Aurélien, Manar, and I spent more than 2h trying to start the software communicating with the Alphanov amplifier controller.

each time, we had a problem with the software, asking to switch OFF and ON the controller before being able to switch the amplifier diodes ON.
we switched OFF and ON many times without any success.

in the end, Aurélien called Guillaume from Alphanov... and without changing anything, it worked... strange!

one possible problem could be the correct detection of Frep of the seed laser (OneFive).
as we didn't check the signal coming from the seed laser, it could be the reason... to be confirmed.

the present status for the controller is:
- the power connector (on the rear side) is ON
- the green relay (on the rear side) is ACTIVATED
- the key (on the front side) is OFF
- the emission button (on the front side) is OFF

the normal procedure to start the controller is:
- switch the front side key ON
- start the software (possible error msg asking to switch OFF and ON the power button: don't do that)
- switch the emission button on the front side (which is red) ON
- switch the preamplifier button ON
=> all the software LEDs should be green and the PD_PULSE window should indicate 133.33MHz
otherwise, try a RESET on the software and restart the procedure (and pray).

at the end of the day, we successfully switched ON the preamp and increased the Power adjustment around 20% to get something about 10W on the big PowerMeter placed at the output of the amplifier.
=> we need another day of practice to be more confident with the software!