The
EPMA (Electron Probe MicroAnalyzer) has remote capability with PC
or Mac computers using one of two recommended softwares. First is
the VNC software
that is a freeware
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remote session at USF
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that can operate on either PC or Mac and has been tested to the latest
version in 2003. The second software is Reflection
X, purchased software that has been tested to Version 8 on PC
only. The latest version 10 indicates that both PC and Mac computers
are capable of running this software, though it is untested
To install the VNC software, click on VNC, for the link and download
the program that will support the operating system that is being used
at your location. Once the software is installed onto your computer,
an icon should be automatically set up on the desktop to access VNC.
Select VNC viewer on the desktop to run VNC. The program will ask
the user what VNC server, type emlab.fiu.edu:1 and then, ok. Please
note that the (: X) number is not always one and that this number
is assigned to the user at the time to be logged onto the EPMA system.
The system will ask for a password that will also be given to the
user at the time to be connected. Once on, the VNC software will initiate
the EPMA screen, if there is an EPMA menu open on the probe, the user
must click on the background screen of the EPMA screen and select
MENU on the pull down menu and answer yes to the question that will
open the EPMA menu as an offline menu. The system will work fine and
the user will be able to move forward with the EOS (Electron Optic
System) software.
The second software is Reflection-X by WRQ, the link is .The latest
version to communicate with UNIX is 10 and is available for both Mac
and PC. To install Reflection-X, follow the installation procedure
and it is recommended to install the full program. During the setup,
certain data will be required for the installation wizard, please
call or email us so that we will be able to provide the necessary
information to complete the installation,
There are some differences between the two tested software packages,
first, VNC is a freeware and available online. Some other differences
with the tested programs are that the VNC does not interrupt EPMA
operations if connection is lost, a significant factor for selection.
VNC is user exclusive in that when a user is logged in using VNC,
no other VNC user will be able to log in. Reflection-X has some very
good ftp connection software making data transfer simple, though any
ftp software that the user is most familiar.
We recommend that the remote site be set up with a computer which
has a dual monitor configuration. The user will need to have a separate
link with the optical and scanned images produced by the EPMA. The
access address for the optical microscope/SEM image is. The recommended
browser for running this link is Netscape Explorer, this browser will
allow you to enlarge ether of the images so that the user can see
a larger image of the area under investigation.
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