10.3.1. Improving the JOB. ORTEC A66-BW GammaVision

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Now select Services/Job Control. Click once on an existing

.JOB

filename then click the Edit

File button. This will display the contents of that file in Windows Notepad. You can then over-

write the existing instructions with the above set of commands. However, save the new instructions to a new file named

SAMPDATA.JOB

using the File/Save As function (do not use Save or the original file will be lost).

This new

.JOB

file can then be executed in GammaVision from the Services menu by selecting

Job Control... to display the Run JOB File dialog. Select

SAMPDATA.JOB

from the list of files and click Open.

10.3.1. Improving the JOB

This

.JOB

file can be improved by adding a save step for each spectrum collected. This is done by inserting the SAVE command in the

.JOB

file. The spectrum sample description is also entered here. This sample description is saved with the spectrum and is printed by the REPORT command. Note that the loop counter (the ??? in the

.JOB

file text) is used in the SAVE and

DESCRIBE_SAMPLE commands.

The new

.JOB

file is:

Spooling the report might take some time. To overlap the data collection with the analysis, the logic of the

.JOB

file needs to be modified to restart the acquisition after the data have been moved to the buffer. All of the analysis is performed on the buffer spectrum so the Detector spectrum can be erased and the next one started.

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