The Menu line below includes File- and Printing-related items, Scan (setup and start scans), View (items related to how data are displayed as collected), Control (items related to direct control and configuration – primarily for lab administrator use but also used by users to verify that angular positions are set correctly), and Help (to access Windows Help, such as it is). The DataScan program window above has several parts, from top to bottom: The title line (colored, top of windows) indicates the Program Name, Current user name, and registered owner of the software. Recent configuration changes in the system have made this a rare (but still possible) occurrence. This is a two way single bit-stream interface and if it is interrupted it is possible to lose communication with the diffractometer causing data collection to fail. The program communicates with the Scintag PAD V goniometer by means of a standard (if somewhat archaic) RS-232 serial interface. Connolly)ĭataScan 4 is a 32-bit Windows program that allows each user to customize their own “default” settings for how the program operates. (Material in this document is borrowed from many sources all original material is ©20 by James R. Most of the material in these sections is abstracted from MDI’s digital documentation for Jade, and “in-house” operating XRD Lab documents for DataScan.ĭata collection with MDI’s DataScan 4 Below is the DataScan 4 interface Window referred to in the following sections: Jade, in particular, is extremely powerful and well worth the time and energy spent learning to use and master its many and varied capabilities. MDI software is written by experts in X-ray diffraction and is relatively user friendly. As of this writing, the software is DataScan 4 (for data collection) and Jade 9.0 Plus (for data analysis) from Materials Data, Incorporated (MDI). The material in this section is concerned specifically with the software installed for use with the Scintag PAD V system in the X-ray powder diffraction laboratory in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. In many cases the software is so easy to use that analysts run the risk of using it as a “black box” to obtain answers not warranted by the data. Introduction In the last 15 years, the development of sophisticated and easy to use software for data collection and analysis has made sophisticated analysis of X-ray powder diffraction data accessible to anyone with the ability to operate a personal computer.

Connolly, for EPS400-001, Introduction to X-Ray Powder Diffraction, Spring 2009) Introduction to DataScan and Jade on the Scintag PADV System (prepared by James R.

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