Banner A-GAGE MINI-ARRAY MAC Series - Alignment

P/N 43298 rev. E 21
Banner Engineering Corp. •Minneapolis,MNU.S.A.
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MINI-ARRAY
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InstructionManual
5.3 Alignment
TheAlignmentscreen(Figures5-3and5-4),identifiesthelocationofthefirstandlast
beamsmade(clear)andbroken(blocked),plusthetotalnumberofbeamsmadeand
broken.Thebeamsarenumberedinsequencefromthecableendofthesensorsto
thetopend.Thisisvaluableduringsetup,foranalyzingexactlywhatisbeingseenby
thelightscreen.(The Diagnostics screenindicatesanyproblemswiththeemitteror
thereceiver;seeSection6.3formoreinformation.)
Models MAC-1, MACP-1, MACN-1, MACV-1, and MACI-1
Todisplaycurrentinformation,selectthedesiredChannelStatusOption(Broken,
MadeorBoth)andselectRun.Thechartontherightsideofthescreenshowsthe
status(brokenormade)ofeachbeaminthearray.Beamstatusiscontinuously
updatedtoallowaccuratepositioningofthearray,and/oranalysisofsensing
response.ToexittheAlignmentscreen,firstselectStop,thenselectExit.
Models MAC16P-1 and MAC16N-1
TheAlignmentscreen(Figure5-4)displaysthestatusofeachbeamalongtheentire
lengthofthelightscreen.
Theinformationdisplayedincludesthetotalnumberofopticalchannels(labeledas
Beams),thenumberofblocked,made,andblankedbeams.Eachchannelstateis
indicatedaseither1-made,0-blocked,orB-blanked.Otheralignmentfunctionsallow
theusertoscanonastepcommandandtoadjusttheblankingfields.Eachchannel
canbeindividuallyblanked.Whenachannelisblanked,thecontrollerignoresthe
stateofthechannelanddoesnotconsiderthechannelwhencalculatingmeasurement
modedata.SeeSection5.5.4formoreinformationaboutblanking.
Controller Configuration
Figure 5-3. MINI-ARRAY software Alignment screen (models
MAC-1, MACP-1, MACN-1, MACV-1, and MACI-1)
Figure 5-4. Alignment screen (models MAC16P-1 and
MAC16N-1)