Faro Edge - FARO Wireless - WLAN

FARO Edge
September 2012
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Chapter 3: Operation
• Click the NEW button.
• Type a name for your connection
•In the P
ORT list select the proper COM from the Devices and Printers category
of the Control Panel (e.g. COM3). This is the port that you previously wrote
down.
• Click the OK button.
A test is automatically run to verify that the COM port is connected to the
Edge.
An icon will be created for each Bluetooth pairing. The icon with the check box
selected is an active connection. The icon without a check box selected is an
inactive connection.
N
OTE: No more than two (2) Edge pairings can be active at any one time, but
any number can be defined.
Editing a Pairing
Right-click any Bluetooth pairing icon to edit. You can:
• Edit the name and the COM port.
• Test the pairing connection.
• Delete the pairing.
Using the Edge Bluetooth Pairing
When the measuring software is launched (CAM2 Q, CAM2 Measure, CAM2
Measure X, Geomagic, Polyworks, etc.) the FaroArm driver attempts to use any
Edge connection - USB cable and any active Bluetooth pairings. It takes slightly
longer, 8 or 10 seconds, for an Edge to connect and initialize via Bluetooth.
N
OTE: If you choose not to connect the Edge to your computer using the
wireless connection, deselect the icon check box in the FARO Bluetooth
Connection Setup utility to deactivate the pairing and connect using the USB
cable.
Once you start measuring, there is no difference in data transfer between using
the Bluetooth connection or the USB cable.
FARO Wireless - WLAN
The Edge is a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) equipped device and can
connect to your computer without using a cable.
A WLAN is a series of interconnected computers that communicate with each
other over the air waves rather than through a network cable connected to each
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