Investigator for SEM

overview ribbon amics investigator is a part of the amics suite of software and provides connection and interface with the hardware required for data acquisitions the following sections will cover the use of amics investigator, while below is a quick summary of the main menu buttons for each of the menu ribbons main menu ribbon option file menu group save save changes to the holder measurement setting to an ivst (investigator) file this must be done before the measurement can be started new reset the current holder measurements to a blank template open bring up a windows file interface to open an existing ivst (investigator) measurement file save as similar to the save option, but will force open a windows file interface to save the measurement settings to a new ivst (investigator) file view menu group holder info (checkbox) activate/deactivate the holder mini map, specimen numbers, and holder name overview (checkbox) activate/deactivate overview images for specimens sample holder menu group manage will switch to the holder manager window at the bottom panel overview open the specimen survey sample holes menu interface to set up and collect an overview image add sample open the add sample menu interface to add and set up specimens and measurements to the holder mark hw pos collect the x y r position information from the connected hardware (sem or micro xrf), and mark the position on the holder image fiducial points open the fiducial points manager interface to record up to 2 locations for each specimen, to allow data transfer to a 3rd party system measure area menu group reset change the measurement area on the selected specimen to the default shape and size default area set in measure menu pencil active the measurement area drawing tool note the specimen shape will determine the default shape of the drawing tool operation menu group start check measurement settings and start automated data acquisition of all selected measurements stop open the option options to terminate the data acquisition process check only check the measurement settings to ensure all settings are valid and highlight any issues ht off trigger the connected hardware to switch off the high tension power after all the measurements are finished beam blank for sem with this option, will execute this option leaving the beam on but not focused on the specimen conn the main button will trigger the investigator to take and hold onto control of the hardware the down arrow will open the drop box to access the sem, eds connection checking interface others menu group more open the additional menu settings interface log open the most recent summary investigator log text file the down arrow will open drop down menu to access detail logs or the log file folder main menu ribbon option process menu ribbon option others menu ribbon option standards menu ribbon option