Vernier Spectro Pro - Manual (Page 5)

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SPECTRO PRO OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 9
Overview............................................................................................................................................................ 9
S PECTRO P RO Q UICK S TART .................................................................................................................................. 11
Purpose............................................................................................................................................................ 11
Install software ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Attach spectrophotometer ............................................................................................................................... 11
USB connection ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Start up spectro Pro ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Collect data ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
Adjust graph .................................................................................................................................................... 13
If you need more .............................................................................................................................................. 13
HOW TO................................................................................................................................................................. 15
C HANGE G RAPH A PPEARANCE .............................................................................................................................. 15
Change axis limits manually ........................................................................................................................... 15
Change axis limits automatically .................................................................................................................... 15
Zoom in on a graph ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Scroll to a new portion of graph without rescaling......................................................................................... 16
Change what is plotted .................................................................................................................................... 16
Change other graph options............................................................................................................................ 16
D ATA C OLLECTION O PTIONS ................................................................................................................................. 17
Set sampling speed (data collection rate) ...................................................................................................... 18
Set experiment length ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Sort data .......................................................................................................................................................... 18
V IEW O THER W INDOW T YPES ............................................................................................................................... 19
Graph............................................................................................................................................................... 19
Table ................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Text .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Meter ............................................................................................................................................................... 19
A NALYZE D ATA .................................................................................................................................................... 20
Read values from cursor.................................................................................................................................. 20
Read delta values between two points ............................................................................................................. 20
Read values from graph .................................................................................................................................. 20
Display tangent lines ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Compare runs .................................................................................................................................................. 20
Fit a line to data (linear regression)............................................................................................................... 20
Interpolate between points .............................................................................................................................. 20
Fit functions to data ........................................................................................................................................ 21
Manual Fit (Model Data) ................................................................................................................................ 21
Change Displayed Precision of Fit Parameters.............................................................................................. 22
P ERFORM D ATA T ABLE F UNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 23
Change what runs appear in the data table .................................................................................................... 23
Change a column’s name, color, width, or digits displayed ........................................................................... 24
Calculate new values from raw data (new columns)....................................................................................... 24
Enter data manually ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Copy data to a spreadsheet or graphing program.......................................................................................... 26
S AVE AND P RINT D ATA ......................................................................................................................................... 27
Save data, calibration and configuration........................................................................................................ 27
Paste data into other applications .................................................................................................................. 27