Diagnosis and troubleshooting
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Tab.10.5: Position measurement errors – causes and measures
Error Possible cause Measures
Measurement value or
reading quality is contin-
uously instable
Soiling of the BPS optics Clean the optics of the BPS
Measurement value or
reading quality is poor
• at certain position
values
• always at the same
position values
Soiling of the barcode tape Clean the barcode tape
Replace the barcode tape
No measurement value
can be determined
No code in scanning beam
Code not in the working range of the
BPS
Align the scanning beam with the
barcode tape
Align the BPS with the barcode tape
(working range 50mm…170mm)
Faulty measurement
value
Wrong barcode tape
BCB grid different from BPS configura-
tion
Preset or offset active.
Incorrect unit or resolution configured.
Change BPS configuration to the
barcode tape that is being used