Patent ID: 7711091

Claim:
An X-ray analysis apparatus comprising: (a) a main equipment including an optical system for performing an X-ray analysis of a sample, the optical system comprising an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, and optical parts therebetween that are classified into a plurality of categories so that the optical parts installed in the main equipment are exchangeable with other optical parts belonging to the same category; (b) a display for displaying information about the main equipment; (c) selection-window display means for causing a selection window to be displayed on the display, the selection window being used for selection of one desired measurement type among a plurality of measurement types; (d) measurement type acquisition means for acquiring the measurement type which is selected by an operator in the selection window; (e) a storage for storing a relationship between the measurement type and types of necessary optical parts required for the measurement type in connection with the plurality of the measurement types respectively; (f) sensors for identifying types of the installed optical parts which have been installed in the main equipment; and (g) operating instructions means for: acquiring the types of the necessary optical parts corresponding to the measurement type which has been acquired by the measurement type acquisition means in accordance with the relationship which is stored in the storage; comparing the types of the necessary optical parts with the types of the installed optical parts which have been identified by the sensors to recognize at least one mismatched optical part; and causing graphical information to be displayed on the display in connection with the at least one mismatched optical part, the graphical information including information about at least one of: the necessary optical part which should be newly installed in the main equipment, and the installed optical part which should be removed from the main equipment.