The andrzej soltan institute for nuclear studies

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TUKAN 8K
User's
Guide
Multichannel 
Analyzer
for analyzers:
Tukan_8k_PCI                                    
Tukan_8k_USB                                 
version 1.9.
INSTYTUT PROBLEMÓW JADROWYCH im. Andrzeja Soltana
THE ANDRZEJ SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES

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Tukan 8k
Multichannel Analyzer & Multichannel Scaler
with USB and PCI interface
version 1.9,0
The multichannel pulse height analyzer (MCA) and
multichannel scaler (MCS) is a device for running
spectroscopy or timing measurements performed in nuclear
laboratories an institutions for radiowctive contamination
control.
The Tukan8k analyzer consist of two parts: analyzer hardware
and the software. 
This manual describes software and hardware installation
process,  program construction, rules of its operation and
methodology of performing particular operation.

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Tukan 8k
IPJ PIII,  Świerk, Poland
All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any
means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording,
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of the publisher.
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, the
publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for
damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the
use of programs and source code that may accompany it. In no event shall the
publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial
damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this
document.
Printed:  2009-03-04  in  IPJ Świerk, Poland
Hardware
Software
Zbigniew Guzik
Stanisław Borsuk
Radosław Marcinkowski
Michał Płomiński
Krystyna Traczyk
Production
The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies
Department of Detectors and Nuclear Electronics
05-400 Świerk/Otwock, POLAND
Technical support
tel.:     [phone]
           (48-22) 718-05-48
           (48-22) 718-05-50
e-mail:   [e-mail]

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Table of Contents
1
Tukan-8k Analyzer
10
...................................................................................... 11
1.1
Installation
.............................................................................................. 11
Hardware requirements
1.1.1
.............................................................................................. 11
Instalation of Tukan8k program
1.1.2
.............................................................................................. 13
Installation for Tukan_8k_PCI card
1.1.3
.............................................................................................. 14
Installation for Tukan_8k_USB box
1.1.4
.............................................................................................. 15
Installation for USB Protection Key
1.1.5
.............................................................................................. 16
The first start of the program
1.1.6
...................................................................................... 17
1.2
Tukan-8k-PCI
.............................................................................................. 18
I/O Connections and LED Indicators
1.2.1
.............................................................................................. 18
MCA - Multichannel Analyzer mode
1.2.2
.............................................................................................. 20
MCS - Multichannel Scaling mode
1.2.3
...................................................................................... 22
1.3
Tukan-8k-USB
.............................................................................................. 23
I/O Connections and LED Indicators
1.3.1
.............................................................................................. 23
Powering the device
1.3.2
.............................................................................................. 24
MCA - Multichannel Analyzer mode
1.3.3
.............................................................................................. 25
MCS - Multichannel Scaling mode
1.3.4
2
Program Tukan8k
28
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2.1
Latest updates
.............................................................................................. 28
Version 1.8 update
2.1.1
.............................................................................................. 29
Version 1.9 update
2.1.2
...................................................................................... 30
2.2
Program concept
.............................................................................................. 31
Program modules selection
2.2.1
.............................................................................................. 32
Hardware module
2.2.2
.............................................................................................. 33
Analyzer module
2.2.3
.............................................................................................. 34
Calibration module
2.2.4
.............................................................................................. 35
Analysis module
2.2.5
.............................................................................................. 36
Reports module
2.2.6
...................................................................................... 37
2.3
Hardware control
.............................................................................................. 37
Acquisition path
2.3.1

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