FROG User Manual

Introduction:

Install and run FROG device on a new computer.

Native Software

Make sure the FROG runs in its native software.

1. Install UEye camera drivers V 4.0.1 for 64 bit and v4.0.2 for 32 bit (32 or 64 bit depending on your computer. Drivers are on BELLADATA bdna1\Software\Installs and Manuals\Frog or vol1\software\Review\Install\FROG.  Ensure you have selected to also install the Labview driver.  Admin privileges required for account to bring up both cameras.  

2. Install QuickFROG software Quickfrog 5.1.0 (Not 5.3.1 64 bit) that comes with the Grenouille. 

3. Open UEye cockpit.  Plug in the top camera into a USB port on your computer.  It should show up in UEye.  The light on the FROG next to the camera should turn from red to green.

4. Plug in the bottom camera.  This order is very important.  If you ever have to unplug one, unplug both and plug top camera in first.  Once both cameras show up, close UEye cockpit.

5. Open up QuickFROG (Programs -> Femtosoft Technologies ->QuickFrog) and align.  Go to spatial mode (Configuration -> Space Mode (Ctrl S) ).  Trigger (Configuration -> Activate Trigger Mode).  There is a built-in iris at the entrance for alignment.  Close that down some and if aligned you should see the iris bullseye diffraction pattern. Once aligned, go to time mode (Configuration -> Time Mode (Ctrl T) ) to see results

6. Make sure the dial on the side of the FROG is set to your central wavelength.  This number can be found separately by a spectrometer.  If you change this you will see the axis on the spectrum in QuickFrog move.

7. Check that the cameras are not saturated.  The Alerts window will tell if the cameras are saturated and how much the results can be trusted.  If saturated or out of scope the Measured FROG Trace and the Retrieved FROG Trace will not look alike.  Use foil filters and the iris on the Grenouille to reduce light.

8. Close QuickFROG.  Important: You cannot run the launch this device from Master Control with this software open

Create Device to Scan from Master Control

Create your device in the database and launch it from master control.

1. In Database Editor Device Ops -> Device (Add), create device with device type FROG and add it to your experiment.  

The GUI is \General GUIs\DeviceGUIs\GUI_Frog\GUI_Frog.exe

\General GUIs\Device GUIs\GUI_FrogHPD\GUI_FrogHPD.exe

Create New Device  and Launch New Device

2. When you turn the device on in MC, it will ask you to locate uEye_LabVIEW.dll which can be found in vol1\software\Review\Install\FROG\Ueye or copied to your local drive

3. Launch local GUI from master control.  It no results show immediately, switch the mode to spatial then to temporal in the select camera dropdown.  

4. Trigger on.

5. Make sure to set the device up in experiment editor to save.  You are ready to scan.

Retrieval

Requires Labview 

HTW: vol1\software\HTT\Install Files\FROG\Analysis (usually used)\HTT\FROGv01_253.vi

1. Browse to the folder with the FROG scan in your scans folder and select a shot

2. Run the vi

3. It has created a folder with all the retrieved information in the analysis folder for the day

Extras:

1. Edit camera properties using ueye manager and change device id from 0 to x. Database shows correct id for each camera.

2. .The frog has to be launched with the default camera selection set to Temporal Camera. Setting default as Spatial will result in errors when trigger mode is changed.

3. Link for the Ueye DLL function descriptions http://www.ids-imaging.de/frontend/files/uEyeManuals/Manual_eng/uEye_Manual/index.html?is_freezevideo.html

4. Add/Edit new device type

5. Enter Name “FROG” and Relative Path “FROG\FROG.lvclass” and click on create/Modify Devicetype.

6. Modify Devicetype Variable for Frog_LB device or from GUI_Frog.