Veris-technologies VIS_NIR Spectrophotometer - Operating Instructions Manuel d'utilisateur

Pub.# OM17-NIR Shank VIS/NIR Spectrophotometer Table of Contents Section 1 1-2 Warranty 1-3 Safety Section 2 2-1 System Overview

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-7 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Now the ocean optics drivers will be installed. Selec

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-8 Figure 24 Figure 25 Once the restart is complete, plug in the USB cables for the auxiliary and spectrometer cases

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-9 Figure 27 After completing the Ocean Optics MS Windows installer, the Hamamatsu installer may appear. Note

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-10 Installation of Calibration Files This must be complete for the software to be operational Copy the master_veris_standards.

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-11 Configuring Ocean Optics Spectrometer Step 1: Open OOIBase32 Software (only necessary for Veris Spectrophotometer Software V1

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-12 If software asks for a default spectrometer file click Cancel Figure 35 Step 2: Open Configuration Click on Spectrometer i

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-13 Under serial # only one spectrometer number should be present. If no serial number is present close out of the software, un

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-14 Click on Spectrometer then Save Configuration As. Figure 40 The Save Spectrometer Configuration should automatically fill i

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-15 Setting port order - Check Device Manager for port order (Start  settings  control panel  system  hardware tab  device

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-16 Setting Integration Time: The integration time is the amount of time the spectrometers collect the spectral data for averagin

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 1-2 Section 1 MSP with Near Infrared Spectrophotometer Warranty Veris Technologies warrants this product to be free of defects in

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-1 Section 3 Field Operations: Electronics Operating software – Software that will guide the user through the field usage steps.

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-2 1) System Check – This step calibrates the spectra data to known standards to ensure data integrity. This is accomplished by

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-3 Figure 6 External Reference buttons Failure light Number of times each reference has been ran, sinc

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-4 B) Transform step. Once the transform is complete press close window or F12. If the transform was successful, the

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-5 2) Data Acquisition--electronics – The collection of spectral and auxiliary data in the field. Data is streamed to a file in

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-6 As long as the acquisition software is closed properly using F12, all data is saved and the acquisition can be ope

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-7 How to know you’re collecting high quality NIR measurements: a) Log light and GPS lights are both green b) Ref check light

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-8 4) Filtering -The spectra are compressed using principal components compression, and outliers are removed. Maps of each princ

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-9 5) Clustering – Clusters the principal components (PC's) of the spectra into the same number of clusters as desired sampl

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-10 6) Soil Sampling – Allows the user to navigate to the GPS coordinates of desired sample locations (from Step 5), and record a

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 1-3 • Escaping fluid under pressure can penetrate the skin causing serious injury. Avoid the hazard by relieving pressure bef

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-11 7) Interpolation – Uses a Gaussian weighting to average spectra near a sampled location. Spectra near to the location are we

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-12 How to import sample locations for interpolation with Veris software (versions 1.4 and later) This is only to be used when s

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-13 Bench top Usage To use the spectrophotometer to obtain measurements in the a bench top setting, first complete the system c

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-14 Placing the sample holder securely against the shank. Figure 17

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-15 Test/Example Data In order to gain experience with the software before mapping, test/example datasets are included with the V

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-16 Field Operations—NIRS and Soil EC Mobile Sensor Platform Checking Electrical Signal Continuity and Electrode Isolation It is

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-17 Swath width and Navigation Setting the swath width and navigation system is at the discretion of the customer. A 40-60’ (12-

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-18 Figure 23 Coulter: Pull MSP forward and check depth of coulter and shank. Coulter should be cutting residue ahead of shank

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-19 Optical shoe leveling: once the mainframe is level, and you have chosen the desired operational depth, the final adjustment i

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 3-20 • Pinch point hazard: to prevent injury, stand clear when raising or lowering any part of the Veris MSP. Disengage auto

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-1 Section 2 System Overview Description: The Veris Spectrophotometer acquires absorbance measurements of soil while being pulle

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-1 Section 4 Maintenance and Lubrication Proper maintenance and lubrication of the Veris MSP will allow you to collect high qual

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-2 c) Continue to check each coulter electrode in succession, left to right. d) If any coulter electrode exhibits no continuit

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-3 Note: It is advisable to conduct this test as a routine check to ensure that you are obtaining reliable

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-4 Here is a cut away view of the hubcap assembly: Figure 6 Note: If you are still unable to obtain favorable resistance reading

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-5 Figure 7 Rachet jack -- 20 hour intervals Figure 8 Electrode coulters Pivot --In all but the m

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-6 seal failure, and an excessive amount of grease in the hub cap/commutator. On an interval of 150 hours, 1-2 strokes of greas

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-7 7) Adjust bearing pre-load as mentioned above. Excessive pre-load may cause plugging in extremely loose soil conditions, and

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-8 Maintenance: NIRS Wear-plate Replacement • Pinch point hazard: to prevent injury, stand clear when raising or lowering any

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-9 Step 4: Using 3/16 hex wrench remove the four bolts securing shank wear plate. Figure 14 Step 5: Insert new O-ring into n

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-10 Step 6: Make sure both the surface of the wear plate and the surface of the shank are clean before placing the new shank wea

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-2 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Shank module #30267 Cable that includes fiber, motor control and lamp power Garmin

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-11 Shank Removal This procedure is needed when removing the shank for bench top use or for repair. Figure 17 Step 1:

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-12 Figure 19 Step 4: Remove the four shank side plate bolts on the left side using a 3/8” socket wrench. Remove the

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-13 Figure 20 Step 4: Remove the two temperature bolts on the right side using a 3/8” socket wrench. The temp

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 4-14 Case Removal and Installation When the spectrometer and auxiliary cases need to be removed for storage, repair, or bench top

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-1 Section 5 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting EC module Map doesn’t match known or expected soil types -- 1. Check electrical

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-2 Troubleshooting NIRS No spectrum is present on graph or spectrum is not updating in Acquisition 1. Ensure USB cables are tigh

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-3 Troubleshooting NIRS continued Auxiliary data not updating or ports not setting up correctly 1. Shut down power, and restart

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-4 Problem: No response from Hamamatsu Spectrometer (1100-2200nm) Does Hamamatsu so

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-5 Troubleshooting GPS If GPS fails to come in it could be for a variety of reasons. The easiest way to isolate the problem is

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-6 Procedure #1 Check Ocean Optics spectrometer This procedure is only necessary with Veris Spectrophotometer Software V1.76 and

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-3 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 External reference blocks and reference block holder which are used to calibrate ins

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-7 Figure 2 4) Under Spectrometer Type select S4000. For the A/D Converter Type select USB4000. The USB Serial Number will

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-8 Procedure #2 Check Hamamatsu spectrometer 1) Click on Start  Programs  HamamatsuMinispectrometer  EvaluationSoftware  Sp

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-9 Figure 5 Start

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-10 Procedure #3 - Shutter Movement Troubleshooting During data acquisition if the steps are not within 5.21 +\- .05, or if there

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-11 Step 4: Type ”S” (data should start streaming); EN etc Figure 9 Step 5: Type “R” and wait 10 seconds; ER etc should appear.

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-12 Procedure 4 - Troubleshooting NIRS with HyperTerminal If auxiliary data fails to come in properly, then the port and device c

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-13 o Enter com port properties for your device. See the Port Properties section for the standard settings. Figure 12 o Cli

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-14 o Control Port  Bits per second: 9600  Data bits: 8  Parity: None  Stop bits: 1  Flow control: None o Spectromet

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-15 Example of Control Port in shank mode connected in HyperTerminal. How to read control port data strings Shank Mode E shut

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-16 Procedure #5 - Fuse replacement There are two fuses inside the spectrometer case and one inside the auxiliary case. To loca

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-4 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 USB repeaters #32891 These are to be used only when the regular 5-meter long

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-17 Figure 15 Inside view of spectrometer case mounting shelf To reach the fuse for the Edgeport first disconnect t

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-18 Figure 18 Spectrometer case mounting shelf tilted back. Figure 19 Edgeport hub power board

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-19 The fuse for the auxiliary case protects the voltage for the electrical conductivity board and the lamp. To replace the fus

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-20 Procedure #6 - Checking Spectrometer Input Voltage and Hamamatsu Voltage Figure 21 Connect negative lead from vo

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-21 Procedure #7 Replacing halogen lamp 1. Remove the shank from the implement following procedure on page 4-11 2. Remove the

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-22 4. Now remove the housing, use a 3/32 hex wrench to loosen the set screw holding in the lamp. Figure 24 5. Disconnect th

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-23 Glossary Spectrophotometer – A complete system for making spectral measurements. The system includes a light source, means f

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-24 Field Auxiliary output definitions EC_Sh – Electrical conductivity shallow. EC_Dp - Electrical conductivity deep. Temp – Soil

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-25 xform_*.txt Transform created by comparing master_veris_standards and latest xternal_reference files. raw_spectr

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-26 The P_Sample, P_Long, P_Lat, P_Depth are the actual sample number, longitude, latitude, and depth. The # Spec refers to the n

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-5 Note: For computers outside the United States of America, please make the following change to the computer’s reg

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-27 Program Modifications The files in the C:\Veris directory are used to store configuration settings for the Veris Operating s

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 5-28 Spectra depth column (probe mode only) ports.txt Stores ports and baud rates from previous time system was run. ref_wavele

Pub# OM17-NIR Shank 2-6 Veris Spectrophotometer Software Installation Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20