SICK Ranger E

Chapter 7 Reference Manual
Ranger E/D
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Ranger E Parameters
7.4 Measurement Configuration
The measurement configuration is used when measuring objects with the Ranger. It may
contain a number of measurement components, which can be enabled or disabled indi-
vidually. Which types of measurement data that is delivered when using the configuration
depends on which components that are enabled.
The measurement data is delivered to the PC as scans, where each scan contains the
result from measurements made at one point in time. Since the Ranger is a MultiScan
camera capable of making several measurements simultaneously, each scan contains one
or more profiles with measurement data.
The possible values for the Cycle time parameter is affected by the exposure times set for
the enabled components.
The following parameters can be set for the measurement configuration, and are common
for all the components in the configuration:
Parameter Description
Edit while
measuring
When Trig mode = 0
(Free-running)
The time in microseconds -
between each measurement.
When Trig mode = 2
(Pulse triggering)
The shortest possible time -
between two measurements.
Cycle time
Default value: 3000 microseconds.
25-50000 microseconds
x
Start column The first sensor column to acquire data from.
0–1280 (Ranger E50 and E55).
0–256 (Ranger E40).
x
Number of col-
umns
Number of columns to acquire. This value must be a
multiple of 8.
256–1536 (Ranger E50 and E55). Default value: 1536.
256–512 (Ranger E40). Default value: 512.
Trig mode Triggering mode:
0 = Free-running/No triggering
2 = Pulse triggering (legacy).
Scan only when the object is in a position that has
not been scanned before. More sensitive to vibra-
tions (jittering), but can be used with only one en-
coder phase.
3 = Position mode.
Scan only when the object is in a position that has
not been scanned before. Robust to vibrations (jit-
ter).
4 = Direction mode.
Scan when the object is moving forward. The forward
direction is set by Encoder direction. Robust to vi-
brations (jitter).
5 = Motion mode.
Scan whenever the object moves, regardless of di-
rection. Robust to vibrations (jitter).
Default value 0.
Number of pulses
per trig
Ignored if Trig mode = 0 (Free-running/No triggering)
Values: 1–65535
Encoder direction Specifies which direction is the forward direction.
Only relevant when Trig mode is set to 3 (Position) or 4
(Direction).
0 = Standard.
1 = Reversed.