Of course no hardware control system is complete without comprehensive control and data analysis software. Operating in the Microsoft windows environment are two 32 bit software packages; Visual XRD and Traces.

Visual XRD provides control of hardware function of the 122D automation module and XRD system and enable the data acquisition. All scan modes and computer aided setup are available.

Traces is designed to work with real world data and offers a comprehensive data analysis system from background stripping to pattern generation to search/match capability. File formats are open-access compatible ASCII formats allowing interchangeability of data between alternate XRD data analysis software. Traces provides full integration with current releases of ICDD PDF-2 and PDF-4+ databases.

A range of detector and monochromator options, texture automation upgrades and safety products are also available. Complementary software packages are available for integration with Traces. These are DSearch, Siroquant, Index and Unit Cell.