BeamGage Professional and BeamGage Enterprise version 5.7 are supported with Automation via .Net components. Both include a LabVIEW example that can be run with the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine that is provided with the BeamGage software CD or available for free download from National Instruments.

All of the Beam Profiling systems include comprehensive PDF User Guide Manuals. These manuals are provided on the software installation CD and are installed to the folder where the beam profiling software installs as a separate PDF file. In addition to the User Guide Manuals, there are also readme files and support documentation that can be found in the folder where the beam profiling software installs. For example the BeamGage Professional software installs a full hypertext manual for automation in the C:Program FilesSpiriconBeamGage ProfessionalAutomationDocumentation folder.

If you are searching just for a PDF copy of a particular beam profiling system manual, they are also available from the web site at; http://www.ophiropt.com/laser-measurement-instruments/beam-profilers/services/manuals

How does one get the most attenuation with the three (3) supplied ND filters that come with BeamGage® CCD cameras?

For most applications, laser beam intensity is too high for the operating range of the CCD. Therefore, ND glass attenuator filters are available to reduce the intensity to the proper level at the CCD. One stackable ND1 filter and two ND2 filters are supplied standard with each CCD camera. These filters are carefully designed not to affect beam quality or cause interference effects.

When compared with the cost of Plexiglas blocks, burn papers, or even IR cards, a beam profiler may seem expensive. Almost anyone who has sold test equipment, at one time or another has heard the complaint from a potential customer, “It’s too expensive!” In fact, almost anyone who has ever sold anything has heard this lament. In most sales training courses there is an extensive section on overcoming objections, and the most prominent objection discussed is always the “it’s-too- expensive” objection.

it is important to input the correct pulse rate into the software. Often this is not the value that the laser manufacturer reports or that the user remembers. For this reason the NanoScan will actually measure and report the pulse repetition rate. Use this number in the software acquisition set up, and the results will be much better.

So how did this whole concept of an “Automation Interface” come about? Well, here is my short-short history on the topic. In the beginning, all programs were simple. Users had simple menus with a few equally simple commands. Most commands had shortcut-key combinations that were fun and easy to remember. The world was a wonderful place. Then somebody got the bright idea that adding “New Features” to an application was cool. Pretty soon the idea caught on and the whole world was playing “keep up with the Joneses.” Fast-forward a few decades and we seem to have thousands of applications with thousands of features. Unfortunately, this evolutionary process did not take place within the human mind over an equally short period of time.