
RTC
®
5 PC Interface Board
Rev. 1.9 e
7 Basic Functions for Scan Head and Laser Control
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after deactivation of Sky Writing mode. Deacti-
vation of Sky Writing mode results in some
circumstances in addition of a mark delay defined
prior to activation (see
).
• In Sky Writing mode 1, the run-in and run-out
phases take place fully within the respective
marking command. As a result, execution of the
marking command is extended by a time period
(in 10
µ
s) of (2 ·
Nprev
+ 2 ·
Npost
). In Sky Writing
mode 2 and 3 execution is extended by a time
period (in 10
µ
s) of at least (
Nprev
+
Npost
).
• In Sky Writing mode 1, jump delays are
performed normally. The jump delay value (in
10
µ
) can be reduced
by approx. (2 ·
Nprev
) or even to 0. In Sky Writing
mode 2 and 3, the jump delay is automatically
(internally, dynamically) reduced by up to
Nprev
.
• Time-based mark and arc commands can also be
performed in Sky Writing mode (see
Here, however, a shorter marking period is
coupled with a higher marking speed and
therefore with longer starting and ending
distances and acceleration phase in the run-in
and run-out phases. Herefore,
Nprev
and
Npost
can be separately adjusted with respect to the
specified marking duration (with
the
Timelag
parameter might
have to be adjusted with respect to the specified
marking duration).
• During execution of para commands (e.g. with
activated vector-defined laser control, see
) and during execution of micro vector
commands (see
), the Sky Writing mode
is not taken into account (but also not deacti-
vated).
• With Sky Writing mode 2 or 3 activated, the two
following RTC
®
5 functionalities of the 2D jump
commands
and
vated:
– Tuning auto-switching in jump mode (see
)
– Coordinate transformations with
at_once
= 2
(see
)
7.3 Scan Head Control
7.3.1 Reference System
shows the reference system for the image
field which is used by the RTC
®
5. The Y-axis points
in the
reverse
direction of the input laser beam, the
Z-axis points in the
reverse
direction of the output
laser beam. X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis form a right-
handed reference system. The origin of the reference
system, i.e. the point (0|0|0), is in the center of the
image field.
input
laser beam
beam out
(0|0|0)
X
Y
Z
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Reference system for the RTC
®
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