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  1. Double-click the MUT icon on the desktop (Figure 1a) and login using ship credentials. For more information on data uploading see the "Uploading Data to LIMS" section below.
  2. Double-click the IMS icon (Figure 1b). IMS initializes the instrument and checks the movement of the track. Once initialized, the logger is ready to measure the first section.

Figure 1. - (a) MUT Icon. (b) IMS Icon.

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  1. Place section in the core tray. Make sure the section is oriented blue endcap towards the instrument, and is flush against the top of the metal boat (Figure 2).


Figure 2. - Correct core position.

2. Click Start. The Section Information screen is displayed (Figure 3).

Figure 3. - NGR Section Information screen. User Length box is marked in the red square.

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6. The boat moves to the first measurement position, and begins measurements. Once finished, if selected, the boat moves to the second position, and begins measurements. The typical measurement rate is 300 seconds per position. Real time graphs are displayed during acquisition (Figure 4). The graphs display the counts for each detector at each position, also the full spectra for each detector.


Figure 4. - NGR real-time graphs.

7. Once the measurement is complete, the boat returns to the load position.

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  1. Click the MUT Icon. Log in using database credentials.
  2. Once activated, the list of files from the C:\DATA\IN directory is displayed. Files are marked ready for upload by a green check mark (Figure 85).


Figure 85. - Main MUT screen

3. To manually upload files, check each file individually and clip upload. To automatically upload files, click on the Automatic Upload checkbox.

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