FARO Edge
September 2012
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Thank you for choosing FARO’s Portable Measurement Arm - the FARO Edge,
and FARO’s Portable Laser Line Measurement Arm - the FARO Laser ScanArm.
This document contains detailed instructions on how to use your new USB/TCP-
IP communication-based or WLAN/Bluetooth wireless Edge, and the FARO
Laser Line Probe. Additional information about probes and important guidelines
on maintaining your new Edge/ScanArm is also included. If you have any
questions or need further instructions about any procedure, contact your
Customer Service Representative by Phone, Fax or E-Mail. See “Technical
Support” on page 191.
Visit the FARO Customer Care area on the Web at www.faro.com to search our
technical support database. The database is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, and contains hundreds of solutions to product and application questions.
Listed below are some visual and typographical conventions used in each of the
sections.
ALL CAPITAL text Indicates directory names, menu names, buttons, tabs,
key names, acronyms, and modes.
monospaced text Indicates alpha/numeric characters or values you
enter in a field on the screen. For example, “Type
0.005 for the tolerance setting.”
bold text Anything you must enter exactly as it appears on your
keyboard. For example, to type a:install, you would
see text in bold type exactly as it should be entered.
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MALL CAPS text Indicates dialog box, icon names, and window names.
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