Thorlabs TL4000 VXIpnp Instrument Driver - Readme

This instrument driver module provides programming support for Thorlabs TED4000, LDC4000, ITC4000 and CLD1000 series instruments. 

The 32-bit version of this instrument driver package installs into your system's VXIpnp directory. This is typically 'C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT'. 
It was created with National Instruments LabWindows/CVI 13.0.1. The LabVIEW version of this driver was generated with the LabVIEW Instrument Driver Import Wizard 1.2 in conjunction with LabVIEW 8.5. The .NET managed library was generated by the National Instruments Measurement Studio plug-in for Visual Studio.NET 2010.

The 64-bit version of this instrument driver package installs into your system's VXIpnp directory. This is typically 'C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\Win64'. Additional 32-bit libraries install into your  'C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT'. 
It was created with National Instruments LabWindows/CVI 13.0.1. The LabVIEW version of this driver was generated with the LabVIEW Instrument Driver Import Wizard 2.0 in conjunction with LabVIEW 2009. The .NET managed library was generated by the National Instruments Measurement Studio plug-in for Visual Studio.NET 2010.

Note:
This software comes with additional software packages:
	- NI VISA runtime engine (http://www.ni.com/visa)

Copyright:
This software is copyright Ó 2008-2014, Thorlabs GmbH

License:
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Programming Examples:
This driver comes with a set of programming examples. These are installed in the <Driver directory>\samples\ directory. The LabVIEW sample is integrated into the drivers LLB file.
NI-LabVIEW sample: The program was generated using NI-LabVIEW 2010.
NI-LabWindows/CVI sample (C language sample): The program was generated using 
NI-LabWindows/CVI 10.0.1.
C++ sample: The program was generated using the MS-Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition IDE
C# sample: The program was generated using the MS-Visual Studio 2008 IDE

Supported platforms:
This software was verified with the following platforms:
	- Windows 8 (32/64-bit versions)
	- Windows 7 (32/64-bit versions)
	- Windows VISTA (32/64-bit versions)
	- Windows XP SP2 (32-bit version)

Change log:
V3.1.0	Apr-11-2014	
	Added support for CLD1000 devices with photodiode input polarity switching support.
V3.0.5	Aug-27-2013	
	Bug fix in routines to switch the LD output low pass filter on LDC4000 devices.
V3.0.4	Nov-26-2012	
	Source files modified to fix compiler warnings when compiling for 64bit.
V3.0.3	Oct-24-2012	
	Added support for CLD1000/EM595 devices with switchable TEC output voltage protection mode.
V3.0.2	Oct-12-2012	
	Added support for Gooch&Housego EM595 devices.
V3.0.1	Oct-10-2012	
	Added support for ITC4000/LDC4000 with LD output low pass filter feature.
V3.0.0	Aug-02-2012	
	Added support for CLD1015 instruments. 
	Added 64-bit support in the 64 bit version of this software:
	- 64-bit libraries added.
	- Support for 64-bit versions of NI-LabVIEW.
	Modified Self test routine to comply with VPP-3.2 standard. 
	Dropped support for Windows 2000 operating system.
V2.0.7	Mar-08-2010
	All Libraries and components are signed now.
V2.0.6	Feb-18-2010
	Support for TED4015 with firmware < V1.5.0 added.
V2.0.5	Dec-23-2009
	Support for firmware versions that use different USB-PIDs weather DFU interface is enabled or not.
V2.0.4	Oct-29-2009
	Installation package contents modified.
V2.0.3	Sep-21-2009
	Menu entry renamed in Windows Start menu.
V2.0.2	Sep-11-2009
	Minor bug fixes. Typos fixed.
V2.0.1	Aug-19-2009
	Programming samples modified and added to distribution package.
V2.0.0	Aug-13-2009
	Migrated from TED4000 instrument driver to TL4000 instrument driver.
	Added support for LDC4000 series instruments and ITC4000 series instruments.
V1.0.2	Dec-10-2008
	Minor bug fixes.
V1.0.1	Nov-11-2008
	Initial release of the TED4000 instrument driver.