Programming Guide
8-6
8.2.7.
Parameter Table
Parameter Table for Fusion Program
Parameter name
Min
Max
Description
For Splice
1st Arc Start Power
0
200
Starting arc power in 1
st
arc discharge.
1st Arc End Power
0
200
Ending arc power in 1
st
arc discharge.
2nd Arc Start Power
0
200
Starting arc power in 2
nd
arc discharge
2nd Arc End Power
0
200
Ending arc power in 2
nd
arc discharge.
Arc Power Compensation
-127
128
Corrects the arc power based on the axis offset of the fibers
Cleaning Arc Power Offset
-127
128
Additional Arc Power for cleaning purposes
Cleaning Duration [ms]
0
32767 Arc duration for cleaning [msec]
Pre-fuse Duration [ms]
0
32767 Time between arc starting and fibers first butting [msec]
1st Arc Duration [ms]
0
32767 1
st
arc time duration [msec].
2nd Arc Duration [ms]
0
32767 2
nd
arc time duration [msec].
Z Pull Start Time [ms]
0
32767 Time to start to pull back the fiber [msec].
Z Push Distance [µm]
0
32767 Overlapping distance from fibers first butting position [µm].
Z Pull Distance [µm]
0
32767 Pulling back distance from the final overlapping position [µm].
Start Time [ms]
0
32767
Starting time for pulse arc discharge in Main arc. (It could start
from 1
st
arc discharge or skip it and begin from 2
nd
arc
discharge, depending on first arc duration setting)
1st Arc On Time [ms] *1
0
32767 On time of pulse in 1
st
arc discharge.
1st Arc Off Time [ms]
*1
0
32767 Off time of pulse in 1
st
arc discharge.
2nd Arc On Time [ms]
*2
0
32767 On time of pulse in 2
nd
arc discharge.
2nd Arc Off Time [ms]
*2
0
32767 Off time of pulse in 2
nd
arc discharge.
Re Arc Times [times]
0
255
Allowable numbers for the repeat arc in programmed additional
arc mode.
For example,
“0” means no repeat arc is allowed.
Re Arc Duration [ms]
0
32767 Duration of additional arc [msec]
Re Arc Interval [ms]
0
32767 Interval between additional arcs and [msec]
Repeat Arc Power Offset
-127
128
Power of additional arc is Arc Power added by Repeat Arc
Power Offset
Re Arc Power
0
255
Power of additional arc
Arc Mid Offset [µm]
-100
100
Spliced point offset from the arc center [µm]. See
“explanation
for arc mid offset
”.
Gap Offset [um]
0
100
Offset value for pre-splice fiber position (um)
Axis Offset Type
Attenuation splice method (0=No offset, 1=by splice loss value,
2=by fiber offset value)
Attenuation [dB]
0.0
10.0
Function to allow attenuation splicing [dB]
Offset [µm]
0.0
75.0
Function to allow clad offset splicing [µm]
Aligning Type
0=CORE 1=CLAD
Defines the function of the machine to CORE align or CLAD
align the fiber
Auto Add Arc Limit
0
20
Limit counts of automatic additional arc
Gap [µm]
0
184
Gap for the final position tuning(core or clad alignment) before
the splicing [µm].
For Inspect
Core Offset [nm]
0
99.99
Maximum permissible fibe offset (um)
Cleave Angle [deg]
0
90.0
Maximum permissible angle of cleaved fiber end for splicing to
continue [deg]
Loss Limit [dB]
0
15.0
Maximum loss allowed for machine not to give a splicing error
[dB]
Wavelength [nm]
0
2000
Based on the wavelength [nm], each fusion program is
optimized.
Mode Field Radius L µm
0
99.99
Mode field radius of left hand side fiber [µm] (No meaning
between L & R)
Mode Field Radius R µm
0
99.99
Mode field radius of right hand side fiber [µm] (No meaning
between L & R)
