Serving as a scalable data acquisition (DAQ) solution for all IONICON TOF-MS instruments, this platform enables direct control over any IONICON ionization frontend. It provides seamlessly integrated control for hardware add-ons such as CHARON and fastGC, allowing for customizable and highly flexible automation of all hardware components and connected accessories.
ioniTOF Data Acquisition and Instrument Control Platform
Real-Time Performance
- Real-time visualization of recorded mass spectra and user-defined m/z traces
- Various data-saving options and very high data-saving rate up to 10ms per histogram spectrum
- Real-time quantification of traces for PTR-related ionization modes
- Integrated recording of all instrumental parameters of most IONICON hardware add-ons (e.g. GCU, LCU, Autosampler)
External control via API options
- Modbus TCP API
- Shared Variables API
- Webservice API
IoniTOF’s API functions can be called from a variety of programming languages/environments including C/C++, .NET, Python, Matlab, and LabVIEW.
Sequencer
The Sequencer raises instrumental automation to a new level. Automate your hardware, pre-define your data acquisition and script your on-line data output. As an example, the Sequencer supports following tasks:
- switch through different inlet lines
- wait for external triggers (GC, e.g.)
- calculate mean values
- subtract background levels
- recalculate background periodically
- define formulas and alarms
- script your custom sequence
Customer Plugin
- easily define your own calculations and add parameters to IoniTOF
- automatically save them to the h5 data acquisition file for post-data acquisition analysis (Viewer, IDA)
- add your own user interface and menu items to IoniTOF (by using C# .NET)
