[General]
KiloVolts=15
TakeOff=40
BeamCurrent=30.
BeamSize=2
MagnificationAnalytical=4000
MagnificationImaging=100
BeamMode=1 ; 0 = analog spot, 1 = analog scan, 2 = digital spot
Aperture =1 ; aperture 1 is default (JEOL only)
OxideOrElemental=2 ; 1 for oxide or 2 for elemental
PeakCenterMethod=1 ; 0 for interval, 1 for parabolic, 2 for ROM based
DebugMode=0
UserName="Probe User"
Title="Probe for EPMA Xtreme Demonstration Run for JEOL Hardware"
Description="By John Donovan and Probe Software, Inc."
FileViewer="NOTEPAD.EXE"
CustomLabel1="Department"
CustomLabel2="Account #"
CustomLabel3="Group"
CustomText1="Analytical Chemistry"
CustomText2=""
CustomText3="Microscopy"
SMTPServerAddress="smtp.probesoftware.com"
SMTPAddressFrom="[email protected]"
SMTPAddressTo= “[email protected]”
SMTPUserName="donovan"
UseWavFileAfterAutomationString=""
PeakCenterSkipPBCheck=0
NominalBeam=1.0
InstrumentAcknowledgementString=""
KiloVolts=15
This keyword specifies the typical operating voltage of the microprobe. This value will be used as a default value for initialization. The default value can be changed at any time during the data acquisition process from the Acquire! window in Probe for EPMA or from the Analytical | Operating Conditions menu item in Standard. The allowed kilovolt range is 1 to 100 keV. The default value is 15 keV.
If the OperatingVoltagePresent flag is true then the software will attempt to set the operating voltage through the software interface when the first data acquisition is performed.
TakeOff=40.0
This keyword specifies the actual x-ray take-off angle of the microprobe. This value can be changed during the data acquisition process, but is generally not modified. However for modeling various experimental effects, this value can be changed from the Analytical | Operating Conditions menu item in Standard. Typically JEOL and Cameca = 40 and ARL = 52.5. The allowed takeoff range is 1 to 90 degrees. The default value is 40 degrees.
BeamCurrent=30. ! SX-50/51/100 and JEOL 8900/8200 only
This keyword is used to determine the default beam current in nano-amps. This parameter is used simply for documentation purposes unless the hardware interface supports beam current control as specified by the BeamCurrentPresent keyword in the [Hardware] section below. The allowed beam current range is 0.1 to 1000 nA. The default value is 30 nA.
BeamSize=2 ! SX-50/51/100 and JEOL 8900/8200 only
This keyword is used to determine the default beam size in microns. This parameter is used simply for documentation purposes unless the hardware interface supports beam size control as specified by the BeamSizePresent keyword in the [Hardware] section below. The allowed beam size range is 1 to 1000 u. The default value is 2 u.
Magnification=400 ! SX-50/51/100 and JEOL 8900/8200 only
This parameter is used to set the default magnification for general use. The default is 400 and the allowed range is 10 to 100000.
MagnificationAnalytical=4000 ! SX-50/51/100 and JEOL 8900/8200 only
This parameter is used to set the default magnification for analytical acquisition (standard, unknown and wavescan samples). The default is 4000 and the allowed range is 10 to 100000.
MagnificationImaging=100 ! SX-50/51/100 and JEOL 8900/8200 only
This parameter is used to set the default magnification for image acquisition (Imaging and Digitize Image). The default is 100 and the allowed range is 10 to 100000.
BeamMode=1
This parameter sets the default beam mode for the program. A value of 0 forces an analog spot mode (for normal analysis), 1 for analog scan (for normal analysis at high magnification or analog imaging) and 2 for digital spot (only for digital imaging and not normally selected as the default beam mode). This value can be changed by the user in the Analytical Conditions dialog.
Aperture =1 ; aperture 1 is default (JEOL only)
The keyword defines the default aperture. Note that this value is only used by the JEOL 8900/8200/8500 interface for setting the beam current. See [hardware] section JeolCondenserCalibrationSetting keywords. The default is aperture 1 and the allowable range is 1 to 4.
OxideOrElemental=2
This keyword is used to determine the default option for oxide calculations (oxygen calculated by stoichiometry based on the element cation ratios for each sample) for starting the first sample of a new Probe for EPMA run. It can be changed at any time during the acquisition or analysis process by the user. For default elemental analysis enter 2, for default oxide analysis, enter 1. The default value is 2 for elemental analysis.
PeakCenterMethod=1
This keyword is used to determine the default peak center method used by the program. The valid values are :
- 0 for interval halving
- 1 for parabolic peak fit
- 2 for ROM based peak center ! SX100/SXFive, JEOL 8900/8200/8500/8x30 only
The default is the parabolic peak fit. Note that JEOL 8900/8200 probes have options for various ROM peaking methods including parabolic ROM, Brent’s Maxima ROM and Gaussian ROM in addition to two Dual ROM methods (Maxima for LIF crystals and Parabolic for other crystals and Maxima for LIF and Gaussian for other crystals plus a new Highest Intensity option (using smoothed intensities).
To increase the default ROM scan width decrease the Peakscan Size (line 16) or increase the LiF Peaking Start Size (line 19) in the SCALERS.DAT file
Note that within the application, the ROM based peak scans are based on the Peaking Count Time divided by 4 and the number of Peak Scan Points. The ROM scan width is determined by the Peaking Start Size.
DebugMode=0
This keyword specifies if the program is to start up in the so called "debug" mode. This option may be useful for certain trouble-shooting situations. The Probe for EPMA program will always save a user data file with DebugMode turned off. Change this parameter in the PROBEWIN.INI to any non-zero value to force the program to start up in "debug" mode for trouble-shooting purposes. The default is 0 to not start in debug mode.
UserName="Probe User"
This keyword specifies the default user name for the file information table in the various Probe for EPMA database files. It may be modified for a maximum character length of 64 characters. The default value is "User Name".
Title="Probe for EPMA Demonstration Run"
This keyword specifies the default run title for the file information table in the various Probe for EPMA database files. It may be modified for a maximum character length of 64 characters. The default value is "File Title".
Description="By John Donovan and Probe Software, Inc."
This keyword specifies the default file description for the file information table in the various Probe for EPMA database files. It may be modified for a maximum character length of 64 characters. The default value is "File Description".
FileViewer="NOTEPAD.EXE"
This keyword is used to determine the default file viewer that is to be run to view the disk log file. The default file viewer is Windows NotePad. Note, that a more robust file viewer such as TextPad may be substituted instead. TextPad is a shareware text editing program that is available any many FTP sites. Please contact Probe Software for help in obtaining TextPad.
CustomLabel1="Department"
CustomLabel2="Account #"
CustomLabel3="Group"
This keyword is used to define the first custom database field label in the user database application. These fields are also visible in the File Information window for each Probe for EPMA application database. The defaults are "Department", "Account #" and "Group".
CustomText1="Analytical Chemistry"
CustomText2=""
CustomText3="Microscopy"
This keyword is used to define the defaults for first, second and third custom database fields in the user database application. These fields are also visible in the File Info window for each Probe for EPMA application database. The defaults are blank.
SMTPServerAddress="smtp.probesoftware.com"
SMTPAddressFrom="[email protected]"
SMTPAddressTo="[email protected]"
SMTPUserName="donovan"
These keywords are to be used for e-mail notification of real-time automation errors. If these SMTP fields are valid and the option "E-mail Notification of Errors" is checked in the Automation Options dialog, then any real-time errors (for example, a blown filament message) will be trapped and forwarded to the address indicated. This option is only available for automation procedures initiated from the Automate! window.
SMTPServerAddress: must be a secure email server
SMTPAddressFrom: only used for documentation purposes
In addition, a "progress report" message will be sent every 8 hours to the e-mail address specified in order to give positive notification of the normal functioning of the instrument during especially long runs.
Note that the first time the automated acquisition is started and the E-mail Notification of Errors option is checked then the program will prompt the user for the password for the specified user email account. This password will be retained only for the duration of the currently open probe run.
UseWavFileAfterAutomationString=""
This parameter specifies a .WAV audio file to be played after automation in ProbeWin or Stage has been completed. If the .WAV file is located in the application folder or a folder in the system path then the filename only can be specified. If the file is located in another folder, the complete path must be designated.
PeakCenterSkipPBCheck=0
This parameter sets the default value for the “Skip P/B Check Before Peaking” option in the Peaking dialog. If this option is non-zero the program will automatically check that box when the dialog is loaded. Until it is unchecked by the user.
NominalBeam=1.0
This keyword specifies the beam current normalization constant. The x-ray intensities will be displayed normalized to this value. For example, if the nominal beam current is set to 20 nA, then all intensities will be displayed as cps per 20 nA. If the nominal beam current is 1.0 then the x-ray intensities will be displayed as cps per nA.
The default nominal beam current is equal to the default beam current unless the value is explicitly defined in the PROBEWIN.INI file.
InstrumentAcknowledgementString=""
This keyword is utilized in the Report button in the Analyze! window to acknowledge funding and or other institutional support. If this keyword is not empty, the program will print this string at the end of the report output to the log window for the user.
Generally this string is edited for something along the lines of “This instrument was supported by funding from NSF (EAR-0394756382) and NASA (NNX45409AF08G) and matching support from the University of California at Berkeley”