Gocator Line Profile Sensors: User Manual
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Table of Contents
Copyright 2
Table of Contents 3
Introduction 12
Gocator Overview 13
Safety and Maintenance 14
Laser Safety 14
Laser Classes 15
Precautions and Responsibilities 15
Class 3B Responsibilities 16
Nominal Ocular Hazard Distance (NOHD) 17
Systems Sold or Used in the USA 18
Electrical Safety 18
Handling, Cleaning, and Maintenance 19
Environment and Lighting 19
Getting Started 21
Hardware Overview 22
Gocator Sensor 22
Gocator Cordsets 22
Master 100 23
Master 400 / 800 / 1200 / 2400 24
Master 810 / 2410 25
Calibration Targets 27
System Overview 27
Standalone System 27
Dual-Sensor System 28
Multi-Sensor System 29
Installation 30
Mounting 30
Orientations 31
Grounding 33
Gocator 33
Recommended Practices for Cordsets 33
Master Network Controllers 34
Grounding When Using a DIN Rail (Master
810/2410) 35
Installing DIN Rail Clips: Master 810 or 2410 35
Configuring Master 810 36
Setting the Divider 37
Encoder Quadrature Frequency 37
Setting the Debounce Period 38
Rut-Scanning System Setup 38
Layout 38
System Setup 39
Software Configuration 40
System Operation 40
Network Setup 41
Client Setup 41
Gocator Setup 44
Running a Standalone Sensor System 44
Running a Dual-Sensor System 45
Next Steps 48
How Gocator Works 49
3D Acquisition 49
Clearance Distance, Field of Viewand
Measurement Range 50
Resolution and Accuracy 51
X Resolution 51
Z Resolution 52
Z Linearity 52
Profile Output 54
Coordinate Systems 54
Sensor Coordinates 54
System Coordinates 55
Part and Section Coordinates 58
Switching between Coordinate Systems 58
Spacing (Data Resampling) 59
Data Generation and Processing 60
Surface Generation 60
Part Detection 60
Sectioning 61
Part Matching 61
Measurement and Anchoring 62
Output and Digital Tracking 62
Gocator Web Interface 64
Unblocking Flash 64
Google Chrome 64
Internet Explorer 65
Firefox 66
Microsoft Edge 67
User Interface Overview 69
Toolbar 70
Creating, Saving and Loading Jobs (Settings) 71
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