User`s guide

Parts of the Voyager-DE STR System
Voyager
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Biospectrometry
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Workstation User’s Guide 1-33
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Parts of the Voyager-DE STR system include:
• Mass spectrometer—A time-of-flight mass
spectrometer, described in Section 1.6.2, Mass
Spectrometer. The high-vacuum system of the mass
spectrometer is described in Section 1.6.3, Vacuum
System.
• Computer/Data System—A computer that operates the
Voyager control software and the Voyager processing
software. You control the mass spectrometer using the
computer.
• Digitizer (not shown)—An analog-to-digital converter
that allows the signal from the mass spectrometer to be
transferred to the computer.
The standard digitizer provided is the 4 GHz oscilloscope.
• Video monitor—A monitor that displays a real-time video
image of the sample spot for examination during
acquisition.
• Control stick—A peripheral device that controls position
of the sample plate in the mass spectrometer. Allows you
to start and stop acquisition and transfer data to the
processing software.
NOTE: You can also control sample position, start and
stop acquisition, and transfer data using the Voyager
Instrument Control Panel software.