Laser Power Meter, Laser Energy Meter and Beam Profiler - by Ophir Optronics Laser Measurement Group
Laser Power Meter, Laser Energy Meter and Beam Profiler - by Ophir Optronics Laser Measurement Group Laser Power Meter, Laser Energy Meter and Beam Profiler - by Ophir Optronics Laser Measurement Group
SMART HEADS
SMART DISPLAYS
BEAM ANALYZERS
SPECTROMETERS
OEM & SPECIAL
SYSTEMS
ACCESSORIES
COMPUTER OPTIONS
- Communication Options
To Your PC
- StarCom
- USBI software
- Ophir VIs
- ActiveX Control
NEW PRODUCTS
Computer Options
Communication
Options to your PC		 Smart Head
to USB Interface

Communications Options to your PC:

With Ophir RS232, USB and GPIB communication options you can transfer data from the instrument to PC in real time or offline. You can also control the instrument from the PC.

Ophir provides software to run these various options as shown below:

Communication Method Nova II Laserstar USB Interface Nova with RS232 option Pulsar-4,2,1
USB USBI software
ActiveX control
LabVIEW VI's
USBI software
ActiveX control
LabVIEW VI's 		  USBI software ActiveX control (Pyroelectric and nanoJoule heads)
RS232 StarCom
software
LabVIEW VI's 		StarCom
software
LabVIEW VI's
StarCom
software
LabVIEW VI's 		 
GPIB (option
with Laserstar)
LabVIEW VI's

   


StarCom:

StarCom is a basic software package for Ophir Optronics Nova II, LaserStar and Nova Power and Energy meters. Use StarCom for Windows to plot power graphs, energy histograms and store data to file. With the dual channel LaserStar, you can also show ratio and difference data as well.

You can download StarCom from this page.


USBI Software:

The USBI software is a full featured software package for use with the USB Interface, Pulsar-4,2,1 and the Nova II using USB communications.

Click here for details on the USBI software package and download.


Ophir VIs:

With Ophir LabVIEW VIs you can build a wide variety of LabVIEW applications for the Ophir Displays using GPIB or RS232.

You can download the drivers from this page.


ActiveX Control:

Ophir Provides ActiveX component software with the USBI, Pulsar-4,2,1 and the Nova II to enable direct communications between these devices and your OEM measurement software/application

DATA TRANSFER SPECIFICATIONS
Display Type Nova RS232 Nova II RS232
LaserStar RS232		 Nova II USB
LaserStar GPIB		 USBI Pulsar-4,2,1
Power Measurement
Power log period 5s to 24hr. 12s to 600 hr. 12s to 600 hr. 5s to 500 hr. 5s to 500 hr.
Max points stored onboard 300 6000 6000 N.A. N.A.
Max points direct to PC file: unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited
Energy measurement
Max real time data logging rate toPC >10Hz >30Hz Nova II
> 1000Hz1
Laserstar
> 1500Hz1		 > 1000Hz1 > 20000Hz1
Onboard data logging rate >10Hz Nova II
> 1000Hz1
Laserstar
> 1500Hz1		 Nova II
> 1000Hz1
Laserstar
> 1500Hz1		 N.A. N.A.
Data transfer from instrument to PC seconds ~500 points/s ~500 points/s N.A. N.A.
Max points stored onboard 1000 50,000 50,000 N.A. N.A.
General:
Maximum baud rate 192002 >38400 N.A. N.A. N.A.
PC file format Pure text files, spreadsheet compatible


1 The above refers to the rate for logging every single point in turbo mode. Above that rate the instrument will sample points but not log every single point. Turbo mode is not available when in dual channel mode.

2 Maximum guaranteed baud rate when working with Pyroelectric heads is 9600.

For more information, Ophir part numbers and ordering information, Download here the Ophir heads catalog

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