MCS260B
CORNERSTONE 260B MONOCHROMATORS
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Command:
SHUTTER
Purpose:
Open or close the shutter on the input port.
Parameter:
1 or the character ‘O’ to open the shutter, 0 (zero) or ‘C’ to close.
Example:
shutter 1
: open the shutter.
Example:
shutter c
: close the shutter.
Default:
0 (closed).
Command:
SHUTTER?
Purpose:
Query the shutter setting. Response is ‘O’ or ‘C’.
Example:
shutter?
E.g. response
C
: the shutter is closed.
Command:
SLIT1MICRONS
SLIT2MICRONS
SLIT3MICRONS
Purpose:
Set the slit width of the specified motorized slit controller. Slit1 is on the
input port, slit2 is the axial port, and slit3 is the lateral port.
Parameter:
A number representing the desired slit width in microns. The
acceptable range is from 0 to 2000. Values below 6 go to 6.
Example:
slit2microns 10
: set the width of slit2 to 10 microns.
Example:
slit1microns 200
: set slit1’s width to 200 microns.
Default:
2000 microns.
Note:
If the requested slit is not installed this command has no effect; the
CS260B generates an “slit controller missing” error.
Command:
SLIT1MICRONS?
SLIT2MICRONS?
SLIT3MICRONS?
Purpose:
Query a slit width setting.
Example:
slit2microns?:
query slit2’s width.
E.g. response:
750
: indicates the slit width is 750 microns.
Command:
STB?
Purpose:
Query the Cornerstone status byte. A value of 0 represents no error,
and 32 indicates an error occurred since the last
“STB?” query. This
query clears the status byte (after it is reported).
Example:
STB?
E.g. response
0
: no error detected.
E.g. response
32
: an error was detected.
