CONEX-LDS Applet Manual
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1. 3 Synchronized on external TRIGGER TRIG IN External gathering e Number of points e The Synchronized on Trig mode refers to the Syncro input pin6 of TRIG IN connector in the XPS Page 15 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator The result of the acquisition using an immediate trigger or starting on an external trigger can be displayed in the XPS gathering display feature See below For acquisitions using synchronized on external trigger the data will be stored in the GatheringExternal dat file found in the ftp site of the XPS s COMD _ o xl A Laser OFF Lightlevel 98 0 Conf ti Main Acquisition s t Calbreti Di ti About a so Search Here Search Type TERMINAL DOCUMENTATION XPS Acquisition Configuration Trigger Start on TRIG y Run Function list Command point CloseAllOtherSockets API to execute z aan ControllerMotionKernelTimeLoadGet oo z Period ms 1 Received message EventExtendedAllGet The acquistion resut can be displayed with the XPS applet EventExtendedConfigurationActionGet EventExtendedConfigurationActionSet EventExtendedConfigurationTnggerGet EventExtendedConfigurationTriggerSet The acquired data will be stored in Gathering dat file EventExtendedGet EventExtendedRemove EventExtendedStart EventExtendedWait FirmwareVersionGet GathenngConfigurationGet GatheringConfigurationSet GatheringCurrentNumberGet GatheringDataAcquire NOTE Some comma2. Experience Solutions Page 11 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 3 5 Acquisition 3 5 1 CONEX LDS Acquisition tab In the Acquisition tab two acquisition methods are available 1 Manual acquisition Manual trigger button 2 Dynamic acquisition Dynamic trigger button changes to Stop during acquisition The dynamic acquisition rate depends on the polling interval defined in the Configuration tab eX Conex LDS 5 x A laserON C Light level D 0 Configuration Main Acquistion Setup Calibration Diagnostics About Nb points 1000 Dynamic trigger Manual trigger Save Clear 02 gt T o se a Pe 0 2 4 z A 0 02 04 08 048 1 12 14 18 _ Acquisition index 02 E 3 d gt 0 q 2 a 08 0 3 1 1 2 14 1 8 Acquisition index C L E A R Dynamic trigger Button This button starts running a succession of acquisition defined by e A number of points defined by the Nb points field e The default delay value is set to 100 ms This value is limited by the computer and the communication rate The save button allows saving the X and Y data as well as the time This time stamp will help get an idea of system performance by setting the delay to 1 ms minimum value The maximum rate is in the range of some tens of Hertz Manual trigger Button This button triggers the acquisition of the current CONEX LDS position one s
3. NOTE This function minimizes the effects of internal reflections that reach the sensor and impact the measurement signal The laser should be ON for a least 10 minutes before performing this calibration A non reflective shutter should be inserted as close as possible to the autocollimator beam output This calibration is performed on each CONEX LDS at the factory and can be performed on site Be familiar with the process before attempting to proceed since it could be source of measurement errors if not properly done 3 6 3 Low pass filter Set volatile Button Applies the new value of the low pass filter frequency Set permanent Button Saves the new value of the low pass filter frequency in the memory of the CONEX LDS The controller will need to b in Configuration state in order for the changes to take place ND Newport Experience Solutions Page 19 E DH033 1En1020 04 1 3 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 3 6 4 Analog outputs Set volatile Button The Set volatile button applies a new values of gains Set permanent Button The Set permanent button saves the new values of gains in the memory of the CONEX LDS The controller must be in the Configuration state in order for the changes to take place 3 7 Diagnostics The Diagnostics tab allows the user to enter instrument commands to view the history of sent commands and received responses The list of commands and their syntax are described in th
4. positions from GPIO2 ADC 2 the CONEX LDS ADOS GPIO2 ADC4 LDSPerformanceVerification PerformanceVerificationKit KitSerialNumber Serial number of the performance verification kit ReferenceAngleValue CONEX LDS VER optical wedge Reference Angle value LDSPInformation The CD command will return the GO Newport Experience Solutions Page 7 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator EDH0331En1020 04 13 3 3 Main The Main tab displays the main controls in the Controller GUI similar to the virtual front panel in Lab view It is updated at every polling event 3 3 1 Target tab This tab shows the current position in X Y refreshed at every PollingInterval cycle The current position is represented by a point Four automatic zoom levels are available to change the scale of the display Y urad 0 0000 CONEXLDS 1 0 0 mrmr 3 3 2 Cluster view tab The cluster view tracks and plots the current position X Y continuously A laserON O Light level 0 Configuration Main Acquistion Setup Calibration Diagnostics About Clear Freeze Save Reset zoom Page 8 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 3 3 3 ND Newport Experience Solutions Clear Button Clears the plotted points Freeze Button Freezes the display and stops refreshing The button label Freeze changes to Resume once it
5. 331En1020 04 13 Page 4 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 3 2 Configuration The Configuration tab allows the user to view and or change information related to the logging configuration and the instrument settings Read only values are displayed for the log file name and log file path The Logging Level can be selected from a drop down list that ranges from the Trace level which logs everything to the least detailed Critical Error 101 x Configuration Main Acquisition Setup Calibration Diagnostics About See A w E E LoggingConfiguration 0 Log File Name Newport CONEXLDS Log LogPath Log Level Trace Instrumentinfomation 0 Pollinginterval 200 E Diagnostics 0 Delay O Charts BufferDepth El Positions Max C Program Files Newport MotionControl Conex LDS Config Newport CONEXLDE Save C L E A R MEASUREMENT The Polling Interval defines the delay in milliseconds between each polling event The user may change the polling interval by entering a new value The Save button saves the current settings to the configuration file ND Newport Experience Solutions Page 5 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator Configurable settings The following table describes all the settings that can be changed by the user Parameter Description Values Default LoggingConfiguration Trace Detail Equipment Message Info Trace
6. At the end of this period the LED stops blinking and the laser starts emitting This Controller GUI will display the current X and Y positions Measurements can be recorded either through the command set or the two analog outputs gt Newport EDH033 1En1020 04 13 Page 2 Experience Solutions CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 2 0 Getting Started 2 1 Discover Instruments Start the Controller GUI from Newport MotionControl CONEX LDS Next click on Discover button and number of instruments discovered will appear This window allows the user to select a com port where the desired instrument is connected ND Newport Experience Solutions Page 3 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator When an XPS controller is connected this window allows the user to choose XPS Option and enter IP settings Instruments Discovered 1 COM13 XPS Option IP address 192 168 254 254 IP Port 5001 Next click Launch Applet Controller GUI button 3 0 User Interface 3 1 General This banner shows the laser status and the light level returned to the sensor as a percentage of the emitted power 5 xl Light level 00 l A Lex 10 The button Laser ON turns the laser on When the laser LED is ON green LED the button turns to Laser OFF to turn it off SE jx A Laser OFF E Light level 97 0 QAD N Experience Solutions EDH0
7. CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator se anin PP Ei Controller GUI Manual Newport Experience Solutions V 1 0 x For Motion Think Newport CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator GO Newport Experience Solutions EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page ii CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator Table of Contents ND Newpo rt Experience Solutions LO IntrOQUCHON 5 88 6 n l s slis eee iia ciencias 1 MM BOSS AMM A In a tee cepa ease oda AAA l NN EEE 5 o A l lo COOP state ia rata iros l 20 tivo CC e A 3 2t Discover Asumen dada 3 S30 USSR RAC asc ces ccce soccer tse e cee essai eeocececsescesecanecenccssssecevspeceseesesceseeubecest 4 OC eee E eee ee nee ee eee eee eee eee 4 0 EOS AO tabs 5 C a EE EA E E A E E N EA N EA E A ET 8 A T a en 8 CN Dia 8 sa POO AD TA 9 A ates E E E E EEES 10 e E E E I T EA 12 3 5 1 CONEX LDS Acquisition tab iio er 12 33 2 XPS Data Lopper AD ner ica 14 OS A RPP A 17 JOL 8 01 4240 02118 0 eee ia 18 3 6 2 Dark current calibration ss 19 ar LONAS SR en no 19 04 AMOS OS a ee ee ee ee 20 3 7 Diagnostics aiii dit 20 PAP 22 SEIN FCC DOF PP Re EE E E E EEE aS ES 23 Page iii E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator GO Newport Experience Solutions EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page iv CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 1 0 E DH0331En1020 04 13 Page 1 Intro
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9. S and the XPS controller 5 Conex LOS AO CONEX LDS Instrument Supported Models CONEX LDS Fimware version CONEX LDS Instrument Key Calibration date Ckecking Calibration date Registration to instrument Registration and communication instrument success Registration and communication with instrument SUCE MEASUREMENT CONEALDS oe is an a to monitor and Control Newport s Value CONEALDS 00016338 00015 Copyright Newport Corporation 4012 CONEX LDS CONEX LDS 1 1 0 USB TO R5 422 485 ADAPTER FTFP ZEEC TCPIP 192 168 254 254 5001 SOCKET 12 06 2012 12 06 2013 12 214 004 4930 19 4945 For an external data logger refere to the analog out pinouts and the gains table to convert from voltage to position Refer to the CONEX LDS Users manual for more information Page 22 CO N Experience Solutions CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator Service Form Your Local Representative Tel Fax Name Return authorization y Please obtain prior to return of item Address Date Country Phone Number P O Number Fax Number Item s Being Returned Model Serial Description Reasons of return of goods please list any specific problems GO Newport Experience Solutions Page 23 E DH0331En1020 04 13 Newport Experience Solutions Visit Newport Online at www newport com North America amp Asia Newport Corporation 1791
10. Warning Error Critical Errror Logging level Trace is the most detailed setting wherein the Controller GUI logs Level everything Critical Error is the least detailed setting which log errors that are defined to be critical Instrumentinformation The polling interval defines the delay Pollinginterval in milliseconds between each polling An Integer event NbDigits aL of digits after the decimal An Integer NS Diagnostics Dela The time in milliseconds between Anand y commands sent to the instrument 9 Charts BufferDepth defines the maximum BufferDepth number of points displayed in the 200 chart XMax XMax defined the maximum X limits 2000 of the position charts XMin XMax defined the minimum X limits of 2000 the position charts YMax XMax defined the maximum Y limits 2000 of the position charts YMin YMax defined the minimum Y limits of 2000 the position charts Models Instrumentinfo Number of instruments that could be connected NoOfinstruments 1 CONEX LDS mandatory 1 or2 2 XPS Optional Instrument1 Type of the main instrument D de Instrument2 Type of the optional instrument PPS CommunicationChannelLDS The communication channel USB USB CommunicationChannelXPS The communication channel XDirection The axis direction for X axis Positive Positive Negative Direction The axis direction The axis direction for Y axis Y axis _ Positive The axis direction for Y axis Re
11. duction 1 1 Purpose The purpose of this document 1s to provide instructions on how to use the CONEX LDS Controller GUI 1 2 Overview The CONEX LDS Controller GUlis a software application that has a Graphical User Interface GUI which allows the user to interact with the CONEX LDS device 1 3 Controller state diagram For a safe and consistent operation the CONEX LDS uses 3 different operational States 1 Configuration 2 Ready 3 Measure In each state only specific commands are accepted by the CONEX LDS Therefore it is important to understand the state diagram below and which commands and actions cause transitions between the different states Laser ls emitting RS PO PT LEO LE 1 RSA tresets controller address to 11 ND Newport Experience Solutions CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator When powering the CONEX LDS the controller starts initialization When initialization is successful the controller goes to the READY state The controller can go to the CONFIGURATION state using the PWI command In the CONFIGURATION state the CONEX LDS allows changes to all configuration parameters like gains or controller address The PWO command saves all changes to the controller s memory and returns the controller back to the READY state The device goes to the MEASURE state with the LBI command After sending the command the status LED blinks for 3 seconds indicating that the laser is going to be powered
12. e user s manual Send Command file button sends a file to the controller all the commands in the file are sent one by one gt Conex LDS Ez A o Diagnostics Command Send Send Command file Command History Response History Registration and communication with instrument successful Registration to instrument Successful Registration and communication with instrument successful MEASUREMENT gt Newport EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page 20 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator Configuration Main Acquistion Setup Calibration Diagnostics Command Command History Response History Registration and communication with instrument successful Communication is stopped Registration and communication with instrument successful Communication is stopped Registration and communication with instrument successtul Communication is stopped MEASUREMENT Jemi 4 ha NOTE Refer to the CONEX LDS Users manual for the description of the commands GO Newport Brie Soins Page 21 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator EDH0331En1020 04 13 3 8 About The About tab displays information about the Controller GUI and connected instrument It displays the Controller GUI name version and copyright information It also displays the instrument model instrument key serial number and firmware versions of the CONEX LD
13. es the selected configuration Save as Button The Save as button saves and applies a user defined CONEX LDS configuration in the XML configuration file A new configuration name can be entered in the dialog box that appears 25 Configuration name setting This configuration already exits Do you want replace it Choosing Yes will overwrite the current configuration and No will create and save a new one Set permanent Button Saves the new values for the range the calibration coefficients and the offsets in the memory of the CONEX LDS The controller will need to be in the Configuartion state in order for changes to take place The following message will pop up to verify if the user wants to change the settings or not GD N Page 18 Experience Solutions o CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator You are about to change the COMEX LDS settings Proceed Choosing Yes will save the parameters in memory and No will cancel the operation Set Volatile Writes to volatile memory and is lost upon reboot 3 6 2 Dark current calibration Update Button Updates the offsets Follow the pop up messages to complete the process Dark current calibration The laser must be turned ON for more than 10 minutes before making A an Update Click OK when ready Dark current calibration Insert a shutter in the beam as close as poss ble to the CONEX LDS Click OK when ready E
14. gistration and communication with instrument success MEASUREMENT Unit information A CONEX LDS configuration is based on the following parameters Unit It s a string that represents the units defined by the user for the application Range _ It s the display range applied in the application Ratio X It s the ratio X applied to the factory s coefficient X and the factory s offset X to define the current coefficient X and offset X Ratio Y It s the ratio Y applied to the factory s coefficient Y and the factory s offset Y to define the current coefficient Y and offset Y ND Newport Experience Solutions Page 17 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS EDH0331En1020 04 13 3 6 1 Electronic Autocollimator Configuration Factory Configuration The Factory configuration contains the factory values saved in the memory of the CONEX LDS This configuration is mandatory to use with Calibration verification Current Configuration The Current configuration contains the current values defined in the selected configuration Config Combo box The Config combo box selects and applies a predefined CONEX LDS configuration Remove Button The Remove button deletes the selected configuration from the list Remove ALL Button The Remove ALL button deletes all configurations saved in the list of configurations Save Button The Save button saves and appli
15. hot Clear button This button clears all acquired positions Reset zoom Button Resets the zoom scale GO Newport EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page 12 Pd carol CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator Save Button This button saves the acquired positions in a text file The format 1s as follows Ie 2 3 4 5 Gu 7 8 9 1 Acquisition type manual or dynamic Date and time Comment Comment line Nb points Number of points Period ms Polling delay in milliseconds Low pass filter ms low pass filter frequency in ms X user axis name Y user axis name X position 1 Y position 1 0 X position N Y position N Zoom in X and Y view unit 2000 1200 00 100 e 1200 4 N 4 7 T 4 Sets a new window of axis position based on start and end points as defined with the mouse cursor click Zoom in X Y view unit 2000 1200 4 a ian T A T 1 T 000 1200 a 400 Na 255 504 30 35 4 acquisition index Button to reset the last scale view zoom x Sets a new window of axis positions based on start and end points XY defined with the mouse cursor click ND Newport Experience Solutions NOTE The Reset zoom button automatically resets all zooms Page 13 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 3 5 2 XPS Data Logger tab This function is available only if an XPS Universal Motion Controller is phys
16. ically connected and configured in the Configuration tab The Run button starts the acquisition with the XPS Once clicked the Run button changes to Stop The Stop button aborts the current XPS acquisition The results are saved in an XPS data file NOTE For additional information on the XPS and to download the manual visit newport com GS Conex LDS o amp sz ired data will be stored in Gathering dat file AFS Data Logger Registration and communication instrument successful Registration to instrument Da io cia el MEASUREMENT Three available triggers 1 Immediate 2 Start on TRIG 3 Synchronized on TRIG In all 3 cases below the analog outputs of the CONEX LDS must be connected to GPIO2 of the XPS at AIl and AR The default pins can be changed in the configuration tab to AIT thru AI4 pins 14 to 17 gt Newport EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page 14 cts Str CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator GO Newpo rt Experience Solutions Start on trig mode always refers to the TTL input 1 of GPIOI to GPIO4 connectors GPIO1 is the default which can be changed in the configuration tab e GPIOI TTL inputl pin4 e GPIO2 TTL imputl pin3 GPIO3 TTL input pin9 e GPIO4 TTL inputl pinl 1 Immediate TRIGGER Standard XPS gathering e Number of points e Frequency 2 Start on external TRIGGER Standard XPS gathering e Number of points e Frequency
17. is clicked In order to start refreshing click Resume Save Button Saves the data in a text file The format is as follows 1 Comment line 2 Polling delay 3 X User axis name X User axis name 4 Xf OO SATA on Y po ition Reset zoom Button Resets the zoom scale to the default Positions tab This tab shows the current positions in a large font for better visibility 5 COMS Target Cluster view Positions CONEX LDS 1 0 0 Freeze Button Freezes the display and stops refreshing The button label Freeze changes to Resume once it is clicked In order to start refreshing click Resume Relative Zero Button Resets the current position to zero Page 9 E DH0331En1020 04 13 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 3 4 Calibration The Calibration tab is to be used to verify the CONEX LDS is still within the calibration set at the factory eX Conex LDS Pe amp Ez ao sin 503 Calibration Information Coelficients ibration date 12 06 2012 Next recommended calibration date 12 06 2013 CONEX LDS VER reference angle 1 0000 Coef A 29860 3800 Coef Y 4945 0000 Performance verification Expected angular positions X Y 1 0000 0 0 1 0000 1 0000 0 O 1 0000 ag apenas ele mn prune a successful Registration to instrument Su nico T Demr MEASUREMENT Last calibration date Last calibration date performed at the factory for the CONEX LDS instrument Next recom
18. mended calibration date The Last and Next calibration dates are set in the LDS instrument during factory calibration The next calibration date display color indicates the following e Green there is plenty of time to schedule the next calibration e Orange the next calibration date is getting close e Red calibration is due NOTE Newport recommends performing factory calibration EACH YEAR GO Newport EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page 10 PR CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator Start performance verification Button Opens a user friendly interface to validate the CONEX LDS calibration The label on the button changes to Stop to cancel the current recalibration e Error 3 GREEN indicator OK e Error gt 3 RED indicator consider sending the CONEX LDS to the factory for calibration REFERENCE INFORMATION The optical wedge of the CONEX LDS VER calibration verification kit induces an angular deviation to the autocollimator s beam This deviation corresponds to a measurement angle of approximately 1000 urad The exact angle is measured and delivered with each CONEX LDS VER Kit The verification process consists of 4 measurements spaced 90 apart on the PSD These measurements are compared to the CONEX LDS VER reference angle set in the Configuration tab Before performing this verification and inserting the optical wedge the mirror must be centered so the CONEX LDS reads X 0 and Y 0 10 urad GO Newport
19. nds can take a long time to execute so if you ve got a blank screen or a HTTP 404 error check your web client time out Command history list Clear History TCL Generato Gathering Display Cc ES E A R AD Newport S Spectra ys Solutions to Make Manage and Measure Light Erperence Sonora MEASUREMENT s gt Comment Curve designation Unit 0 IGPIOZ2 ADC1 no unit 0 GPIO2 ADC2 no unit no unit no unit no unit M Hi Il il i ll il non ty il Nik I 0 10 0 20 0 30 0 40 0 50 0 60 0 70 0 80 0 90 1 00 seconds Min 100 a Java Runtime Environment E amp ND Newport S Spectra Physics Solutions to Make Manage and Measure Light AAA To properly display the results in the XPS interface gains must be properly set Refer to the CONEX LDS Users Manual for the correct gains to use with the analog outputs GO Newport Experience Solutions EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page 16 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator 3 6 Setup The Setup tab configures the CONEX LDS parameters used in the graphical user interface ao Conex LDS oo amp lez Frequency 10 0000 Factory Selecte Unit urad Range 2000 Ratio X 1 00000000 A Gain 1 1 Ratio Y 1 00000000 Y Gain 1 1 Analog Outputs V unit Registration and communication with instrument suci Registration to instrument Successful Re
20. stive A i Axes orientation Normal XYOrientation Normal XY _ Inverse Inverse YX GO Newport Experience Solutions EDH0331En1020 04 13 Page 6 CONEX LDS Electronic Autocollimator LDSUnitConfiguration SelectedConfiguration Name of the selected configuration O ee Predefined factory configuration of C pntigurationF actor the connected CONEX LDS ConfigurationArcSec Predefined configuration BR Configuration MDeg Predefined configuration O S String format name unit range ratioX ratioY l String format Configuration2 User configuration name unit range ratioX ratioY nameunirangeretoxratoy nameunirangeretoxatoy nameunirangezetoxatoy nameuniangeratXraioy nameuniangeatXraioy nameumirange atXraioy Configuration User configuration String format Configuration9 User configuration name unit range ratioX ratio Y E String format Configuration10 User configuration name unit range ratioxX ratioY XPS XPSDataLogger GPIO1 DI GPIO2 DI GPIO3 DI GPI04 DI XPS Digital input used as an external ExternalTrigger trigger to start an XPS gathering use TTL input 1 only XPS Analog input used in the XPS GPIO2 ADC1 eE GPIO2 ADC2 GPIO2 ADC XAnaloginput gathering to get X axis positions from GPIO2 ADC3 4 the CONEX LDS GPIO2 ADC4 XPS Analog input used in the XPS GPIO2 ADC1 i gt ia GPIO2 ADC2 GPIO2 ADC YAnaloginput gathering to get Y axis
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