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ID Photonics CoBrite Series User Manual

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  • Page 2 User’s Guide CoBriteDX1 Tunable Laser Instrument Series E-Mail: info@id-photonics.com www.id-photonics.com ID Photonics GmbH, Neubiberg, Germany V1.24...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ___________________________________________________________________ Content General Information ..................... 3 Unit Overview ....................11 Getting Started ....................11 Interfaces ......................15 Description of instrument operation using pictographic GUI ......19 Calibration requirements ................... 31 Remote Control ....................32 Uninstalling CoBrite Software ................42 Copyright ......................43 CoBrite User Manual...

  • Page 4: General Information

    ___________________________________________________________________ 1 General Information 1.1 Warning Laser Safety The laser sources specified by this user guide are classified according to IEC 60825- 1 (2007) Laser Notice No. 50 dated 2007-June-24 and comply with CFR 1040.10 except deviations per Laser Notice No. 50, July 2001 Key Feature Number 4. This device is a Class 1M laser product for use only under the recommended operating conditions and ratings specified in this document.
  • Page 5 In the European Union, all equipment purchased from ID PHOTONICS can be returned for disposal at the end of its useful life. ID PHOTONICS will ensure that all waste equipment returned is reused, recycled, or disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner, and in compliance with all applicable national and international waste legislation.
  • Page 6 Do not attempt to service or adjust this instrument unless an authorized person is present. Do not install substitute parts or perform any unauthorized modifications to this instrument. Contact ID Photonics or your local distributor to obtain service support. 1.7 Help and User feedback ID Photonics GmbH is dedicated to continuously improve customer experience of our products.
  • Page 7 ID Photonics assumes no liability for the customer's failure to comply with these requirements. Before operation, review the instrument and manual for safety markings and instructions.
  • Page 8 ___________________________________________________________________ 1.9.3 Environment Conditions This instrument is intended for indoor use in an installation category II, pollution degree 2 environments. It is designed to operate at a maximum relative humidity of 95% and at altitudes of up to 2000 meters. Refer to the specifications tables for the ac mains voltage requirements and ambient operating temperature range.
  • Page 9 ___________________________________________________________________ 1.9.9 Do Not Remove the Instrument Cover Operating personnel must not remove instrument covers. Component replacement and internal adjustments must be made only by qualified personnel. Instruments that appear damaged or defective should be made inoperative and secured against unintended operation until they can be repaired by qualified service personnel.
  • Page 10 ___________________________________________________________________ 1.9.12 Safety Symbols on Instruments 1.9.12.1 Warning or Caution If you see this symbol on the product, you must refer to the manuals for specific Warning or Caution information to avoid personal injury or damage to the product. 1.9.12.2 ESD Safety Warning This sign indicates that the respective modules, boards or RF inputs and outputs are susceptible to damage by electro static discharge (ESD), and require proper protection procedures for storage and handling.
  • Page 11 ___________________________________________________________________ 1.9.12.5 Do Not Directly View Optical Laser Port Output Under no circumstances should you use any optical instruments to view the optical laser port output directly. 1.9.12.6 Precautions with Connectors It is essential to ensure that all optical connectors are in good condition. Dirty connectors can lead to poor performance, while broken connectors can cause damage to other equipment! Before using a microwave connector, check it visually, using an optical microscope...

  • Page 12: Unit Overview

    A windows installable Graphical User Interface is provided as part of the package. 3 Getting Started This instrument can only be operated using the ID Photonics Control Software using Windows7 or later only. Note: Please install the GUI including according drivers before using...
  • Page 13 ___________________________________________________________________ 3.1 Connection of Hardware • Connect optical fibers to the laser output ports or make sure that no laser radiation can be uncontrollably emitted by the unit. • Connect the power supply of the unit using the supplied Power Cord and switch on the unit using the switch located at the back of the unit (MX und DX4 only).
  • Page 14 ___________________________________________________________________ 3.4 Laser tuning modes Coarse tuning allows accessing the full specified tuning range while fine tuning (FTF) allows for offsetting from the coarse tuning set point by a small range. The resulting set point is the sum of coarse tuning set point and FTF/fine tuning value. 1.
  • Page 15 ___________________________________________________________________ 3.4.2 Fine tuning (FTF) Fine tuning allows detuning the laser within a smaller range from the target frequency set using the coarse tuning parameter. The laser will detune to the target setting with output power on during the tuning process which changes the output frequency in a linear ramp.

  • Page 16: Interfaces

    ___________________________________________________________________ 4 Interfaces 4.1 Available Interfaces for different chassis variants 4.1.1 CoBrite This chassis provides connectivity via USB located at the rear side of the instrument. See section 5.3.2 for details on how to connect via USB Port using the supplied GUI. 4.1.2 CoBrite This chassis series provide connectivity via USB located at the faceplate;...
  • Page 17 ___________________________________________________________________ 4.3 Ethernet Port (CoBrite or CoBrite only) This port is accessed using Telnet protocol. The most common freeware telnet Tool is “Putty” which can be easily set up to connect to the Ethernet Port. Putty can be found on the installation medium. If the standard GUI is used, there is no dedicated Telnet functionality needed as it is built into the software.
  • Page 18 ___________________________________________________________________ In the next step, press “Read Configuration” to retrieve and edit the current setting. Enter the new IP and subnet address you want to set to the instrument for a fix IP or select “DHCP” if you have a DHCP server present in your network and the IP address of the instrument shall be assigned dynamically by this server.
  • Page 19 ___________________________________________________________________ for setting a temporary IP address in the same subnet as the host PC to the instrument interface. CoBrite User Manual...

  • Page 20: Description Of Instrument Operation Using Pictographic Gui

    ___________________________________________________________________ 5 Description of instrument operation using pictographic GUI 5.1 PC requirements The following minimum Hardware and Software is required to operate the Graphical User interface: • Windows 7 PC • 1 available USB Port or Ethernet connection; depending on connection type to chassis •...
  • Page 21 ___________________________________________________________________ • Make sure that the option “CDM20802 driver” is selected Note: If installing updates of the Software, do NOT select the “CDM20802 driver” as it will install multiple instances of the driver. • Follow instructions given by installer software. You may chose custom options in the process.
  • Page 22 ___________________________________________________________________ Note: Make sure your network allows the usage of TCP Port #10001 for communication. This option will require entering the IP address of the mainframe. See section 4.3 for details how to set this. Once the IP address is entered, press the “Save and connect” button to connect to the instrument.
  • Page 23 ___________________________________________________________________ 5.3.3 USB serial port This option can be used to connect to the instrument via the virtual Com Port option as described in chapter 4.2. It is recommended using the default option to connect via Mainframe description to the instrument. 5.3.4 Simulation mode This mode allows operating the GUI without Hardware attached by configuring any arbitrary Shelf configuration.
  • Page 24 ___________________________________________________________________ 5.5 System view Once the connection to the instrument is made, the software will retrieve the current card configuration and will give a system overview as depicted below which shows an example of 96 laser ports. 5.5.1 Tree view Tree view is located on the left hand side of the GUI and gives a quick overview on installed laser ports.
  • Page 25 ___________________________________________________________________ configure the laser. The set command will set all parameters shown to the according laser. All parameters dialed in will be automatically coerced to the minimum or maximum value permissible. Available Parameters are: 5.5.4.1 Laser frequency Use this button to dial in frequency to be used by laser. This control is automatically coerced to maximum and minimum possible frequency.
  • Page 26 ___________________________________________________________________ settled state. If a new parameter setting is sent to the laser and dither is off, the laser will temporarily switch on the tone and switch it off again once settled. Note: Dither should be disabled only for short periods of time since some stabilization control loops are disabled causing the laser settings to drift off.
  • Page 27 ___________________________________________________________________ 5.5.7 Import Laser configuration This button will open a File dialog that allows loading a configuration in to the set table. This can be either a file that was saved previously or a configuration generated by the user. Press the according set buttons or use the “Set all” button to activate the configuration.
  • Page 28 ___________________________________________________________________ 5.5.13 Link status This indicator signals status of communication between GUI and chassis controller. 5.5.14 Serial connection This button will open a window that traces the communication between chassis controller and GUI. See section 4 for details on command structure of the mainframe. 5.5.15 Interlock This indicator will remain on status green as there is no interlock feature on the chassis.
  • Page 29 ___________________________________________________________________ The current shelf layout is represented by a pictographic view of the chassis in the center of the GUI. Note that a restart of the GUI is required in case a new card is installed or removed. Click on any slot to access parameters of laser ports located on that card which are represented in the table in the lower part of the GUI.
  • Page 30 ___________________________________________________________________ 5.7 Slot view Slot view is accessed by clicking on any slot of the left hand side tree view. Click on any port to access parameters of laser ports located on that card which are represented in the left hand side of the GUI. Refer to section 5.5 on features available by this table.
  • Page 31 ___________________________________________________________________ 5.9 Info This Menu item provides info of the Firmware version currently installed on the mainframe as well as the version of the User Interface. This information is helpful for debugging of issues. Furthermore, a link for download of the most recent revision of the GUI and links to the latest versions of the manuals is provided.

  • Page 32: Calibration Requirements

    ___________________________________________________________________ 6 Calibration requirements The Laser does not require any regular calibration in order to function correctly. If calibration traceability according to i.e. ISO 9001 standard is required, an approved laboratory shall calibrate the instrument for Frequency accuracy and output power. Please see the data sheet for guaranteed accuracy of parameters if a check of calibration is performed.

  • Page 33: Remote Control

    ___________________________________________________________________ 7 Remote Control The CoBrite series operates using SCPI standard style commands which are ASCII based and allow easy communication and interpretation with the instrument. Refer to chapter “Interfaces” on how to establish communication to the ports available at the instrument.
  • Page 34 ___________________________________________________________________ 7.2.3 Parameter Parameters must be separated from the header by a "white space". If several parameters are specified in a command they are separated by a comma ",". 7.2.4 Colon Character A leading colon character `: ' instructs the instrument to interpret the command starting at the root (highest level) of the command tree.
  • Page 35 ___________________________________________________________________ 7.2.8 Basic script example The following commands can be a minimal script to perform a basic set up of the unit and read the data Command Comment *IDN?; Query idn string of unit WAV 1550; Sets Laser 1-1-1 Wavelength to 1550nm pow 14;...
  • Page 36 ___________________________________________________________________ <C> Chassis identifier 1: Always 1 for CBDX1 device <S> Slot identifier. Range: 1 : Always 1 for CBDX1 chassis <D> Device identifier for Laser port on each card. Range: 1 : Always 1 for CBDX1 chassis Example: 1,4,2; queries the current wavelength of Port 1 on card 4 in SOUR:WAV? chassis 2.
  • Page 37 ___________________________________________________________________ Notation of Syntax for command definition Syntax and Description Type Optional command level that can be omitted. Example: Definition [:SOURce:]WAVelength/? <C>,<S>,<D>,/<P> Allows sending the command: WAV? 1,2,3 < > Denotes a parameter. Placeholder is replaced with parameter value defined for according command. Definition [:SOURce:]WAVelength/? <C>,<S>,<D>,/<P>...
  • Page 38 ___________________________________________________________________ 7.5 Commands on system level Syntax and Type Description [:SYStem:]ECHO/? Set or query echo of commands sent to controller Example write: SYS:ECHO 1; /<P> Example read: ECHO?; Answer: 1 If echo is enabled, any sent command and ASCII 10 is returned by controller before answer is sent.
  • Page 39 ___________________________________________________________________ Syntax and Type Description When activated, it forces all interlocked devices in the system to be immediately disabled. When the interlock is deactivated a three-second delay is observed prior the re- enabling interlocked devices. When the system interlock is activated, the interlock LED on the master local interface will be lit in the red color, when the system interlock is disabled, this LED will be green in color.
  • Page 40 ___________________________________________________________________ 7.6 Commands on card level Syntax and Type Description [:SOURce:]WAVelength/? Set or query Wavelength of Laser in location C-S-D in Nanometers <C>,<S>,<D>,/<P> Wavelength Format : nnnn.nnnn Example write: WAV 1,2,3,1555.1234; Example read: WAV? 1,2,3; Answer: 1555.1234; [:SOURce:]WAVelength:LIMit? Read Wavelength limits of Laser. Format: nnnn.nnnnn <C>,<S>,<D>...
  • Page 41 ___________________________________________________________________ Syntax and Type Description Busy state (0/1), (only for query, if set is used, this parameter is omitted) Dither state (will be ignored if Laser does not support this option). If queried, “-1” is reported if not supported Example read:CONF? 1,2,3 returns 191.42,10.134,6.12,0,1,1;...
  • Page 42 ___________________________________________________________________ Syntax and Type Description [:SOURce:]SBS:FREQuency/? Set or query SBS suppression amplitude in GHz in 100MHz increments, valid values: 0, 0.1, …, 1 /<P> Value is set system wide for all lasers Example: SBS:FREQ 0.5; CARD:INFOrmation <C>,<S>? Retrieves Information about Firmware and Hardware Version of chassis if used without parameters.

  • Page 43: Uninstalling Cobrite Software

    ___________________________________________________________________ Syntax and Type Description that always 0 is returned. An error will be returned of the feature is not supported on your laser Set: Enables or Disables the Sweep feature of a laser port and defines parameters. If sweep is disabled, the other parameters are ignored.

  • Page 44: Copyright

    Information provided by ID Photonics GmbH is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by ID Photonics GmbH for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result from its use.

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