Lumencor Light Engine
Updated on 10/05/2015
Commands listed in this document should be used only by factory personnel during initial calibration and setup. They are not intended for end user.
Commands
Set Hardware ID (SET HWID)
Sets Light Engine serial number (hardware identification). This value will be returned by the user command GET SN. Entered ID value does not have to be a number - any string is acceptable.
Command:
SET HWID 8055
Sets serial number to 8055
Answer:
A HWID
Get Channel Exposure (GET CHEXP)
Obtains exposure value for the power reading chip for a given channel. Generally each channel has a different exposure value. Exposure is expressed in milliseconds. Minimum value is 2.7ms and the maximum is 688.5ms. Exposure increments are 2.7 ms.
Command:
GET CHEXP 2
The above example requests exposure value for channel 2
Answer:
A CHEXP 337
(returns exposure 337 ms)
if successful or
E CHEXP
if error occured
Set Channel Exposure (SET CHEXP)
Sets exposure value for the power reading chip for a given channel. Each channel can have a different exposure value. Exposure is expressed in milliseconds. Minimum value is 2.7ms and the maximum is 688.5ms. All entered values will be forced to 2.7-688.5ms range and rounded off in 2.7ms increments.
Command:
SET CHEXP 2 377
The above example sets exposure value for channel 2 to 377ms
Answer:
A CHEXP
if successful or
E CHEXP
if error occured
Set Pattern (SET PATTERN)
Set predefined test pattern for automatic operation of the light engine. This command starts pattern execution.
Command:
SET PATTERN BURNIN
Answer:
A PATTERN
Get Pattern (GET PATTERN)
Get the name and status of the currently executing pattern. If no pattern is active the answer is “IDLE”. Otherwise pattern name and percent progress are displayed
Command:
GET PATTERN
Answer:
A PATTERN BURNIN T=7 C=2
(BURNIN pattern is currently executing and it reports its current progress - exact specification of the progress report depends on the pattern)
A PATTERN IDLE
(no pattern is active at this time)
Get Pattern Log (GET PATLOG)
Get the last time a pattern was completed.
Command:
GET PATLOG BURNIN
Answer:
A PATLOG Tue Sep 08 16:24:25 PDT 2015