Chapter 4 First Light; Introduction; Required Equipment And Cables; Cable Connections - Princeton Instruments PI-MAX 3 System Manual

First Light

Introduction

This chapter contains a procedure that you can use to verify PI-MAX3 system operation.
To reduce the complexity of the setup, this procedure is run in Imaging Mode and Super
SYNCHRO Internal Trigger Mode. All of the setup can be performed under normal
lighting. Since the first light procedure does not require a spectrograph, instructions for
cabling and mounting of a spectrograph are not included in the procedure.
Note: Issues that could be of importance in some applications are omitted in this chapter
for the sake of brevity. General application issues are addressed in Chapter 6 and those
that are specific to Gate Mode are addressed in the appropriate chapters.

Required Equipment and Cables

The equipment and cables listed below are required to set up and run the PI-MAX3
camera system in accordance with the procedure in this chapter.

Princeton Instruments PI-MAX3 camera with C-mount adapter.

User-supplied C-mount lens (with smallest aperture of f/16 or f/22).

PI-MAX3 power supply.

Computer equipped with a GiGE Ethernet interface card.

Standard Ethernet cable.

WinView/32 or WinSpec/32 application software.

Cable Connections

WARNING! All of the system components must be
turned off before connecting or disconnecting cables.
The following cabling configuration is used when operating in Gating Mode with an
internal trigger.
1. Connect the PI-MAX3 Power Supply to the rear of the camera and to the AC power
source.
2. Connect the GiGE cable (6050-0621) from the PI-MAX3 GiGE connector to the
computer's GiGE Interface card connector.
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