
SpectralLED® RS-7 USER MANUAL
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chromaticity is now unchanged from the original
4.5.4
- OUTA - Report Actual (sampled) Output power level as UNI
While the
OUT
command is used to set & report the nominal, or intended optica output power level, one can
read the RS-7’s actual power level, as sampled by the unit’s internal monitor photodiode, in units of
UNI
, at any
time. Normally, with optical feedback enabled (see
FBK
), the RS-7’s output power is being continuously adjusted
such that the actual output level is maintained accurately at the proper requested output level, so that the
radiometric and photometric levels reported by
OUT
and
OUTA
will always be very nearly identical. With optical
feedback disabled (
FBK 0
), the
OUTA
command can be used to get an accurate reading of the RS-7’s output
power level, in real time, since the output level is no longer being maintained and the LED channels are instead
being driven with a static constant-current.
Syntax:
OUTA
sample photodiode and report output power level in units UNI
Examples:
fbk
query the current state of optical feedback
1
unit reports optical feedback is enabled
pre2
load preset #2
Ok
uni1
select photometric units (lm/m
2
or cd/m
2
)
Ok
out
request current (nominal) output power
7858.5
unit reports 7858.5 lm/m
2
or cd/m
2
outa
request current actual output power
7858.5
identical because optical feedback is maintaining the output power level in real time
out2000
set output level to 2000 lm/m
2
or cd/m
2
Ok
out
request current (nominal) output power
2000
unit reports 2000 lm/m
2
or cd/m
2
outa
request current actual output power
2000.2
again, it matches because optical feedback maintains the output at the request level
fbk0
disable optical feedback
Ok
out8000
set output level to 8000 lm/m
2
or cd/m
2
Ok
out
request current (nominal) output power
7999.6
this is what it was set to (nominally)
outa
request current actual output power
7984
this is the power level that is actually being output
outa
7952.3
it continues to drop as the LEDs warm up
outa