Table of Contents
Photon II System Guide 1
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1
System Description................................................................................................... 1
Options...................................................................................................................... 2
System Hookups and Status Indicators .................................................................... 2
Specifications............................................................................................................ 5
2 Safety and Equipment Protection ......................................................................... 7
Safety Summary ....................................................................................................... 7
Danger Warnings...................................................................................................... 8
3 Power and Environmental Requirements ............................................................ 9
Power Requirements................................................................................................. 9
USB Cable Requirements....................................................................................... 10
Environmental Requirements ................................................................................. 10
Operation ................................................................................................................ 10
Storage and Shipment............................................................................................. 10
Packaging for Shipment.......................................................................................... 11
4 System Installation ............................................................................................... 12
Step 1: Photon II Driver Installation Instructions................................................... 12
Step 2: Installing Application Software on the PC................................................. 15
Step 3: Running the RT Pro Software .................................................................... 15
Updating the Device Driver.................................................................................... 17
Uninstall the Device Driver.................................................................................... 18
5 Maintenance .......................................................................................................... 25
6 Calibration ............................................................................................................ 26
What Do We Calibrate?.......................................................................................... 26
Signal Source Used for Calibration........................................................................ 26
Calibration Tools .................................................................................................... 27
Install the Calibration Software.............................................................................. 28
Calibration Procedure............................................................................................. 28
Calibration Data File and Report............................................................................ 37
7 System Troubleshooting....................................................................................... 38
USB not connected at application startup............................................................... 38
Check if USB driver is installed correctly.............................................................. 39
Failure to initialize the Photon II............................................................................ 41
USB cable disconnected while operating software ................................................ 41
Inadequate Power Supplied to the Photon II ......................................................... 42
Windows Application Software Failure ................................................................. 43
8 Limited Warranty Statement .............................................................................. 44
9 Manual Revision History ..................................................................................... 46
10 Index .................................................................................................................... 47