Bomem-GRAMS User's Guide

CHAPTER 2
BOMEM-GRAMS
2.1 Description
GRAMS/LT is a simplified
version of GRAMS/AI. It can
be provided by ABB with the
purchase of certain
instruments.
Bomem-GRAMS is a program for spectral acquisition, display, and processing
that can interact directly with an ABB FT-IR instrument.
Bomem-GRAMS consists of the following components, which are installed
separately. These components are included on the ABB and Thermo Galactic
Products CD-ROM:
• GRAMS/AI (or GRAMS/LT) version 7 from Thermo Galactic
• the Michelson Collect Driver from ABB
Note: This manual assumes that the user already be familiar with
the GRAMS/AI environment. This manual does not attempt to document
GRAMS/AI software or the Array Basic language.
The present version of GRAMS/AI from Thermo Galactic is designed to run on
Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This version uses the driver
technology called “My Instrument”. With this feature, when a compatible “My
Instrument” control program is detected on the computer, GRAMS/AI will
automatically add a Collect menu that will link to the instrument. When any
command in the Collect menu is used, a new page will automatically be added
to the current workbook with a link to the instrument.
Installing the Michelson Collect Driver adds the Collect menu (see Figure 2-1
below) to GRAMS/AI and allows GRAMS/AI to communicate with ABB FT-IR
instruments. Once the Collect menu has been added to GRAMS/AI, the
software is referred to as Bomem-GRAMS.
Figure 2-1. Collect menu
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