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Laser wiring.

Branson Cline
7 years ago

Hey guys this might not make sense and I might not be in the right place, but I have a laser I bought and I need to wire an hd15 connector but I'm not sure how, here are the instructions I got.

Here are some basic instructions.

MG CLC laser power:

On POWER/CONTROL HD15 connector:

Power: +5 VDC, 6 A max, fat yellow Wire (pins 1,2,3 of HD15).
Ground: fat black wire (pins 9,11,12,13 of HD15).

Blue wire (interlock) should be connected to Ground as well.

Earth ground: Green wire should be attached to safety ground of power supply.

MG CLC laser control:

On POWER/CONTROL HD15 connector:

Laser ON: SPDT momentary switch (e.g., miniature toggle or pushbutton):

Pin 11/Ground (black wires in harness) to common
Pin 6 to normally closed
Pin 5 to normally open

Laser OFF: SPST momentary switch (e.g., miniature pushbutton):

Pin 11/Ground (black wires in harness) to common
Pin 7 to normally open

Pin 11/Ground can be connected to the fat black power Ground wire, it
doesn't need to go inside the connector shell. But the others do.
It's tight soldering in there. Use #24 wire and heatshrink.

Switches can be bought from a place like Jameco, MPJA, All Electronics,
Digikey, etc.

The RS232 port needs to be used to set the default power and possibly enable
the laser the first time. After that, the ON and OFF switches alone will
permit it to be turned on and off at full power. I have not tested the
modulation input but that should be usable to vary power assuming it is
active. (If you have mating SMA cables, please send.)

Using RS232 (19,200 baud):

LAS:POW:REF 450

Sets power to maximum of 450 mW out of fiber.

I do not know what the rated power is, possibly 300 mW if similar to the Ignis.
So, could set for 300 mW instead:

LAS:POW:REF 300

There may be one more command needed to enable the laser (first time only).

KS 2


Can anyone tell me how to do the wiring of the hd15 connector. Thank you.

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