Gentec-EO MAESTRO - Manual (Page 13)

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Fig. 1-3 Typical pulse shape of a pyroelectric detector
Connector type: cable sold separately
6- PROBE INPUT JACK:
The MAESTRO uses a DB-15 female connector to mate with the detector heads (probes).
The MAESTRO works with all the latest Gentec-EO detectors except the specialty high
rep rate detectors. It automatically recognizes every power detector head, which ensures
accurate auto-calibration. More importantly, it can take advantage of our Personal
wavelength correction
™. It reads the memory in the Smart Interface connector (version 5
and higher) to provide a wavelength correction that is based on spectral data measured
from that specific detector.
The MAESTRO may not recognize some of the old heads EEPROM versions. An error
message “Detector not supported!” will appear in a popup window. Please contact a
Gentec-EO representative to resolve this issue. If no message is displayed, either the
head is not supported or it is broken.
Energy detector heads prior to version 4 have a BNC connector. The user must use a
universal BNC/DB-15 adaptor to connect an energy detector head to the MAESTRO. This
adaptor is compatible with all the Gentec-EO pyroelectric joulemeters except the EPD.
Power detectors of version V5 and higher and Energy detectors of version V6 and
higher
are equipped with an “intelligent” DB-15 male connector that mates directly to the
DB-15 female connector. They do not require an adaptor.
WARNING: This DB-15 connector, though similar to that of the former TPM-310 and TPM-330
monitors, is incompatible with the power detector heads of PS-310 Series Version 1
and PS-330 Series Version 1. These heads used a different technology and do not
have the same pin-out configuration.
Any attempt to modify connectors of the early version heads to mate with the MAESTRO
can result in damage to the monitor.