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Document:	05.15.01 7511 OS8 LAB8E
Order Number:	DEC-08-XPDAM-B-D
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Pages:	3
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Software Product Description
PRODUCT NAME:

SPD 5.15.1
OS/8 LAB-8/E Version 1 Software System

DESCRIPTION:
The LAB-8/E software is a versatile, PDP-a/E based, applications
system that provides powerful laboratory data acquisition, manipulation and display capabilities at a cost less than that of
most special purpose laboratory
instruments.
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It is the integration of the LAB-8/E Paper Tape System under the
OS/8 system. The specific programs include: the Basic Averager;
the Advanced Averager, the Time Interval Histogram, Post Stimulus Time Histogram, Latency Histogram, Auto-Correlation, CrossCorrelation, and DAQUAN. The result is the wide range of specific
tools described below.
The Basic Averager and the Advanced Averager digitize, display
and average analog input signals. Sampling rate, number of
sweeps and delay may be adjusted on-line. Prestimulus averaging,
dual resolution, confidence limits and trend, and signal sorting
may be performed.
The Histogram programs acquire and display in histogram form,
time between events, where an event is defined a~ a signal crossing the threshold. Events may be detected on the same input
channel (Time Interval) or on different channels with all responses detected (Post-Stimulus Time) or on only a set number
of channels (Latency). Variation of response over the course
of the experiment may also be measured.
The Correlation programs can be used to detect periodic signals
buried in noise or provide a measure of similarity between two
waveforms. Auto-Correlation measures the similarity of a signal to a time-delayed version of itself, whereas Cross-Correlation measures the degree of similarity of one source or input
to a second source. No synchronizing events, such as the trigger
required in signal averaging, need be available for the application of correlation techniques.

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'·mQEf~~1)AQUAN program is used to acquire data by boxcar, muf£.j§c#:

sweep time averaging, from one instrument at a time and-to'display the results. A wide variety of subsequent processing
-techniques such as smoothing, differentiation, curve simulation,
etc., are then used to reduce the data.
DAQUAN is intended for the following applications:
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Spectra comparison, stripping and simulation
Gaussian and/or Lorentzian fitting
Deconvolution o~ fused peaks (by Gaussian, Lorentzian or
mixed technique)
Integration
Differe~tiation

Multipli'cation
Scaling
Plotting (standard X-Y recorder)
Peak detection and summary reporting of positions and percent areas

DRAFFT and PAFFT overlays to DAQUAN provide Fourier Transform "
capability and power averaging in systems with the Extended
Arithmetic Element.
The NMR Signal Averager (Advanced System only) is specifically
designed to solve the problems of signal averaging encountered
during NMR or ESR spectrO.,scopy.
It was written to provide an
easily-used averager for situations in which the computer could
control the sweep of the spectrometer. However,.i tactually
represents a versatile averaging package that can be used in any
situation requiring application of a -3 to +3-volt sweep voltage.
When this sweep voltage is acceptable, the NMR averager offers
three distinct advantages: the necessity for a sync pulse is
eliminated; multiple sampling of each point is possible; and a
sophisticated calibration routine permits determination of the
exact frequency of any line in the accumulated spectrum.
MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIRED:
8K words of memory, LAB-8/E with mass storage suitable to OS/8
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OPTIONAL HARDWARE SUPPORTED:
KE8 Extended Arithmetic Element (for DRAFT and PAFFT)
PREREQUISITE SOFTWARE:
OS/8 Operating System Version 3 or later
OPTIONAL SOFTWARE SUPPORTED:
None
TRAINING CREDITS:
None

OS/8 LAB-a/E Software System
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SUPPORT CATEGORY:

c, Software Support will be provided as listed in the Software
Support Categories Addendum to this SPD.
UPDATE POLICY:
No updates are planned for this product.
ORDERING INFORMATION:
This software is furnished under a license for use on a single
CPU and can be copied and . ,moditied (with inclusion of Digital's
copyright notice) only for use on such CPU, except as may
otherwise be' provided in writing by Digital.
Source and/or listing options are available only after the purchase of a binary license and after a source license agreement
is in effect.
The following key (B,C,Y) represents the distribution media
available for the product and must be specified at end of "Q"
number i.e., QF009-CB = binaries on Paper Tape.
B - Paper Tape

C - DEC tape

Y - Floppy Disk

Standard Options
QF009-C_

Single-use license, binaries, documentat~on,
port Services (media: B,C,Y).

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Source/Listing Options
QF009-E_

Sources (media:

C,Y).

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