Beamage-M² User Manual Revision 6 1
TABLE OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1-1:ASSEMBLED AUTOMATED M2MEASUREMENT SYSTEM...................................................................3
FIGURE 1-2:COMPLETE MECHANICS TOP VIEW .................................................................................................3
FIGURE 1-3:BEAMAGE-M² MODULE TOP,SIDE AND FRONT VIEW ........................................................................4
FIGURE 1-4:AUTOMATED M2MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SCHEMATIC ....................................................................5
FIGURE 2-1:COMPLETE ASSEMBLY OF BEAMAGE-M² SETUP..............................................................................6
FIGURE 2-2:BAD ALIGNMENT VS.GOOD ALIGNMENT..........................................................................................7
FIGURE 2-3: ALIGNMENT TUBE.........................................................................................................................8
FIGURE 2-4:BEAMAGE INSTALLER ...................................................................................................................9
FIGURE 3-1:PC-BEAMAGE LOGO...................................................................................................................10
FIGURE 3-2:BEAMAGE CAMERA SELECTOR POP-UP ........................................................................................10
FIGURE 3-3:SOFTWARE SETUP:STEP 4.........................................................................................................10
FIGURE 3-4:SOFTWARE SETUP:STEP 5.........................................................................................................11
FIGURE 3-5: SELECT THE ACTION FOLLOWING THE SETUP PHASE.....................................................................11
FIGURE 3-6: SOFTWARE REQUIRES THE LASER BEAM TO BE BLOCKED..............................................................12
FIGURE 3-7:M2ROUTINE DONE PROMPT.........................................................................................................12
FIGURE 4-1:GAUSSIAN BEAM PARAMETERS....................................................................................................13
FIGURE 4-2:POSITIONING OF THE BEAM DIAMETERS WHEN MEASURING A M2...................................................15
FIGURE 5-1:M2MAIN CONTROL BUTTONS.......................................................................................................16
FIGURE 5-2: M2IMAGES CONTROLS ...............................................................................................................17
FIGURE 5-3: M2BUTTON................................................................................................................................17
FIGURE 5-4: M2ADVANCED BUTTON ..............................................................................................................18
FIGURE 5-5: IMAGE INDEX .............................................................................................................................18
FIGURE 5-6: PREVIOUS IMAGE AND NEXT IMAGE BUTTONS..............................................................................18
FIGURE 5-7: CLEAR M² BUFFER.....................................................................................................................19
FIGURE 5-8: M² BUFFER SIZE........................................................................................................................19
FIGURE 5-9: M² FILE CONTROLS....................................................................................................................19
FIGURE 5-10: OPEN M² FILE..........................................................................................................................20
FIGURE 5-11: LESS THAN 20% OF AVAILABLE SPACE ON THE HARD DISK..........................................................20
FIGURE 5-12: LESS THAN 10% OF AVAILABLE SPACE ON THE HARD DISK..........................................................20
FIGURE 5-13: LESS THAN 255 MB OF AVAILABLE SPACE ON THE HARD DISK .....................................................21
FIGURE 5-14: EXPORT M² DATA ONLY BUTTON ..............................................................................................22
FIGURE 5-15: SAVE ALL M² IMAGES AND DATA BUTTON..................................................................................22
FIGURE 5-16: PRINT M² REPORT BUTTON ......................................................................................................23
FIGURE 5-17: M2PRINT REPORT ....................................................................................................................23
FIGURE 5-18:M² SETUP TAB .........................................................................................................................24
FIGURE 5-19:FIXED PARAMETERS .................................................................................................................25
FIGURE 5-20:TRANSLATION STAGE USER-DEFINED SCAN CONTROLS...............................................................26
FIGURE 5-21:STAGE SETTINGS WINDOW .......................................................................................................26
FIGURE 5-22: START BUTTON ........................................................................................................................27
FIGURE 5-23: STOP BUTTON..........................................................................................................................27
FIGURE 5-24:ROUTINE DONE POP-UP WINDOW...............................................................................................27
FIGURE 5-25: CURVE FIT PASSES UNDER ZERO.............................................................................................28
FIGURE 5-26: SAVE PREVIOUS DATA ..............................................................................................................28
FIGURE 5-27: CALCULATE M² BUTTON ...........................................................................................................29
FIGURE 5-28:MANUAL DISTANCE SETTING .....................................................................................................29
FIGURE 5-29: DATA BOX...............................................................................................................................29
FIGURE 5-30:DATA SECTION.........................................................................................................................30
FIGURE 5-31:CALCULATE M² BUTTON............................................................................................................30
FIGURE 5-32:M² RESULTS TAB......................................................................................................................32
FIGURE 5-33:CALCULATION RESULTS OF THE NATURAL BEAM BEFORE LENS....................................................33
FIGURE 5-34:CALCULATION RESULTS OF THE FOCUSED BEAM AFTER THE LENS ...............................................34
FIGURE 5-35 :M2AND BPP RESULTS ............................................................................................................34
FIGURE 5-36 :GAUSSIAN BEAM PARAMETERS SCHEMATIC BEFORE AND AFTER THE LENS..................................34
FIGURE 5-37:DISPLAY WINDOW SHOWING THE MEASURED DATA .....................................................................35
FIGURE 6-1: OPTICAL SETUP FOR THE M² MEASUREMENT ...............................................................................36
FIGURE 6-2: M2BUTTON................................................................................................................................37
FIGURE 6-3: M2FIXED VALUES WINDOW ........................................................................................................37
