Has anyone got an interface for Thorlab's Kinesis software?

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Rob Campbell 2016-9-28

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评论： Rob Campbell 2017-12-24

Hello,

Has anyone succeeded in interfacing with the ThorLabs Kinesis software for linear stage controllers? I have so far only managed to talk to the APT ActiveX interface, but it's pretty horrible and hard-crashes MATLAB when it gets angry.

Thanks

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Klaatu 2017-11-10

编辑：Klaatu 2017-12-20

I'm not sure it's APT that is buggy. I have run the older Thorlabs TST001's with APT User and had absolutely no problems. However, using the same ActiveX commands to drive KST101's has shown that the KST101 hardware is completely unreliable. This might be a hardware problem, or it might be a firmware problem.

For one, at least as of today (10 Nov 2017), APT User ships with firmware revision level v1.0.2, but Thorlabs' change log for this firmware says that it should be v1.0.6. Furthermore, the description of v1.0.6 states "fixed bug to respond correctly when MoveStop commands are completed." I am experiencing problems with quirky and nondeterministic response to commands, so this makes me wonder if a firmware update would fix the problem. However, the firmware shipped by Thorlabs is four revision levels below the most-recent version that is advertised on Thorlabs' own website.

I have been in dialog with Thorlabs for over a month about this problem, but with no success and no resolution in sight.

UPDATE (19 Dec 2017): I got the firmware update (v1.0.6), and it did nothing to fix the problem on the KST101. Thorlabs then sent me a TST101 out of "new old stock" for me to try, and it runs just as badly. The original "obsolete" TST001 runs perfectly. Go figure.

Klaatu 2017-12-20

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Rob Campbell 2017-12-24