database rtatom ad it also takes into account the primary electron energy and its effect on the relative emission rates of the lines of a series in relation to each other Especially in critical excitation situations primary electron energy only slightly greater than the critical excitation energy of the line series under consideration unusual line distributions can occur which could lead to wrong decisions if the line marker only shows fixed relative intensities On the basis of the line positions their heights and the peak forms for adjacent lines which are not resolved by the spectrometer it can be decided relatively well which elements are present in the sam
15. EDWIN remote control Operator can cancel remote control wait state only with Esc key nJjJJ 36 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions The control file auto ctr is to design in ASCII text format and includes in the first line both path and name of spectrum which is to evaluate Example CAEDWINISPEKTRENEXAM IMP evaluation of spectrum EXAM IMP Wildcards are permitted Example C4EDWINISPEKTRENIEXAM IMP evaluation of all spectra in current directory EXAM IMP 1 EXAM_A IMP So with function Point operator is able to evaluate a stock of spectra with gaps in spectra name number series in contrast to function Spect In most cases communication of other programs with WinTools Point function is not synchronized The time for spectra acquisition must be longer than the automatic spectra evaluation program needs to finish his job in worst case Otherwise WinTools never get information via remote control file of any ready measured and stored spectra during the evaluation of last spectrum If the program is finish it will get the order for the next spectrum But the next is the last from WinShell stored possibly one ore more evaluations are lost A interesting combination is possible with WinShell or SpcView If WinTools is open and function Point started WinTools spectra window can be switched into Windows background Each spectra storing with WinShell or Spc
16. R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions SE Uperation instructions Operating instructions RONTEC EDWIN 98 NT WinShell WinTools Status 9 Dezember 1999 Printed 3 August 2000 R NTEC GmbH 1 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT o N RONTEC GmbH D 12489 Berlin Rudower Chaussee 6 Geb ude 19 1 2 All rights reserved The customer has the right to use the software furnished with his customer number and acquired by him pan accordance with the bill of delivery on the RONTEC apparatus or to install it on a computer of his li choice The customer also has the right to use the software on other computers in his area of responsibili ty for the purpose of evaluating the spectra recorded Transferring the software to third parties is prohibited ONTEC does not guarantee the absence of defects of the software and the documentation RONTEC does f not promise that all wishes can be satisfied with the software supplied In particular no warranty can be 4 given for faultless interoperation with third party products e g printers and their drivers networks or q non RONTEC software products Any changes to the hardware or software and in the installation of the computer operating system deletion of system files damage to the user interface changes to the PC can lead to changes in functionality RONTEC assumes no responsibility for the damage incurred In the case of multiple sales of RONTEC devices to one customer t
17. View and each spectra loading with SpeView cause the quantitative evaluation of current spectrum automatically in background Taking into account special quantitative settings for automatic evaluation described above operations only with WinShell or SpcView are possible You can work very comfortable e g with online quantification in background operation using both programs WinShell and SpcView only 3 8 Exit from WinTools To exit from WinTools use the appropriate icons or other methods that are normal under WINDOWS For security you are always asked to answer a question However the final closing of WinTools only occurs when any open dialogs with the program have been satisfied All windows belonging to WinTools are closed R NTEC GmbH 37 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT 4 Spreadsheet graphic presentation of results Often a whole series of analysis results must be archived processed or presented For this purpose the printer switch of the WinTools program should be set to Result ULTS DOC F RS output in table form cf section 3 3 4 The printing is E diverted to a window The measuring results then for example be processed statistically in a spreadsheet program or presented in a graphic presentation Microsoft Word RES a ETT oj ae inserted in the Word for WINDOWS word processor to be further processed as a table It should be pointed out here th
18. a Subtraction of both visible spectra Copy of spectrum B to A deletes A Adaption of calculated or measured background spectrum Sum of all pulses in free selectable regions of interest and B Deletes spectrum B Deletes all spectra in main store RAM Spectra correction Esc Shift Shelf Tail according settings in Settings CorrC Coating correction of Carbon Identification for quantitative analysis settings in Settings ToolC 1 switch Identification of further elements Deletes identied elements Takes over last set of identified elements not line marks Peak search setting of line marks do not substitute Ident Changes identified line windows set in spectrum other ROT s Backup of last spectra processing state Backup last spectrum with Bremsstrahlung Calculation of Bremsstrahlung background Settings ToolC 2 switch Variation of specimen tilt angle for Bremsstrahlung calculation Variation of primary electron enenergy for Bremsstrahlung calculation Calculation of linear background Settings ToolC 2 switch Calculation of polynom background Settings ToolC 2 switch Subtraction of calculated or fitted background Backup of last spectra processing state Backup last spectrum with Bremsstrahlung Devonvolution probability theory based Settings ToolC 5 switch Peak stripping subtraction of all KB lines Peak fit linear parameter optimization Settings ToolC 5 switch Quantitative correction
19. a printer or into a file for use in a spreadsheet program After the tabular results output is set result output tabulated the program asks whether the current spectrum elements identified should be accepted identification by means of the automatic or Ident function it is not sufficient to set line markers If the answer is yes all the elements are adopted as a table heading All subsequent spectra evaluations insert the relevant results in the prepared table Elements that are not identified in a later spectra evaluation are assigned the concentration 0 Elements that are identified in a following spectrum evaluation but are not entered in the table heading are not inserted Thus when the tabular results output is switched on all the expected elements must be identified in a sample spectrum WinTools Output The individual values in the table are separated from another tabs The table be printed directly Using the clipboard the results can be inserted into a word processor or table calculation 015 96048 14000 00000 00035 90000 00000 00 57007 92025 280100 00000 00000 00000 00066 80 program for further processing BREITS4005 38035 27000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00 xs RESULTS WHI The appearance of the table as it is uiti Tih printed directly or in the program in which it is to be further processed depends mostly on the capabilities and BREIT59 the settings of t
20. again to move it to the required operator level R NTEC GmbH 35 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Functions Spect and Point are in AUTOMAT menu Functionality differs from describtions in User s Manual for the R NTEC Tools Both functions are devoted to stock evaluation of a series of spectra directly or with remote control Spectra will be evaluated with via icon gt A or AutoC selected automatic mode The operator is able to select between all automatic spectra processing and evaluation schemes including user automtics with the makros recordable via Learn and End user automatic For evaluation high number of spectra switches should be setted convinient depending of the task 1 During spectra evaluation unnecessary interactions should be avoided identification background regions otherwise operator has to interact for every spectrum 2 WinTools waits after every result display PUzaf Film for a operator quit Before that no further operations will done This quit is avoidable due to a setting of any kind of automatic result printout b setting via gt A AUTOMAT OPT setup answer to question Options with Yes select switch result txt no stop or name txt no stop In the case a all results will be collected in a special text window for later usage In the case b program stores the results in file result txt into WinTools directory for every spectra evaluation The program
21. arkers are saved 2 8 Comparing spectra Only one spectrum at a time can be loaded for comparison A spectrum that has already been measured or a spectrum saved as reference can be overlaid in the background with the current measurement If a spectrum is read in for comparison the line markers set when the spectrum was saved are also displayed and added to the current line markers 2 9 Display mode for element marking This function can be used to determine whether in addition to the element labelling at the respective peak positions the line markers of the complete X ray series should be displayed and overlaid over the spectrum For reliable element identification it is advisable to work with line markers For recording results display of the spectrum it is often sufficient to label the peaks with the elements 2 10 Display mode for spectrum presentation E WinShell color selection The spectrum can be presented in different ways first icon Suitable colours can be selected second icon For this purpose it is necessary to left double click on the desired element of the spectrum window in the colour selection dialog whereupon the standard WINDOWS dialog for selecting the desired colour opens recrear M b 12 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions ee Operation instructions 2 11 Placing spectrum copy into intermediate memory Clipboard The presented spectrum can be place
22. at these possibilities of further processing the data are not part of the standard scope of delivery of EDWIN and depend largely on the capabilities of the non RONTEC programs used 5 Settings of the interface the detector parameters the calibration and the pulse electronics type The entry of all parameters of the driver for the MCA processor is carried out with Settings and MCA settings Here the address of the MCA processor card pre set at the factory is entered The selected interface between the PC and the SPU signal processing unit must be entered Care must be taken that the cable is connected to the correct serial interface of the PC note the PC operating manual as no PC controlled setting of the pulse processor is otherwise possible warnings after program start The functions SPU Setup and EDX Setup are required to enter the calibration the detector parameters and the configuration of the pulse electronics The type of the SPU is selected under parameter set different shaping time pulse throughput degree of conversion channel width in eV and spectrum end in keV pulse density of zero peak in pulses sec The parameters of some types of SPU can be set and monitored by the WinShell program If this possibility does not exist or if the setting is done directly on the SPU with hardware switches communication between the software and the SPU must be prevented 38 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation
23. bH 3 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT 1 The RONTEC EDWIN program system 1 1 Introduction EDWIN consists of several separate programs RONTEC WinShell for measuring X ray spectra and identifying the elements and RONTEC WinTools for qualitative and quantitative spectrum evaluation In addition to that there are implemented a spectra viewer SpcView and the print program SpcPrint The hardware is controlled and adjusted with WinShell Element windows can be set up to determine element distributions Archiving spectra comparing spectra setting line markers for element identification are only some of the tasks which can be carried out with WinShell WinTools provides all functions for processing and evaluation of energy dispersive measured X ray spectra which were successfully used for many years under the name RONTEC Tools A wide range of customer experience and requirements obtained from servicing of the spectrometers EDR 288 and the M series was taken into account in the development of the software and is now available under the name of RONTEC WinTools RONTEC WinShell is intuitive in its operation and it provides the accustomed functions for users who are experienced with WINDOWS The spectral determination process permits the standardised measure modes and provides a live presentation of the pulse height spectrum increase during the measuring process An intelligent line marker permits fast identification of the elements even w
24. background with region input input without cursor preset Only switches 1 and 3 are interesting If the background adaptation is not satisfactory the operator can intervene with background with region input The following switches are responsible for deconvolution deconvol via identification spectra reconstruction 24 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions With deconvol via identification all lines to be deconvoluted are determined on the basis of the identification list control by user supported identification It is also decided automatically which additional line series must be taken into account in the proposed deconvolution After selecting the switch spectra reconstruction each identification is processed without any request for the range boundaries Deconvolution is planned in all cases After leaving the results list the comparative spectrum is shown overlaid over the corrected original spectrum Taking into account further elements and with IdClr in the result display complete control of all elements included in the quantitative analysis can be achieved If an element proves to be undetectable below the detection threshold it can be deleted The quantitative calculation is then immediately repeated without the element If it is noticed in the reconstruction that the spectrum contains peaks or structures that are not yet identified identification can be used to help search for additional element
25. c method In on line quantification there are no interactive dialogs during spectrum evaluation Depending on the basic setting of the system either the elements set by line markers are evaluated as a qualitative analysis or an automatic peak search is called up This basic setting can be selected with gt AutoC by an individual setting of the automatic function and it then applies to all automatic methods except for the user automatic function With element identification by setted line markers it is possible to use autom Peaksearch gt to call up a direct peak search As a result line markers are set Further elements can be added or deleted with the Z icons The quantitative evaluation of the elements found and set is then started via the automatic icons Esc ok Controis MN With an integrated automatic peak search the qualitative analysis result can only be controlled by using the list of forbidden elements Elements can also be set as hard To do so first of all the function Forbidden elements gt Felem must be started in the menu Unwanted elements can be marked as forbidden in the periodic element system Then the function Select elements wished is offered in the menu and can be used to set elements z that are not found Setting a element again the program will Forbidden elements gt FElen delete it from current element set Select elements wished set Co Ni 2n Pe
26. ch positions with Z 11 Diff are only available for spectra of lew slew detectors and switch the mode for light element quantification oleQ for bulk samples These switches control the quantitative output of results results in weight per cent results in atomic per cent weight per cent relat error atomic per cent relat error oxide relat error It can be determined with AUTOMAT Options whether a thin layer film analysis is carried out Here an incomplete analysis by stochiometry taking into account oxygen can also be selected Only then is the switch oxide relat error active If the Bremsstrahlung calculation is not ideal a residual background deduction can be added to the automatic evaluation process after the Bremsstrahlung calculation deconvolution with Bayes remain backgr LinB Bayes remain backgr PolyB Bayes The calculation of the residual background switch position 2 with linear residual background switch position 3 with polynomial residual background is always carried out with manual request of the adjustment ranges and cannot itself be automated In a reconstruction the deduction of a residual background is taken into account The remaining switches were already dealt with in the section User automatic function and they have the same meaning here 3 3 4 Automatic recording of results It is possible to create an automatic results print out If with printing of results or some o
27. ctions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT X Y adjustment The sample can be moved with the X Y adjustment of the sample table It must be noted that it is only possible to use a tilt at the same time if the movement of the sample table is eucentric i e if the X Y movement of the sample takes place in the tilt plane and thus the working distance for microanalysis remains constant Adjustments in EDWIN QWinShel with UH V Dewar Detector or other Si Li detection units The task in the measurement of a spectrum is to obtain a spectrum with sufficient statistics number of measured events in the spectrum and the best possible resolution of the characteristic lines in the smallest possible measuring time As these requirements contradict each other the operator must select a compromise for each specific task cf also the hardware description In Settings and SPU settings the setting Pulse Throughput must be changed The numerical examples refer to a RONTEC UHV Dewar Detector and have to be modified or are permanently set when a RONTEC XFlash detector or other detectors are used Case I Precise spot analysis The aim is the best possible resolution the measuring time is of secondary importance Suggested setting Pulse throughput 1 3 keps Pulse density appr 2000 cps Measuring time 300 sec The accumulated spectrum then consists of about 500 000 events After evaluation also note the value given for the error of the event Case II Fast anal
28. d into intermediate memory together with a selected comparison spectrum Other WINDOWS programs can then be used for effective recording of the results This function can also be called up from the menu via Edit and Copy 2 12 Determining element distributions The Edit menu contains the functions Measure windows Here the energy ranges for the maximum of 15 ele ment outputs can be set If a spectrum range is defined by moving the spectrum cursor and at the same time pressing the right mouse key before Measure Window is called up this spectrum region is taken over In Settings and Measure mode cf 2 2 PulseMap must be set In accordance with the windows set all measured X ray quantums 409 431 are sorted passed on to the cor not used responding outputs and output as not used not used TTL pulses not used not used The capacity to determine element not used distribution patterns scans along a 0 line on the surface and the number of channels depends on the features of the electron microscope used As a maximum 7 element distributions can be determined on 7 channels with option MultiElement RONTEC GmbH 13 DEDI Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT 2 13 Help system Ki Various help levels have been integrated into the WinShell to meet different requirements For the H beginner there is both a context sensitive help and a measuring assistant available to lead him thro
29. dentification The option gt FElem is modified to Select elements wished to take selected elements into account Selection is again made via the periodic system of the elements An element that is set must not be 2 elements wished X forbidden at the same time An element that is set can be deleted by set Cr lin setting it again A skilful combination of prohibition of unwanted elements and setting of unidentified elements can have an influence on the qualitative and quantitative analysis After the function has been restarted with icon 3 an automatic evaluation is carried out under the new conditions RONTEC GmbH 21 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT The mode for peak search peak allocation can be modified in the text file toolcfg cfg self explanatory Mode 1 is recommended as standard 3 3 2 User automatic function WinT auis Pentiols Mode selection WinTools Controls EE I lt Selectior Here a number of special automatic program sequen Mes Sos ces can be se lected qualitative evaluation Identification of the elements interactive result of qualitative analysis Net Ident automatically Identification of elements automatic result net peak numbers Net Ident interactive Identification of elements interactive result net peak numbers analysis of asbestos fibres Evaluation according to VDI 3492 details of class asbestos type analysis of rough surf pa
30. e By a mouse click on A or B the spectra loaded into the spectrum memory RAM can be selected from a menu and displayed Selecting this icon always loads the last spectrum which was measured and saved It is immediately available for evaluation It is of course also possible to evaluate spectra which have not directly been measured by using the normal file management function It is possible to evaluate the spectrum e automatically by Start with icon e via selected functions the WINDOWS menu system e via the full RONTEC Tools menu system These three levels of spectrum processing and evaluation adapted to different needs prior knowledge and working tasks of the respective operator Using the printer symbol icon operator will start printout of spectrum and resultes Before printing the system offers possibilities to change the layout of the one page see chapter 2 4 Possibly there is no link to the print program spcprint exe in Folder WINSHELL If there are no qualitative or quantita tive results in printout page please set in OPTIONS with result txt output see chapter 3 5 RONTEC WinTools is largely compatible with the description of the program system RONTEC Tools There fore the RONTEC Tools operating manual is valid as a supplement to this description Special features are described in chapter 3 7 2 The right hand mouse button is not automatically identical with Esc Some mouse dri
31. e and can use it for Windows links with imp type files SpcPrint is dealing with printout of spectra results and comments Both WinShell and WinTools have direct link to SpePrint via special Icon ce As a supplement to these operating instructions the RONTEC Tools operating manual and the hardware description can also be consulted Please also refer to the WINDOWS manual 4 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions Se Operation instructions 1 2 Start of the program system After WINDOWS has been started the programs WinShell if spectra to be measured compared and qualitatively inspected and WinTools for quantitative evaluation of measured spectra must be started This is done with the file manager Windows 3 1 with Start Windows 957M and Windows NT or by double clicking the corresponding icons on the desktop or in open folders Start of applications in WINDOWS 95 and WINDOWS NT Measurement of spectra Comparison of spectra Element identification Element distributions Qualitative and quantitative processing and evaluation of measured spectra In addition to that the operator can use following three programms after a complete installation of EDWIN v sil m Uninstall SPCVIEW SPCPRINT E spectra viewer print layout uninstallation As EDWIN can be adapted to the specific configuration of your computer and your software interface it is possible to note in the s
32. e conditions excitation Operator can mix all parts If there exists a file named COMMENT TXT in directory of program spcprint exe standard in EDWIN WINSHELL this file will inserted into print layout automatically as editable text e g for company head or inscription examle for further editing 2 4 Spektren Druck papa bo ACE baa qt panda Date Time June 4 1998 Customer Steel BC Corp Operator A Exampleman EDWIN prints spectra and results via WYSIWYG one page printer preview with entire needed information Parts of preview are images results comments inscribtions and an possible overlay Results or images can be loaded with files bmp resp txt or with clipboard Complete reports and overlays are loadable with report files rpt Two steps of data compression are possible used to store reports Preselected is high speed storage of report files Selecting high compression the file dimension will be reduced by factor 2 Of course this way is more time consuming If there are implemented a lot of images and large images high compression is recommended For placing of parts at the page several ways are implemented parts except the overlay can be placed to all positions somwhere Click at right down position to images and you will change the size The operator has the choice for fonds size and color of text like common in Windows He can edit all comments and taken over
33. erature no longer maintained the environmental conditions must be improved or a higher thermostat temperature must be selected at which stable operation is possible Fluctuating detector temperatures cause the channel energy calibration to change constantly End of work 1 Save all results from the work 2 Exit from WinShell and WinTools and or close down the system directly from the desktop See instructions for WINDOWS 3 You ca switch off the device computer the monitor the mains voltage supply to the SPU or switch on Standby switch It is recommended that the detector be kept constantly operational to preclude minor parameter changes each time it is switched on and to avoid long term drift In standby mode the supply voltages for the detector with the exception of the thermoelectric cooler are maintained No warm up effect occurs For the use of the RONTEC XFlash detector please read the hardware description RONTEC GmbH 43 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Setting up the measurement conditions Beam current The intensity of the X ray radiation is directly affected by the beam current which acts on the sample In most SEMs the control of the beam current is carried out by adjusting the emission from the cathode and adjusting the condenser The operation manual of the SEM should be consulted in this respect The intensity of the X ray radiation received by the detector is measured For this pu
34. f you are going on line with RONTEC spectrometer into your own network password shoud be changed by system administrator The special defined user service with administrator rights is only useful for RONTEC service staff Please do not change it SH Customer should never run the RONTEC spectrometer the analytical performance with administrator status rights After working with administrator rights start the computer again e Passwords Primary following user are installed user password status remarks administrator test administrator password can be changed service administrator password change is forbidden edx edx user password can be changed e Computer network You can insert the RONTEC spectrometer in common networks Do not try to install the RONTEC spectrometer like a server Please use the performance of net server for data exchange e Do not change the BIOS Do not install screen safer and sound boards even in such case where the sound card is a part of your computer or sound card is on board Sound board X ray spectrometer do not need a sound card Active sound card influences quality an efficiency of image scan line scan and mapping i BIOS Do not use power managment sleeping mode after predefined time without any operating Screen Do not use screen safer Please run display with colour depth of 32 Bit or 24 Bit Use 19 display with 1280 x 1024 pixel with 85 Hz Do not change installed mode
35. for oxides as a pro portion of atoms standar dised to this elementary cell Under normed to ele ment an ordinal number can be entered Whenever this element is present in the identification list and the option unit cell is not occupied the output is related to this one element which receives the atomic proportion 1 or the number corresponding to the value in unit cell It is possible to set an element for the analysis of the difference ZD A substrate element ZM thin layer analysis film or taking an element into account by stochiometry ZS only for oxygen oxides can also be prescribed for each automatic identification The menu item Save current oxides takes over the stochiometry relationships entered in the current spectrum by semi automatic or manual identification and only them for all later automatic identifications If there is any change to the fixed stochiometry all potentially interesting elements a maximum of 20 should be entered in one spectrum by manual identification with their stochiometric relationships to oxygen select ZS at the end of the identification All other elements are assumed to be atomic in the automatic consideration of oxide If an ordinal number of 1 is entered for ZM it is taken into account as a self supporting layer not a substrate Therefore even in automatic identification it is possible to carry out an incomplete analysis or to mark a spectrum as a film problem CE Fo
36. ftter installation Next spectra acquisition takes over these new calibration data Calibration For XFlash detector there is offered the possibility of automatic recalibration for current resolution using zero peak before every spectra storing 3 Operator can start automatic Peak search which searches all peaks of foreground or background spectrum Function suggest all possible elements for every peak Suggested elements are presented in a window named Add Linienmarker Pushing the button Close the spectrum cursor will jump to the next found peak Pushing the button Cancel the peak search will terminate RONTEC GmbH 11 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT FOI information I 4 ROI information opens a window with count rates of current data acquisition Operator can set all element windows via Edit Measure windows If the data acquisition is stoped sum af channel contents setted measure windows are displayed 5 Service is only for service people 6 With Program options customer or service are able to combine customer with special PIN to give freee special options of WinShell program see APPENDIX Installation of EDWIN software 2 7 __ Saving spectra The spectra are saved and loaded by the normal WINDOWS method just like other files The extension of the RONTEC spectrum format is imp Within the spectrum file both the spectrum itself and all the identifying elements line m
37. he printer or software BREIT57 BREIT54 the example using Write see qm section 4 3 4 Automatic analysis with line marker identification The line markers mark the peak positions that are anticipated for the corresponding energy levels The relative height of the line markers approximately symbolises the anticipated intensity of the lines in a series in relation to each other In connection with the switch for element identification take over LM gt Ident autom a very effective definition of the elements for analysis can be carried out After the automatic function is started the corresponding elements are then also marked in the periodic system ce If no line markers have been set or all line markers set are previously deleted an additional automatic peak search takes place before quantitative evaluation The setting of the line markers and thus the qualitative analysis can of course also be carried out in WinShell during the measurement process 28 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions 3 5 Options basic settings for WinTools and on line help Under AUTOMAT a special control function can be found options WinTools Controls If the unit cell contains a number other than zero all results in of atoms are output standardised to this number Even if the setting is for output in oxide relat error the value is switched from an output in of mass of oxides to a figure
38. he software options purchased once can 1 be used on all other systems if the hardware and software charges are paid For these options RONTEC r assumes no warranty or installation obligations in the case of free of charge multiple use on other RONTEC products There is no legal claim to clearance of charges for software components purchased a package 1 That person shall be regarded as the customer in whose direct area of responsibility the product obtained from RONTEC is operated and in whose hands the professional decision to buy the RONTEC product lay This also applies to all successors of the customer in that position and to comparably situated persons if the RONTEC product is sok or transferred to third parties in the case of transfer to third parties the rights a of the original customer to the RONTEC software expire pec a RU een Ee eee 2 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions CONTENT 1 The RONTEC EDWIN program system c cscssssssecsssssssssssssssssnsosssensssesssesssenssecsseecsecaccesscsscateesessccesecucscaree 4 4 1 2 Start of the program system Hansen amt 5 2 Working with WinShell E 6 2 1 Spectrum measurement NG EE LEGS 6 2 2 Measure m
39. hile the spectrum is being measured Spectra can be compared with the current measurement For ease of operation and to help even inexperienced users to get to know the program quickly the spectrum evaluation program RONTEC WinTools offers three user levels The automatic function offered as icon A enables fully automatic evaluation of the spectrum Easy use It can be flexibly set with the icon gt A and if required it even permits interactive intervention during the evaluation The Windows menus Utility Background Quantify and Settings offer a selection of the most important functions in order to define and call up individual steps and tasks of the automatic function WINDOWS use After the icon has been selected the full range of RONTEC Tools are available in the form of the tried and tested RONTEC menu system Professional use The working process for the measurement and evaluation of a spectrum consists of two steps The spectrum is measured and saved in WinShell In the separate WinTools window the quantitative evaluation is carried out in dependently of the measuring process By pressing a key the last measurement can be imported into WinTools and immediately evaluated Both SpeView and SpcPrint are helpful tools SpcView has a functionality which is compatible to WinShell In contrast to WinShell spectra acquisition is not possible But two stored spectra are comparable Operator can call Spc View multipl
40. is of reduced precision qualitative and for Scan Mapping via pulse outlets Proposed basic setting Pulse throughput 80 keps Pulse density 80 000 cps and more about 40 000 cps are saved Measuring time 1 108 The accumulated spectrum then consists of about 40 000 to 400 000 events FWHM Mn Ka Since in the case of the XFlash unlike the Si Li detector the half life width increases with the number 10 of pulses a reduction in the pulse density is 170 mended for good energy resolution with problematic spectra The signal electronics selector switch setting Ha AA EE EH need not be changed 150 ag a Good energy resolution is required when super 145 Ai TITI imposed lines need to be unfolded or elements in a TTITTIIIIIII NIAN igat 15 concentration near the limit of detection are of par Na ticular interest 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 keps input Case II Precise point analyses The goal is good resolution the measuring time is of secondary importance Proposed basic setting Pulse throughput 80 keps or 20 keps best possible resolution Pulse density about 2000 cps about 2000 cps are saved Measuring time 200 The accumulated spectrum then consists of about 400 000 events Note also the result error indicated after the evaluation If the pulse density exceeds the permissible value dependent on the hardware setting
41. ished samples no interactive intervention Simple particle analysis In addition to method 1 the real sample absorption is determined on the basis of the Bremsstrahlung Rough surfaces and particles can be analysed Bremsstrahlung interactive In addition to method 1 the adjustment ranges for the Reconstruction calculation of the Bremsstrahlung must be set manually The status and interim results of the individual procedures are displayed e g deconvolution After the output of the quantitative results a spectrum is reconstructed and offered for comparison Methode 4 Interactive particle analysis In addition to method 3 the real sample absorption is Reconstruction determined on the basis of the Bremsstrahlung Rough surfaces and particles can be analysed Methode 5 Interactive with residual In addition to method 3 after calculation of the background Bremsstrahlung the residual background if present can be Reconstruction deducted interactively In all 5 methods in connection with the display of the results it is possible to delete elements The concentrations are immediately recalculated with the updated list of elements without leaving the automatic function R NTEC GmbH 19 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT In all methods with reconstruction it is also possible to identify further elements The spectrum evaluation is then in a large loop in which elements can be deleted from the result output and after the display of
42. ition a spectrum comment can be edited The comment is an integral part of the spectrum parameter block and it is saved with the spectrum The first line of the spectrum comment is output in abbrevia ted form below the current spectrum names for and B CS If a new spectrum comment is to be saved in the archive please edit the comment in the un processed original measuring spectrum or save the commented and processed spectrum under a modified file name 34 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions 3 7 Spectrum evaluation with the full RONTEC Tools menu system Even with WinTools you can make use of the full range of functions of the tried and te sted program system RONTEC Tools for processing and evaluation of energy dispersive measured X ray spectra 3 7 1 Switching on and operating the RONTEC Tools menu system The function keys of RONTEC Tools are displayed by clicking onto the icon M or by selecting the WINDOWS menu item Old style menus If a different functional menu is to be selected the corresponding selection must be made next to M The content of the function bar changes immediately The individual function menus can still be scrolled with the keyboard page up and page down or directly with the highlighted letter In this case the corresponding menu designation is directly displayed in the prescribed window The separate WINDOWS window WinTools functions shows the assig
43. ividual settings eee nennen 3 3 1 Online quantification Naan GAAN NAGANA Rated Fons Pere ete Eb Pere ee Sora task 3 3 2 User automatic function NAAN 3 3 3 automat bulk film Analyse 3 3 4 Automatic recording of results 3 4 Automatic analysis with line marker identification ATE eMe ute vtile etiatn v SEE spy EE E detis 3 5 Options basic settings for WinTools and on line help seen enn 29 3 6 Spectrum evaluation with the WINDOWS menus s sesssessesrssrersersssesrersrererserserseranrernnsnsor essensen 32 3 7 Spectrum evaluation with the full RONTEC Tools menu system eese nennen 35 3 7 1 Switching on and operating the RONTEC Tools menu system essen en 35 3 7 2 Special features of WinTools stock evaluation remote control e 35 3 8 Exit TBI RRRRRRRRRRRRRRT 37 4 Spreadsheet graphic presentation of results s s ssosssesssssessssssssosassosssassrssesorossesnnonosersossnsonanersonsenensnsnse 38 5 Settings of the interface the detector parameters the calibration and the pulse electronics type 38 APPENDIX Switching the X ray spectrometer hardware on and off Setting up the measurement conditions Installation of EDWIN software WinShell and WinTools DDE Control Valid from versions WinShell 1 2 WinTools 3 0 1 21 R NTEC Gm
44. l time longint second R A SPC GET LTIME read life time longint percent RA SPC GET SPECTRUM read spectrum data array spectrum array 0 number of channels spectrum 0 number of channels SPC GET ALT SPECTRUM read spectrum data string R A Hinr 1 ch 2 ch last channel 48 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT SPC SAVE SPECTRA save spectrum with header string file name SPC GET WINDOWLIST read all measure windows ROI array 0 30 of integer nr 1 start 1 end 2 start last start last end if window is not in use start 1 end 1 SPC GET ALT WINDOWLIST read all measure windows ROI nr 1 wnd 2 wnd last wnd if window is not in use start 1 end 1 SPC GET WINCOUNTS read counts in all measure windows ROI array 0 15 of Longint nr 1 wnd 2 wnd last window if window is not in use 1 SPC GET ALT WINCOUNTS read counts in all measure windows ROI nr 1 wnd 2 wnd last wnd if window is not in use count 1 RONTEC GmbH Operation instructions 49 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Installation of EDWIN software WinShell and Win Tools EDWIN is delivered on several floppy disks The installation program setup exe is on Disk 1 The program is started from WINDOWS A setup exe and the user is guided through all other necessary information and input steps EDWIN 98 WinShell WinTools Setup Type Click the type of Setup
45. measuring with a tilted sample the value of the tilt angle must be entered see section 2 2 The azimuth angle when regarded towards the electron beam is the angle between the longitudinal angle of the detector projected into the plane and the vertical angle to the tilt axis of the sample This value is prescribed as a fixed angle in the installation of the detector in the SEM The value entered can be made see section 5 The detector angle is the angle between the vertical of the detector angle and the axis of the detector finger This value is also entered as a fixed angle and can be changed see section 5 The distance between the detector and the sample can be changed by turning the hand wheel on the support If the distance is reduced this widens the solid angle of the X ray radiation from the sample that is measured by the detector This increases the pulse density Conversely the pulse density can be reduced by moving the detector further from the sample VW At the minimum distance from the detector to the sample care must be taken to ensure that there is no collision with the detector finger if the sample table is moved 44 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions Detection unit Working off angle distance Distance between specimen to detector Tilt angle Tilt axis of specimen Geometric conditions in electron beam microanalysis R NTEC GmbH 45 Operation instru
46. n In on line quantification the operator is not forced to make any entries Spectrum processing and evaluation are carried out in the background and cannot be seen by the analyst Only the quantitative end result is displayed The elements must be set as line markers cf 2 4 or 3 4 If no line markers are set or if a different kind of identification has been selected in the preferences a peak search is automatically activated Therefore the modification options for the evaluation process are limited The type of result obtained atom or of mass error is in accordance with the settings in Autom bulk film analysis If the function is not switched to take over LM gt Ident autom an automatic element identification is included This automatic identification can only be controlled with a list of forbidden elements mouse click on gt FElem Element identified not adjustable Element forb The list of forbidden elements can be edited simply by clicking with the mouse The software contains a certain basic setting for forbidden elements which can be temporarily changed at any time click on O K or can be modified for later program sequences Save After a temporary change Load restores the basic setting The elements found during the last identification process in the current spectrum are displayed not the line markers set After O K the operator has the possibility to set elements for automatic i
47. nment of the function keys F1 to F12 The functions can also be selected by clicking the appropriate position with the mouse As the function key bar is a separate WINDOWS window it can also be removed from the desktop into the symbol where it can be called up again at any time 3 7 2 Special features of WinTools stock evaluation remote control The RONTEC Tools under windows in the form of WinTools do not have an Alt function key menu The individual analytic functions are explained in the RONTEC Tools operating manual and are identical in content with the functions under WinTools The R NTEC Tools menu system can be navigated very effectively using the keyboard Any function can be started using just two keys if the functions menu is selected by means of the highlighted letter or the page up gt or page down gt key and then activation of the function key The mouse is needed only to start the R NTEC functions assigned to lt F10 gt since the lt F10 gt function key is used under Windows to enter the WINDOWS menu system According to the RONTEC Tools operating manual settings for functions e g SpecQ can be started by entering 4 after calling up the function In WinTools the WINDOWS menu system Settings and SET must be used Alternatively the setting can also be carried out in the Tools menu with the mouse The corresponding function can be fixed by holding down the mouse key releasing it ant then holding it down
48. nodic table symbol atomic nuxbet 42 atomic weight 1 5 Further informa vies K 03 19 59 keV 0 05 tion on on line quantification can be found in section 3 3 1 18 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions Wint ools Controis Besides On line quantification there are a total of 5 methods of spectrum evaluation The methods are switched in the position shown by means of a mouse click or by selecting the appropriate line and again pressing lt Enter gt Parallel to this process a short commentary on the performance of the current method is displayed in a window in the 8 dotera t Particle Analysis na sak Reconstruction DT menu oh www Method N xe X xe Esc ok zu CU RESET AHutan Peaksearch By contrast with on line quantification the spectrum evaluation process WinT oals Controls is more or less visible under the methods A switch for control of spectra processing and evaluation printouts is selectable for every method Operator gets a menu for printing method selection by a simple mouse click at corresponding position use key board if you like 4 different ways are selectable to get analytical result outputs ready to put into the clipboard into a EES file or directly to the printer The 5 methods have roughly the following possible applications Simple analysis Pol
49. ns enables the fixed first positions of the result and action windows to be changed A dummy result window blue and a dummy action window white without content are displayed Both windows can be freely moved on the screen After pressing the Esc key mouse operation is not possible the selected window positions are saved result and action windows in WinTools are based on the positions of the two dummy windows Even after a restart of the program all window positions are still valid in their changed form Print a text line enables a prompt comment to be added to the current log printer or result file Please answer If the operator answers to question Options with No he will get the question Set standard switches of Tools By positive answer all switches for quantitative spectra processing and evaluation of AutoC und ToolC will be set to the default values 30 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions WwinTools Controls If you answer the question On line Help with Yes the integrated help function is permanently shown in a separate window under WINDOWS The Help topic is constantly updated in accordance with the current function and the entries required by the program It is also possible to enter the keyword onlinehelp in the toolscfg edr and to activate this mode every time the program is started er Met BN 2 Ese ok t 1 RONTEC online EX utoc Icon
50. ode and measure parameters eene nennt tette te tete tete ta teen entente 7 2 5 Display Options gt erre mre eer a ves dinates ed edi ree tete ted ves 8 2 4 SpektrernzDr ck OAIE e inepta d RR re etre E c quere 9 2 5 Identification of element ccccsscssscsesssessscsescescececscsssssscsssusssacssscssscssscecscssessecssausssessensarsssssuessseesesseessees 2 64 HEXA desee ESO nomi de eni assets aeree iet c e o RR I t NP NGPA 2 7 Saying etre en Goa NA Bihasa reet eei aee te even ler TH Wi Nin 2 8 Comjparing Spectra coeno ade RR WOO E E n en MAAN RA te e deed 2 9 Display mode for element marking 2 10 Display mode for spectrum presentation entente tenete tnnt tentent nen ss tenete rr rn nt 12 2 11 Placing spectrum copy into intermediate memory Clipboard eese 13 2 12 Determining element distributions eese eene tnter tentent 13 2 13 Help system pii adt ite E teet cete leew utei tritis e redi e EUR Aban 14 2 14 Exit from WinShlell aeter eet ecc e div DR NEC NH Eee e n ERE ERA 14 2 15 Spectra Viewer SpcView uo Rer a temet iride spat ave iri ee 15 3 Spectrum evaluation with WinTools pec 16 3 1 General information on WinTools AA 3 2 Automatic spectrum evaluation automatic methods 3 3 Automatic spectrum evaluation ind
51. pace below the specific call up procedure for the program system on your computer To start RONTEC WinShell and RONTEC WinTools Installation of EDWIN software is discribed in Appendix last page R NTEC GmbH 5 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT 2 Working with WinShell 2 1 Spectrum measurement The task of measuring spectra and archiving them is carried out with WinShell Spectra Cursor N Line marks with element inscription VN Background Spectrum Pulses per second Dead time Status Time of Measurement Cursor position Channel content measurement time life cursor position Save the measured spectrum Place copy into intermediate memory Print current spectra ma window Spectrum Scroll to begin Spectrum Scroll left Spectrum Scroll right Spectrum Scroll to end Expand spectrum HE Compress spectrum Expand Vertical scale E Compress Vertical scale Start spectrum measurement i Pause Stop spectrum measurement Delete measurement memory Set element line markers element search to cursor position Line markers lt gt peak labelling Alter spectral display L Alter spectral colour Startet external WinTools program Had Setting program window onTop Info for Toolbar Icons General Info Exit program Setting Program on Top WinShell is always visible Toolbar is reduced 6 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions
52. ple ee AN 10 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions dit Linemarkers With Edit linemarker elements can be set and deleted and the display of line markers can be adjusted very flexibly A control enables a threshold to be set This threshold is used to define from delete identified which relative intensity stored in the atom data a line marker should be set This setting can be carried out globally for all line markers or just for selected elements Add new element Selection of elements Select new element already identifidthreshold to display a line marker Edit Linemarkers ERE With the switch Edit Lines each individual line contributing to the complete series can be displayed It becomes clear which lines are emitted or are taken into account in the atom database The line markers can now be switched on or off individually Element identification with line markers is stored when the spectra are saved in the spectrum file When the spectrum is read in again the associated identification also appears With the appropriate switch setting in WinTools a very effective automatic quantitative spectrum evaluation can be carried out which takes into account the elements defined in WinShell 2 6 Extra This menu includes a lot of special functions 1 Operator can start external program Start program example WinTools 2 Operator can recalibrate with spectrum after basic calibration a
53. r ZD ZM ZS no elements with an ordinal number of 11 can be directly identified and evaluated if necessary forbid them in gt FElem R NTEC GmbH 29 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT The standard output for unnormalised results of the function PUzaf can be carried out under with result output sum with result output sum c 100 result outp only result sum without B F c 100 only without In this case there is always only an output of the second column of the concentrations in the result lists defined in accordance with the switch positions Independently of the normal log printout which can also be made to a file instead of to a printer it is possible to create a permanent result log to a file with the name result txt This file is saved to the same file directory in which the RONTEC program system is saved By contrast with the log printout the file is closed after each output In the next result output the old text is overwritten This means that a permanent live access of other programs to the analysis results is possible in multitasking operation no output of result txt with output of result txt result txt no stop with output of name txt name txt no stop In automation e g for linking with other computers selection of the third option means that the unnecessary and time consuming display of the results on the device display no longer takes place Set window positio
54. ribed for a deconvolution sequence If summation ranges overlap the software automatically sets the corresponding elements to deconvolution sequence In a spectrum reconstruction each line series used to gain the quantitative analysis results must be de convoluted Here it is not necessary to enter the summation range boundaries The final menu of interactive or manual identification permits the entry of additional elements cf integrated manual via and the RONTEC Tools operating manual With the switch position take over current identific the last element identification is always taken over In this way a series of spectra with identical element identifications can be studied in terms of the quantitative differen ces With take over LM gt Ident autom it is possible to carry out identification during the measurement process When the evaluation is called up only the set elements are used to gain the result But the operator has no influence over the line series evaluated and their range boundaries i With the switch position take over chart ident edr a fixed identification list is taken over which can be created and edited as an ASCII file with the name ident edr in the main di oe rectory of the program cf example In each identification these elements are accepted with ka Pb M the selected lines in a similar way to the line marker identification automatic background calc peak search autom background
55. rograms easily R NTEC GmbH 15 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT 3 Spectrum evaluation with WinTools 3 1 General information on WinTools Complete spectrum processing and evaluation is possible with RONTEC WinTools qualitative quantitative unstandardised and with standardised factors The measurement must be completed and saved in RONTEC WinShell When it is saved the spectrum is allocated a name The spectrum can now be loaded by its name Logarithmic normal spectrum presentation Select spectrum section Alter display tyr displayed praw lihe markers spectrum colour Print La aa menu syste Clipboard set Magi Ms Online Help Load save spect element CARS UTANG Help Syste bmatic method settings Exit progra Evalvation automatic Load last measurement Spectrum name spectru Channel and energy position of spectrum Spectrum name B spectrum Channel content of current channel The spectrum cursor is positioned with the arrow keys on the keyboard or by mouse clicking in the display field of the spectrum pba pb 16 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions In addition to the icons there are also a number of other possible actions on the spectrum display screen The channel cursor is always moved when the mouse arrow is pushed into the direct spectrum display window and the left hand mouse button is pressed at the same tim
56. rpose the text cps counts per seconds is displays in WinShell in the lower left hand corner The dead time dead should not significantly exceed 50 Sample and sample geometry The sample for analysis must be suitable for examination in a scanning electron microscope SEM That means that the surface must be conductive and from an idealised perspective level The geometric conditions in the SEM are shown in the image of geometric conditions of electron beam micro analysis The working distance is the distance from the lower edge of the pole piece of the SEM objective to the surface of the sample Because of the geometric conditions this value is prescribed as a fixed value and the sample must be brought into this position when it is fixed to the mount and or by moving the Z axis The working distance of a sample with the standard sample mount is defined when the system is installed The take off angle is the angle between the longitudinal axis of the detector and the horizontal This value is entered as a fixed value in the excitation conditions and does not normally need to be changed Value can be changed see section 5 The tilt angle is the angle between the surface of the sample and the horizontal The sample can be tilted in order to reduce the absorption of the X rays on their way from their point of origin in the sample to the surface facing the detector The standard tilt angle entered is generally 0 degrees When
57. rticle Analysis of rough surfaces and particles result of quantitative analysis after optimisation of absorption rough surf particle recon Analysis of rough surfaces and particles result of quantitative analysis after optimisation of absorption reconstruction of spectrum see section bulk film In the user automatic function 3 switches can be set to afffect the evaluation process If With display updating is active all spectrum processing can be observed live on the monitor If No display updating is set the spectrum is only updated when the result is displayed Acoustic signals can be switched on or off If required they can support the flood of visual information and relieve the operator s eyes from tiring tasks 22 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions It is possible to select automatic printing of the result If With printing of results or other printing options have been activated a dialog follows and the log data streams are passed to a separate window under WINDOWS In this window the result log can be directly printed out transported into intermediate memory or saved to a file 3 3 3 automat bulk film Analyse ools Controls The third variant of automatic spectrum evaluation offers most AUTOMAT CUPT setup use supported identification modification possibilities In each case the operator is guided automatic background calc through the individual processing and e
58. s Here too the quantitative evaluation is automatically repeated It can be continually optimised until the measured spectrum corresponds as fully as possible to the reconstructed spectrum t WinTools 2 WinTools Results gt ad xxx Results 3 1 2 68 82 1 2 21 11 K Serie 1 17 L Serie 2 76 K Serie 8 25 K a1 2 9 58 1 2 4 12 K a1 2 1 98 N Optimization MS calibr and resolutio Test subtraction of both spdttka Result di Identify further elements Using gt Optim an optimization of the energy or and peak width calibration can be activated in the case of deviation of the reconstructed spectrum in peak positions or resolution This facility is especially useful for the operator when XFlash spectra are being evaluated Peak width optimization occurs at the zero energy peak to optimize the peak position it is necessary to select an element line that is clearly present in the spectrum In the case of successful optimization a completely new calculation of the results of the analysis takes place with renewed reconstruction R NTEC GmbH 25 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT The type of unstandardised evaluation only for radiation inlet windows which permit an analysis of the light elements and the reliability range of the statistical error can be adjusted standardless 20 standardless Z 11 diff 20 standardless 10 Standardless Z 11 Diff 10 Swit
59. s is used to enter the detector parameters and energy calibration This function is generally set up only once during the installation of the driver or used for service purposes Here the type interface and addresses of the signal electronics are entered The information required is partly dependent on the device RONTEC GmbH 7 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT The functions SPU Setup and EDX Setup are required to enter the calibration the detector parameters and the configuration of the pulse electronics see section 5 MCA Hardware Driver Setup This function is only neded for installation or for service purpose Operator is able to set interface and adress of signalel processor He can select speed of data transfer between ISA bus and MCA processor card Needed information differ sometimes from device to device and from the used computer Settings should be given from RONTEC service only When the pulse density dependent on the hardware setting exceeds the allowable limit the dead time increases to well over 50 At more than 50 dead time WinShell switches over to red dead time and pulse density indication The pulse density must be reduced or the SPU changed to a different mode see annex setting the measuring conditions If the admissible dead time is significantly exceeded an error window is displayed A warning must be confirmed when such a spectrum is saved 2 3 Display Options The view
60. structions R NTEC GmbH 51 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Error management of EDWIN software EDWIN NT for Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT is a powerful multitask operating system Therfore you should not restart the computer in cases where the EDWIN components do not working well after crashs of other software or of WinShell or WinTools itselfs Please confirm with the following steps 1 Open the task manager of Windows NT 2 Kill th proces NTVDM EXE 3 Start EDWIN parts WinShell WinTools once again LEXBCES EXE smartagt exe mgasc exe moactil exe PSTORES EXE wm exe NALNTSRV EXE NDDEAGNT EXE German example R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions Some user hints for X ray spectrometer systems with Windows NT You have got a X ray spectrometer which uses PC system with Windows NT for data acquisition and data evaluation Configuration of PC and operating system are done in a kind which guarantees optimal performance for running analytical tasks Please confirm the following hints e User status The safety mechanism of Windows NT are managed via user groups For X ray analysis user or main user state will do it User edx with password edx is installed for each R NTEC spectrometer Password can be changed Additional user with other passwords are possible to install e Administrator In delivering case the administrator has password test I
61. the dead time rises significantly above 50 The pulse density must be reduced or a hardware setting with a higher pulse compatibility must be selected Then spectrum accumulation must be restarted At more than 50 dead time percentage adjustable in winshell ini WinShell switches over to red dead time and pulse density indication If the admissible dead time is substantially exceeded an error window is displayed RONTEC GmbH 47 Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT DDE Control Interface to control WinShell with DDE with exterrnal programs option Ae e e SS ARI Description of High Level Roentec DDE interface rede dee e de ede de e eee dele e eee ese R R R S e e e r e e Ae e Ae Ae e S S R Ae Se e DDE ServerName SPC SERVER DDE TopicName SPC MEASURE DDE ItemNames function data format Requ Adv Poke SPC GET STATUS read status R A result 0 manually stopped 1 automatic stop 3 running z5 paused SPC MSTART start manually SPC RSTART Start with real time setting longint second P SPC LSTART start with life time setting longint second P SPC WSTART start with counts setting P CountWinRecord record first last integer 2 byte counts Longlnt 4 byte end SPC STOP stop P SPC GET COUNTRATE read pulse density longint cps R A SPC GET DEADTIME read dead time longint second RA SPC GET RTIME read rea
62. ther print option is activated a dialog takes place and the record data flows are diverted to a separate WINDOWS window In that window the results report can be printed directly transferred to the clipboard or saved in a file Tuan aang 26 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions no printing of results with printing of results keeping the minutes with pr results error info result output tabulated In the first printing job the operator is asked if a log header should be generated The standard header has the appearance shown Wintoals Output The appropriate data must be entered The log header is fitted into the YXTYYXYAYYETYYYETTITSYTUNYTSYTTITTEITYTAYTETYTTATETIYTIATTITTITIYTYYTTITTTY printed record in a fixed form If a RESULT REPORT X RAY SPECTROMETRY WITH RONTEC WinTools i 8 i Institution ABC Institute new log header is needed in the Operator Prot Miller E Customer Sparc Corp FXXYYEYTTYAYEYTUAGNTXYTEZXTITIETETETIYXGYRAARTYIRGYG A OAAERXTERITITERSTATETERY course of the work e g for a change of subject it is necessary before the next printing job to call up Print a text line under AUTOMAT Options output cf section 3 5 Here a direct comment can also be added to the current log If a different log header is required e g with company names etc a text file with the name head txt must be created in the WinTools directory Instead of the
63. ugh the first measurements The normal Help contains extensive information on measurement hardware the INI files error detection etc in addition to explanations of the dialogs and menus 2 14 Exit from WinShell E To exit from WinShell use the icon shown or the normal WINDOWS functions eee e _ 14 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions 2 15 Spectra Viewer SpcView The operator is able to display and compare stored spectra with the spectra viewer SpcView Qualitative evaluations of stored spectra are possible Sum of pulses for both foreground and background spectrum are displayed after marking spectra region with right mouse key A direct link between imp type files and SpcView exe program is possible with Windows All spectra files will be presented with the spectra viewer after left mouse key double click if directories are inspected with e g Windows Explorer SpcView supplies drag and drop Operator can drag the icons of spectra files with right mouse key and move it to the open SpeView spectra display window There the icon will drop The spectrum will be loaded and displayed for operating Both programs WinShell and SpcView have the feature of storing UNA spectra to select not only RONTEC home format but also ASCII or Roentec imp od EMSA Code Conversion of RONTEC spectra to other easy readable file codes makes data transfer to other p
64. valuation steps He also wit isplay updating has the option of modifying individual steps in a differentiated with acoustic signals manner If the switches are set accordingly automatic program deconuol uia identification ax gy progr no printing of results processing is interrupted and control is handed to the operator e g standardless Eu 2s to define adaptation ranges for Bremsstrahlung calculation The results in staht per cent guidance for the operator is provided in an understandable dialog deconun iei pap After the operator s entries have been completed the remainder of gt auto matic pulk Film analysisc the program processing is then automatic again until the result is Qus ie FElem achieved The 5 methods of automatic processing offer a small selection of the modification options for automatic bulk film analysis see section 3 2 xxx Plizaf results xxx BO mob C 601895 confid 1 05783 1 05688 66 95 67 96 1 86883 1 03733 20 77 21 88 1 02506 1 00732 1 21 1 22 1 03184 1 02663 2 79 2 83 1 03199 1 817904 4 23 B 24 1 04843 1 19087 0 54 6 54 Cr K a1 2 1 05291 1 35248 3 97 4 63 Hn K a1 2 1 05501 1 12137 2 86 2 09 standardiess Lo 14 keU sum 98 56 186 00 4 elen line 1 2 K a1 2 i K Serie L Serie 3 1 K Serie 110 A Pa NNFFS END AR 110 cycles Brens result rint Id ir Delete elements After the display
65. vers enable the right hand mouse button to be configured as Esc under WINDOWS This setting is recommended because it makes work with just the mouse faster The spectrum window can be adjusted in its size and form by the normal WINDOWS method A range of information results and possible actions are presented in the display in separate windows All of these WinTools windows can be moved in the display as individual WINDOWS objects Their size is fixed WinTools opens and closes these windows itself When you exit from WinTools all the windows are closed The Info window is of central importance If this window is moved it appears in this position again when it is next shown The result and action windows can also be moved but the old position is active again when they are next opened If the result and action windows need to be placed in a position that is different from the standard this can be defined with Set window positions in the Options window cf section 3 5 gp a a eee R NTEC GmbH 17 AN a Operation instructions R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT 3 2 Automatic spectrum evaluation automatic methods Automatic evaluation is started with the icon A Depending on the pre set automatic method a completely au tomatic process or a more or less interactive process of evaluation of the spectrum displayed in the foreground A is carried out The icon gt A is used to set and pre select the automati
66. writes over this file after result display of the next spectra evaluation convinient only with function Point only if result txt evaluated with other programs before next spectra evaluation of WinTools With switch name txt WinTools writes files with spectra names and extension txt into the current spectra directory Operator or programs able to assign all result files of spectra archiv via spectra names later Spect With special automatic function Spect operator can evaluate a series of spectra First he will forced to input the name of the first wished spectrum name Example SPI IMP evaluation of all spectra SP1 IMP SP9 IMP SP001 IMP evaluation of all spectra SP001 IMP SP999 IMP Spectra name series must have no gaps After evaluation of last spectrum in name series program terminates with an error information about searching the first spectra name which is not in series Point With special automatic function Point operator or other programs are able to control automatic WinTools spectra processing and evaluation with a special named file auto ctr directory of WinTools or after spectra storige of WinShell erwin ini WINDOWS directory modified from WinShell automatically After call of Point WinTools goes into a wait position WinTools activates evaluation of next spectrum immediately after updating one of th two possible control files with other programs text editor or other master programs for
67. you prefer then cick Newt Program wil be installed with the most common options Recommended for mast NG DA ks The installation sets up new objects in WINDOWS WinShell and WinTools are the two main EDWIN programs Vv NG Ja Uninstall EDWIN is used to uninstall EDWIN All the files icons and links are removed The files generated during the operation of the programs such WINSHELL SPCVIEW WINTOOLS i as spectra results parameter files automatic routines are not deleted The 23 NI dspdrv ini file is also generated during program operation Thus reinstalla tion of the program system does not overwrite the parameters and the 1 EDWIN calibration of the detector From WinShell Version 1 3 up to higher versions dspdrv ini is located in WINSHELL directory Making update of older version please take into account that it is necessary to copy the old dspdrv ini from the old used WINDOWS directory into the new WinShell Otherwise you will loose all individual detector data and calibrations After installation operator has to set options RONTEC MultiE TTL pulses for mapping RONTEC Control DDE control of WinShell RONTEC WinLink parameter transfer from REM It is possible to set customer and PIN code includes purchased options via Extra Program Options Both information are on original disks or are given otherwise 50 R NTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation in
68. ysis with reduced precision The aim is the optimisation of the measuring time in serial measurements Suggested setting Pulse throughput 6 keps Pulse density appr 10 000 cps Measuring time 50 sec The accumulated spectrum then consists of about 250 000 events Case III Fast analysis time critical The aim is the lowest possible measuring time per measuring spot high quality resolution can be dispensed with Suggested setting Pulse throughput 10 keps Pulse density appr 24 000 cps Measuring time 1 sec The accumulated spectrum then consists of about 10 000 events with XFlash detector The XFlash detector generally has a high pulse tolerance The differences in energy resolutions for different forming times are slight For that reason only two main amplifier modes are offered Owing to limitations in the ADC and in the MCA processor card not more than 40 keps can be saved The values given under pulse throughput for the XFlash therefore refer to optimum input pulse rates 46 RONTEC GmbH R NTEC EDWIN 98 NT Operation instructions The pulse throughput can be set in Parameter SPU Parameter Alternatively the pulse throughput can be set to 20 keps The detector achieves its best energy resolution at that setting for 1000 cps although unlike a Si Li it is only a few eV better than in normal mode 80 keps Owing to the much greater pulse dynamic therefore the 80 kcps setting is preferable Case I Quick analys

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