
Thermopile Sensors
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will be the setup used the next time the system is powered up. These settings can all be easily
changed, as will be described fully in the following sections.
Topics include:
Operation of StarBright with Thermopile Absorber Sensors
Measuring Laser Power with Thermopile Sensors
Measuring Laser Energy with Thermopile Sensors
5.1
Operation of StarBright with Thermopile Absorber Sensors
To use StarBright with Thermopile sensors:
1.
Connect the Thermopile sensor to the StarBright meter: Insert the 15 pin D type connector of
the measuring sensor cable into the socket marked
Sensor Input
on the rear panel of the
StarBright meter. StarBright will reconfigure itself to work with the attached sensor.
2.
All of the sensor’s measurement parameters are shown on the main screen. (These are also
available when you press the
Menu
button and select
Sensor
). Use the Navigation keys to
navigate to the parameter you want to change.
3.
Use the up (
↑
) /down (
↓
) Navigation keys to select the parameter to change and press the
Enter
key. Change the setting with the Navigation keys.
4.
Press the
Enter
key to save the settings.
Note:
The StarBright automatically saves the current settings for the next power up.
Warning:
Do not exceed maximum sensor limits for power, energy, power density, and energy
. Otherwise, there is a risk of damaging the absorber.
5.2
Measuring Laser Power with Thermopile Sensors
When measuring laser power, center the laser beam carefully on the absorber surface and read
the power.
Power measurements can be displayed in
formats (by pressing
Menu > Display
and choosing the
Graph Type
). Updating measurement
parameters is performed in the main measurement screen. A sample is shown in
at the end of this procedure.
To measure laser power when using Thermopile sensors:
1.
Set
Measuring
to
Power
. The measuring mode is set to
Power
, and you can specify the
expected laser
Range
,
Wavelength
and
Average
power period. (The power is measured 15
times per second.)
Figure
5-1 Setting the Measurement Mode to Power
2.
Set
Range
to
AUTO
or to one of the manual ranges, as follows:
AUTO
: Select autoranging when the laser power is unknown or varies widely. In autorange,
you do not have to change scales. When the reading of the meter or bar is more than
100% of full scale, the range goes to the next higher one. The ranges are arranged in