First projector help.

[bhwollen]

The breakout board it to help with wiring the ILDA plug to everything inside the case; trust me, you'll like it a lot and avoid a lot of frustration by getting one. The shutter will go on your baseplate jsut before the scanners and is a good idea even if you never put it inside a case.

My scanner has a plug for my ILDA cable I believe. Thats where my lasers modulation comes out.

[allthatwhichis]

Your scanner amps probably have a plug for 3 or 4 wires comeong from the ILDA plug; the ILDa plug will have 24 wires on it. 12 for lasers, 4 for scanners, 1 for ground, 1 for shutter, 2 for interlock loop, ect... The breakout board simplifies connecting all of these. Let's jsut say I wish there was a breakout board when I built my first projector.

[bhwollen]

I'm so confused. The ILDA cable from my dac plugs into my scanner power supply, then here is the laser modulation out puts (I think)

[allthatwhichis]

Is that a DAC or DMX board?

[bhwollen]

Not a dac, it has a DMX that I thought plugs in, but the whole thing might be a dmx, IDK.

[taggalucci]

FlexMod P3 manual...

http://hacylon.case.edu/laser/FlexMo...dP3_Manual.pdf

[bhwollen]

The dichros I have are huge and rectangular. What mounts should I get for them?

[taggalucci]

Try Dave's mounts - they're excellent!

Here's a thread showing them...

http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...ght=dave+mount


Here's the most recent thread with current pricing...

http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...ght=dave+mount


Just check with Dave that the grub screws have been replaced with bolts as the grub screws are impossible to find a tool for.

I suggest that with gluing all optics (mirrors, dichros) use 2 part epoxy (5 minute epoxy is good).

[bhwollen]

Looks good, but how does it adjust the mirror? Sorry for being so nooby

[taggalucci]

You use an allen/hex key to make fine adjustments in the X or Y axis. These mounts use a pull and push method. You loosen both pull and push in the axis you wish to adjust and then tighten push and pull until the balance between them has the metal flexed to position the mirror at the right angle. The benefit with the mounts is that, because of the push and pull, you get the position locked in tightly.