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OPERA
T
OR’S MANUAL
V
ersion 4.xx
Laser
Beam
Analyzer
Models LBA-300/400/500PC
Models LBA-700/708/710/712/714PC
For
Windows
®
2000 and W
indows
®
XP
Pro
Spiricon, Inc.
60 W 1000 N
Logan, Utah 84321
Phone 435-753-3729
Fax 435-753-5231
E-mail, Sales:
sales@spiricon.com
E-mail, Service: service@spiricon.com
© Copyright 2005, Spiricon Inc., All rights reserved.
Operator’s Manual
LBA-PC
Doc. No. 10654-001, Rev 4.10
1
2
Table of Contents
Version 4.XX
1
Laser Beam Analyzer
1
Models LBA-300/400/500PC
1
Models LBA-700/708/710/712/714PC
1
For Windows ® 2000 and Windows ® XP Pro
1
Copyright 2005, Spiricon Inc., All Rights Reserved
1
Notice
2
Table of Contents
3
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
11
General Information
11
System Requirements
11
Optional Equipment
12
Specifications
13
Safety Considerations
14
Optical Radiation Hazards
14
Electrical Hazards
14
Chapter 2 EQUIPMENT SETUP
15
Equipment Setup
15
Step 1 Installation of the Frame Grabber Board
15
Step 2 Camera Connections
18
Analog Cameras
19
Digital Cameras
19
Step 3 LBA-PC Software Installation
19
Step 4 Start LBA-PC
20
Step 5 Configure Camera Type
21
Step 6 Collect Data
21
Step 7 Sample Configurations
21
Error Messages
22
Optional Equipment
24
Connections
24
Camera Power
25
Shutter Controls Signals
25
Trigger out
26
Pass/Fail out
26
Trigger in
26
Video in
26
Camera Control Cables
26
Special Setup for Pyrocam I Operation
27
Pyrocam I with Non-Digital LBA-Pc's
27
LBA-300/400/500/708/710/712/714PC W/O Digital Camera Option
27
Pyrocam I Setup Requirements
27
Setup Requirements for LBA-PC with Pyrocam Cameras
28
Some Restrictions Apply When Interfaced to a Pyrocam I
28
Image Synchronization Considerations
29
Pyrocam I with Digital LBA-Pc's
29
Pyrocam I Setup Requirements
29
LBA-500/7XXPC-D Setup Requirements
30
Image Synchronization Considerations
31
Chapter 3 MENUS and DIALOG BOXES
32
File
32
File | Load
32
Lb3/4/5/7 Files
32
Lba Files
32
Lbb Files
32
Lbc Files
32
Load Frame Dialog Box
33
Special Frame Numbers
34
Drag and Drop Data Frame Loading
34
File | Save as
34
Save as
35
Export Image
35
Export Image
36
Save Config
37
Restore Config
37
Set Reference, Copy the Current to the Reference Frame
37
Generate Gain
38
How to Generate Gain
38
What Is Gain Correction
38
What Disables Gain Correction
38
File | Load Gain
39
File | Save Gain as
39
Gain Off/On
39
File | Logging
39
Beginning and Terminating Logging
40
Data, Results & Export Logging, Dialog Box
40
Logging Method
41
Pass/Fail Filter
42
Implications of Combining Logging, Statistics, Post Processing and Block Capture
42
Combinations Using Logging, Statistics and Block Mode
43
Combinations Using Logging, Statistics and Post Processing
43
File | Print
44
File | Print Setup
45
File | Exit
45
File | Save FROG as
45
Save FROG as
46
FROG Data Orientation
47
FROG Data Collection Tips
47
Options
49
Hide/Show; Capture, Display, Aperture Toolbar
49
Aperture
49
Aperture Shapes
49
How to Create a Drawn Aperture
50
Drag and Drop Apertures
50
Using Auto Apertures
51
Display Beam Width
51
Camera
52
Camera Type Selection
52
Creating a New Camera Type
52
Resolution and Frame Size
53
Frame Buffer Size
54
Am I Using Virtual Memory yet
55
Sync Source
55
Pixel Scale, Pixel Units
56
Gamma Correction
56
Lens
57
Special Camera Settings
57
Capture
57
Capture
58
Capture Interval
60
Camera
60
Trigger
62
Processing
64
Frame Summing
65
Frame Average
65
Gain Correction
65
Reference Subtraction
65
Convolution
66
Capture Toolbar
66
Logging
67
Print
67
Write Protect
67
Computation
67
Energy of Beam
67
Energy Calibration Procedure
68
Quantitative Display, On/Off
68
Beam Width Method
69
Elliptical
71
Gauss Fit
71
Top hat
71
Divergence
72
Histogram
73
Statistics
74
Beam Display
75
Beam View
76
Cursors
76
Cursor Orientation
76
Origin Location
77
Beam Colors
78
Z Axis Scale
78
Beam Display
79
Set Reference Source
80
Display Thresholds
81
Color Bar
81
Copy Image to Clipboard
82
Copy Image to Wallpaper
82
Only Beam Display Items
82
Only
83
Beam Display Toolbar
85
Beam Stability
85
Main Controls
86
Strip Chart Controls
87
Peak/Centroid Scatter Plot and Histogram
89
Create Palette
94
Saving the Palette
96
Save Colors
96
Load Colors
97
Clearing Colors
97
Password Lockout
98
Pass/Fail
98
PASS or FAIL Results
99
Pass/Fail Units
99
Pass/Fail Dialog Boxes
99
Quantitative Pass/Fail
99
Min Fluence
99
Centroid
100
Elliptical Pass/Fail
100
Orientation
100
Gauss Pass/Fail
100
Top hat Pass/Fail
100
Top hat Fluence
101
Divergence Pass/Fail
101
Window
101
Tile
102
Start!/Stop
102
Ultracal! Menu Action Item
102
How to Ultracal
102
What Disables Ultracal
103
Autoexposure
103
Autoexposure! Operation
103
Autoexposure Interacts with Ultracal
103
Chapter 4 DISPLAY WINDOWS
106
Main Window
106
The Beam Display Window
106
Frame Comment
107
Shortcuts
109
The Results Display Window
109
Shortcuts
110
The Pan/Zoom Display Window
111
Hardware Zooming
111
Analog Camera Zooming
112
Digital Camera Zooming
113
Soft Zooming
113
Panning
113
Zooming and Panning Constraints
114
The Tilt/Rotate Display Window
114
The Histogram Display Window
115
Shortcuts Using the Mouse
116
Shortcut to the Computations Dialog Box
116
Shortcut to the Beam Display Dialog Box
116
Shortcut to the Capture Toolbar Dialog Box
116
Shortcut to the Capture Dialog Box
116
Shortcut to the Beam Display Toolbar Dialog Box
116
Shortcut to the Aperture Dialog Box
116
Chapter 5 TRIGGERING TYPES & CAPTURING METHODS
118
Triggering the LBA-PC
118
A Note to Pulse Laser Users
118
Trigger Type CW
119
Interlaced Cameras
119
Non-Interlaced Cameras
119
Type Trigger out
119
Trigger Interval
119
Trigger Delay
120
CCD Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
120
CCD Interline and Full Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
120
CMOS Camera, Interlaced
120
Tube Camera, Interlaced
120
CCD Frame and Interline Transfer Cameras, Non-Interlaced (Progressive Scan)
121
CMOS, CID Line Transfer and Tube Cameras, Non-Interlaced (Progressive Scan)
121
Type Trigger in
121
CCD Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
121
CCD Interline and Full Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
121
Type Video Trigger
121
CCD Frame and Interline Transfer Cameras, Interlaced
122
Capture Methods and Rate Control
122
Programming the Capture Interval
122
With Trigger Type Set to CW
122
With Trigger Type Set to Trigger out
123
Trigger Type Set to Video Trigger with the LBA Firing the Laser
123
Trigger Type Set to Video Trigger Without the LBA Firing the Laser
123
Integration Control
123
Integration Operation
124
Digital Camera Operations
124
Digital Camera Control
124
Digital Camera Binning Effects
124
Digital Camera ROI Formating
125
Digital Camera Exposure Controls
125
Digital Camera Triggering
125
Digital Camera Gain and Black Level Control
126
Chapter 6 COMPUTATIONS
128
Computational Accuracy
128
Numerical Formats
128
Beam Presentation Affects Results
129
Manual Background Energy Nulling
129
What Is Ultracal
129
Clip Level
130
Total Energy
130
Percent in Aperture
131
Peak and Min
131
Peak Location
131
Centroid Location
131
Beam Widths and Diameters
132
D4-Sigma Method
132
Knife Edge Method
133
Percent of Energy Method
134
Percent of Peak Method
134
Elliptical Beam
134
Gauss Fit
135
Whole Beam Fit Equations
136
X/Y or Major/Minor Line Fit Equations
136
Deviation of Fit
137
Correlation of Fit
137
Top hat
138
Top hat Mean and Standard Deviation
139
Top hat Minimum and Maximum Intensities
139
Top hat Factor
139
Effective Area and Effective Diameter
141
Far-Field Divergence Angle Computations
141
The Focal Length Method
141
The Far-Field Method
142
Histogram
142
Statistics
143
Frame Averaging
144
Frame Summing
144
Gamma Correction
145
Convolution
146
Chapter 7 DIGITAL CAMERA OPTION
148
Digital Camera Option
148
I/O Connections
148
Digital Camera Advanced Timing Setup
152
Transfer Mode
152
Scan Mode
152
Vertical Start
152
Vertical Size
153
Horizontal Start
153
Horizontal Size
153
Digital Camera and Ultracal Operation
154
Chapter 8 REMOTE OPERATION
156
Remote Operation
156
How to Disable Remote Operation
156
Chapter 9 ACTIVE X
158
Introduction
158
Using Activex
158
Microsoft Excel
158
Visual Basic (Visual Studio)
159
Labview
160
Properties, Methods, and Events
160
Properties
161
Appinfo
161
Running
161
Operationcomplete
161
Operationerror
162
Newframe, Holdnewframe
162
Framedata, Framewidth, Frameheight
162
Pixelhscale, Pixelvscale
162
Framemonth, Frameday, Frameyear
162
Framehour, Frameminute, Framesecond, Framemilliseconds
162
Cursorx, Cursory, Cursorz
162
Crosshairx, Crosshairy, Crosshairz
163
Cursordelta
163
Energyofbeam
163
Bitmap
163
Framenumber
163
Results
164
Quantitative Results
164
Elliptical Results
165
Gauss Fit Results
165
Top hat Results
166
Divergence Results
167
Statistics Results
167
Pass/Fail Results
168
Methods
169
Loadconfig
169
Open
169
Openindex
170
Start
170
Stop
170
Ultracal
170
Auto Exposure
171
Events
171
Onnewframe
171
Onoperationcomplete
172
Dcom
172
Remote Access
173
Server (LBA-PC) Computer
173
Client (Application) Computer
174
If You Have a Problem
175
Chapter 10 REMOTE GPIB OPERATION
177
Introduction
177
Hardware and Software Requirements
177
Remote GPIB Setup
177
Command Formats and Responses
179
IEEE 488.1 Command Support
179
IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
180
LBA-PC Command and Data Formats
180
Establishing Remote Control
181
Configuration Commands
182
Restore and Save Configuration Files
182
LDC - Restore Config
182
SDC - Save Config
182
Configuration Commands
183
Transfer Commands
186
Transferring Raw Data
186
RCC?, RCR? - Read Cursor Transfer
187
RDD? - Read Frame Transfer
189
Transferring Data Files
190
FRM? - Download Data Frame
191
FRM - Upload Data Frame
192
LDD - Read Data File
193
SDD - Save Data File
194
RDR? - Read Results
195
LOG - Logging
197
FST? - Transferring Status Information
198
PFS? - Pass/Fail Status
200
Coordinate Systems
200
Spatial Coordinates
200
Pan/Zoom Window Detector Coordinates
201
DIS - Set Manual Origin Location
202
PAN - Set Capture Window Location
202
Frame Coordinates
204
Beam Window World Coordinates
205
Error Messages
206
Service Request
209
Service Request Response
209
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