This is a small thing but could be helpful if you are using the new effective take off angle calculator in the Elements/Cations dialog (where "north" is zero degrees and increases "clockwise"):
![](https://probesoftware.com/smf/gallery/1_06_08_24_8_42_51.png)
We can now display the JEOL (and Cameca) spectrometer orientation numbers because JEOL has two different orientations depending on what continent the instrument was installed in. Not sure why there are two different spectrometer numbering orientations for JEOL- does anyone know why?
Also, we tested the tilt calculation on a JEOL stage configuration and it does seem to produce valid results if the sample is tilted in the sample holder (we performed the test in simulation mode by adjusting the Z stage position).
This spectrometer orientation information is in the [hardware] section of the Probewin.ini file as shown here for the JEOL type 1 orientation with spectrometer 0 being the EDS detector:
JEOLSpectrometerOrientationType=1
SpectrometerOrientations0="215"
SpectrometerOrientations1="253"
SpectrometerOrientations2="302"
SpectrometerOrientations3="351"
SpectrometerOrientations4="40"
SpectrometerOrientations5="101.5"
Update as usual from the Help | Update Probe for EPMA menu.