Starting The Application - THORLABS Redstone OSA305 Quick Start Manual

Redstone™ OSA305
Chapter 3: Using the OSA
mounting feet to secure the OSA to an optical table, as shown in Figure 2. This will
lock the interferometer to the optical table and reduce any vibrations that might
interfere with the measurements.
Figure 2 Using two CF175 clamping forks (marked with arrows), the Interferometer
Assembly can be Locked to the Table
Once the OSA is placed correctly on the table, attach the power cable and connect
the OSA to the computer with the OSA software installed (make sure that the
software is installed on the computer before connecting the OSA), using an
available USB 3.0 port on the PC and the included USB cable. After connecting
the instrument to the PC, the operating system will load the appropriate USB
drivers for the OSA. Please wait for this procedure to finish before doing anything
else.
3.2.1.

Starting the Application

Start the application "Thorlabs Redstone OSA." When the Thorlabs OSA
application starts, it will automatically detect all Thorlabs Redstone Optical
Spectrum Analyzers connected to the PC. A list of all connected OSAs can be
seen by clicking the button "Devices" found under the Instrument menu.
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