Prerequisites: The SU-470 Genie 2000 Basic Operations or equivalent, familiarity with Canberra's Genie 2000 spectroscopy application software.

Purpose: This course is designed to be the basic system setup and operation training for the Apex count room software product.

Description: This course focuses on the Apex "Lab Productivity Suite" software setup, database interaction and automated sample processing operations. The class is intended for count room managers and technicians responsible for setup, processing, reporting and data review of gamma samples.

The training will cover the architecture of the Apex environment, interactions with Genie 2000 utilities and facility database software, installation, operational setups, security, sample counting job streams, reports, QA, data review, and event logging. Discussions will also include the NPP reports option and the supported modifications to the Apex reports.

Course Content:

Apex Lab Productivity Suite Overview

• General Product Description and Requirements
• Interaction with Genie 2000
• Interaction with Databases
• Count Room Automation

Installation of Genie 2000

• Genie 2000 Directory Structure
• Genie 2000 Utilities

Introduction to Basic Genie 2000 Editors

• Defining Detector Inputs with MID Editor
• Nuclide Identification Library File Editor
• Analysis Sequence File Editor
• Certificate File Editor
• Quality Assurance File Editor

Plans Before You Begin Apex

• Facilities, Workstations and Detectors
• Apex Operation Environment Configurations
• Apex Directory Structure

Installation of Apex

• Introduction to System Operations
• Apex Setup Utility
• Database and Facility Setups

Apex Operation Setups

• Facility - Group - Detectors - Workstations
• General Cal - Energy - Efficiency - Geometries
• Data Review - QA - Reports
• Event Log - Display
• Editors - Libraries - NPP Reports

Apex Detector Calibration

• Energy Calibration
• Efficiency Calibration
• Calibration Approval
• Confirmation and Recalibration

Apex Sample Setup

• Sample Point Association - Import
• Procedures - Sample Types
• Apex Main - Sample Processing
• Counting Logged Samples
• Counting Un-logged Samples

Apex Reports and Data Review
Apex Background Subtraction
Apex Sample Point Association

(Optional)
Apex Report Customization

• Crystal Reports