Owner's manual

NIRWare 1.5 Software Manual Contents
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Contents
1. Welcome 1
2. Introduction 3
2.1. NIRWare Management Console ................................................................ 4
2.1.1. Application Designer ..................................................................... 4
2.1.2. Sample Management .................................................................... 4
2.1.3. Administrative Tools ...................................................................... 4
2.1.4. Security Designer .......................................................................... 5
2.1.5. Library Designer ............................................................................ 6
2.2. NIRWare Operator ..................................................................................... 6
2.3. NIRCal 5 ..................................................................................................... 7
3. General work flow 9
4. Software Installation 11
4.1. Important Notes ....................................................................................... 11
4.2. System requirements ............................................................................... 11
4.3. Installation procedure ............................................................................... 11
4.4. What has been installed ........................................................................... 13
4.5. Software removal ..................................................................................... 15
4.5.1. BUCHI NIRSolutions ................................................................... 15
4.5.2. BUCHI Database Manager ......................................................... 16
4.5.3. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 ................................................... 16
4.5.4. Remove further software ............................................................. 18
4.6. Software Licenses .................................................................................... 18
4.7. Software Registration ............................................................................... 19
4.8. Activating the licenses ............................................................................. 20
5. Tutorial 21
5.1. Logon ....................................................................................................... 21
5.2. Defining a new password ......................................................................... 21
5.3. Creating a qualitative application ............................................................. 22
5.3.1. Introduction ................................................................................. 22
5.3.2. Creating an application for reference measurement .................. 24
5.3.3. Measuring reference spectra ...................................................... 27
5.3.4. Defining a property and a property value .................................... 36
5.3.5. Creating a basic calibration by using the NIRCal wizard ............ 40
5.3.6. Integrating a qualitative calibration into an application ............... 50
5.3.7. Routine use for ID check............................................................. 55
5.4. Creating a quantitative application ........................................................... 58
5.4.1. Introduction ................................................................................. 58
5.4.2. Creating an application for acquisition of calibration spectra ..... 59
5.4.3. Measuring reference spectra ...................................................... 62
5.4.4. Defining a property and a property value .................................... 70
5.4.5. Creating a basic calibration by using the NIRCal wizard ............ 76
5.4.6. Integrating a quantitative calibration into an application ............. 84
5.5. Content Uniformity Test (CUT) ................................................................ 90