Scanlab RTC6 PCIe Board - Notes for RTC4 Users; Hardware Changes; Controlling Scan Systems; Controlling the Laser

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2.10 Notes for RTC4 Users
This chapter provides an overview of key changes
introduced with RTC6 PCIe Boards for comparable
functions of RTC4 boards.
For example, Chapter 2.10.2 ”Porting RTC4 Source
Code to the RTC6 PCIe Board”, page 49 discusses a
possible approach to porting RTC4 programs to run
on the RTC6 PCIe Board.
The individual command descriptions in particular
note changes.
2.10.1 Hardware Changes
When migrating from the RTC4 to the
RTC6 PCIe Board, you need to consider the following
hardware changes for correct cabling of the system
components.
Controlling Scan Systems
• To control scan systems with XY2-100 interface or
XY2-100 Enhanced interface, you additionally
need the XY2-100 Converter (Accessory).
• The RTC6 PCIe Board cannot control scan systems
with XY2-100-O interfaces (for optical data
transfer).
• To control a scan system with the SL2-100
interface, you need a different data cable
(available from SCANLAB), see Chapter 4.5.3
”Data Cables (Accessories)”, page 71.
• To use the second scan head connector, you need
a different adapter cable (including slot cover
available from SCANLAB), see Section ”Second
Scan Head Slot Cover (Accessory)”, page 68.
• For controlling one 3-axis scan system, both
scan head connectors must be used, see
Chapter 8.5.2 ”3D Scan Systems”, page 237.
• Simultaneous control of two 3-axis scan systems
requires two RTC6 PCIe Boards, see Chapter 8.5.2
”3D Scan Systems”, page 237.
Controlling the Laser
• The LASER Connector at the RTC6 PCIe Board slot
cover has 15 pins (RTC4: 9 pins). Its pin-out is not
jumper-configurable.
– The RTC6 PCIe Board does not require jumpers
X6 and X7 of the RTC4 because all signals are
available at the RTC6 PCIe Board
LASER Connector.
– The voltage range of the analog outputs is
always 0…10 V (0 V…2.50 V is no longer
supported; the jumper X3 of the RTC4 does not
exist on the RTC6 PCIe Board).
• If you want to connect a laser to the
RTC6 PCIe Board by the same (9-pin) cable that
you previously used with the RTC4, then you need
an adapter with a 9-pin female D-SUB connector
(available from SCANLAB).
– For use of the SCANLAB laser adapter, see
Section ”Laser Adapter (Accessory)”, page 76,
two jumpers are provided for configuring the
pin-outs (JP1 corresponds to jumper X7 of the
RTC4, JP2 corresponds to jumper X6 of the
RTC4).
• The signal levels of the Laser Control Signals are
no longer determined by configuring jumpers.
Instead, they can/must be defined by an
RTC6 command, see set_laser_control.
– Jumper X10 of the RTC4 does not exist on the
RTC6 PCIe Board.
EXTENSION 1 Socket Connector
• The RTC6 PCIe Board EXTENSION 1
socket connector is – except for the additionally
provided signals at pin (33)…(35) – identical to
the EXTENSION 1 socket connector
of the RTC4,
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e Figure 22.
• With the RTC6 PCIe Board, the level of all output
signals at the EXTENSION 1 socket connector can
be configured for 5 V or 3.3 V by a jumper, see
Section ”Configuring the Output Signal Level”,
page 78.