Troubleshooting

Some common issues you might have with seabreeze

No spectrometer is detected

Here’s some possible causes for why your spectrometer is not detected:

1. You did not run seabreeze_os_setup

   # please run the script
   seabreeze_os_setup
   

2. Your spectrometer is not supported by the backend you are using

   # check that it's supported
   >>> import seabreeze.cseabreeze as csb
   >>> api = csb.SeaBreezeAPI()
   >>> api.supported_models()
   [u'FlameNIR', ..., u'Ventana']
   >>> import seabreeze.pyseabreeze as psb
   >>> api = psb.SeaBreezeAPI()
   >>> api.supported_models()
   [u'Apex', ..., u'Ventana']
   

3. Your spectrometer is not working

   # Test your spectrometer with the original software provided by OceanOptics