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FT-IR Interface card
Hi!
I've been looking to buy a FT-IR spectrometer and I have my hands on a Nicolet Protege 460 from old '96.
The supplier also sends a PC with Ominic software, but they said that the PC lacks the interface card which is supposed to be needed to connect the
spectrometer and the PC.
Does anyone know a bit more about this? What are these interface cards and how are they used? Can a substitute be bought or made somehow? I'm afraid
spare parts for such old equipment may be hard to come by. I wasn't able to find much online - sorry if the question is nooby!
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No it’s a good question, I acquired an ‘88 a few years ago and have never gotten it set up so I’m curious to know more about them too.
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There's a Czech company called Nicodom that services this exact model and they'd probably know, but they charge a whopping 490eu for a day of support
(not including parts costs). They denied sending any manuals or documentation on this spectrometer, so that sucks.
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry
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Attachment: Peter Griffiths, James A. De Haseth - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry.pdf (5.5MB)
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You need to see what the interface format is, could be RS-232 or many others, there used to be many cards for PCs that would connect via many formats,
but now there might be a simple USB port that would translate the format for a modern PC. Otherwise would will need to see what format the machine
transmits in. The cable or place to attach it may be labelled, or some other simple way to figure it out.
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