Laser Control - Scanlab RTC 5 PC Interface Board Installation And Operation Manual

• For controlling a 3-axis scan system (see
page 171):
– Both scan head connectors must be used and a
3D correction file must be correctly assigned.
– Simultaneous control of two 3-axis scan sys-
tems will require two RTC
• Image field correction
– New correction files are needed (see
> File name extension ".ct5"
> Correction with higher resolution
> Correction data information in the file
header is queryable
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> RTC 2/3/4 correction files (.ctb) need to be
newly calculated or converted via a program
supplied with the RTC
– Up to four correction files can be loaded to the
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RTC 5 board.
– Enhanced 3D image field correction via stretch
correction tables (seepage
• Coordinate transformations (see
– The correction file is no longer transformed
(rotation, shift, extension) at download
– Matrix transformations are only applied after
microvectorization – this may cause the
marking speed to change.
– 24-bit vector coordinates: objects larger than
the image field are possible (virtual processing
field, see page 120)
– Collection of transformation definitions and
execution together with a following command
– Online positioning (see
• Position monitoring of iDRIVE
backward transformation of actual position
values (see page 154)
• Automatic self-calibration (see
– Optimization of previous functions
– ASC hardware check
• Jump mode (see page 156)
• Output synchronization (see
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RTC 5 PC Interface Board
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2 Product Overview
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5 boards.
page 120):
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page 161):
page 165)
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scan systems via
page 199):
page 149)

Laser Control

• The signal levels of the laser control signals are no
longer determined by configuring jumpers.
Instead, they can/must be software-configured
(see set_laser_control).
• 15-pin female D-SUB laser connector with all laser
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signals at the RTC 5 slot cover (see
9-pin female D-SUB connector only via an
optional laser adapter (see
• 15-pin female D-SUB laser connector config-
urable via software command (see
• Laser control signals with 15 ns resolution and
20 mA output current
• Standby signals in YAG modes (see
• YAG mode 5: Time between FirstPulseKiller signal
and first laser pulse in YAG mode is freely
programmable (see page
• Laser mode 6: LASERON signal synchronized with
a continuously-running LASER1 signal (see
page 137)
• Pulse picking laser mode (see
• Laser pulse period, pulse length or analog output
are also programmable within a polyline between
two vectors (see "short list commands"
page 217).
• Commands for position-dependent, speed-
dependent, vector-defined and encoder-speed-
dependent laser control (see
page 46),
page 48)
page 130).
page 132)
132)
page 138)
page 140)
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