THORLABS PRO800 Series, Operation Manual

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© 2012 Thorlabs
Contents Page
1 General Information 2
1.1 At a glance 3
1.2 Safety 3
1.3 Ordering codes and accessories 6
2 Getting Started 7
2.1 Unpacking 7
2.2 Preparation 7
2.3 Operating elements on front panel 8
2.4 Operating elements on rear panel 11
2.5 First operation 12
3 Operating the PRO8000 (-4) / PRO800 13
3.1 After power on 13
3.2 Main menu 14
3.3 The cursor 14
3.4 Selecting a module 15
3.5 Setup menu 16
4 Communication with a PC 17
4.1 Hardware standard RS 232-C 17
4.1.1 Interface specification 19
4.1.2 Emulating the IEEE488 bus commands 19
4.1.3 Service request emulation 20
4.1.4 Operating commands 20
4.2 Hardware standard IEEE 488.1 21
4.2.1 IEEE 488.1 subsets of the PRO8000 (-4) / PRO800 21
4.2.2 Device address and string terminator 22
4.2.3 Starting the IEEE488 interface 23
4.2.4 IEEE488 bus commands 24
4.3 Software standard IEEE 488.2 26
4.3.1 Nomenclature 26
4.3.2 Program and response messages 26
4.3.3 Data format 27
4.3.4 Common commands and queries 29
4.3.5 Module specific commands and queries 33
4.4 Error messages 33
4.4.1 Error queue empty 34
4.4.2 100 ... 199 command error messages 34