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Contents
DISCLAIMER............................................................................................................................VII
PREFACE.................................................................................................................................... IX
CHAPTER 1: SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS.......................................1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1
CHAPTER 2: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................5
Input Power Requirements .......................................................................................................... 5
Environmental Requirements ...................................................................................................... 5
Ventilation Requirements ............................................................................................................ 5
General Safety Requirements ...................................................................................................... 6
Safety Symbols ............................................................................................................................ 7
Computer Requirements .............................................................................................................. 9
Software ................................................................................................................................... 9
Hardware .................................................................................................................................. 9
General Maintenance Requirements.......................................................................................... 10
Cleaning the Detector Head ................................................................................................... 10
Cleaning the Dust Cover of the Power Supply Unit .............................................................. 10
CHAPTER 3: DETECTOR SYSTEM INSTALLATION .......................................................11
Installation Overview ................................................................................................................ 11
Unpacking and Equipment Inspection....................................................................................... 12
Installing SynerJY Application Software .................................................................................. 14
Mounting Synapse to a Spectrograph........................................................................................ 15
Connecting Electrical Interface Cables ..................................................................................... 16
CHAPTER 4: INITIAL POWER-UP AND OPERATION .....................................................19
Initial Power-up ......................................................................................................................... 19
CCD Focus and Alignment on the Spectrograph ...................................................................... 22
Preparing Focus and Alignment Mechanisms........................................................................ 22
Synapse Focus and Alignment ............................................................................................... 23
Modes of Data Acquisition........................................................................................................ 25
CCD Position.......................................................................................................................... 25
CCD Range ............................................................................................................................ 26
Triggering............................................................................................................................... 26
Acquisition Mode Parameters ................................................................................................ 26
CHAPTER 5: TRIGGERING ....................................................................................................29
TTL Output Options: ................................................................................................................. 29
SHUTTER.............................................................................................................................. 29
START EXPERIMENT......................................................................................................... 29
EXT TRIGGER READY ....................................................................................................... 29
Synchronized Triggering to an External Event ......................................................................... 30
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