Adaptif Photonics A1XXX User manual

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User
Guide
A1XXX/A2XXX/A3XXX

A1XXX/A2XXX/A3XXX User Guide
Rev. 1.15
adaptif PHOTONICS GmbH
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Contents
1 General 11
1.1 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Warranty–Terms and Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2.1 Limitation of Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2.2 Warranty Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2.3 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.2.4 Validity ........................ 12
2 Getting Started 13
2.1 About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2.1 A1000 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2.2 A1200 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2.3 A2000 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2.4 A3000 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2.5 A3200 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2.6 A3300 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2.7 AXXXX Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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2.2.8 A1000-B3/R3 Front Panel (19” Version with inte-
gratedPC) ...................... 15
2.2.9 A2000-B3 Front Panel (19” Version with integrated
PC) .......................... 16
2.2.10 AXXXX-B3/R3 Back Panel (19” Version with in-
tegratedPC) ..................... 16
2.3 Software Installation/Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4 Connect the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4.1 Connecting the Instrument to the USB Interface . 17
2.4.2 Connecting the Instrument to the GPIB Interface 18
2.5 Connecting Tunable Laser Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.6 Run the Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.7 Using the Axxx as GPIB Interface (Remote GPIB) . . . . 18
2.8 Changing the GPIB Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.9 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.10DeliveredItems........................ 20
3 Basic Operation AXXXX-B3/R3 (19” Version with inte-
grated PC) 21
3.1 Activating the AXXXX-B3/R3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 NetworkAccess........................ 22
3.3 RemoteControl........................ 22
3.3.1 Remote Desktop Connection Tool . . . . . . . . . 22
3.3.2 Web-Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.3.3 Remote File Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.3.4 Rebooting the Remote System . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.4 Recovery Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 Basic Operation A1XXX/A2XXX 25
4.1 Activating the A1XXX/A2XXX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Basic Operation A3XXX 26
5.1 Activating the A3XXX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.2 A3XXX Polarization Controller Operation . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.2 Manual Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.3 Scrambling Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.4 Sequence Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.5 Loop Synchronous Operation in Optical Loop Test
Beds.......................... 27
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