Document Outline

• RaySphere Solar Analysis System (RaySphere and RaySphere 1700)
• Installation and Operation Manual
• Document Number RAYSPHERE-1700-02-201304
• Important Safety Notices
• Table of Contents
  • About This Manual
    • Document Purpose and Intended Audience
    • What’s New in this Document
    • Document Summary
    • Product-Related Documentation
  • Upgrades
• Chapter 1
• Introduction
  • Description
    • Photocurrent Recording
    • Calibration
    • RaySphere Software
    • Shipment Components
• Chapter 2
• Installation and Set-up
  • Overview
  • RaySphere Components
  • Installing Software
  • Assembling RaySphere
• Chapter 3
• Software Operation
  • Overview
  • Software Structure
    • System Tab
      • Load All
      • Load Config
      • Save All
      • Save Config
    • Photo Current/Trigger Settings Tab
      • Connect Pd
        • Changing Photocurrent and Trigger Settings
      • Photocurrent Graph
    • Spectrometer Tab
      • Functions
      • Spectrum Graph
        • Spectrum Dialog Box
    • Classification Tab
  • Warnings and Status Information
• Chapter 4
• File Types and Data Files
  • Overview
  • Calibration Files
  • Parameter File
  • Stray Light Correction Matrix
  • Saved File Types
• Chapter 5
• Operation
  • Overview
  • Triggering and Measurement Modes
    • Optical Triggering
      • Adjusting the Photocurrent Amplification and Trigger Level
    • External Triggering
    • Manual Triggering
  • Signal Path of Trigger
  • Timing and Delays
• Chapter 6
• Using Preconfigured Configuration Files
  • Overview
  • How to Use Configuration Files
  • Contents of a Configuration File
  • How to Create a Configuration File
• Chapter 7
• Classifying the Solar Simulator and Displaying the Results
  • Overview
  • Saving Results
  • Validating a Solar Simulator
    • Using RaySphere with a Flash Solar Simulator
    • Using RaySphere with a Continuous Solar Simulator
    • Validating the Test Results
• Chapter 8
• Test Report
  • Overview
• Chapter 9
• Nonlinearity Correction and Calibration
  • Overview
    • Nonlinearity Correction
    • Wavelength Calibration
    • Absolute Irradiance Calibration
  • Uncertainties Calculation
    • Sources of Uncertainty
    • Uncertainty of DC Current
    • Influence of Temperature and Humidity
• Misalignments
• Noise of Dark Level
• Influence of Sensor Temperature
• Uncertainty of Calibration Lamp
• Uncertainty of Wavelength Calibration
• Influence of Spectrometer’s Internal Stray Light
• Standard Uncertainties and Expanded Uncertainty for k = 2
• Calculation of Uncertainty
• Sources of Uncertainties
• Uncertainty of Spectral Distribution
• Uncertainty in Absolute Irradiance and Uncertainty in Spectral Distribution
• Appendix A
• Components Technical Notes
  • Overview
  • QE65000 Spectrometer
  • NIRQuest Spectrometer
  • Trigger Electronics
  • USB-Hub
• Appendix B
• Specifications and Mechanical Diagram
  • Mounting Options for RaySphere Main Body
• Index