SIGMA LBA-708 User Manual
Operator’s manual, Version 4.xx, Laser beam analyzer
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Version 4.xx
Laser Beam Analyzer
Models LBA-300/400/500PC
Models LBA-700/708/710/712/714PC
For Windows
®
2000 and Windows
®
XP Pro
Spiricon, Inc.
60 W 1000 N
Logan, Utah 84321
Phone 435-753-3729
Fax 435-753-5231
E-mail, Service: [email protected]
© Copyright 2005, Spiricon Inc., All rights reserved.
Operator’s Manual
LBA-PC
Doc. No. 10654-001, Rev 4.10
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- INTRODUCTION
- EQUIPMENT SETUP
- Equipment Setup
- Error Messages
- Optional Equipment
- Connections
- Camera Control Cables
- Special Setup for Pyrocam I Operation
- MENUS AND DIALOG BOXES
- File. . . Drop Down Menu Selections
- File | Load. . .
- File | Save As…
- Export Image… to a disk file
- Save Config… to a file
- Restore Config… from a file
- Set Reference, copy the current to the reference frame
- Generate Gain
- File | Load Gain…
- File | Save Gain As…
- Gain Off/On
- File | Logging...
- Implications of Combining Logging, Statistics, Post Processing and Block Capture
- File | Print…
- File | Print Setup...
- File | Exit
- File | Save FROG as…
- Options... Drop Down Menu Selections
- Hide/Show; Capture, Display, Aperture Toolbar
- Aperture... display and define apertures
- Camera... selection and display resolution
- Capture... define acquisition method and processing
- Capture Toolbar... design the toolbar contents
- Computation... Energy calibration select results items
- Beam Display... define the beam display
- Beam Display Toolbar
- Beam Stability
- Create Palette…
- Password Lockout
- Pass/Fail... Drop Down Menu Selections
- Window... Drop Down Menu Selections
- Start!/Stop!... A Toggle Menu Action Item
- Ultracal! Menu Action Item
- AutoExposure!… Menu Action Item
- File. . . Drop Down Menu Selections
- DISPLAY WINDOWS
- TRIGGERING TYPES & CAPTURING METHODS
- Triggering the LBA-PC
- A Note to Pulse Laser Users
- Trigger Type CW
- Type Trigger Out
- Trigger Interval
- Trigger Delay
- CCD Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
- CCD Interline and Full Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
- CMOS Camera, Interlaced
- Tube Camera, Interlaced
- CCD Frame and Interline Transfer Cameras, Non-interlaced (Progressive scan)
- CMOS, CID Line Transfer and Tube Cameras, Non-Interlaced (Progressive scan)
- Type Trigger In
- Type Video Trigger
- Capture Methods and Rate Control
- Integration Control
- Digital Camera Operations
- Triggering the LBA-PC
- COMPUTATIONS
- Computational Accuracy
- Numerical Formats
- Beam Presentation Affects Results
- Manual Background Energy Nulling
- Clip Level
- Total Energy
- Percent in Aperture
- Peak and Min
- Peak Location
- Centroid Location
- Beam Widths and Diameters
- Elliptical beam
- Gauss Fit
- Whole Beam fit equations
- X/Y or Major/Minor line fit equations
- Deviation of Fit
- Correlation of Fit
- Top Hat
- Top Hat Factor
- Effective Area and Effective Diameter
- Far-Field Divergence Angle computations
- Histogram
- Statistics
- Frame Averaging
- Frame Summing
- Gamma Correction
- Convolution
- DIGITAL CAMERA OPTION
- REMOTE OPERATION
- ACTIVE X
- Introduction
- Using ActiveX
- Properties, Methods, and Events
- Properties
- AppInfo
- Running
- OperationComplete
- OperationError
- NewFrame, HoldNewFrame
- FrameData, FrameWidth, FrameHeight
- PixelHScale, PixelVScale
- FrameMonth, FrameDay, FrameYear
- FrameHour, FrameMinute, FrameSecond, FrameMilliseconds
- CursorX, CursorY, CursorZ
- CrosshairX, CrosshairY, CrosshairZ
- CursorDelta
- EnergyOfBeam
- Bitmap
- FrameNumber
- Results
- Quantitative Results
- Elliptical Results
- Gauss Fit Results
- Top Hat Results
- Divergence Results
- Statistics Results
- Pass/Fail Results
- Methods
- Events
- Properties
- DCOM
- REMOTE GPIB OPERATION
- Introduction
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- Remote GPIB Setup
- Command Formats and Responses
- Configuration Commands
- Transfer Commands
- COORDINATE SYSTEMS
- ERROR MESSAGES
- SERVICE REQUEST
- Service Request Response
- Remote Command/Error Message Operation
- IEEE 488.1 Command Support
- IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
- LBA-PC Command and Data Formats
- Configuration Command Parameters
- LBA-PC Configuration Commands
- File Menu
- Options Menu
- Pass/Fail Menu
- Remote Specific Commands
- CAL - ultra cal
- CHR - read/write cross hair location
- CUR - read/write cursor location
- DSF - display frame
- ERR - error reporting
- FRM - upload/download a data frame
- FST - frame status information
- LOC - go to local
- ORG - set manual origin to cursor location
- PAL? - read color palette
- PAN - pan left/right/up/down
- PNW - pan window limits
- PFS? - read pass/fail status
- RCC? - read cursor column
- RCR? - read cursor row
- RDD? - read raw data
- RDR? - read results
- REM - go to remote
- RUN - start running
- STP - stop running
- STT - start/stop toggle
- SYC - synchronize with remote
- WLD? - read current frame boundaries
- ZOM - zoom in/out
- ZMM - zoom information
- Footnotes
- LabVIEW Support
- Introduction
- The Basic SubVI Library Examples
- Auto Aperture ON/OFF .vi
- Comma String to Array .vi
- Display Beam Frame .vi
- Do Ultracal .vi
- Frame SRE .vi
- Get Basic Results .vi
- Get Frame Status Info .vi
- Get Palette .vi
- Get Pan Location .vi
- Get Tophat Results .vi
- Get Version .vi
- Move Cursor .vi
- Move Pan .vi
- Read Basic Cursor info .vi
- Read Cursor Column/Row .vi
- Read Divergence Results .vi
- Restore Configuration .vi
- Results SRE .vi
- Run Stop .vi
- Save Configuration .vi
- Semicolon String to Array .vi
- Set Energy and Units .vi
- General VI Examples for the LBA-PC
- Remote Command/Error Message Operation
- Service Request Response