Table of Contents 1. Introduction............................1-1 Overview.............................1-1 Safety Considerations.........................1-2 Unpacking & Inspection........................1-2 Setup ..............................1-3 Fiber End Cleaning ..........................1-3 Cleaning a Fiber-Optic Connector ..................1-4 Cleaning a Universal Connector ....................1-4 Routine Maintenance..........................1-5 2. Front Panel Controls and Screens....................2-1 Front Panel Controls...........................2-1 Using the Front Panel Controls ......................2-2 Change Screens........................2-2 Change Parameter Values ....................2-2 Save Parameter Values......................2-3...
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Appendix C. Error & Status Messages....................C-1 Error Messages..........................C-1 Status Messages..........................C-2 Appendix D. Rear Panel Controls....................... D-1 Rear Panel ............................D-1 GPIB Interface........................... D-1 GPIB System Controller Settings ..................D-2 RS-232 Interface ..........................D-3 Signal Monitor Connector........................D-4 Changing Fuses ..........................
Refer to Appendix D, Rear Panel Controls, for further information. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Contact EXFO or your local representative if any of the components are missing. We recommend you save the shipping carton for future storage or transportation. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Dirt on the connector can degrade the reliability of the measurement and cause permanent damage to the connector resulting in an expensive repair. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The fiber-optic adapter is keyed. Insert the adapter in the same position that you removed it. Rotate the universal connector ¼ turn to lock it in. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Use a small brush, plus soap and water (if necessary), to clean the filter. When the filter is dry, reposition it in the fan housing and snap the grill back in place. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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WA-1150 and WA-1650 Wavemeter Operating Manual 1 Introduction (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
There are several different screens, each with different information as shown and described later in this section. Figure 2-1. Front Panel Power Switch Fiber Input Control Buttons Display Power LED EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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If the message "Remote Lockout" is displayed on the screen when you attempt to change a parameter value, remote communications is enabled (on). When enabled, you can use (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Power. Displays power information and two methods of calculating delta (∆) for a comparative analysis. This screen shows the following numeric values: Current power, EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Figure 2-4. Power Screen -11.54 ∆: -0.02 Start:-11.52 Max: -11.60 Min: -11.50 ∆: -0.10 Wavelength Range Poffs, Off Avg: 8 Reset 00:03:12 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Access the setup screens by pressing Setup on the instrument front panel and toggling the key to move through the choices. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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1266 to 1650 nm range reduces the measurement update time to 2 seconds. All other ranges operate at a 1-second measurement update rate. Brightness Changes the brightness of the display. High: Maximum intensity. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Information on the status of the reference laser. Time The Status screen provides internal status messages for service use only EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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WA-1150 and WA-1650 Wavemeter Operating Manual 2 Front Panel Controls and Screens (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Queries instrument model number, serial number and firmware version. *OPC? Queries the operation complete bit of the standard-event status register. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Elapsed Time counter, sets the Min and Max values to the Current value and sets the Start value to the Current value. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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WA-1150 700-1266 nm 1266-1650 nm 1266-1475 nm 1450-1650 nm :SENSe:RANGe? Queries the spectral range being measured by the instrument. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Selects power units to be dBm or watts. This command does not affect the front panel display in any way. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The *ESR (event status register) query returns a value which encodes the bits in the event status register. If any bits are set in the ESR, then the ESR EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Commands affected by *RST Command Setting after an *RST command :CALCulate:DELTa[STATe] :CALCulate:DELTa:METHod STARt :CALCulate:MAXimum[:STATe] OFF :CALCulate:MINimum :CALCulate:STARt[:STATe] :DISPlay:DIALog MAIN (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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(see SYSTem subsystem) a bit is set in the event status register EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
:CONFigure{:POWer | :ENVironment | :WAVelength | :FREQency} Description Configures the measurement subsystem for subsequent :FETCh?, :MEASure?, or :READ? queries. Examples :CONF:WNUM :CONF:POW (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Resolution is set through the front panel or by using the :DISPlay:RESolution command. Examples :FETC:FREQ? :MEAS:FREQ? EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Queries the state of the :DELTa function. Query Response {0 | 1} Where 0 indicates OFF and 1 indicates ON. Examples :CALC:DELT:STAT? :CALC:DELT? 3-10 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Queries the state of the :MINimum function. Query Response {0 | 1} Where 0 indicates OFF and 1 indicates ON. Examples :CALC:MIN? :CALC:MIN:STAT? EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) 3-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Queries the elapsed time since the instrument was turned on or was reset. Query Response A time in HH:MM:SS format. Examples :CALC:TIME? :CALC:TIME:ELAP? 3-12 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Resolution function through the display. The 0.0001 setting is valid only for the WA-1650. *RST value 0.001 Examples :DISP:RES 0.0001 EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) 3-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Sets the units being used for wavelength values on the front panel display. It is the same as changing the wavelength units through the display. *RST value Examples :DISP:UNIT: NM 3-14 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Query Response {OFF | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 19 | 20} Examples :SENS:POW? EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) 3-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Description Queries the spectral range being measured by the instrument. Query Response :SENS:RANG? Examples The response is: 3-16 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Pressure value is outside the valid range of the instrument. 1024 At least one bit is set in the Questionable Hardware Condition register. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) 3-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Scan assembly has stopped moving. Input laser fringe strength is too low. Not used. 1024 Not used. 3-18 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Data type error -220 Parameter error -221 Settings conflict -222 Data out of range -230 Data corrupt or stale EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) 3-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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The first integer is the year and the second integer is the approved revision number for that year. Query Response <integer>.<integer> Examples :SYST:VERS? 3-20 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
This setting does not affect the front panel display. *RST value Examples :UNIT:POW DBM :UNIT:POW W EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) 3-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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WA-1150 and WA-1650 Wavemeter Operating Manual 3 Remote Communications 3-22 (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The absolute accuracy of the reference laser wavelength used in the EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
NIST. Calibration The recommended calibration interval is one year. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
+ 15 to + 30 °C (- 10 °C to + 70 °C storage) Pressure 500 to 900 mm Hg Relative humidity [90% R.H. at 40 °C (no condensation) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
** Measurement rate is 1 second or two seconds, depending on the wavelength source selected. Dimensional Drawing Figure A-1. Dimensions in inches (mm) (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Attach the bracket to the bezel using the two 6-32 x ¼" SHC screws. Figure A-2. Attaching Rack Mounting Brackets Set screws 6-32 x ¼" SHC screws EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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WA-1150 and WA-1650 Wavemeter Operating Manual Appendix A Specifications & Labeling (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The liability of EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc., (except as to title) arising out of supplying of said product, or its use, whether under the foregoing warranty, a claim of negligence, or otherwise, shall not in any case exceed the cost of correcting defects in the products as herein provided.
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WA-1150 and WA-1650 Wavemeter Operating Manual Appendix B Warranty & Service (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Interferometer scan motion error. Either the scan 00000080 Trigger" assembly is not moving or the scan timing detector is malfunctioning. Contact EXFO Service. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
This may be due to a decrease in reference laser amplitude from the reference laser. power or a major misalignment of the internal optics. Contact EXFO Service. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Check if input laser is above the specified maximum input power. 00100000 Internal communications error. If persistent, contact EXFO Service 00200000 00400000 00800000 EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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WA-1150 and WA-1650 Wavemeter Operating Manual Appendix C Error & Status Messages (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The instrument has a GPIB communications port on the back panel as shown above. The GPIB port uses the standard IEEE-488 connector, with the pinout described below. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The instrument uses a linefeed character (10, 0x0a, or \n) to identify the end of a message. 8-Bit EOS Compare = Yes (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Signal Ground. Required for proper RS-232 operation. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
= 16 mA max, I = -0.4 mA Output Timing ≤ 7 nsec, t ≤ 7 nsec Figure D-1. Signal Monitor Output Connector (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Windows during a Trigger, but the first Window period to terminate after the ZOP transition is the only “Valid Window” used for the measurement. EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. (09042-M-00 Rev C) Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
The fuse holder can hold 1.5 amp, slo-blo, ¼” x 1¼” or 5 x 20mm style fuses. (09042-M-00 Rev C) EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer’s Name: EXFO Burleigh Products Group Inc. Manufacturer’s Address: 7647 Main Street Fishers Victor, NY 14564-8909 declares this product: Product Name: Wavemeter optical wavelength meter Model Number(s): WA-1150 WA-1650 conforms to the following standards: Safety: EN-61010-1: IEC 1010-1 EMC: EN-50081-1: EN-55011;...
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