Gocator Line Profile Sensors: User Manual
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Gocator Emulator
The Gocator emulator is a stand-alone application that lets you run a "virtual"sensor. In a virtual sensor,
you can test jobs, evaluate data, and even learn more about new features, rather than take a physical
device off the production line to do this. You can also use a virtual sensor to familiarize yourself with the
overall interface if you are new to Gocator.
The Gocator emulator is only supported on 64-bit versions of Windows 7, 8, and 10.
Emulator showing a part in recorded data.
Ameasurement is applied to the recorded data.
Limitations
In most ways, the emulator behaves like a real sensor, especially when visualizing data, setting up models
and part matching, and adding and configuring measurement tools. The following are some of the
limitations of the emulator:
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Changes to job files in the emulator are not persistent (they are lost when you close or restart the
emulator). However, you can keep a modified job by first saving it and then downloading it from the