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“Particle Solutions” Software v. 2.0 Quick Start Guide

Table of Contents Hardware Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 2

Installing the Program ................................................................................................................................... 2

Overview of Main Window ........................................................................................................................... 3

Measurements Pane ..................................................................................................................................... 4

Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 4

Menus ....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Layout Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 5

Display Menu ........................................................................................................................................ 6

Filter Menu ............................................................................................................................................ 6

Detail Pane .................................................................................................................................................. 10

Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 10

Reports Tab ............................................................................................................................................. 10

Reports Tab Menu............................................................................................................................... 11

Graphs - Single Measurement Selected .................................................................................................. 11

Graphs - Multiple Measurements Selected ............................................................................................ 12

DLS 3D Graph Tab ................................................................................................................................... 13

2 Var Graph Tab ...................................................................................................................................... 13

Summary Statistics Tab ........................................................................................................................... 14

Menu Bar .................................................................................................................................................... 15

File Menu ................................................................................................................................................ 15

Options ................................................................................................................................................ 15

License ................................................................................................................................................. 16

New Measurements .................................................................................................................................... 17

New Measurement Window ............................................................................................................... 17

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Hardware Requirements

CPU RAM Disk Space Monitor

Minimum Celeron 2 GHz 512 MB 75 MB 15” 1024 x 768

Recommended Dual Core 3 GHz 1 G 100 MB 17” 1280 x 1024 or larger

Installing the Program

To install the program, you must run the setup program provided on the CD. You may also need to

install some additional runtime support software, depending on the configuration of the computer

being used.

Setup process is as follows:

1. Insert the CD in the drive. The setup program should start automatically.

a. If the program does not start (perhaps AutoStart is disabled on your computer), use

Windows Explorer to run Setup.exe directly from the CD.

2. If you get a message that begins with “Some of the prerequisite files required to run this

application are missing…”

a. Click “OK” to exit the setup program

b. Run the DotNET Runtime Setup.exe program

c. Run Setup.exe again

3. The final screen of the setup program will ask if you want to run the Particle Solutions program.

Also, a shortcut will be created for Particle Solutions in the “Brookhaven Instruments” section in

the Start Menu.

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Overview of Main Window

Measurements Pane

Shows list of all measurements in

database

Detail Pane

Shows reports, graphs, and

statistics for one or more

measurements

New Measurements

Used to collect new measurements

and add them to the database

Menu Bar

Splitter Bar

Drag to resize Measurements

and Measurement Detail panes

Expands the Measurement

Pane, and hides the Detail

Pane

Holds additional menus when

they won’t all fit in the pane

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Measurements Pane

Overview Note: Detail Pane is hidden for clarity

Shows the

Detail Pane

Click to select single measurement

Ctrl+Click to select multiple measurements

Shift+Click to select range of measurements

Right Click for popup menu – Review / Edit

Measurements and Delete Selected

Measurements

Clicking a Column Header sorts by

that column

Columns can be moved by dragging

them to desired position

Columns are grouped into color coded

Bands

Common band holds columns that are

common to all measurement types

DLS, ASEC, PALS, and ELS bands hold

columns specific to those measurement

types

Bands can be moved by dragging them to

desired position

Measurement Pane Menus

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Menus

Layout Menu

The Layout Menu is used to manage column layouts in the Measurements Pane.

Resize All Columns Resizes all columns so all text in visible columns and rows is fully displayed

Restore Default Sorting If sort order of measurements has been changed by clicking on column headers, restores to default – by Start Date/Time, most recent first

Add / Remove Columns… Shows the Add / Remove Columns (ARC) window.

Show All Columns Shows all the columns defined for selected measurements

Save Current Layout As… Saves the current column layout to a file

Delete Layout File… Deletes a saved layout file. Standard layouts (Basic, Advanced, etc) cannot be deleted

Adding / Removing Columns

Shows selected Column Layout.

Click to select a different layout

from the list.

To remove a column, drag it

from it’s current position to

the ARC window

To add a column, drag it

from the ARC window to

the desired column position

From Layout Menu,

select Add / Remove

Columns to show the

Add / Remove Columns

(ARC) window

Add / Remove Columns

(ARC) window

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Display Menu

All Measurements Displays all measurements in the database

Selected Measurements Only Only displays measurements that were previously selected by the user

Group Panel Shows or hides the Group Panel, which can be used to group measurements that have the same values in one or more columns

Group Panel

Filter Menu

Basic Filter Shows a filter window designed for basic filtering of measurements – by type, by date, and by column

Advanced Filter Shows a filter window designed for advanced filtering of measurements. Complex filters can be created using any columns, ranges of column values, and logical operators

Remove Removes all filtering – both basic and advanced

Group Panel (from Display

Menu, select Group Panel)

To stop grouping

by a column, drag

it’s header back to

the Measurements

Pane

To group by a column,

drag it’s header into the

Group Panel

Right Click for popup menu –

Full Expand, Full Collapse,

and Clear Grouping

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Basic Filter

Click one or

more Enabled

checkboxes

Click to show all

measurements

again

Click to only show

measurements that

match filter settings

Change settings

to values desired

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Advanced Filter

Step 1

Step 2

Click to add a condition.

(If only one condition is

added, “And” will be

ignored)

Click to select a

column (e.g.

“Eff. Diam”)

Click to enter a

value (e.g. “75”) Click to select an

operator (e.g. “Is

Greater Than”)

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Step 3

Apply the filter

and close the

filter window

Apply the filter,

but leave the filter

window open

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Detail Pane

Overview

Reports Tab

Tabs

Tab

Menus

Reports Tab

When multiple measurements

selected, use Scroll Bar or Mouse

Wheel to cycle through report pages

Select report style –

Basic, Advanced, etc.

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Reports Tab Menu

Print Preview… Opens the Print Preview window. Reports can then be printed from this window

Export to PDF… Exports the reports to a file, in PDF format

Report Designer… Opens the Report Designer window

Graphs - Single Measurement Selected

Graphs Tab

Selects type of

graph

Turns legend on/off

Opens the Print Preview window.

Graphs can then be printed from

this window

Exports the graph

to a file, in PDF

format

Distribution Data Pane (DLS only)

Peaks highlighted in blue

Exports the Distribution

Data to a file - in XLS,

CSV, or PDF format

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Graphs - Multiple Measurements Selected

Additional tabs only shown

when multiple measurements

selected

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DLS 3D Graph Tab Note: Only shown when multiple DLS measurements selected

2 Var Graph Tab Note: Only shown when multiple measurements are selected

Left-drag mouse to

rotate graph, mouse

wheel to zoom Z axis parameter

(in parentheses)

Select the parameter that

will be sorted and displayed

on the Z axis

DLS 3D Graph Tab

Reset rotation and

zoom back to

default values

Select parameters

for X and Y axis

2 Var Graph Tab

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Summary Statistics Tab Note: Only shown when multiple measurements are selected

Summary Statistics Tab

Mean, Standard Error,

and Standard Deviation of

selected measurements

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Menu Bar

File Menu Import Legacy Database… Imports measurements made with earlier versions of Brookhaven software

into the Particle Solutions database

Export Exports the selected measurements to Excel or CSV text files

Save Archive File… Saves selected measurements to an archive file, using a proprietary binary format

Load Archive File… Load a saved archive file, and add it’s measurements to the database

Rebuild Database… Rebuild and re-index the Particle Solutions database

Options… Show the Options window

License… Show the License window

Options

When checked, all size values in DLS

measurements are shown as radius values.

When unchecked, all sizes are shown as

diameters.

When checked, the program will show a Log On

screen when it is first run.

Operators must enter an ID string before they

can continue using the program.

When unchecked, automatically logged on as

“Unknown Operator.

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License

Shows settings for the current license

When you purchase a license, a License Key will

be emailed to you.

Copy and paste the License Key string here.

The settings for the new license will be shown

below.

Click to apply the new license.

The Current License settings will be updated.

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New Measurements

New Measurement Window

Note: For details on collecting new measurements, please refer to:

DLS Measurement Quick Start

ASEC Measurement Quick Start

PALS Measurement Quick Start

ELS Measurement Quick Start

These can be opened from the Help -> Quick Start Guide… menus in the respective New Measurement

windows.

1. Select type (DLS, ASEC, PALS, or ELS)

of new measurement to be collected

2. Click to open the New Measurement

window

New Measurement

window

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