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7.10.6 Drawing in points that cannot be monitored
Overview
Figure 43: Area that cannot be monitored
1
Protective field
2
Marked column
3
Area that cannot be monitored
The area to be monitored is scanned radially 1. F
or this reason, shadows 3 are
formed by objects in the room 2 (support columns, separator grids, etc.). The safety
laser scanner cannot monitor these areas.
You can draw in objects, which limit the safety laser scanner’s field of view, as masked
areas.
Table 18: Mask areas
Mask areas
Hatched drawing tools
Approach
1.
Click on the tool Mask areas.
✓
The tools you can use to draw fields are shown crosshatched.
2. Choose a drawing tool.
3. Draw the masked area.
✓
The masked area is crosshatched in gray.
✓
The field editor shows the shadowing of the masked area.
7.10.7 Enable propose field
Overview
Y
ou can have a protective field or warning field suggested by Safety Designer.
For this purpose, the safety laser scanner scans the visible surrounding contour several
times. Based on the data obtained, the Safety Designer suggests the contour and size
of the field.
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