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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction .........................................................................................9

PIXIS .................................................................................................................................. 9

............................................................................................................................. 9

Advanced Design ................................................................................................................ 9

Grounding and Safety ....................................................................................................... 10

Precautions ........................................................................................................................ 10

UV Coating ....................................................................................................................... 10

Cleaning ............................................................................................................................ 11

Repairs .............................................................................................................................. 11

About this Manual ............................................................................................................ 11

Chapter 2 System Component Descriptions .................................................. 13

System Components ......................................................................................................... 13

PIXIS Camera ................................................................................................................... 14

Power Supply (Air-cooled and CoolCUBE

Liquid-cooled systems) ................................... 15

Coolant Hoses (Liquid-cooled systems) ........................................................................... 15

Cables ............................................................................................................................... 16

Certificate of Performance ................................................................................................ 16

User Manuals .................................................................................................................... 16

Optional Components ....................................................................................................... 17

Chapter 3 Initial System Verification ............................................................... 19

Chapter 4 System Setup ................................................................................... 23

Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 23

Unpacking the System ...................................................................................................... 23

Checking the Equipment and Parts Inventory................................................................... 24

System Requirements ....................................................................................................... 24

Software Installation ......................................................................................................... 26

Making the Camera-Circulator Connections for a CoolCUBE

....................................... 27

Entering the Default Camera System Parameters ............................................................. 29

Attaching Lenses to C- and F-Mount Adapters ................................................................ 30

Mounting the Adjustable C- to Spectroscopy-Mount Kinetics Adapter ........................... 31

Mounting the Camera to a Spectrograph .......................................................................... 32

Connecting an External Shutter ........................................................................................ 33

Chapter 5 Operation .......................................................................................... 35

Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 35

System On/Off Sequences ................................................................................................ 36

WinX First Light Instructions ........................................................................................... 36

LightField First Light Instructions .................................................................................... 45

Exposure and Signal ......................................................................................................... 56

Readout ............................................................................................................................. 59

Digitization (Rate) ............................................................................................................ 65