{"id":3475,"date":"2022-01-31T08:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2022-01-31T08:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:19:19","slug":"pcmapii-support-has-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/pcmapii-support-has-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"PCMAPII support has ended."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As of January 1st, 2022, RBD Instruments has discontinued support for our PCMAPII interface boards used on legacy PHI \/ Perkin-Elmer scanning auger electron spectrometer systems such as the model 590 and 600.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PCMAPII-pic.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/pcmapii-support-has-ended\/pcmapii-pic\/\" 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data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog post lists all of the documentation related to the PCMAPII interface board.&nbsp; If your PCMAPII board develops a problem and this documentation does not help, please contact RBD Instruments for other options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The links below will open up PDF files that you can view and print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/283129_PCMAPII_Installation_Testing_and_Calibration_Procedure.pdf\"> PCMAPII Installation, testing and calibration <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/268521_PCMAPII_Schematics.pdf\">PCMAPII Schematics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/283126_PCMAPII_Summary.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\">PCMAPII Summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/283128_PCMAPII_Ground_Jumpers.pdf\">PCMAPII Ground jumpers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/44482_PCMapII-Jumper-rotation.pdf\">PCMAPII Jumper Rotation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/283125_PCMAPII_Video_Buffer_Detail.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/283125_PCMAPII_Video_Buffer_Detail.pdf\">PCMAPII Video buffer detail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of January 1st, 2022, RBD Instruments has discontinued support for our PCMAPII interface boards used on legacy PHI \/ Perkin-Elmer scanning auger electron spectrometer systems such as the model 590 and 600.\u00a0 This blog post lists all of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/pcmapii-support-has-ended\/\">Continue reading <span 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