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5 Tunable Lasers
6Move to [λ Stop] and press Enter.
7 Enter 1560.000, press Enter.
8Move to [Sweep Cycles] and press Enter.
9 Enter 0003 and press Enter.
10 Move to [Vsweep] and press Enter.
11 Move to 5 nm/s, by using the cursor key, and press Enter.
12 Move to [Step] and press Enter.
13 Enter 1.000 and press Enter.
14 Press the [Active] hardkey on the front panel of your Tunable Laser
module to enable the optical output.
15 Press [Run Swp] to start the sweep.
For a <Continuous> sweep, [Step] sets the wavelength interval between
output triggers, if you have set <Output Trigger Mode> to <Step
Finished>, see
How to Use Output Triggering on page 165.
The following table explains all possible configuration problems:
368,LambdaStop <=LambdaStart start wavelength must be smaller than stop wavelength
369,sweepTime < min the total time of the sweep is too small
370,sweepTime > max the total time of the sweep is too large
371,triggerFreq > max the trigger frequency (calculated from sweep speed divided by sweep
step) is too large
372,step < min step size too small
373,triggerNum > max the number of triggers exceeds the allowed limit
374,LambdaLogging = On AND
Modulation = On AND
ModulationSource! =
CoherenceControl
The only allowed modulation source with the lambda logging function is
coherence control.
375,LambdaLogging = On AND
TriggerOut! = StepFinished
lambda logging only works "Step Finished" output trigger configuration