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Cobolt Monitor™ Software
The Cobolt Monitor™ software provides a graphical way to monitor the laser performance and to change the
output power, operation mode and other settings. Cobolt Skyra™ is compatible with Cobolt Monitor™ 6.0.7.0
and later.
Cobolt Monitor™ has been tested with operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
and Windows 10. Microsoft .NET 4.0 is required to run the Cobolt Monitor™ software. Most computers with
operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 have this included as standard.
When using versions of Windows older than Windows 10, a USB driver may be required. See Section 10.2 : USB
driver for details on installation.
Installation
Download the latest version of the Cobolt Monitor™ software from
www.coboltlasers.com
. The Cobolt Monitor™
software is a stand-alone executable. The executable file is packaged with other files needed to run the program in a
.zip file. Save the .zip file to any storage device, and extract all files. The folder created after extracting the files can
be placed on any storage device and Cobolt Monitor™ can be run from there. All files and folders contained in the .zip
file must be present for the program to function properly.
Software instructions
The software automatically searches for Cobolt devices and automatically connects the laser if detected. The
software can identify USB connected lasers as well as RS232 connected lasers.
The first Cobolt Monitor™ window that appears in the software.
Once the laser is connected it can be controlled from Cobolt Monitor™ software. Only the most critical information
is displayed on this level, including the status the laser is in and the possibility to switch each line ON or OFF. Here
follows a short description of how to use the Cobolt Monitor™ software on this level.
