ProMetric® and PM-Series™ CCD Imaging and Color Measurement Systems

Each of our PM Series™ Imaging Photometers and Colorimeters and Application Specific Light Measurement Solutions comes with a powerful, Windows-based software suite created by Radiant Imaging. This software provides extensive instrument control, data acquisition and image analysis capabilities.

The software provides a simple, user-friendly interface to fully automated, pre-programmed capabilities. This enables production line personnel and other operatives to perform sophisticated measurements and tests. However, built-in support for .Net and ActiveX controls allow the experienced user to develop customized applications, and to perform automated testing using software such as VB.Net, VC#.Net, LabView, Matlab, VBA, and C++.

PM Series™ Software capabilities include:

• Mura defect detection
• Color Analysis
• Isoplots, cross-sections
• Data export
• ActiveX interface
• Camera operation, including exposure and temperature
• Extensive calibration capabilities
• Reports based on custom test points
  

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ProMetric® 9.0 Software

ProMetric functions can be programmatically controlled through our PMEngine .Net controls (Framework 2.0). With our .Net controls, user's can build their own custom test and analysis sequence in Visual Studio 2005 or other .Net compatible programming languages. For ActiveX programmers there is also a limited set of ActiveX controls. Radiant Imaging is happy to assist you to develop test and analysis capability customized for your specific application and measurement requirements.

Recently released ProMetric 9.0 software includes the following new features:

• Measurement Setup—simplified, more intuitive setup protocol.
• Application Calibration Changes—improved scaling and clipping settings, addition of Frames-to-Average and Force New Dark Image functions, Binning now in Camera Settings, addition of Filter Thresholding %, and repositioning of Multi-Point Luminance Scaling, Stray Light Calibration and Filters to be captured.
• Help Function—now integrated throughout ProMetric 9.0.
• Bitmap Tool—simplified toolbar with more options. Zoom-in by dragging a box on the bitmap or by clicking on magnifying glass icon. Ability to select display type with Measurement Selection box.
• Cross-Section Tool—interactive controls and additional options.
• Histogram Tool—new tool separated from Cross-Section tool.
• 2-D Iso-Plot-- resolution settable on main screen with zoom capability.
• 3-D Iso-Plot—resolution settable on main screen with rotation, scaling and zoom options.
• CIE Color Chart—ability to zoom in chart and customizable color gamuts.
• Focus Mode—replaces the Active Bitmap and Active Cross-Section tools and allows user to switch bitmap and cross section from several locations.
• Measurement Operations—when performing a 2-measurement operation, such as addition, allows you to see original and second measurement and the resultant new measurement. New operations include Offset and Make Intensity Measurement (illuminance measurements).
• Language Support—main screens in ProMetric 9.0 have translations for two principal Chinese languages and Japanese, with capabilities for other languages. Application will automatically open in native language, but can be overridden in Tools, Setup Options.

To explore the capabilities and exciting changes in ProMetric 9.0 that are included with each of our PM F-Series Color and Imaging Measurement camera systems, please proceed to the Software Downloads section of our website.

ProMetric® 9.0 Software Speed, Accuracy, and Flexibility

ProMetric® systems can record between 250,000 and 16 million data points (depending on your choice of CCD) in seconds.  Captured images are automatically saved on your PC, and can be immediately analyzed with comprehensive, integrated graphs, charts and spreadsheets for:

• Luminance
• Illuminance
• Luminous Intensity
• Total Luminous Flux
• Radiance
• Irradiance
• Radiant Intensity
• Total Radiant Flux
• CIE Chromaticity Coordinates (x,y and u',v')
• Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)

ProMetric® software also allows the data and graphs to be easily exported to other Windows applications, or into the standard IES file format.

Typical Applications

ProMetric® systems are being used worldwide by optical and production engineers, R&D physicists, photometry test engineers, technicians, and quality control personnel to rapidly obtain the data they require.  ProMetric® CCD Photometry, Radiometry and Colorimetry Measurement Systems are used for measuring the light output and color characteristics of: