Raman Autosampler Release Notes

All spectra were assigned a timestamp title and automatically generated file name.

Added SilentOn and SilentOff commands to the Raman Autosampler command line to suppress completion messages when using OMNIC Macros\Basic.

The motor hysteresis compensation feature was removed for Raman spectrometers. It is automatically handled by OMNIC for Dispersive Raman.

A command line option has been added for the Raman Autosampler application to automatically reset the wheel.

An out of bounds error could occur when the spreadsheet was empty.

Firmware limitations for the motor control could cause the spin function to fail on FT-Raman systems. The spin function now automatically reverses direction when it approaches the limit.

The timeouts for the Raman Autosampler application have been increased to allow OMNIC Macros\Basic to load.

Changes to OMNIC for Dispersive Raman resulted in the Adjust wizard not working correctly on Almega spectrometers. The Adjust wizard now works correctly on Almega spectrometers.

Added support for DXR Raman spectrometers.

Added support for the MoveTo button on the Bench tab in OMNIC for Dispersive Raman. This button is used to move the Raman motorized stage to the position specified in the text box. The Raman Autosampler application must be running for this feature to work.

Added tasks to OMNIC Macros\Basic which support the remote operation features of Raman Autosampler. These new tasks appear near the bottom of the Collect section in the OMNIC Macros\Basic tasks list.

The new tasks are:

These commands are described in the document Raman Carousel Autosampler User’s Guide - Appendix.pdf located on the software CD.

Added support for remote operation with or without the spreadsheet graphical user interface. These commands are described in the document Raman Carousel Autosampler User’s Guide - Appendix.pdf located on the software CD.

Added Raman Autosampler commands to the OMNIC Collect menu. These commands include:

Added capability to automatically start the Raman Autosampler application when OMNIC starts. This capability is described in the document Raman Carousel Autosampler User’s Guide - Appendix.pdf located on the software CD.

When you click Start to begin the analysis of samples entered in the spreadsheet, the analysis macro for the first sample begins to run. An error message occurs followed by an application error which closes the Nicolet Raman Autosampler application.

No other information is available.

Updated INI file reader and UI code to support up to 100 differnt sample wheel types.

The directory path for macro files is no longer displayed in the Macro column cells; only the file name. The directory path is saved, however, in a hidden cell associated with each macro. Each macro may have its own unique path.

When you click the Browse button to select a macro, the File Open dialog is displayed pointing to the directory where the macro is located. If the macro cell is blank, the File Open dialog opens in the directory which was last used to select a macro. If the application has just been started and this is the first macro selection, the dialog opens pointing to the macro directory path specified in OMNIC.

The application has been changed so that stopping a macro before it is finished will also stop the autosampler.

OMNIC Macros\Basic has been changed so that the Experiment Setup task no longer repositions the Raman motorized stage. This was causing the Raman autosampler to lose track of its position.

A bug in Fill Series has been fixed so that it now works correctly with single digits.

A bug with adding columns to the spreadsheet then trying to resize the added column has been fixed. It no longer causes a fatal error.

The application has been changed so that the wheel is driven against the hard stop prior to beginning each run. This can be quite annoying but it is the only way to guarantee that the wheel is in known position during the run.