LBP2 User Guide
Document No: 50306-001
Rev G 3/12/2020
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Important:
Review the remaining chapters of this user guide and become familiar with the
operation and capabilities of the LBP2 system before performing any laser
measurements.
1.4
Setup the Camera
With the camera plugged into the PC, the first time LBP2 software is opened it will
automatically connect to the camera it finds and start running. The default configuration
will be loaded and camera imager data output will appear in the 2D display window.
This default setup will assume a CW laser application and it is only useful as an initial
starting point that will indicate that the camera is connected to the application and it is
collecting data. As the camera is exposed to room light, the 2D image will indicate the
presence of light striking the camera imager.
Click on the Source ribbon tab and observe the controls for the camera.
Click on the Pause
and Start
button to stop and start data collection.
If you did not have a Newport supplied and Licensed camera connected at the time of
launch, plug it in now per 1.2 above and select it by clicking on the Local Detector
button. If the camera is licensed for use with LBP2 its model and serial number will
appear in a dropdown list. Click on the camera to connect it to the LBP2 application.
The camera controls will appear in the ribbon bar and the camera will begin collecting
data.
Note: If a camera is plugged in that LBP2 recognizes, but is not licensed, then the
camera controls will not appear; rather a license entry box will open in the ribbon.
This may be a good point in time to become familiar with the camera controls and features associated with the
attached camera. Many cameras will have common features and some will have unique capabilities depending
upon the make and model.
1.5
Collect Data
The LBP2 application is shipped with a number of pre-canned setup files that can be
used to help get started collecting meaningful data from the camera-laser system.
When LBP2 was installed it created a number of folders in the current users
Documents folder. To load one of these canned setup files do the following:
1.
Click on the File Access button
2.
Click on Load Setup
3.
The canned setup files should appear in the <user_name>\My Documents\LBP2
Series\Setups\ folder.
4.
Select the setup file that seems to be a best fit for the desired type of operation.
Note: All of the pre-canned setup files provided with LBP2 are write protected files.
These file names begin with a tilde (~).
