MCS260B
CORNERSTONE 260B MONOCHROMATORS
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Command:
GRATing
Purpose:
Store the grating setting and rotate the grating stage or turret to the
desired grating. The stage will rotate to the location required for the
new grating to pass the currently-selected wavelength to the output.
Parameter:
A decimal number from 1 to 2 (or 4 in the case of the quad-grating
CS260B).
Example:
grating 2
: rotate the grating stage to grating 2.
Example:
grating 3
: for quad-grating unit, rotate the turret to grating 3.
Default:
1
Command:
GRATing?
Purpose:
Query the current grating setting.
Example:
grating?
Example:
grat?
E.g. response
1
: the currently-selected grating is number 1.
Command:
GRAT1FACTOR
Purpose:
Set the calibration multiplier for grating 1.
Parameter:
A floating-point number.
Example:
Grat1factor 1.1
: set the cal factor for grating 1 to 1.1.
Example:
grat1factor 1
: set the cal factor for grating 1 to 1.0.
Default:
1.0.
Command:
GRAT1FACTOR?
Purpose:
Query the calibration multiplier for grating 1.
Example:
grat1factor?
E.g. response
0.99
: the cal factor is 0.99.
Command:
GRAT1LABEL
Purpose:
Set a label for grating 1.
Parameter:
An unquoted string up to 8 characters in length.
Example:
grat1label blz800
: set the label for grating 1 to “blz800”.
Default:
“ ” (spaces).
Command:
GRAT1LABEL?
Purpose:
Query grating 1’s label.
Example:
grat1label?
E.g. response
Hitone
: the label has been set to the string “Hitone”.
