JGR TLS5, User Manual

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TLS5 User Manual
TLS5-UM-00001 Rev 002 10
Table 4: Rear Panel Components
Component Function
RS-232C RS-232C serial interface port
IEEE 488 (GPIB) GPIB (IEEE 488.1) interface port
~LINE Power Input (also contains the user-replaceable fuse)
TRIG IN BNC connector used to receive a TTL trigger signal from an
external device to make the TLS Tunable laser source to
move one (1) wavelength step.
TRIG OUT BNC connector used to send a TTL trigger function to an
external devide to indicate that the TLS tunable laser source
has stabilized on the required wavelength. Always enabled.
Table 5: Operating Keys and Status LEDs
Key/LED Description
I/O ON / OFF Power switch.
MENU Press to access the Menu or to come back one level up in
the Menu
ENABLE
Press and hold to turn laser ON or OFF. When turning ON
the laser, 3 hyphens will appear in a sequence to the right
of the LASER ON message to indicate that the laser is now
active.
LOCAL Press once to exit the Sweep mode
SWEEP
Press once to access the first page of the sweep mode
allowing configuration of start wavelength, stop
wavelength and step and also stard the sweep mode.
Press a second time to toggle to the second page to
configure the Delay, Trigger In and Ramp settings.

100, 10, 1, 0.1

Use the up and down arrows to manually tune the laser
wavelength by steps of 100 nm, 10 nm, 1 nm or 0.1 nm
depending on which set of arrow is used.