LMI Technologies Gocator Series - Decimation; Surface Generation

Gocator Line Profile Sensors: User Manual
Gocator Web Interface • 113
2. Choose Profile or Surface mode in the Scan Mode panel.
If one of these modes is not selected, you will not be able to configure smoothing.
3. Expand the Filters panel by clicking on the panel header or the button.
4. Click on the Smoothing tab.
5. Enable the X or Ysetting and select the averaging window value.
6. Save the job in the Toolbar by clicking the Save button .
7. Check that the laser profiling is satisfactory.
Decimation
Decimation reduces the number of data points along the Xor Yaxis by choosing data points at the end
of a specified window around the data point. For example, by setting X to .2, only points every .2
millimeters will be used.
To configure X or Ydecimation:
1. Go to the Scan page.
2. Choose Profile or Surface mode in the Scan Mode panel.
If one of these modes is not selected, you will not be able to configure the decimation filter.
3. Expand the Filters panel by clicking on the panel header or the button.
4. Click on the Decimation tab.
5. Enable the X or Ysetting and select the decimationwindow value.
6. Save the job in the Toolbar by clicking the Save button .
7. Check that the laser profiling is satisfactory.
Surface Generation
The sensor can generate a surface by combining a series of profiles gathered along the direction of
travel.
The sensor uses different methods to generate a surface, depending on the needs of the application.
Surface generation is configured in the Surface Generation panel on the Scan page.