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4.3.4.5 Pre-Configuration Quantel

  • The output Alarm signal (J3 pin 26) to the SP-ICE-3 Card will be activated whenever any of a pre-configured set of patterns of active alarm inputs is recognised.

    • On the SP-ICE-3 Card the Alarm signal will cause the currently running job to be aborted.

Pre-configured alarm input evaluation.

The Alarm1, Alarm2, Sync_Alarm and Back_Alarm input signals from the laser are used to evaluate the state of the laser, as shown in the Quantel Alarm Table, below:

Column(s)

Description

Alarm1, Alarm2, Aync_Alarm, Back_Alarm

The states of the alarm input signals from the laser.

SP-ICE-3 Job

Whether the job running on the SP-ICE-3 card will be aborted in that alarm state.

In other words, whether the output Alarm signal will be activated.

LED columns

The state of the Yellow Alarm (D10) and Red System Alarm (D11) LEDs on the bracket, and the Green LED D1 on the adapter's PCB.

Note that the Yellow Alarm LED (D10) will be overridden to blink whenever the shutter J2 on the IPG-comp interface is open.

Quantel Alarm Table

Back_Alarm
(Pin24) "Backward power alarm"

Sync_Alarm
(Pin15) "Synchronization signal alarm"

Alarm2
(Pin21) "Temperature alarm"

Alarm1
(Pin16) "Oscillator alarm"

Name

SP-ICE-3 Job

Yellow Alarm
LED D10

Red System Alarm
LED D11

Green
LED D1

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

LOW

Normal Operation

Run

OFF

OFF

ON

HIGH

X

X

X

Back reflection alarm

Abort

ON

OFF

OFF

X

LOW

X

X

Synchronization signal alarm

Abort

ON

OFF

OFF

X

X

LOW

X

Temperature alarm

Abort

ON

OFF

OFF

X

X

X

HIGH

Oscillator alarm

Abort

ON

OFF

OFF