Hamamatsu Photonics C9525 SERIES, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...his product correctly and safely be sure to read this manual carefully to fully understand its contents During installation and operation of this product always follow the instructions explained in the Essential safety precautions sections as well as WARNING and CAUTION instructions listed in the text of this manual Please acknowledge that we can accept no liability for damage loss or trouble aris...

Page 2: ...d and comply with the instructions Alert symbol and signal words WARNING WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury CAUTION CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in minor or moderate injury or damage to the equipment or software Pictorial signs Electrical shock hazard A high voltag...

Page 3: ...this point avoid handling the cable with wet hands Doing so may cause electrical shock or malfunctions Do not scratch damage or tamper with the cable and avoid placing any heavy objects on it Operating with a damaged cable may result in electrical shock or fire When using the high voltage output receptacle always keep a high voltage output cable with an SHV plug connected to that receptacle Failur...

Page 4: ...cal shock or fire Do not operate this product in locations exposed to excessive dust splashing from liquid such as water droplets vibration or fire Operating it in such locations may result in fire Do not operate this product in locations where flammable or explosive gases or vapors are present Operation in such locations is extremely dangerous since it may cause explosions or fire Do not insert m...

Page 5: ...take vents 10 5 How to Operate 11 5 1 Preparation before power on 11 5 2 Making settings by panel key Local mode 12 5 3 Operation by the remote Usage of sample program 14 5 4 Operation by the remote Various setting by commands 18 5 5 Alarm display 32 6 Maintenance and Inspection 33 6 1 Maintenance and inspection 33 6 2 Repair 33 7 Dimensional Outline 34 8 Warranty 35 ...

Page 6: ...o 2000 V DC guaranteed range 320 to 2000 V Maximum output current 1 8 mA Line regulation Within 0 005 10 mV for 10 line voltage change Load regulation Within 0 03 50 mV for 0 to 100 load change Ripple Typ 0 003 20 mV p p at maximum output including induction hum Long term stability Typ 0 02 10 mV per 8 hours after one hour of preheat Temperature coefficient Typ 0 01 C Protection circuit Uses const...

Page 7: ...D mm Mass Approx 3 kg Usage environment Location Indoor Altitude Below 2000 meters Overvoltage category II Pollution degree 2 IP code IP20 Applicable safety standards EMC directive Safety standard IEC61326 1 2005 Group 1 Class A IEC61010 1 2010 3 Accessories AC power cable length 2 m 1 High voltage cable E1168 17 length 1 5 m with SHV plug 1 USB cable length 1 5 m with filter 1 DIN connector plugs...

Page 8: ...voltage etc Also use these keys to select the display item or increase or decrease the settings High voltage output switch OUTPUT This is a toggle push switch When this switch is pushed in the high voltage output turns ON and the green LED in the switch lights up Pushing this switch again switch protrudes turns OFF the high voltage output and the green LED turns off USB receptacle Connects to the ...

Page 9: ...ical shock if a high voltage is accidentally applied Low voltage output receptacle OUTPUT These are the same type of DIN connector sockets for low voltage output 1 5V 2 5V 3 GND for 5V 4 15V 5 15V 6 GND For 15V If you connect a DIN cable please use an attached clamp filter Turn the cable once and place the clamp filter near C9525 series when you attach it Air exhaust vents These are air vents for ...

Page 10: ...e WARNING Connect the AC power cable to a grounded 3 prong AC outlet The wrong connection may cause electrical shock or fire 4 3 Air intake vents Air intake vents are provided on the upper cover of this product Do not block these vents or drop foreign objects through these vents ...

Page 11: ...urned ON while the high voltage switch is ON the LCD panel shows the following message and the high voltage output switch LED flashes P l e a s e t u r n o f f H V _ O U T s w i t c h In this state the high voltage output is 0V and the panel keys and PC are inoperable To clear this state and display the initial screen press the high voltage output switch to turn it OFF When using a high sensitivit...

Page 12: ...fied order 1 2 3 4 1 When the cursor has moved to the target item release the SET button The display might freeze if you rapidly repeat pressing the same key since it cannot keep up pace with your setting speed If that happens press another key to restore the normal state To set a high voltage 1 On the initial screen after the power is turned on the cursor appears on the 100ths digit of the high v...

Page 13: ... key until the cursor moves to the etc item upper right 0 V O F F e t c 1 0 0 0 V m a x R e s e t 2 Pressing the SET key displays the LCD contrast setting screen Use the Up Down keys to increase or decrease the contrast while viewing the screen display C o n t r a s t o f L C D 5 1 3 3 Pressing the SET key again displays the LCD backlight setting screen Select ON or OFF with the Right Left keys B ...

Page 14: ...pops up by starting setup exe Complete the installation by following the instructions that appear on the PC screen Install the VCP driver FTDI Future Technology Devices International Ltd for USB control 1 Disconnect the LAN cable if connected from the PC The driver cannot be installed when the LAN cable is connected If the PC is connected to Internet via a dial up line disconnect Control Panel Net...

Page 15: ...set the step voltage Clicking the small arrows at the ends of the horizontal scroll bar changes the voltage value in 1 V steps and clicking the slide bar changes the voltage value in 100 V steps After adjusting to the desired step voltage click the SET button to enable it To read the monitor voltage Vmon Click the READ button under Vmon to read and display the monitor voltage To read the low volta...

Page 16: ...tton to read Type No Serial No and Firmware Revision The information is shown in the Response box To display the command log Click the ON button to display the send receive commands used to make various settings You may refer to this log when creating control commands on your own Press the OFF button to hide the log To search for the VCP number used for USB Click the SEARCH button to search for th...

Page 17: ...e was displayed in Remote mode then it now changes to the following display 1 0 0 0 V O N e t c 1 0 0 0 V m a x R e s e t Before switching to Local mode make sure that the high voltage output is off If switched while the high voltage output is on then the mechanical on off status of the high voltage output switch will be reversed If this is reversed reset the C9525 to return to the same state as w...

Page 18: ... voltage output ON OFF O value CR value 0h or 1h VA BC BA Set LCD backlight ON OFF B value CR value 0h or 1h VA BC BA Set the high voltage output switch LED ON OFF L value CR value 0h or 1h VA BC BA Set device mode remote or local Q value CR value 0h or 1h VA BC BA Read the device setting R CR None 13 byte data BC Read the high voltage monitor value T CR None 2 byte data BC Read the low voltage ou...

Page 19: ...lue2 High voltage output is limited to maximum voltage or less As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 56h value1 value2 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to set the high voltage output at 1000V you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd V Chr 10 Chr 0 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 3 As Byte Cmd 0 86 Cmd 1 10 Cmd 2 0 Cmd 3 13 Response comman...

Page 20: ...2 Maximum voltage is limited to 2000V or less As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 4Dh value1 value2 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to limit the high voltage output to 1000V or less you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd M Chr 10 Chr 0 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 3 As Byte Cmd 0 77 Cmd 1 10 Cmd 2 0 Cmd 3 13 Response command succe...

Page 21: ...ue2 Step voltage is limited to maximum voltage value or less As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 53h value1 value2 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to set the step voltage of 100V you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd S Chr 1 Chr 0 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 3 As Byte Cmd 0 83 Cmd 1 1 Cmd 2 0 Cmd 3 13 Response command success VA...

Page 22: ...0 to 9 As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 43h value 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to set a default LCD contrast you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd C Chr 5 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 2 As Byte Cmd 0 67 Cmd 1 5 Cmd 2 13 Response command success VA Valid Argument is returned command failure Bad Command BC is returned Bad Arg...

Page 23: ... OFF 1 ON As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 4Fh value 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to turn the high voltage output on you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd O Chr 1 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 2 As Byte Cmd 0 79 Cmd 1 1 Cmd 2 13 Response command success VA Valid Argument is returned command failure Bad Command BC is returned...

Page 24: ...1 ON As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 42h value 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to turn the LCD backlight off you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd B Chr 0 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 2 As Byte Cmd 0 66 Cmd 1 0 Cmd 2 13 Response command success VA Valid Argument is returned command failure Bad Command BC is returned Bad Argum...

Page 25: ...e is 0 or 1 0 OFF 1 ON As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 4Ch value 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to turn the LED off you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd L Chr 0 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 2 As Byte Cmd 0 76 Cmd 1 0 Cmd 2 13 Response command success VA Valid Argument is returned command failure Bad Command BC is returned B...

Page 26: ...ecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic when you want to set the device in local mode you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd Q Chr 0 Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 2 As Byte Cmd 0 81 Cmd 1 0 Cmd 2 13 Response command success VA Valid Argument is returned command failure Bad Command BC is returned Bad Argument BA is returned Notes In the case of switch to local mode turn off the high voltage...

Page 27: ...d 0 82 Cmd 1 13 Response command success Return value is in 13 byte 1 2 byte High voltage value 3 4 byte Maximum voltage value 5 6 byte Step voltage value 7 byte LCD contrast value 8 byte LCD backlight state ON or OFF 9 byte High voltage output switch LED state ON or OFF 10 byte High voltage output state ON or OFF 11 12 byte High voltage monitor value 13 byte Polarity Notes Each 2byte data is the ...

Page 28: ...an be also described in binary 54h 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd T Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 1 As Byte Cmd 0 84 Cmd 1 13 Response command success Return value is in 2 byte Notes Return value is the integer value of the hundreds place and less than 100 CR Carriage return is not returned command failure Bad Command BC is returned ...

Page 29: ...ual Basic you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd A Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 1 As Byte Cmd 0 65 Cmd 1 13 Response command success Return value is in 8 byte 1 2 byte positive 5V monitor value 3 4 byte negative 5V monitor value 5 6 byte positive 15V monitor value 7 8 byte negative 15V monitor value Notes Return value is the integer part and 2 decimal places 2 decimal places are output as the numerical value o...

Page 30: ...t is 2 byte Syntax D CR As shown below the command line can be also described in binary 44h 0Dh hexadecimal representation For example in the case of Visual Basic you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd D Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 1 As Byte Cmd 0 68 Cmd 1 13 Response command success VA Valid Argument is returned command failure Bad Command BC is returned ...

Page 31: ...e case of Visual Basic you can write as follows Dim Cmd Cmd F Chr 13 or Dim Cmd 1 As Byte Cmd 0 70 Cmd 1 13 Response command success Return value is in 24 byte 1 8 byte Firmware version 9 16 byte Type Name 17 24 byte Serial Number Notes Return value is a character string When the each item is less than 8 characters it is filed with space characters CR Carriage return is not returned command failur...

Page 32: ...a current higher than the rated current flows In this case turn off the high voltage output and then check the load resistance When the low voltage output voltage drops When the 5V or 15V output voltage drops to below 90 one hexadecimal character flashes in the upper right corner of the LCD screen The bit corresponding to each voltage is as follows 15V 2 3 15V 2 2 5V 2 1 5V 2 0 When 5V and 15V dro...

Page 33: ...al shock or fire If this product becomes wet or contaminated with oil or dust then immediately stop using it and contact our sales office for repair service Cleaning the unit Gently wipe away dirt on the unit with a soft dry cloth Never use chemical solvents such as benzene alcohol acetone ether ketone thinner and gasoline Using such solvents will cause deformation or discoloration 6 2 Repair If a...

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Page 35: ...ed in manufacture This product is warranted for a period of one year from the date of delivery The warranty is limited to repair or replacement of the defective product Even if within the warranty period this warranty shall not apply to failures in cases where the product has been misused or mishandled due to not following the instructions in this manual or modified or was damaged by accidents suc...