Getting Started

Welcome to AugerScan 3. “Getting Started” is designed to help you get through the basic procedures that you need to follow to begin using AugerScan 3.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Please uses the What's This Help to determine the correct values you define during the following procedure. What’s This Help is available for all fields in all dialog boxes to give you more information about the fields’ contents.

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Note: If you upgraded from a previous version of AugerScan, your original element tables were not overwritten. If you wish to install the default element tables, delete the original table files (elem_aes.tbl and elem_xps.tbl), and re-install. (Note that thre is no default file for SIMS.)

  1. If you are using the RBD147 Interface, see the installation instructions that came with your RBD147 for information on installing the driver for your operating system. Ensure that the RBD147 is cabled and turned on before using AugerScan to acquire data. AugerScan detects the RBD147 automatically; there are no configuration settings to be adjusted.

  2. Select the Hardware Properties command from the System menu. (If this is the first time you are using AugerScan, the General tab is selected and displays the PC137A board base address. Unless there is a conflict that you know about, you shouldn’t need to change this value.) Note that the PC137A board base address is only applicable if you are using the PC137A interface. Select the tab for each technique that you use to acquire data and enter the information in the fields. Use the What’s This Help to get help completing the fields.

  3. Select the Multiplier Properties command from the System menu. Select the tab for each technique that you use to acquire data and enter the information in the fields. (If you are acquiring AES data and using a digital multiplier supply, click here to view the procedure for acquiring your multiplier gain curve.)

  4. Select the Gun Properties command from the System menu. Select the tab for each technique that you use to acquire data and enter the information in the fields.

  5. Select the Options command from the View menu.

AugerScan00090000.gif In the Fonts tab of the View Options dialog box:

AugerScan00090000.gif Click on the Graph Axis Labels item and then click on the Edit button. Verify that the correct font is defined. Change it as necessary. You may always change the font definition again later.

AugerScan00090000.gif Click on the Graph Axis Titles item and then click on the Edit button. Verify that the correct font is defined. Change it as necessary. You may always change the font definition again later.

AugerScan00090000.gif In the Graph tab of the View Options dialog box:

AugerScan00090000.gif If you want grid lines to be displayed and printed with your data, make sure the “Show Grid” check box is selected. (You may change this setting as needed. For example, if you want the grid lines to be printed but not displayed, simply select the check box when you print the data and then de-select the check box when you’re done printing.)

AugerScan00090000.gif Determine if you want to display either or both your depth profiles (for all techniques) and SIMS surveys using a logarithmic scale. If so, select the appropriate check box. This can be changed again as desired.

AugerScan00090000.gif In the Line Style tab of the View Options dialog box:

AugerScan00090000.gif Define the style of the lines you want to use to display the graph axis and grid lines for each acquisition type.

AugerScan00090000.gif Define the style of the lines you want to use to display the line styles for up to 8 regions for depth profiles and multiplexes.

  1. Select the Options command from the Data menu. Change the default values for the following if desired:

AugerScan00090000.gif The number of points used to differentiate data.

AugerScan00090000.gif The number of points used to smooth data.

AugerScan00090000.gif The range used to determine which elements are available when you mark data.

  1. Select the Technique command from the Acquisition menu. In the cascading menu that is displayed, click on the technique you’ll be using to acquire data. (Note: UPS is supported as a subset of XPS. Choosing a UPS source (in the Hardware Properties/XPS dialog) will enable UPS support.)

  2. Select the New Alignment command from the Acquisition menu. In the dialog box that is displayed, enter the required values. (If you are acquiring Auger data, you are acquiring an elastic peak alignment . If you are acquiring XPS or SIMS data, you are acquiring an alignment specific to that technique.)
    When you begin acquiring data, you must determine if you are using a 20-075 or 32-100 multiplier supply because this determines the procedures you follow for acquiring data.

Click here to see instructions for acquiring an AES elastic peak alignment.

Click here to see instructions for acquiring a SIMS alignment.

Click here to see instructions for acquiring an XPS alignment.

8 Select the appropriate command from the Acquisition menu to acquire data. Click on one of the buttons below to see the topics that give instructions for acquiring the different data types for each data acquisition technique.

Acquiring AES Data

Acquiring SIMS Data

Acquiring XPS Data

  1. You can now work with the acquired data.

Click here to see the categories of Help topics for additional information.