Start Up 
                            On the right screen, click on the following icon in order to launch the program for EDS analysis. 
                             
                             
                             
                                               You must start up SEM application before starting EDS application. Don’t forget to switch 
                            off the infrared camera. 
                            Once you have launched the analysis station, Bias is applied to the EDS detector, the following 
                            programs start and the respective icons appear on the task bar.  
                                                                                                                      SEM monitor 
                                                                                                                                               ssm dead time 
                                         Analyzer Manager                                                                                                               Analyser manager 
                                         SSM bias 
                                         SSM dead time 
                                         SSM probe tracking 
                                         SEM monitor 
                              
                                                                                                                        ssm probe tracking          ssm bias 
                             
                            The basic windows of analysis open after the double click on Analysis station. 
                                                                                                                                                                                            
                             
                                                                                      
                                                         Define acquisition conditions 
                  SEM condition: Accelerating voltage: 15kV, current: 20 µA, probe current 8 or 9, WD = 8mm 
                 
                  SSM rate meter:  
                 
                          SSM counting rate : 2000-7000 cps 
                          Dead time 20 – 40 % 
                            
                                    Tip:  if dead time and/or counts are too low, increase PC gradually. 
                   
                              Press on Cond in the basic windows in order to define the acquisition conditions. 
                   
                   
                  SPECTRUM ACQUISITION  
                  Acquisition conditions must be defined as followed:  
                          Pha mode : T3 (high resolution) 
                          Preset : live time 
                          Preset value : 100-300 secs 
                   
                   
                            
                           Tip : the number of counts for the time of acquisition must be round 200000. The more 
                           counts you have, the better the precision of the quantitative analysis will be. 
                      
                    X-ray mapping  
                      
                               o  Pha mode : T3 (high resolution) 
                               o  512*384 
                               o  Preset number of scan 
                               o  Dwell time : 0.1msec 
                            
                            
                            
                  Image 
                               o  Resolution : 1024x768 
                               o  Preset : 1 Frame 
                   
                      Acquire image for analysis 
       Before image acquisition via Analysis program, check and adjust focus and astigmatism in LM or SEM 
       mode. 
        
        
       Once image has been acquired, Acquire a spectrum. 
        
                      Image and file disposition 
        
       Samples and images-spectrum and mappings of samples can be arranged as in windows explorer. 
        
                     
                             
        
        
                        Acquire a spectrum 
        
       Acquisition conditions have already been defined; simply press on the Spc icon 
        
       A new window with the spectrum acquisition of the defined area (area of the picture) will open.