Making use of our new com object distributed with starlab 2. Thorlabs pm100 power meter instrument driver national. The software that has a customizable graphical user interface makes it easy to identify spectral features, to measure optical output power over a wavelength range, and to. I couldnt maka the code work with my kdc101 controller and z825b motor. The power meter pm100d must not be operated in explosion endangered environments. Jul 22, 20 the pm160 wireless power meter consists of a sensitive silicon photodetector connected to a portable power meter with a builtin graphical organic led oled display. It is ideal for precise optical measurements, laser and photodiode characterization, lifecycle measurements and many more applications in the lab and on the manufacturing floor.
Capacitive touch buttons enables fast access to set the source wavelength or spectrum, a delta mode that shows the change in power from a userselected set. Our 1936r2936r series boasts stateoftheart analog boards with a whopping 250 khz sampling rate and femtowatt level resolution. The new power meter uses visa, and this is very common for usb instumentation. Pm100usb power and energy meter interface with usb operation. Thorlabs pm300 power meter software bmi surplus, inc. This unit is a thorlabs pm300 power meter software. Find instrument drivers that are available for this instrument for use in labview, labwindowscvi, or measurement studio.
Thorlabs pm100usb power and energy meter interface with. Unplugging and replugging the usb with the computer wont work. This is a thorlabs pm100 digital optical power meter there is no power supply or battery charger. Thorlabs has integrated some of our most popular sensor head formats with a compact usb power meter interface that can be operated using a computer running one of thorlabs power meter software packages. Software with graphical user interfaces for operating thorlabs power meters except pm320e, device drivers, and runtime engines.
It can be operated along with the ni labview program. The pm100d handheld optical power and energy meter is designed to measure the. Enum containing valid measurement modes for the pm100usb. Mar 11, 2015 labview driver for the pw3335 power meter v1. Because you can control the instrument directly from matlab, there is no need to save the data and import it at a later time. Meter, and power meter monitor software packages and provides.
The pm160 wireless power meter consists of a sensitive silicon photodetector connected to a portable power meter with a builtin graphical organic led oled display. Sensors and functionality these ultra compact, lightweight ccd cameras feature usb connections, making them extremely versatile for a wide range of applications including industrial automation, quality control, medical imaging, microscopy, and. Pm100pm200 utility lets you configure the optical power and energy meter series products from the developer. You can change the various parameters, record the power for a range of time, and perform other operations. Communicating with thorlabs apt motor controllers alex. The device performs to a high standard with a total build cost of less than 5,000 and a development time of less than three months. Installing instrument drivers national instruments. View and download thorlabs pm100d operation manuals online. It lets you view the realtime graph of the power flowing to load. Pm100d compact power and energy meter console, digital 4in lcd.
My thorlabs products home optical power and energy meters power and energy meter interface for photodiode, thermal, and pyroelectric sensors pm100usb pm100usb power and energy meter interface with usb operation. This part of the instruction manual contains every specific. Bsd license this software can be used under one of the following two licenses. Thorlabs wireless handheld optical power meter youtube. Example programs are included with most instrument driver downloads. Z800 series motorized dc servo actuator operating manual issue 7.
Thorlabs expanding line of optical power and energy meters includes power meter consoles, a large selection of sensor heads, a wireless power meter with a builtin photodiode sensor, and a fiber optic power meter designed for use in the field. Z806, z812, z812b and z825b z800 series motorized dc. This legacy software includes the optical power meter utility, multi power meter utility, power meter monitor, device drivers, programming examples, and runtime engines to operate our touchscreen, handheld, and usbinterface power meters remotely. The offering ranges from a low cost, handheld meter to the most advanced dual channel benchtop power meter available in the market. Labview offers a graphical programming approach that helps you visualize every aspect of your application, including hardware configuration, measurement data, and debugging. Labview com demo ophir photonics laser power meter. Compatible drivers and software the thorlabs compatible. Thorlabs provides activex controllers and detailed information on the communications protocol for the controller, but their sample videos on using the.
Thorlabs this part of the instruction manual contains every specific information on the pm100usb handheld optical power and energy meter. The provided software, including drivers and applications for labview and c makes it easy to integrate the instrument in test and measurement systems. The links below will lead to software and driver downloads for our power and energy meters software downloads. Thorlabs power meter software thorlabs your source for fiber. For any questions regarding our software, please contact technical support. Thorlabs beam software can be downloaded via the links on tab, along with programming reference guides for labview, visual c and basic.
Labview context help window will displays the description of each driver including page numbers of communication command instruction manualenglish. To search for the software for your device, please enter the item number here. For the thorlabs range of controllers, this serial number is an 8digit decimal number. Thorlabs specializes in the building blocks for laser and fiber optic systems. Only with written consent from thorlabs may changes to single compo. Labview offers a graphical programming approach that helps you visualize every aspect of your application, including hardware configuration, measurement data, and. This is the latest installer for the optical power monitor software. Matlab lets you control and acquire data from optical and rf power meters through instrument control toolbox. Thorlabs pm100 digital optical power meter bmi surplus, inc. Download thpm100, a labwindowscvi,measurement studio for visual studio unknown instrument driver for a power meter from thorlab, models. Driver for thorlabs motorized stages file exchange. Optical power meters and detectors have been served by newport for over 30 years. Due to issues which may affect the computed results, all users are encouraged to update from all earlier versions to v2.
Optical power and energy meters extreme versatility from stateoftheart electronics for applications requiring measurement of lowpower, highpower or energy of continuous or pulsed light sources, newports 1936cr and 2936cr instruments have broken the barrier of temporal measurement performance with calibrated results. This software is not compatible with the pm320e benchtop power meter. Software with graphical user interfaces for operating thorlabs power and energy meters except pm320e, device drivers, and runtime engines. Only with written consent from thorlabs may changes to single components be carried out or components not supplied by thorlabs be used. An m4 tap on the side of beam profiler housing and m6 taps bottom allow for two different mounting orientations. Thorlabs pm100usb power and energy meter interface with usb. The provided software, including drivers and applications for labview and c. I have the driver for labview provided by thorlabs installed which gives vis that allows you to do this and i followed the instructions for writing your own applications in labview that thorlabs provided. The pm100usb optical power and energy meter is designed to measure the optical. The provided software, including drivers and applications for labview and c makes. Legacy software for touchscreen, handheld, and usb. From optomechanical components to telecom test instrumentation, thorlabs extensive manufacturing capabilities allow us to ship high quality, well priced components and devices for nextday delivery. Includes windows laptop with preinstalled software intuitive, responsive, flat interface realtime math operations, unit conversions, and statistical analysis libraries for labview and common programming languages thorlabs optical spectrum analyzers osas perform highly accurate measurements of the spectra of unknown light sources. For the most recent version of the optical power monitor software that.
Im trying to write a simple program in labview to take one measurement from a thorlabs power meter version pm200, with firmware version. Thorlabs dual channel pm320e power and energy meter offers many feaures not found in handheld devices. Developing a 3d optical surface profilometer using labview. Software laser power meter infrared optics laser optics. Thorlabs calibration micro precision provides calibration for all types of thorlabs instruments, calibration test equipment sale and repair.
Instrument class for the thorlabs pm100usb power meter. Labview does not recognize thorlabs power meter ni community. For users with custom software based on the pm100d. Thorlabs pm100d compact power and energy meter console. This is a matlab driver for thorlabs motorized stages. Thorlabs thpm100 meter driver for labview national. Pm100 console for the digital optical power meter series. Thorlabs pm100d power meter operation manual plexon inc. The dual channel design and compatibility to all thorlabs cseries photodiode, thermal.
Thorlabs osas are provided with a laptop computer preloaded with a full software package for acquiring, inspecting, manipulating, and analyzing spectra and interferograms. Jun 10, 2010 download thpm100, a labwindowscvi,measurement studio for visual studio unknown instrument driver for a power meter from thorlab, models. Net labview users can save time when developing instrument control applications by using the labview instrument driver finder idfinder to automatically identify the instruments connected to their systems, install the appropriate instrument driver libraries for programming, and launch an application example to verify communication. In this guide, well run through the process of making a visabased driver using the example of a thorlabs pm100d power meter. Sc10 benchtop shutter controller download thorlabs. The labview instrument driver import wizard allows you to convert an instrument driver from labwindowscvi c source to a labview wrapper dll. Thorlabs instrumentation optical power and energy meter. Optomechanics, optics, optoelectronics, laser diodes, fiber optics and ase test sources as well as fiber optic. Sep 18, 2009 discover why labview is the easiest and most popular software environment for instrument control.
A general description is followed by explanations of how to operate the unit manually. Optical power monitor thorlabs your source for fiber optics. Im trying to write a simple program in labview to take one measurement from a thorlabs power meter version pm200, with firmware version 1. Discover why labview is the easiest and most popular software environment for instrument control. Declares the functions class the following ifdef block is the standard way of creating macros which make exporting from a dll simpler. David developing a 3d optical surface profilometer using labview and ni. This is largely due to the ease of hardware integration provided by labview and also the advanced and highspeed data processing capabilities that labview and ni vision provide.
Thorlabs pm100a compact power meter console, mechanical. This problem can be easily solved by just disconnect the power cable of the servo in my case, tdc101 and reconnect it. Sensor head options include our standard photodiode sensors, a slimformat photodiode sensor, integrating spheres, and a thermal sensor. I asked thorlabs for a working matlab code and they sent me this which worked, but crasched if trying to run the code twice without disconnecting. Serial port 115200 bitss 14 kbs gpib general purpose interface. Thorlabs your source for fiber optics, laser diodes. Optical power monitor operation manual thorlabs, inc. Thorlabs pm100 console for the digital optical power meter. Power and energy meters software downloads thorlabs. Labview com demo demonstrates usb communication with ophir devices in the labview environment. Note that as this is an scpicompliant instrument, the properties and methods of scpiinstrument may be used as well. In addition to the power and energy sensors listed below, thorlabs also offers allinone, wireless, handheld power meters and compact usb power meter interfaces that contain either a photodiode or a thermal sensor, as well as power meter bundles that include a console, sensor head, and post mounting accessories. The labview instrument driver export wizard allows you to convert a labview 8. Software package with gui and drivers to control the sc10, as well as an sdk for thirdparty.
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