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Commercial in Confidence
SM-S00500 Revision A 21 October 2016
redPOWER QUBE Cased Fiber Laser User Manual
Key switch
A key switch is located on the QUBE Fiber Laser front panel. In the OFF position emission
is disabled. In the ON position emission is enabled. The key is removable only in the OFF
position: laser radiation is not accessible when the key is removed.
Emergency Stop
A latching emergency stop button is located on the QUBE Fiber Laser front panel.
Operation of the emergency stop button puts the laser to OFF (in alarm state).
Indicators
Coloured LED indicators are fitted to the front panel to show the state of the QUBE Fiber
Laser.
o Power (White, Marked ~)
Indicator is lit if mains power is connected.
o Emission Indicator (Yellow, Marked )
Indicator is flashing if the QUBE Fiber Laser is in the STARTING state.
Indicator is lit if the QUBE Fiber Laser is in the STANDBY, RAMPING UP, ON
or RAMPING DOWN state.
Indicator is not lit if the QUBE Fiber Laser is in the OFF state.
o Fault (Red, Marked ?)
Indicator is flashing if there is an Alarm condition. The QUBE Fiber Laser will be
in the OFF state
Indicator is lit if there is an active Warning.
Indicator is not lit when there are no faults or warnings present.
Reset (Blue lit button)
Indicator is lit after the reset button has been pressed if no interlock alarms are present.
Indicator is not lit when mains power is first applied or restored after an interruption, or the
emergency stop has been pressed, or the remote interlock is open or the key switch is
OFF.
5.3 Software Tools
SPI Lasers’ Graphical User Interface, FiberView, allows Users to control this QUBE Fiber
Laser over a serial interface. Operation of the QUBE Fiber Laser using FiberView is described
in Section 9.