Hamamatsu Photonics LIGHTINGCURE LC8, Instruction Manual

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The panel buttons (local operation) or external control signals (remote operation) can be used for operation.
Control Panel
(Local operation)
Pressing the [LAMP ON/OFF]
button makes the lamp light
up. When the lamp lights, the
indicator lamp goes on.
Also, the lamp ON indicator
turns, showing that the lamp
operation time is accumulated.
External Control Signal
(Remote operation)
Shorting Pins
!1
to
!5
for an
instant (approximately 0.5 sec-
onds) makes the lamp light up.
When the lamp light up, Pin
e
outputs ON signal.
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Lamp On
■
Lamp-Stable Signal
■
Lamp Off
Lamp ON/OFF
●
If the lamp fails to come on after input-
ting lamp-ON signal 3 times, abort the
operation. Refer to the Troubleshoot-
ing section (page 34) for information
about how to correct the problem.
Control Panel
(Local operation)
The “STABLE” indicator comes
on about 5 minutes after the
lamp lights up.
External Control Signal
(Remote operation)
P i n r o u t p u t s O N s i g n a l
about 5 minutes after the lamp
lights up.
●
Initial lamp output is low and unstable.
Do not use the lamp until the unit out-
puts the STABLE signal, indicating
that lamp output has reached stability.
Control Panel
(Local operation)
Pressing the [LAMP ON/OFF]
button of the lamp once while
the lamp is lighted makes the
indicator lamp to flash (for ap-
proximately 5 seconds). If a
panel button is pressed while
the indicator lamp is flashing,
both the lamp and the indicator
lamp go out. (The lamp does
not go out unless the button is
pressed twice in succession.)
External Control Signal
(Remote operation)
Shorting Pins
!0
to
!5
for an
instant (approximately 0.5 sec-
onds) makes the lamp turn off.
When the lamp goes out, Pins
e
and
r
output OFF signal.
There are following two modes for operation of the shutter.
• Manual mode Only opening and closing of the shutter is done manually.
• Auto mode The shutter is operated according to nine types of the program setting for the shutter open/
close timing and the light intensity.
In either mode, it is possible to operate the shutter by using the panel buttons (Local) or external control signals (Remote).
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Opening and Closing the Shutter in Manual Mode
Shutter OPEN/CLOSE
Control Panel (Local operation)
Opening the shutter
Press the [MANUAL] button once to open the shutter.
When the shutter opens, the indicator lamp lights.
Closing the shutter
Press the [MANUAL] button once to close the shutter
in the open state. When the shutter closes, the indica-
tor lamp turns off.
External Control Signal (Remote operation)
Opening the shutter
Shorting Pins
!3
to
!5
makes the shutter open.
When the shutter opens, Pin
t
outputs ON signal.
Closing the shutter
Opening Pins !3 to !5 makes the shutter close.
When the shutter closes, Pin t outputs OFF signal.
Caution
Caution