OWNERS MANUAL | Cobolt Skyra™ |
D0423-E JANUARY 2018
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Communication commands
The laser is delivered in Auto-start mode (see section 3 for Auto-start sequence description). For system integration
the Auto-start sequence can be disabled and the following commands can be used to control the laser (NOTE some
commands require Auto-start to be disabled but others will work when Auto-start is active). As long as power is
supplied to the laser the temperature control elements are always operating to reach set-point values and the laser will
be idle waiting for the next command. All arguments are in lower case and separated by a space (ASCII 32).
System Commands
The following commands are relevant for the Skyra laser system, for control commands relevant to individual laser
lines section ‘Laser Specific Commands’
Command
Function
Argument
Returned value
?
Are you there?
@cob?
Get device ON/OFF state
Returned value indicates if is the device is ON or OFF.
If at least one of the laser lines is emitting, or if the autostart sequence
is in the ‘Completed’ state the device is considered ‘ON’.
0
= OFF
1 = ON
l1
All lasers ON.
If ‘Autostart’ is enabled the start-up sequence will ‘Restart’. If
‘Autostart’ is disabled all laser will go directly into an ON state.
@cob1
All lasers ON.
If ‘Autostart’ is enabled the Autostart sequence will ‘Restart’. If
‘Autostart’ is disabled the laser will go through a forced Autostart
sequence.
l
0
All lasers OFF.
If ‘Autostart’ is enabled the start-up sequence will ‘Abort’. If ‘Autostart’
is disabled all laser will go directly into an OFF state.
@cob
0
All lasers off.
If ‘Autostart’ is enabled the start-up sequence will ‘Abort’. If
‘Autostart’ is disabled all laser will go directly into an OFF state.
abort
Abort
Aborts Autostart sequence and sets laser in ‘Aborted’ mode. The
TECs are driving but there is no emission possible.
restart
Restart system
Starts Autostart sequence.
gom?
Get operating mode
0
= Off
1 =Waiting for key
2 = Continuous
3 = On/Off Modulation
4 = Modulation
5 = Fault
6 = Aborted
@cobasks?
Get key switch state
0
= Key in OFF position
1 = Key in ON position
gtec3tm?
Get TEC3 temperature in modulation mode
Float (°C)