NetProfiler 2 – SpectroEye Guide Version 1.
Contents 1. Download of website………………………..…….. 3 2. Registration..……………………………...………… 3 3. Software preparation………………………………. 4 4. Control elements…………………………………… 7 5. Options……………….……………………………… 8 6. Test of repeatability...……………………………… 9 7. Entry of temperature……………………………….. 9 8. Measurement of patches and recognition….……. 10 9. Process bar...…………………………………….. 11 10. Reentry of temperature and measurement.…..… 11 11. Profile-download into the device…………………. 12 12.
1. Download of website Basically we recommend working with the updated software versions of the particular programs. Please download the newest versions from the download-section of our website: http://www.xrite.com/top_support.aspx?lang=en®ion=&pageAction=downloads Here you can download the latest version of the software NetProfiler: http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=775&Action=support&SoftwareI D=535 2. Registration Before you can work with the software you have to register online.
3. Software preparation To be able to work with the software you have to enter all data of parameter and login. This is necessary only once, but your key word is required every time you login in. If you’re not yet registered, please click on the following link: Please enter here the data which you’ve received per email. Please modify the illustration in SpectroEye by using arrow keys. The serial number of the card is called as calibration-standard. It’s provided with a barcode on the bottom of the card.
The perfectly filled out mask looks like the following picture: It’s recommended to go to "view", in case of changes or additional parameter. The start mask automatically adopts the data’s for the user. Please change from Fahrenheit to Celsius in the folder "user interface". Standard adjustment is always Fahrenheit.
Standard adjustment for the serial access is COM 1. Please adjust here the realistic access. Particularly when it comes to the application from serial to USB adaptors it has to be chosen the correct COM-Port. (see device manager) You don’t have to change nothing in "Install/Update". Please make sure that you always work with the latest version. You can check this on our website. If you use a Proxy-Server, you have to resolve the required settings.
4. Control elements In the right site of the window you’ll be managed through each menu and handling point step by step. The alignment of the handling points in the NetProfiler software is similar to the CD-Player. By pushing the key arrows they move or further or back. In the middle you’ll find a button "stop", which breaks the profiling process off and brings you back to the front-page. You can activate the measurement through the device as well as through the software.
5. Options / license account Here you’ll be informed about the residual licenses as well as about the expiry date of the card. There are 4 menu items to choose from: ▪ Certification During the certification you measure the card just once. The results will be compared with the set point on the server. The dE between the values will be showed on the certificate. Attention! There will be no profile created, but you use a license up.
6. Test of repeatability To test the qualification of the device for the NetProfiler, a repeatability test before each certification / profiling has to be arranged. For this 10 measurements are necessary, each one on the white and the blue area. The average of the color distance of this measurement mustn’t exceed a compulsory value. Is it the case anyhow, it would be possible to continue the measurement act, but the certification will always fail. The device needs to be checked by a service branch.
8. Measurement of area and recognition There is no order in the measurement of the areas. The measured area will be allocated automatically to the reference value with the least color distance. recognized and not recognized areas recognized and enforced areas In case a patch is not recognized it will be marked by a question mark. We recommend you to measure the area again. Please be sure to measure in the middle of the area since this method results in the best accordance with the provided reference.
9. Process beam This process beam should help you in orientation cases to see in which stadium the process is situated at the moment. It’s divided in: 10.
11. Download profile If the current profile is not available anymore because of an unexpected firmware crash, it can be load into the device without any additional profiling. 12. Explication of measurement-journal When you finished the second measurement, you’ll come to the summary. Below you get a small overview if the device was successfully certified.
Example 1: Perfect result – passed repeatability test, all values can be adjusted towards down. Very good specification result.
Example 2: Bad result – failed the repeatability test. Although the values may be adjusted, the result is not reproducible. Therefore the instrument has to be repaired.
Example 3: Device certified – however the profiled result is higher than the unprofiled. This is a typical example that the second measurement was worse positioned than the first.
Example 4: Instrument certified – "certification" chosen in menu though. In this case the card is measured only once and compared with the server values. As no adjustment will be calculated, there is only one result row visible. May be used as verification of the current status of a measurement device.
13. Log in to the server You can also log in directly to the NetProfiler-Server by using your log in data’s. Here you have different possibilities: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Create a new user with its own log in data’s Create sub-organization Block user View device certification View average value of several measurement devices (if available) For further information please use our Online Help! 14.
15. NetProfiler in the device To use NetProfiler with the SpectroEye you have to have at least Firmware 1.70 in the device. You can check the Firmware-Version as following: Main menu > Settings > General > Type data’s The new Firmware you’ll find on our website, section SpectroEye: (http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=764&Action=support&SoftwareID=826) and may be downloaded to the device with the software GretagMacbeth Download Utility.
Profile information and settings Here you find the profile information and the possibility to turn on / off the profile Main menu > Settings > General > NetProfiler Activate / deactivate profiles Date of profile creation From this date on we recommend you to create a new profile The second possibility to turn on/off a profile provides the Special-Icon measurement conditions: The special-Icon measurement conditions is not activated by default.
16. Netprofiler linked to X-Rite applications Currently the programs InkFormulation and ColorQuality support working with the NetProfiler, which means that by working with these programs the NetProfiler may be deactivated by the software. Settings > SPM > Setup By using other programs which work with the SpectroEye, the profiled data’s will be replaced from the device if a profile is active. In ColorQuality the evaluation in tabular form shows the measurement of the NetProfiler with a little symbol.
17. Questions and proposals If you have any further questions or proposals, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can send us an email to: EMEAtechsupport@xrite.
