Data taken from instruments under Tracq32 control
TracQ Basic™ is the Oriel system control and data acquisition software. This LabView™ based application commands various Oriel monochromators/spectrographs and detection systems, and it acquires, processes and displays data in real time. Simple mathematical operations can be performed on your data; add, subtract, multiply or divide scans with each other or with your own reference data. TracQ Basic™ is powerful but easy to use and intuitive. Simple dialog boxes and prompt windows guide you through the programming of instrument parameters and setup of a scan.
Windows™ Platform
TracQ Basic™ works under Windows™ XP or Windows 7 and communicates with your Oriel instruments via their RS-232, USB, or IEEE-488 interfaces. If you are integrating various GPIB based instruments into your experiment, then you will also need a National Instruments GPIB card in your PC.
True Radiometry Software
TracQ Basic™ is true radiometry software. Data may be collected as sample or reference; ratios for irradiance, detector response, % transmittance, % reflectance, and absorbance may be calculated. Simple arithmetic operations can be performed on your data, and higher level integration for % radiation, is also supported. The data may be displayed in linear or logarithmic scales, and overlayed plots.
Commands Oriel monochromators, spectrographs and detection systems
TracQ Basic™ controls the following instruments and their families of accessories:
Simply program the instrument's parameters, and walk away while TRACQ Basic™ acquires and processes your data.Grating changeover points (on multiple grating instruments), filter wheel position changes, motorized slit control and detector changeover points (on multiple output port instruments) are just some of the operations that can be placed under TRACQ Basic™ control.
Tracq32's Spectrum Calculator function
Spectrum Calculator
The Spectrum Calculator lets you perform a number of post processing functions on your data. In addition to the mathematical operations described earlier, you can retrieve previously saved data for comparison or ratioing against new data or against your own reference data (such as Oriel’s standard lamp data) which can be imported into TRACQ Basic™ as an ASCII file.
Monochromator parameters setting screen
Future upgrades and patches...
We will continue to add new modules to TracQ Basic™ to support new instruments, or upgrade the software as needed with periodic updates available. Please contact an Applications Engineer for update information.
Computer requirements
We supply TracQ Basic on a CD-ROM. Windows™ XP or Windows™ 7 32 bit operating system is required.
An RS232 comm port, USB port and/or IEEE-488 interface for each instrument to be connected to the PC. You can use two different interfaces if you desire, for example: a IEEE-488 for the Merlin, USB for the Cornerstone 260i and a, RS232 port for an MS257.
