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Page 1: ...contact LaserLabSoure com Laser Lab Source a division of Research Lab Source Corporation 800 887 5065 www LaserLabSource com phone 800 887 5065 670 South Ferguson Bozeman MT 59718...

Page 2: ...CoBrite Tunable Laser Instrument Series User Manual E Mail info id photonics com www id photonics com ID Photonics GmbH Neubiberg Germany V1 14 Status 10 08 2020...

Page 3: ...2 Content 1 General Information 3 2 Unit Overview Operating principle and block diagram 7 3 Quick Start Remote Control 13 4 Getting Started 14 5 Description of front panel operation CoBriteDX 19 6 De...

Page 4: ...iber attached to the optical output connector The laser is enabled by pressing the Laser on button in the operating software delivered with the instrument The laser is on when the red LED on the front...

Page 5: ...service or adjust this instrument unless an authorized person is present Do not install substitute parts or perform any unauthorized modifications to this instrument Contact ID Photonics or your loca...

Page 6: ...damage to the unit and loss of warranty 1 9 7 Ground the Instrument this section does not apply to DX1 type chassis To minimize shock hazard the instrument chassis and cover must be connected to an e...

Page 7: ...he manuals for specific Warning or Caution information to avoid personal injury or damage to the product 1 9 12 2 ESD Safety Warning This sign indicates that the respective modules boards or RF inputs...

Page 8: ...heck it visually by using an optical microscope as recommended by the manufacturer of the connector If the connector needs to be cleaned apply the cleaning procedure recommended by the manufacturer of...

Page 9: ...providing a standardized communication protocol so that any user environment is able to communicate with unit The unit provides a built in webserver that allows the control of the unit via any device...

Page 10: ...nlet and outlet are slits located at the sides of the unit Never block these areas to avoid overheating and failure of the unit 2 4 1 Power socket Electrical power is supplied using a VDE 0625 EN 60 3...

Page 11: ...ector plate to not damage optical fibers 2 7 CBDX2 Rear side of unit The rear side hosts electrical connectors that can be utilized by the user 2 7 1 Power socket Electrical power is supplied using a...

Page 12: ...uning for all Lasers are disabled Use SCPI commands to alter configuration Trigger OUT provides an output signal indicating periods at which the one or more laser ports are tuning The polarity of the...

Page 13: ...jacket is used to connect the unit a host computer to be able to operate the supplied GUI or perform remote control on the unit See section 0 for details on how to establish an application layer conn...

Page 14: ...d from Windows device manager The IP address by the command shell ping cobrite local b For Ethernet based access the default IP of the unit is 192 168 0 1 Make sure that the host PC IP is in the same...

Page 15: ...thernet Interface The PC IP Address is 192 168 0 x then The connectivity can be tested by opening a command shell type cmd in windows search field and hit enter a black window with a DOS shell should...

Page 16: ...ld be triggered automatically within Windows Once installation is complete three devices are installed on the host computer 1 Virtual Ethernet Interface 2 Virtual COM Port 3 Virtual Storage device tha...

Page 17: ...will be different as for the physical Ethernet Port To access to the unit using the virtual COM port open a terminal window using the installed COM port number per description above 4 4 Installation...

Page 18: ...ut is switched on using new frequency 3 Power is increased until final output power is reached Maximum tuning times for this step differ from laser type to laser type 4 Power is stabilized tuning proc...

Page 19: ...____________________________________________ CoBrite User Manual 18 2 Tuning process taking 1second per GHz Power remains constant Power remains constant 3 Laser settles on new value 1 2 time Power ti...

Page 20: ...ttings Laser x will open a pop up allowing to change parameters of the selected laser 4 Device Setup allows changes to the chassis set up such as IP configuration base unit wavelength frequency etc Se...

Page 21: ...in the limits will be shown and the ok button will be disabled Move the setting back to a valid setting or cancel the popup Once the new setting is dialed in proceed to the next parameter or press ok...

Page 22: ...ock out Remote will block remote commands that alter the configuration of the unit to prevent interfering commands coming in by these remote connections A popup up to confirm the change of the setting...

Page 23: ...isplays the Network Configuration of the physical Ethernet Interface as well as the virtual Ethernet Interface available on the USB Port allows setting the parameters by clicking on the corresponding...

Page 24: ...peration CoBriteDX2 The more compact DX2 chassis allows to en or disable the output of the corresponding laser port by pressing the red button located next to each port Note that this requires the uni...

Page 25: ...sers and contains a table of which each line is representing a laser port with the port coordinate scheme defined in the remote section of this manual A pulsing graphic indicates that the connection i...

Page 26: ...to defaults will reset all settings stored by the user back to the factory defaults except any remote interface setting A popup containing a warning will be displayed and needs to be confirmed before...

Page 27: ...Connect via the Web Interface 2 Elevate the user level to at least 1 by entering the password in tab connection The default password is IDP Note that this may have been changed by a user before 3 Use...

Page 28: ...also allows to change the IP Configuration of the network interfaces of the device User level authentication allows entering a password to elevate the session user level rights which will enable butto...

Page 29: ...d 7 2 Query Connection types Connections to remote control the unit via SCPI can be made either by using telnet protocol on port 2000 or HTTP queries While for performance reasons telnet based access...

Page 30: ...root highest level of the command tree Since the Instrument also starts at the root each time you send it a new command the leading colon is not required although the instrument will accept it if you...

Page 31: ...racter the parameter will be preceded a location identifier Parameters returned for each port are separated by a n ASCII Code 10 for easier readability Example SOUR WAV 1 2 Will query current waveleng...

Page 32: ...to the unit for enhanced security requirements See details in description for SYStem SetPASS wsp P P Note User access level is granted session based Each time a new remote connection is made the stand...

Page 33: ...All connections sessions will be closed Requires user level 1 WAIt WAI Unit waits with response until opc is 1 Eliminates need for polling loop of opc on remote side CLS CLS Clears all status alarm re...

Page 34: ...SYStem DNSIP2 wsp P RW 1 xxx xxx xxx xxx IP address for 2nd DNS of Ethernet interface SYStem USBIPADDRe ss R 0 xxx xxx xxx xxx IP Address Setting of virtual Ethernet interface on USB SYStem USBNETMAS...

Page 35: ...er environments to detect if a parallel session has changed settings on the unit SYStem IPConfCHan ged R 0 0 1 Check if IP configuration of the Ethernet Interface was changed but no reboot was trigger...

Page 36: ...ng as debug data is still collected Responds EOL if all data is read SYStem IDENTify w sp P W 0 0 or 1 En or disables blinking of the on the unit allowing identification of the unit attached to remote...

Page 37: ...high if no scan was performed yet Example TRIPOL IN 1 SOURce TRIggerOU TACTive wsp C S D P 0 1 Queries Sets trigger output signal to be used for laser port 0 Laser Port tuning state will not change Tr...

Page 38: ...ding of a tunable laser port Value format is in dBm Example APOW 11 15 queries the Laser Port 1 1 1 answer is 11 15dBm SOURce DITher wsp C S D P 1 0 1 Sets or queries the dither state of a laser port...

Page 39: ...sed parameters commands will be initialized to default each time a new connection session is opened to the instrument Syntax Read Write User access level Session based Default value Stored if STADEF 0...

Page 40: ...BUG R 0 SYStem IDENTify wsp P W 0 0 SYStem ENABleAUTOSTArt wsp P RW 1 0 SYStem STArtDEFault wsp P RW 1 1 SYStem SetPASS wsp P P W 1 7 8 1 2 Laser Port Commands Command Read Write User access level Sto...

Page 41: ...ng the alarm command The response is an ASCII coded unsigned 16 bit integer number little endian Convert this number into binary format to retrieve the alarm status Each 1 bit represents an active ala...

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