LBA-PC
OPERATOR’S Manual
LBA-PC
Installation of the Frame Grabber Board Camera Connections
Equipment Setup
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP Pro
Optical Radiation Hazards Electrical Hazards
Menus and Dialog Boxes
Capture Toolbar... design the toolbar contents
Camera... selection and display resolution
Aperture... display and define apertures
Capture... define acquisition method and processing
Display Windows
Triggering Types & Capturing Methods
Computations
What is Ultracal
Integration Operation
Digital Camera Control
Remote Operation
Digital Camera Option
Active X
Remote Gpib Operation
System Requirements
General Information
Optional Equipment
Power Requirements
Specifications
Optical Radiation Hazards
Safety Considerations
Electrical Hazards
Installation of the Frame Grabber Board
Equipment Setup
LBA-300PC
LBA-7XXPC -D LBA-PC-PIII
LBA-PC
Four Camera Option Operator’s Manual
Camera Connections
Analog Cameras
LBA-PC Software Installation
Digital Cameras
First Method Windows XP
Second Method Windows 2000 or XP
Start LBA-PC
Start, Programs, Spiricon, LBA-PC, LBA-PC
Sample Configurations
Configure Camera Type
Collect Data
LBA-PC device driver not found LBA-PC set to Off-Line mode
Error Messages
Unable to load LCA program file File Not Found
Click on the Sound, video and game controllers listing
Connections
Frame Grabber not found LBA-PC set to Off-Line mode
Not a valid LBA-PC data file
Shutter Controls Signals
Camera Power
SHUT3 SHUT2 SHUT1
Trigger Out
Camera Control Cables
Pass/Fail Out
Trigger
Pyrocam I Setup Requirements
Special Setup for Pyrocam I Operation
Pyrocam I with Non-Digital LBA-PC’s
LBA-300/400/500/708/710/712/714PC Digital camera option
Some Restrictions apply when interfaced to a Pyrocam
Setup requirements for LBA-PC with pyrocam cameras
Image synchronization considerations
Pyrocam I with Digital LBA-PC’s
LBA-500/7XXPC-D w/ Digital Camera Option
LBA-500/7XXPC-D Setup requirements
Image Synchronization Considerations
File Load
File. . . Drop Down Menu Selections
Load Frame Dialog Box
Special Frame Numbers
File Save As…
Drag and Drop Data Frame Loading
Save As … Dialog Box
Export Image… to a disk file
Export Image… dialog box
Restore Config… from a file
Save Config… to a file
Set Reference, copy the current to the reference frame
What is Gain Correction?
How to generate gain
What Disables Gain Correction?
Generate Gain
File Save Gain As…
File Load Gain…
Gain Off/On
File Logging
Data, Results & Export Logging, dialog box
Beginning and Terminating Logging
Logging Method
Pass/Fail Filter
Combinations using Logging, Statistics and Post Processing
Combinations using Logging, Statistics and Block Mode
File Print…
File Exit
File Print Setup
File Save Frog as…
Save Frog as…Dialog Box
Frog Data Collection Tips
Frog Data Orientation
LBA-PC
Hide/Show Capture, Display, Aperture Toolbar
Options... Drop Down Menu Selections
Aperture... display and define apertures
Aperture Shapes
Drag and Drop Apertures
How to create a Drawn Aperture
Display Beam Width
Using Auto Apertures
Camera type selection
Camera... selection and display resolution
Creating a new Camera Type
Click on Save CAM
Resolution and Frame Size
Frame Buffer Size
Sync Source
Am I using Virtual Memory yet?
Gamma Correction
Pixel Scale, Pixel Units
Capture... define acquisition method and processing
Special Camera Settings
Lens
Capture
LBA-PC
Camera
Capture Interval
LBA-PC
Trigger
LBA-PC
Processing
Frame Average
Frame Summing
Gain Correction
Reference Subtraction
Capture Toolbar... design the toolbar contents
Logging
Computation... Energy calibration select results items
Print
Write Protect
Quantitative display, on/off
Energy Calibration Procedure
Total energy Aperture
Min
Beam Width Method
LBA-PC
Gauss Fit
Elliptical
Top Hat
Divergence
Histogram
Statistics
Beam Display... define the beam display
Cursors
Beam View
Cursor Orientation
Origin Location
Axis Scale
Beam Colors
Beam Display
Set Reference Source
Color Bar
Display Thresholds
Copy Image to Wallpaper
Copy Image to Clipboard
7.13 2D Only Beam Display Items
7.14 3D only
LBA-PC
Beam Stability
Beam Display Toolbar
Main Controls
Strip Chart Controls
LBA-PC
Peak/Centroid Scatter Plot and Histogram
Options Camera
Options Camera Pixel Units
Options Beam Display
∝ m
LBA-PC
Option Camera
Create Palette…
LBA-PC
Save Colors
Saving the Palette
Clearing Colors
Load Colors
Pass/Fail... enable and define its operation
Password Lockout
Pass/Fail... Drop Down Menu Selections
Pass or Fail results
Quantitative Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail Units
Pass/Fail dialog boxes
Gauss Pass/Fail
Elliptical Pass/Fail
Top Hat Pass/Fail
Centroid
Top Hat Fluence
Window... Drop Down Menu Selections
Start!/Stop!... a Toggle Menu Action Item
How to Ultracal
Ultracal! Menu Action Item
Tile
AutoExposure!… Menu Action Item
What Disables Ultracal
AutoExposure! Operation
AutoExposure Interacts with Ultracal
Operator’s Manual 104
Operator’s Manual 105
Beam Display Window
Main Window
Frame Comment
LBA-PC
Shortcuts
Results Display Window
Shortcuts
Hardware Zooming
Pan/Zoom Display Window
Analog Camera Zooming
Panning
Soft Zooming
Digital Camera Zooming
Zooming and Panning Constraints
Tilt/Rotate Display Window
Histogram Display Window
Shortcuts using the Mouse
Operator’s Manual 117
Triggering the LBA-PC
Triggering Types & Capturing Methods
Type Trigger Out
Trigger Type CW
Interlaced Cameras
Non-interlaced Cameras
CCD Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
Trigger Delay
CCD Interline and Full Frame Transfer Camera, Interlaced
Cmos Camera, Interlaced
Type Video Trigger
Type Trigger
Programming the Capture Interval
Capture Methods and Rate Control
CCD Frame and Interline Transfer Cameras, Interlaced
With Trigger Type set to CW
With Trigger Type set to Trigger Out
Integration Control
Integration Operation
Digital Camera Operations
Digital Camera Control
Digital Camera Binning Effects
Digital Camera Exposure Controls
Digital Camera ROI Formating
Digital Camera Triggering
Digital Camera Gain and Black Level Control
Operator’s Manual 127
Numerical Formats
Computational Accuracy
Beam Presentation Affects Results
What is Ultracal
Manual Background Energy Nulling
Clip Level
What is the Clip Level and how is it used?
Total Energy
Peak and Min
Percent in Aperture
Peak Location
Centroid Location
11.1 D4-Sigma Method
Beam Widths and Diameters
Knife Edge Method
= ∑x ∑y y − y2 ⋅ Zx, y
Percent of Energy Method
Elliptical beam
Percent of Peak Method
Whole Beam fits Line fits are X/Y or Major/Minor aligned
Gauss Fit
15 X/Y or Major/Minor line fit equations
Whole Beam fit equations
Correlation of Fit
Deviation of Fit
Top Hat
∑ Z
Top Hat Mean and Standard Deviation
Top Hat Factor
Top Hat Minimum and Maximum intensities
= ∑f i ⋅ NPix = Pk Total
Far-Field Divergence Angle computations
Effective Area and Effective Diameter
Focal Length Method
Far-Field Method
Histogram
Statistics
∑ S
Frame Summing
Frame Averaging
Z 1/ g
Gamma Correction
Convolution
Operator’s Manual 147
I/O Connections
Digital Camera Option
Digital Camera Connections for LBA-7XX Model Frame Grabbers
VD11-0+/-… LBA-400/500
Vsync
SHT#… LBA-400/500 only
VD15-0+/-… LBA-7XX
RST… LBA-400/500 only
Special Jumper Cutting Requirements LBA-400/500 only
Transfer Mode
Digital Camera Advanced Timing Setup
Scan Mode
Vertical Start
Horizontal Start
Vertical Size
Horizontal Size
Digital Camera and Ultracal Operation
LBA-PC
Remote Operation
How to Disable Remote Operation
Operator’s Manual 157
Introduction
Using ActiveX
Microsoft Excel
Visual Basic Visual Studio
LabVIEW
Properties, Methods, and Events
AppInfo
Properties
Running
OperationComplete
NewFrame, HoldNewFrame
OperationError
FrameData, FrameWidth, FrameHeight
PixelHScale, PixelVScale
CursorDelta
CrosshairX, CrosshairY, CrosshairZ
EnergyOfBeam
Bitmap
Quantitative Results
Results
Gauss Fit Results
Elliptical Results
Top Hat Results
Statistics Results
Divergence Results
Pass/Fail Results
Methods
LoadConfig
Open
Start
OpenIndex
Stop
Ultracal
Auto Exposure
Events
OnNewFrame
OnOperationComplete
Dcom
False
True
Server LBA-PC Computer
Remote Access
Client Application Computer
If you have a problem
LBA-PC
Hardware and Software Requirements
Remote Gpib Setup
AT-GPIB/TNT PCI-GPIB PCI-GPIB+ PCMCIA-GPIB PCMCIA-GPIB+
LBA-PC
Ieee 488.1 Command Support
Command Formats and Responses
LBA-PC Command and Data Formats
Ieee 488.2 Common Commands
DAB
Establishing Remote Control
Restore and Save Configuration Files
Configuration Commands
LDC Restore Config…
SDC Save Config…
Configuration Commands
APT?END
Minor=7.500E+00 Rotation=0 DisplayShape=0 AutoAperture=1
Transferring Raw Data
Transfer Commands
DAW
10.6.1.1 RCC?, RCR? Read Cursor Transfer
RCR?END
10.6.1.2 RDD? Read Frame Transfer
RDD?END
Transferring Data Files
FRM?
10.6.2.1 FRM? Download Data Frame
FRM
LDD
FRM
FRM Upload Data Frame
FrameNumber=33 #6124928DAB…DABEND
LDD Read Data File
SDD Save Data File
10.6.2.5 RDR? Read Results
RDR?
LOG Logging
10.6.2.7 FST? Transferring Status Information
FST?
10.6.3 PFS? Pass/Fail Status
Spatial Coordinates
Coordinate Systems
10.7.2 Pan/Zoom Window Detector Coordinates
PAN Set Capture Window Location
DIS Set Manual Origin Location
PAN?END
Frame Coordinates
Beam Window World Coordinates
Error Messages
LDC
LDC cannot load config while runningEND
STB
Service Request Response
ESR
ELR
Operator’s Manual 210
UNL
Ieee 488.1 Command Support
Command Meaning Usage
Ieee 488.2 Common Commands
Return ESE contents
Bit 5 Event Status bit, ESB, set
ESE, *ESE? ESR?
Service Request Generation
Configuration Command Parameters
LBA-PC Command and Data Formats
CCC =
Type Description
LDC restore configuration
LBA-PC Configuration Commands
File Menu
Key Type Value Description
LDD load data from file
SDC save configuration
SDD save data to file
Key Type Value Description
LOG set logging configuration
EXP set export configuration & export images
BMP
FRM and RDD are ignored if the LBA-PC is Not in remote
GAI generate gain frame
PRN set print configuration and print
REF set reference
GAI3
Options Menu
APT set aperture configuration
CAM set camera configuration
CAP set capture configuration
Key Type Value Description
Key Type Value Description
PAN
COM set computations configuration
Operator’s Manual 230
DIS set display configuration
Key Type Value Description
EnergyOfBeam=0 then the range is 0 to
PFF set pass/fail master configuration
PSW enter password
Pass/fail quant configuration
Pass/Fail Menu
Key Type Value Description
Pass/fail gauss configuration
Pass/fail elliptical configuration
Key Type Value Description
Key Type Value Description
Pass/fail top hat configuration
Key Type Value Description
3.6 Pass/fail divergence configuration
Remote Specific Commands
CAL ultra cal
CUR read/write cursor location
CHR read/write cross hair location
CHR?
CUR?
DSF display frame
ERR error reporting
ERR?
Executionerror
Message Error Type Description
Commanderror
Rangeerror
Executionerror LDD, DIS
Executionerror LDD, SDD, DIS
Executionerror LDD, SDD
Executionerror SDD
REM
Executionerror CHR
Message Generated By
Message Generated By
Message Generated By
Message Generated By
FRM upload/download a data frame
FST frame status information
HHMMSS.DD
MM/DD/YY
LOC go to local
4.10 PAL? read color palette
ORG set manual origin to cursor location
PAN pan left/right/up/down
PAN?
PNW pan window limits
PNW?
4.14 RCC? read cursor column
4.13 PFS? read pass/fail status
PFS?
4.15 RCR? read cursor row
Key Type Value Description
LBA-714PC
4.16 RDD? read raw data
RDR
4.17 RDR? read results
RUN start running
REM go to remote
STP stop running
STT start/stop toggle
ZOM zoom in/out
4.23 WLD? read current frame boundaries
WLD?
ZMM zoom information
Footnotes
ZOM?
ZMM?
Operator’s Manual 264
Virtual Instrument VI Examples
LBA-PC Remote Control Capabilities
VI Libraries
\ Spiricon \ Lbapc
Auto Aperture ON/OFF
Basic SubVI Library Examples
Comma String to Array
Display Beam Frame
Frame SRE
Do Ultracal
Get Basic Results
Get Frame Status Info
Get Pan Location
Get Palette
Get Tophat Results
Get Version
Move Pan
Move Cursor
Read Basic Cursor info
Read Cursor Column/Row
Read Divergence Results
Restore Configuration
Results SRE
Run Stop
General VI Examples for the LBA-PC
Save Configuration
Semicolon String to Array
Set Energy and Units
Basic Results Panel
Basic Results
Beam Viewer Panel
Beam Viewer
Basic Logging
Basic Divergence
Basic Tophat
Load Data
Hotkeys
Get Data
Operator’s Manual 276
Index
Percent of energy
Convolution 66, 128
LabVIEW 160
Shortcuts 109, 110