Datacolor User to User Support Group.

>HI David,
>My eyeone display 2 has a diagnostic program that i can run to check if
>it is ok.
>
>Currently there's nothing for that in PFP right? What if one of the
>LED's have blown or something like that? It'll probably take up a lot
>of ink and paper and time/effort to confirm that if there is nothing to
>check the 'health' of the unit. Will the white calibration work as a
>diagnostic tool?

I would expect so. If there's something wrong with the spectro, it's
not going to calibrate properly; and you'd get measurements out of it
that would obviously be "wrong" in a big way.

So: I wouldn't be concerned about this. Your diagnostic is:

- The spectro communicates properly with the software. (Go into PFP's
preferences, make sure it shows up and that you see the serial number,
etc). That tells you that it's "alive".

- Calibrate it on white. (Either during the UI sequence, or using the
command in the Tools menu). It should calibrate without a complaint.

- You can use Tools:Measure to measure a few colors, the white calibration
tile, etc. It's either going to work (the color you see in the meausured
patch looks like what you're measuring) or not. There shouldn't be any
"shades" of failure, subtle things wrong with the colors, etc. If they
look right to you, then the spectro is healthy.

Simplicity is always a good thing...:_0


Best regards,

-- 
David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
ColorVision