Summary: |
Interfaces to Sutter Lambda 10-3 controller |
Authors: |
Nick Anthony. Based off of the SutterLambda adapter |
License: |
BSD |
Platforms: |
Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (only serial port, no parallel port or USB) |
Devices: |
Device Configuration
Serial port issues
The Lambda 10-3 Controller uses a straight through (i.e., not null modem) DB9 serial cable. The default baud rates are 9600 for serial ports and 128000 for USB ports (which use a build-in USB-serial converter, drivers can be found here)
Wheel speed
95% of the time speed #1 works best (#0 being the fastest, which
only works with an empty wheel). If speed #1 does not work you can try
the slowest (speed #7 IIRC). Best practice is to set the desired
wheel speed during
startup,
i.e. in your Startup Preset of the System Group.
Lambda VF5
The Lambda VF5 tunable filter changer consists of a filter wheel which can additionally be tilted to provide a specific bandpass wavelength. In addition to selecting a wheel speed (described above) you can also select a tilt speed between 0 and 3.