MCS260
CORNERSTONE 260 MONOCHROMATORS
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16 APPENDIX I: LOW LEVEL COMMANDS AND QUERIES ................................................................ 49
16.1 OPENING LOW LEVEL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE ................................................. 49
16.2 COMMAND AND QUERY SYNTAX .................................................................................... 49
16.3 STANDARD MODE .............................................................................................................. 50
16.4 HANDSHAKE MODE ........................................................................................................... 51
16.5 COMMAND REFERENCE SUMMARY ................................................................................ 52
16.6 DETAILED COMMAND REFERENCE ................................................................................ 53
16.7 ERROR CODES FOR LOW LEVEL COMMANDS .............................................................. 58
17 APPENDIX II: HAND CONTROLLER COMMANDS ......................................................................... 59
17.1 ACTIVATING THE HAND CONTROLLER ........................................................................... 59
17.2 USING THE KEYPAD .......................................................................................................... 59
17.3 KEY REFERENCE ............................................................................................................... 60
18 APPENDIX III: USB DLL ................................................................................................................... 62
18.1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................... 62
18.2 LABVIEW USERS ................................................................................................................ 62
18.3 C# USERS ........................................................................................................................... 63
18.4 C++ USERS ......................................................................................................................... 66
19 APPENDIX IV: GRATING PHYSICS TUTORIAL .............................................................................. 67
19.1 THE GRATING EQUATION ................................................................................................. 67
19.2 THE GRATING EQUATION IN PRACTICE ......................................................................... 68
19.3 GRATING ORDER ............................................................................................................... 69
19.4 GRATING DISPERSION ...................................................................................................... 70
19.5 GRATING ILLUMINATION AND RESOLUTION.................................................................. 70
20 WARRANTY AND SERVICE ............................................................................................................. 71
20.1 CONTACTING NEWPORT CORPORATION ...................................................................... 71
20.2 REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE / SERVICE ......................................................................... 72
20.3 REPAIR SERVICE ............................................................................................................... 72
20.4 NON-WARRANTY REPAIR ................................................................................................. 72
20.5 WARRANTY REPAIR .......................................................................................................... 73
20.6 LOANER / DEMO MATERIAL .............................................................................................. 74