EXFO FLS-2800 User Manual Download Page 1

Page: 1 / 48

Summary of Contents for FLS-2800

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...s use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent rights of EXFO EXFO s Commerce And Government Entities CAGE code under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO is 0L8C3 The information contained in this publication is subject to change without notice Trademarks EXFO s trad...

Page 3: ...ble Disable 14 Powering On Off the FLS 2800 14 Remote Operation of the FLS 2800 14 The LCD Control Interface 15 Navigating within the LCD Control Interface 15 Changing Numerical Values 15 Changing Numerical Units 15 Changing Step Size 15 Viewing Network Settings 15 Changing Network Settings 16 8 Installing the Software 17 Client System Minimum Requirements 17 Tunable Laser Manager Software Install...

Page 4: ...e MATLAB 33 MATLAB Test and Measurement Tool tmtool 33 MATLAB Example Code Query the FLS 2800 35 11 USB Connection Web Interface 36 Network Configuration Ethernet 36 Download Log File 37 12 Maintenance 38 Recycling and Disposal Applies to European Union only 38 13 Technical Support 40 Contacting the Technical Support Group 40 Transportation 40 14 Warranty 41 General Information 41 Liability 41 Exc...

Page 5: ...ent has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions maybe cause harmful inter...

Page 6: ...t has been turned OFF before inspecting the end face s of the instrument or any optical patch cords connected to this instrument Never look directly into a live fiber and ensure that your eyes are protected at all times The use of controls adjustments and procedures other than those specified herein may result in exposure to hazardous situations or impair the protection provided by this unit IMPOR...

Page 7: ...UT WITH CERTAIN OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR EXAMPLE EYE LOUPES MAGNIFIERS AND MICROSCOPES WITHIN A DISTANCE OF 100 MM MAY POSE AN EYE HAZARD L OBSERVATION DE LA SORTIE DU LASER AVEC CERTAINS INSTRUMENTS D OPTIQUE PAR EXEMPLE LOUPES D HORLOGER LOUPES À MAIN ET MICROSCOPES À UNE DISTANCE INFÉRIEURE À 100 MM PEUT PRÉSENTER UN DANGER POUR LES YEUX Figure 1a Class 1M Laser Product Warning Figure 2b Avertis...

Page 8: ...is provided as a reference only To obtain this product s most recent technical specifications visit the EXFO Web site at www exfo com Table 1 FLS 2800 Specifications Figure 3 EXFO FLS 2800 Tunable Laser Source Figure 4 LCD Control Interface The laser is calibrated at the time of manufacture and controls its wavelength through the use of a look up table and a small low frequency wavelength dither A...

Page 9: ...ftware commands for that particular optical output The Tunable Laser Manager software is provided to allow you to control the instrument remotely Alternatively VISA programming environments such as MATLAB can also be implemented to integrate with existing test software or data collection procedures ...

Page 10: ... Power On Off 2 LCD Control Interface 3 LCD Control Knob 4 Laser On Off 5 Laser 1 Optical Output 6 Laser 2 Optical Output FLS 2800 Back Panel 7 USB 2 0 Connection 8 Ethernet Connection 9 AC Power 100 240V 50 60 Hz NOTE The number of laser sources depends on the FLS 2800 model See ...

Page 11: ...hnical specifications can change without notice The information presented in this section is provided as a reference only To obtain this product s most recent technical specifications visit the EXFO Web site at www exfo com Table 1 FLS 2800 Specifications for details ...

Page 12: ...l Power dBm Band Operating frequency range THz Operating wavelength range nm FLS 2800 1 1 C H 89 PM FC UPC 1 7 0 15 0 C 191 500 196 250 1527 605 1565 496 FLS 2800 1 1 C H 91 PM SC UPC FLS 2800 1 2 CC H 89 PM FC UPC 2 FLS 2800 1 2 CC H 91 PM SC UPC FLS 2800 1 1 L H 89 PM FC UPC 1 L 186 350 191 100 1568 773 1608 760 FLS 2800 1 1 L H 91 PM SC UPC FLS 2800 1 2 LL H 89 PM FC UPC 2 FLS 2800 1 2 LL H 91 ...

Page 13: ...Built in Equipment Rating Temperature Operation Storage 5 C to 45 C 41 F to113 F 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Relative humidity 93 non condensing Maximum operation altitude 2 000 m 6562 ft Pollution degree 2 Overvoltage category II Measurement category Not rated for measurement categories II III or IV Power supply rating 100 240 V 50 60 Hz 60W 1 Continuous Wave CW thermally tuned External Cavity Dio...

Page 14: ...an Ethernet cross over cable 2b Ethernet patch cables and a small network hub Connecting the USB optional To perform administrative tasks such as configuration of the network settings updating firmware and downloading log files the USB connection is required You may also require use of the USB as a TCP IP connection if no alternative Ethernet connection is available IMPORTANT You may only have one...

Page 15: ... Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click the Have Disk button 7 Click the Browse button and locate the oem31 inf file which can be found in the drivers folder within the supplied installation media Click Next to continue 8 Click Continue Anyway when prompted that the driver has not verified its compatibility with Windows XP 9 If prompted that The file ...

Page 16: ...nectors will damage the ferrules Cleaning and Connecting Optical Fibers To connect the fiber optic cable to the port 1 Inspect the fiber using a fiber inspection microscope If the fiber is clean proceed to connecting it to the port If the fiber is dirty clean it as explained below 2 Clean the fiber ends as follows 2a Gently wipe the fiber end with a lint free swab dipped in isopropyl alcohol 2b Us...

Page 17: ...avy loss and reflection EXFO uses good quality connectors in compliance with EIA 455 21A standards To keep connectors clean and in good condition EXFO strongly recommends inspecting them with a fiber inspection probe before connecting them Failure to do so will result in permanent damage to the connectors and degradation in measurements ...

Page 18: ...d initialize the communication server To power off the FLS 2800 press the Power On Off switch The switch will no longer be illuminated indicating the instrument is off Remote Operation of the FLS 2800 Management and operation of the FLS 2800 is all performed remotely TCP IP over Ethernet or USB from a client PC either using the provided Tunable Laser Manager software or VISA programming environmen...

Page 19: ...e value is a frequency or wavelength then the asterisk will remain while the new value is being locked Changing Numerical Units To change between numerical units navigate to the Settings menu and select Units Within this menu you can change between THz or nm for frequency and wavelength and dBm or mW for optical power output Navigate to the desired unit and press the control knob once selected tur...

Page 20: ...guration If a dhcp method is selected the Address and Netmask fields will show These should be automatically assigned by the dhcp server for configuration details please contact your network administrator For dhcp no further configuration is required If instead a static method is selected the Address and Netmask fields must be configured manually for configuration details please contact your netwo...

Page 21: ...e Tunable Laser Manager software package 1 When the installation begins you will see the Welcome screen Click on Next to begin the installation 2 Please read the license agreement If you choose to accept the agreement click on the I accept the terms of the License Agreement check box and then click Install If you do not wish to accept the terms of the agreement click on Cancel to terminate the sof...

Page 22: ...isted in the Discovered devices list refer to the Discover section on page 22 for instructions on how to detect your FLS 2800 Tunable Laser Manager Interface 1 Viewing Mode Selection 2 Content Selection 3 Main Display 4 Laser Selection Control 5 Laser Output Control 6 Laser Parameter Control 7 Tool Buttons Note The Laser Selection Control 4 and Laser Parameter Control 6 are not populated until a s...

Page 23: ...p down List Chart View Main Display The Main Display is the primary information panel of the software interface The type of information shown is controlled by both the current Viewing Mode Selection and the Content Selection Unit View The Unit View is used to display the FLS 2800 device in a format that provides characteristic information for the laser sources Laser source information Channel numb...

Page 24: ... be set using the Laser Output Control As seen previously within the Main Display of the interface the laser source information is graphically represented Each laser source or channel will have a State Symbol which shows the output state by color on or off Figure 14 Laser Output Control To change the output state of the selected laser source s simply click Enable or Disable The State Symbol outlin...

Page 25: ...ser source is selected you can enter the desired values and click Set The laser source Status Symbol will reflect the progress of the Set request If both laser sources are selected a Start value for the power frequency or wavelength can be entered along with a Step size value When you click Set to apply parameter changes the first selected laser source will be set at the Start value The remaining ...

Page 26: ...Apply to open the main Tunable Laser Manager interface Note Make sure you save the configuration for the current FLS 2800 device before starting the Device Discovery interface Figure 18 FLS 2800 Selected Device If no devices are displayed in the Discovered devices list then click the Network Settings button to manually enter an IP address search range Once you click Ok The Tunable Laser Manager wi...

Page 27: ...guration file Click Save to accept the default or type in the desired File name and then click Save Configuration files will store the current parameters for all the laser sources installed in the unit Settings To change the Environment Settings of the Tunable Laser Manager software click the Settings button The Environment Settings window will appear providing tabs to configure Units and Network ...

Page 28: ...ct System Firmware from the module select dropdown box 4 Click upgrade to perform the update procedure 5 Wait for the update to finish this can take up to two minutes Do not power off the instrument during the firmware upgrade Module Update To perform an update of an FLS 2800 laser module 1 Use the browse button to locate the firmware update file 2 Select the target instrument from the dropdown bo...

Page 29: ... Dither Frequency Hz THz GHz MHz kHz Argument Data Format wsp Specifies whitespace character 0116 0916 0B16 2016 value Is numerical data an integer a decimal exponential 10e 9 or 5 8e6 or string VALUE1 VALUE2 This is a parameter choice The separates the unique parameters available only one of the choices can be used In the example you can use the input parameter VALUE1 or VALUE2 not both Some comm...

Page 30: ...evice for manufacturer information strings Parameters None Response Comma separated string containing the manufacturer part number serial number hardware version firmware version Example IDN EXFO FLS 2800 1 1 C H 89 CSL 1170 HW1 0FW2 2 Note Hardware and firmware versions are combined and not separated by a comma Command OPC Syntax OPC Description Query the Operation Complete bit Parameters None Re...

Page 31: ...n commands Description OUTPut CHANnel m POWer UNIT STATE Query the power measurement unit used Set or query the optical output state of the laser SOURce CHANnel m POWer WAVelength FREQuency FINE GRID SBS STATE RATE FREQuency TEMPerature Set or query the laser power Set or query the laser wavelength Set or query the laser frequency Set or query the laser frequency fine tuning Set or query the grid ...

Page 32: ... containing the manufacturer model number serial number hardware version firmware version Example SLOT IDN EXFO FLS 2800 1 1 C H 89 CSL 1186 HW1 0FW0 8 Note Hardware and firmware versions are combined and not separated by a comma Configuration Commands Command OUTPut CHANnel m POWer UNIT Syntax OUTPut CHANnel m POWer UNIT Description Query the power unit of measurement currently set for the specif...

Page 33: ...ncy or FREQuency FINE Please note that there will be a minimal non stable output generated during the transition to the new value as the configuration commands are executed Command SOURce CHANnel m WAVelength Syntax SOURce CHANnel m WAVelength wsp value Description Set the laser wavelength Parameters value A valid numerical value which is in the range between the MIN and MAX response queried with ...

Page 34: ... laser as specified by parameters The lock parameter will return as true or false Example SOUR CHAN1 FREQ MAX 1 92000000e 14 Command SOURce CHANnel m FREQuency FINE Syntax SOURce CHANnel m FREQuency FINE wsp value Description Set or the laser frequency fine tuning Parameters value A valid numerical value in the frequency fine tuning range Fine tuning can increase or decrease the frequency positive...

Page 35: ... Get the current value default ALL Returns all of the above parameters Response Returns the minimum maximum or currently set grid spacing for the laser as specified by parameters Example SOUR CHAN1 GRID ACT 5 000000e 10 Command SOURce CHANnel m SBS Syntax SOURce CHANnel m SBS wsp ON OFF Description Set the state of the SBS dither Parameters ON OFF Set the SBS dither state to on or off Response Non...

Page 36: ... to change the SBS frequency Command SOURce CHANnel m SBS FREQuency Syntax SOURce CHANnel m SBS FREQuency wsp value Description Set the SBS dither frequency modulation Parameters value The desired frequency value within the range MIN and MAX given by the FREQ query command below Response None Example SOUR CHAN1 SBS FREQ 1e 08 Command SOURce CHANnel m SBS FREQuency Syntax SOURce CHANnel m SBS FREQu...

Page 37: ...National Instruments NI VISA http joule ni com nidu cds view p id 3823 lang en MATLAB Test and Measurement Tool tmtool The Test and Measurement tool is part of the Instrument Control Toolbox Note To easily verify you have this feature installed type tmtool at the command line The Test and Measurement tool will open in a new window if it is installed 1 Type tmtool at the command line and the Test a...

Page 38: ...an click Connect which will open the connection to the FLS 2800 ready for communication Figure 25 MATLAB VISA Object Connect 6 While connected using the Communicate tab commands can be entered into the Data to write edit box which also keeps a command history Then clicking Query or Write depending on the type of command you are attempting to execute Action entries will be added to the window givin...

Page 39: ...ng closed cleanly disconnected FLS_2800 instrfind Type visa tcpip RsrcName TCPIP0 192 168 1 4 inst0 INSTR Tag Create the agilent VISA TCPIP object if it does not exist otherwise use the object that was found if isempty FLS_2800 FLS_2800 visa agilent TCPIP0 192 168 1 4 inst0 INSTR else fclose FLS_2800 FLS_2800 FLS_2800 1 end Open the connection to the VISA object fopen FLS_2800 Query the FLS 2800 r...

Page 40: ...is is never configured to 192 168 97 201 which will conflict with the USB web interface Network Configuration Ethernet The Ethernet IP address for the FLS 2800 is requested from a DHCP server by default Obtain an IP address automatically however if no DHCP server is available the configuration of the FLS 2800 Ethernet networking must be performed using this USB web interface To change the Ethernet...

Page 41: ...tem log files is required the Download log file link can be used to retrieve this data Clicking this link will initiate a download of the logfile zip Click Save as and then navigate to the desired location to save this zip file and click Save again Figure 30 USB Web Interface Download Log Files ...

Page 42: ...ect sunlight Avoid high humidity or significant temperature fluctuations Avoid unnecessary shocks and vibrations If any liquids are spilled on or into the unit turn off the power immediately disconnect from any external power source remove the batteries and let the unit dry completely WARNING The use of controls adjustments and procedures other than those specified herein may result in exposure to...

Page 43: ... contained in at least one of the homogeneous materials used for this part is above the limit requirement in SJ T11363 2006 表示该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含量超出 SJ T11363 2006 标准规定的限量要求 Part Name 部件名称 Toxic or hazardous Substances and Elements 有毒有害物质和元素 Lead 铅 Pb Mercury 汞 Hg Cadmium 镉 Cd Hexavalent Chromium 六价铬 Cr VI Polybrominated biphenyls 多溴联苯 PBB Polybrominated diphenyl ethers 多溴二苯醚 PBDE Enclosure 外...

Page 44: ...me and the serial number see the product identification label as well as a description of your problem close at hand You may also be requested to provide software and module version numbers This information as well as technical support contact information can be found in the About window Transportation Maintain a temperature range within specifications when transporting the unit Transportation dam...

Page 45: ...ase has been opened other than as explained in this guide The unit serial number has been altered erased or removed The unit has been misused neglected or damaged by accident THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED IMPLIED OR STATUTORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL EXFO BE LIABLE FOR ...

Page 46: ...umber and provide an address for return 3 If possible back up your data before sending the unit for repair 4 Pack the equipment in its original shipping material Be sure to include a statement or report fully detailing the defect and the conditions under which it was observed 5 Return the equipment prepaid to the address given to you by support personnel Be sure to write the RMA number on the ship...

Page 47: ...and Canada Tel 1 418 683 5498 Fax 1 418 683 9224 support exfo com EXFO Europe Service Center Winchester House School Lane Chandlers Ford Hampshire S053 4DG ENGLAND Tel 44 2380 246800 Fax 44 2380 246801 support europe exfo com EXFO Telecom Equipment Shenzhen Ltd 3rd Floor Building 10 Yu Sheng Industrial Park Gu Shu Crossing No 467 National Highway 107 Xixiang Bao An District Shenzhen China 518126 T...

Page 48: ......

Search results

Summary of Contents for FLS-2800

Reviews:

Related manuals for FLS-2800

Brands by name

Popular brands

EXFO FLS-2800, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for FLS-2800

Reviews:

Related manuals for FLS-2800

Brands by name

Popular brands