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  • AfterMath User Guide

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    Welcome to the user guide for the AfterMath™ Data Organizer software package offered by Pine Research Instrumentation. AfterMath is a general purpose scientific data management application which offers powerful plotting capabilities as well as the ability to control scientific instruments and acquire data from these instruments. Instrument support offered by Aftermath includes various electrochemical potentiostats offered by Pine.

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    Related Links

    Related Software Links: AfterMath Support Page, AfterMath User Guide, AfterMath Electrochemistry Guide, AfterMath Installation Guide

    Related Hardware Links: WaveDriver Potentiostat, WaveNow Potentiostat, WaveNano Potentiostat, CBP Bipotentiostat

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  • AfterMath: Module Part Numbers


    AfterMath is sold in a variety of different configurations modules, each with a different Pine part number. Each module is designed to work with a particular instrument (or group of instruments) offered by Pine Research Instrumentation. A complete list of these modules is provided below.

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    AfterMath Modules for the WaveNow and WaveNano Potentiostats

    Depending upon the capabilities of a given instrument (WaveNow vs WaveNano Potentiostats), each module offers a different set of experimental techniques. Click on the links in the table below to see which experiments are supported by a particular module.

    Part Number

    ASTPA01

    ASTPB01

    Description

    General Electroanalytical Methods (for single WaveNow/WaveNano potentiostat)

    General & Rotating Electrode Methods (for single WaveNow/WaveNano with rotating disk electrode)

    AfterMath Modules for Pine AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat

    For Pine’s AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat, module part numbers can be found below.

    Part Number

    ASCBA01

    ASCBU01

    Description

    General & Dual Electrode Methods (for single AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat)

    Upgrade package for Existing PineChem Users (for single AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat)

    Additional Resources

    Related Software Links: AfterMath Support Page, AfterMath User Guide, AfterMath Electrochemistry Guide, AfterMath Installation Guide

    Related Hardware Links: WaveNow USB Potentiostat, WaveNano USB Potentiostat, CBP Bipotentiostat

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  • Theoretical Background for AfterMath Techniques

     

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  • Aftermath FAQs

    AfterMath_NEWHighlighted in this webpage are common questions asked by AfterMath users. The main areas of discussion are:

    See each of these topics discussed in more detail below.

    General

    Working with data

    Running experiments

    Installation

    AfterMath error messages

    Instrument specific

     

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  • AfterMath: Installation Guide

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        The information provided herein aims to detail the basic steps needed to obtain and install AfterMath.

    To ensure proper installation of AfterMath onto a computer system, the following steps should be taken:

        The final three steps involving licensing are not necessary if you will not be using AfterMath to control scientific instrumentation.

    Obtaining the AfterMath Installation Package

    You may obtain a copy of the AfterMath installation package in any of the following ways:

    • Purchase an instrument from Pine which is controlled using the AfterMath software. A copy of the installation CD-ROM or USB flash drive is shipped with each instrument.
    • Contact Pine for an installation CD-ROM containing the installation package.
    • Download the most recent version of the installation package from this web site.

    If you obtain your copy of the AfterMath installation package by downloading it from this web site, then it will be in the form of a Microsoft Windows Installer "MSI" package.

    AfterMath Installation

    To install the AfterMath software, simply double-click on the MSI file that you downloaded from this site, or if you are using a CDROM to install the software, click on the “setup.exe” application found in the root directory of the CDROM.

    Next, follow the on-screen directions displayed during the installation (click here for details)..

    During the installation process, the AfterMath application is placed on your hard drive. In addition, one or more device drivers for specific instruments may be installed on your system.

    If necessary, the installer may access the Microsoft web site to download and install the Microsoft .NET Platform on your computer. This step is skipped if the proper version of the Microsoft .NET platform is already present on your computer system.

    IMPORTANT: When the installation process is complete, you may launch the AfterMath application to assure that it was installed properly. However, you should not be alarmed if no instruments appear during this initial use of the application. Instruments (such as the WaveNow USB Potentiostat) will not appear until you have installed and activated the device drivers for these instruments (see below).

    Device Driver Installation and Activation

    AfterMath is capable of controlling various instruments manufactured by Pine. If you purchase AfterMath with one of the following instruments, then the device driver will be present on the installation CD-ROM that came with your instrument.

    To activate the device driver, your Windows system must “discover” the new instrument connected to your system.

    For the Pine AFCBP1 Bipotentiostat, this discovery occurs when you turn off your computer, physically install the interface board, and then turn your computer on again.

    For the Pine WaveDriver, WaveNow, and WaveNano instruments, this discovery occurs when you turn on the potentiostat and connect it to your system via a USB cable. You should force your system to discover these instruments at a time when you are not running the AfterMath application. When you plug in the potentiostat for the first time, you will see various messages from the Windows operating system indicating the discovery of new hardware. Once Windows completes the task of configuring this new hardware, then you can run the AfterMath application, and the instrument should appear in the lower-left corner of the AfterMath screen.

    License Activation

    The AfterMath software is typically used in conjunction with one or more instruments manufactured by Pine. Your license to use AfterMath with these designated instruments is activated when one or more permissions files are placed in the AfterMath folder on your hard drive. In most cases, the permission file(s) are automatically placed in the AfterMath folder during the installation procedure, but in some cases, you may need to install these files manually. Click here for more information about how to install these permissions files manually.

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  • AfterMath: Selecting Traces, Segments, and Points

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        This article is part of the AfterMath Data Organizer User’s Guide

    At the top of every plot there is a toolbar. The first three tools on the left side of this toolbar may be used to select individual data points, entire traces, or certain portions of traces called trace segments.

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    You can use these tools to select traces, points, or segments on a plot in order to subsequently change the way the selected data is drawn on the plot (i.e., color, linewidth, markers, etc.). You can also select points for deletion or mathematical transformation using these tools.

    The three selection tools may be used in conjunction with the Shift Key and the Control Key on your keyboard. Such key combinations permit you to combine together several successive selection actions in order to produce (complex) selections from multiple traces, segments, and points.

    Trace Selector

    The main selection tool can be used to select an entire trace. If you hold down the Control Key while selecting traces, then you can select more than one trace at the same time.

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    Point Selector

    The point selection tool permits you to select individual data points on a trace. If you hold down the Control Key while selecting points, then you can select more than one point. If click-and-drag the point selection tool, it will select a series of contiguous points from the same trace.

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    Segment Selector

    The segment selection tool lets you select one or more trace segments on a plot. If you hold down the Control Key while selecting segments, then you can select more than one segment at the same time.

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    The Data Selection Dialog Box

    More complicated selections of data points can be accomplished using the Data Selector. To invoke the Data Selector, right-click on any trace and choose the “Select Data…” option from the popup menu.

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  • AfterMath: Viewing Version Information

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        This article is part of the AfterMath Data Organizer User’s Guide

    The particular version of the AfterMath software that is running on your computer can be determined by selecting the “About” option from the “Help” menu (see figure below). A complete history of all release versions of AfterMath is available (click here).

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  • AfterMath: Virtual Instrument

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        This article is part of the AfterMath Data Organizer User’s Guide

    Some versions of the AfterMath software provide limited support for the concept of “virtual” instrumentation. A virtual instrument does not actually exist (physically) but is rather a software-simulated instrument. A virtual instrument appears in the instrument list along with the “real” instruments, but it is usually not capable of performing meaningful experiments.

    The main purpose of a virtual instrument is to provide an indication of the capabilities of an instrument at those times when your computer isn't actually connected to a real instrument. For example, you might be using AfterMath on your laptop computer while travelling on an airline flight. During the flight, you might want to configure a few new experiment specifications to use at a later time after you reach your destination. You can create the new specifications and then audit the specifications against a virtual instrument to assure that all of the experimental parameters are compatible with the “real” instrument that you will be using later.

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  • Instrument Device Drivers

    Our AfterMath software package is capable of controlling a variety of scientific instruments. An AfterMath installation package is included with each instrument purchased from Pine Research. If you use this installation package to install AfterMath on your computer, the installation usually installs the appropriate device drivers automatically. However, if for some reason you need to (re)install the device drivers separately, the links below allow you to download the device driver software for each instrument.

    Related Software Links: AfterMath Support Page, AfterMath User Guide, AfterMath Electrochemistry Guide, AfterMath Installation Guide

    Related Hardware Links: WaveNow USB Potentiostat, WaveNano USB Potentiostat, CBP Bipotentiostat

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