NKT Photonics Koheras ACOUSTIK, Руководство по эксплуатации продукта

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4 Communicating with the ACOUSTIK
An ACOUSTIK system and its inserted modules are controlled using:
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NKT Photonic’s CONTROL application (GUI) installed on a PC.
This chapter focuses on how to obtain and install CONTROL and then setup
communications between a PC and the laser using either a USB or Ethernet
connection.
CONTROL software
ACOUSTIK systems are shipped with NKT Photonics CONTROL software installer
on a USB key. You can also download the most recent CONTROL application
installer from the following link:
https://www.nktphotonics.com/lasers-fibers/support/software-drivers/
CONTROL is capable of controlling, configuring and monitoring the laser.
Installing the
software
After downloading the CONTROL installer onto a PC, double click the installer
and follow the built-in wizard. Details on installing the application is available in
Appendix D .
Connecting the ACOUSTIK to a PC with CONTROL
Connect the ACOUSTIK system to a PC with CONTROL installed on it using
either a USB or Ethernet cable. Follow the steps in:
•
Procedure 2 to connect to the ACOUSTIK system using a USB cable.
•
Procedure 3 to connect to the ACOUSTIK system using an Ethernet cable.
Procedure 2 Connecting a PC to the ACOUSTIK using a USB cable
Action
1 Using a USB Type A-B cable, connect an available USB Type A port of the CONTROL PC
to the system’ USB Type B port. – see
Figure 3 .
2 Connect power to the ACOUSTIK system and press the AC mains button to the ON position
– see
Connecting power on page 38.
3 When power in the system is turned on, the front panel Status LED flashes amber briefly
while the control section scans the backplane bus and external bus for available modules
and accessories plugged into the system. Modules are assigned addresses from 1 to 16
corresponding to the slot positions.
Once the bus scan and module assignments are completed, the Status LED changes to ON
amber.