LD2000 "all on"

[polishedball]

Is there a feature to turn the lasers all on in LD2000? I would like to take some power measurements and am looking for the easiest way via software to get 100% output.

Or do you just draw a white dot?

[Insanity]

I think the closest you can get to full power under modulation is to do this:

On the View menu, select Instant Test Frames
Select Laser Media test and write over frame 1
Go to Projector Settings and adjust size to zero

Now you have a single white beam

If you then go to Settings>Palette
Select Go Directly To Palette Setup Dialogue Box
You will see the test pattern in the frame
Click anywhere on the test pattern and use the sliders to change the colour

This way you can measure each individual laser

While it's not as accurate as applying 5v to each module, it's as close as you will get as far as I know...

Mark

[allthatwhichis]

Is there a feature to turn the lasers all on in LD2000? I would like to take some power measurements and am looking for the easiest way via software to get 100% output.

Or do you just draw a white dot?

You can also open the abstract generator; it shoudl come on as an all white circle. Use the controls in the upper right to shrink the size to "0"... this should give you a dot with all lasers at 100% power. You can go to the color selection in the center bottom of the abstract generator box and select "rainbow"; move the color speed to "0". This will give you one of the 6 or 7 rainbow colors. If you change the speed to .10 or .01 you can "select" a color by changing the speed back to "0" once you are on your color of choice to measure each laser's power separatly.

[polishedball]

Thanks I'll try it both ways.

John

[buffo]

The method that Aaron suggested (using the abstract generator) was the one that Bill Benner instructed us to use at FLEM 1.5. Evidently it reduces (as much as possible) the blanking between frames. This ensures you have the highest power output. (But it still may not be exactly equal to applying a constant 5 volt signal to the modulation line.)

Adam