Gocator Line Profile Sensors: User Manual
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GenTL Driver
GenTL is an industry standard method of controlling and acquiring data from an imaging device. The
GenTL driver included with Gocator allows GenTL-compliant third-party software applications such as
Halcon and Common Vision Blox to acquire and process 3D point clouds and intensity generated from
the Gocator's Video, Profile (with Uniform Spacing disabled)and Surface modesin real-time.
To use these third-party software applications, you must configure a system variable so the
software can access the GenTLdriver. For instructions, see To configure system variables to use
the driver in Windows 7, below.
To get the toolset package containing the driver ( 14405-x.x.x.x_SOFTWARE_GO_Tools.zip), go to
http://lmi3d.com/support, choose your product from the Product Downloads section, and download it
from the Download Center.
After downloading the package and unzipping the file to a location you will remember, you will find the
driver in the GenTL\x86 or GenTL\x64 folder (you can move the GenTLfolder to a more convenient
location).
To configure system variables to use the driver in Windows 7:
1. From the Start menu, open the Control panel and then click System and Security.
2. Click System.