SPI Lasers redPOWER QUBE - 10 Basic Control using Serial Communication

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SM-S00500 Revision A 21 October 2016
redPOWER QUBE Cased Fiber Laser User Manual
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Note: If an external Trigger Input is to be used on the Machine Interface, it is highly
recommended that it be connected to In6, Pin 16. This connection has higher speed hardware
associated with it designed for this function.
9.5.4 Alarms and Warnings
If there is an error condition that Triggers an Alarms or Warnings, the corresponding indicator
in the Status Indicators Area of the FiberView window will turn red. A list of the Alarm and
Warning messages and codes is given in Section 12.
To find more information on which Alarms or Warnings has been activated, hover the mouse
over the red indicator and a pop up box will show which Alarm or Warning has been activated.
This information is also displayed in the two line status window under the Power output
display.
Records of Alarms and Warnings can also be viewed by selecting the Logs Tab or View –
Windows – Logs on the Menu Bar, and then clicking ‘Alm’ or ‘Warn’ on the Logs window
toolbar.
After clearing the Alarm condition, use the Reset button on the main FiberView Toolbar to
reset the indicator status and allow the QUBE Fiber Laser to be restarted.
10 Basic Control using Serial Communication
10.1 Overview
This section explains how to start and stop the QUBE Fiber Laser using the serial protocol
over either an RS-232 or Ethernet connection.