54 Agilent 5517B/BL/C/D/DL/FL User’s Guide
6 Using the Laser Head in a System
A controller is required for all laser positioning systems
A controller is needed to control the system electronics and provide a
display of the distance measured. The PC is the controller for
PC- compatible electronics. Example and demon software programs are
provided with the Agilent PC- compatible electronics to set up the system
and display the measurement. VMEbus electronics require a separate
controller.
Setting Up the System Electronics
In stal l t h e la ser el e ct r o n i cs bo ar d in th e PC
• Install the Agilent laser electronics board in the PC.
• Install the Agilent laser electronics board’s API library and monitor
program on a computer used for program development.
Connect the electronics cables
1 Connect the largest connector on the laser head cable to the back of
the laser head.
2 Connect the smallest connector on the laser head cable to the Reference
connector
*
on the electronics board that you just installed in your PC.
3 Connect the Agilent 10884B Laser Power Supply to the remaining
connector (the medium- size DIN connector) of the laser cable.
4 Connect the receiver cable to the back of the receiver and to one of the
three MEASurement connectors* on the electronics board.
* To line up the connectors for the electronics board’s Ref and Meas cables, the red dot on the cable connector
is to the right.
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