Juno

All USB speaking devices (Juno, Pulsar and USB as well as the StarBright, Vega, Nova-II, and StarLite Power and Energy Meters) can be controlled via our StarLab. This provides full remote control and measurement capabilities. In addition, system integrators can make use of the OphirLMMeasurement COM object for all of our USB speaking devices that are included in the application installation. Documentation and Examples in Visual Basic, LabVIEW are found in the "Automation Examples" sub-directory of your StarLab directory.

The StarLab can support up to 8 sensors simultaneously. This can be through attaching 8 sensors to 8 different USB Interfaces, 8 sensors to 2 Pulsars or any combination in between. Note that when working with a large number of devices you may run out of ports on the PC. In that case, you must use a USB compliant Hub.

StarCom is our legacy PC application which connects via RS232 (not USB), for those Ophir instruments having RS232 interface capability (Vega, Nova II, LaserStar and Nova). It performs all basic functions such as real-time data logging, saving data in PC file, off-line data viewing, printing, etc. For a relatively new computer, you'd have to check that it has a serial port to which to connect the meter. The last release of StarCom was in 2008, with all that this implies. StarCom should nevertheless be able to work on a Win7 32 bit PC. More information, including software download, is available at https://www.ophiropt.com/laser-measurement-instruments/laser-power-energy-meters/software/starcom.

StarLab is our full-featured PC application that connects via USB to all Ophir USB-speaking instruments (Vega and Nova II meters, as well as Juno, Pulsar, USBI and the Bluetooth-enabled Quasar PC interfaces). In addition to all basic measurement and data logging functions, it also offers a wide range of special functions (including user-defined mathematical functions), multi-channel operation, COM Object for integration with external systems, etc. More information, and software download, is available at https://www.ophiropt.com/en/laser-measurement-instruments/laser-power-energy-meters/software/starlab.

For customers using the new LabVIEW COM Demo, there is nothing additional to do. Just open it and get started. If writing your own LabVIEW application, make sure that the OphirLMMeasurement COM Object is included in your LabVIEW application

For customers using the legacy OphInstr LabVIEW package, here are additional clarification steps to assist establishing the interface to LabVIEW when connecting an Ophir meter such as the USBI/Nova II/Vega with the USB.

The sequence for preparing to interface the Ophir USBI (or meters connected through USB) with LabVIEW is generally as follows:

BE SURE the OPHIR CD is NOT in the PC CD drive when running SWAPINF.

• Disconnect any USBI OPHIR Device from the PC
• Run SwapINF utility
• Set LabVIEW option On
• Press "Swap" button - You will be prompted to "Remove the Ophir USBI Devices before continuing" 
• Press "OK" (you have already removed these)
• Press "OK" again (after SwapINF is done)
• Reconnect the Ophir USBI device to the PC that you wish to apply LabVIEW VI's on If asked by Wizard (i.e. in XP) to update software etc.
• Select "not this time" & press "next" button
• Again, press "next" (install software automatically)

From here on you may apply LabVIEW VI's on your device

We have recently introduced 64 bit StarLab 3.30 application software (also compatible with 32 bit).

This software package is free, and when combined with our USB-capable meters such as Vega or Nova II, or our USB based PC interfaces such as Juno, Pulsar and USBI, it is the ultimate in live data viewing, collection and analysis of laser power and energy measurements. If you want to go wireless, use it with our Bluetooth enabled Quasar.

StarLab is a standalone software package that is very modular. Use it with up to 8 instruments or PC Interfaces to display and collect data from all 8 simultaneously. You can perform math functions for ratiometric measurements such as A/B, and math functions like A-B, A+B, or A *B. Display all on one coordinate system with a different color for each, or split them into several windows. View data in Line, Bar Graph, Histogram, or for tuning up one channel use our simulated analog meter with or without hysteresis. Get Live Statistics like Min, Max, Avg, and Std. Dev, or select batch size for stats.

There's more:
Measure power and/or energy density , based on user defined beam size.
Time-synched multi-channel logs to a single log file for later review.

If you have one of our instruments with USB or our USB interfaces download it for free now and try it out. There is no need to uninstall older versions of our USBI program if you are already using them and just want to try this out. If you don't have one of our instruments or USBI interfaces contact us, and set up a free demonstration in your lab or production floor. Here's the link to download it You'll Love It like I do.

Unless otherwise indicated, Ophir sensors and meters should be recalibrated within 18 months after initial purchase, and then once a year after that.

Sometimes an application requires logging power from multiple power sensors, and being able to compare readings from the different sensors; in such cases, it is necessary to know to what degree the time points of each “channel” are in synch with each other.

Possible solutions would be to use a 2-channel Pulsar, or for example 2 Juno’s.

With Thermal (and also Photodiode) power sensors, the logged data timestamps originate from the PC, with millisecond resolution, for both Pulsar’s and Juno’s.

So basically there is no difference between a Pulsar and a Juno in that respect. They will perform the same.

Each measurement will have its own separate timestamp, and will not have the exact same zero point; however, they will be ‘synced’ to each other to within a millisecond or so. Keep in mind that with power measurements, the instrument’s A/D sampling rate of the power signal is 15Hz (i.e. every 66.67 msec), so for all practical purposes the 2 channels can be considered in synch with each other.