Scanlab RTC 5 PC Interface Board - Page 8

RTC
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5 PC Interface Board
Rev. 1.9 e
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Clock Overruns ........................................................................................................... 126
7.3.6 Status Monitoring and Diagnostics .................................................................................. 127
Status Information Returned from the Scan System ................................................... 127
7.4 Laser Control ............................................................................................................................... 128
7.4.1 Enabling, Activating and Switching Laser Control Signals ................................................ 128
“Laser Active” Signals ................................................................................................. 129
“Laser Standby” Signals .............................................................................................. 129
Scan-System-Error-Induced Laser-Signal Auto-Suppression ........................................ 130
Galvanometer Position Exceedance-Induced Laser-Signal Auto-Suppression .............. 130
7.4.2 Configuring the Laser Connector (LASER) ........................................................................ 130
7.4.3 CO
2
Mode ........................................................................................................................ 131
7.4.4 YAG Modes ...................................................................................................................... 132
Q-Switch Signal .......................................................................................................... 132
FirstPulseKiller Signal .................................................................................................. 133
Differences Between the YAG Modes .......................................................................... 133
Lamp Current (Laser Power) ........................................................................................ 133
7.4.5 Softstart Mode ................................................................................................................. 135
7.4.6 Laser Mode 4 ................................................................................................................... 136
7.4.7 Laser Mode 6 ................................................................................................................... 137
7.4.8 Pulse Picking Laser Mode ................................................................................................. 138
7.4.9 Automatic Laser Control .................................................................................................. 140
Position-Dependent Laser Control .............................................................................. 141
Speed-Dependent Laser Control ................................................................................. 146
Vector-Defined Laser Control ...................................................................................... 147
Encoder-Speed-Dependent Laser Control ................................................................... 148
7.4.10 Output Synchronization ................................................................................................... 149
7.5 Marking Dates, Times and Serial Numbers .................................................................................. 150
7.5.1 Marking the Date and Time ............................................................................................. 150
7.5.2 Marking Serial Numbers ................................................................................................... 150
Notes .......................................................................................................................... 150