SICK Ranger E

Reference Manual Chapter 7
Ranger E/D
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Ranger E Parameters
The acquisition speed of a configuration using the Horizontal Max component depends
mainly on the settings for the ROI and AD bits. The maximum speed at 7 bit AD conversion
is shown in the following figure.
HorMax Maximum Profile Speed
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Number of rows
Profiles per second
7 AD bits
7.5.3 Horizontal Max and Threshold (HorMaxThr)
The Horizontal max and threshold component combines the Horizontal threshold and
Horizontal max components. It uses a threshold for measuring range and delivers the
maximum intensity value in each column as intensity measurements.
This component gives better range measurements than Horizontal max, and is also slightly
faster. One threshold is used, resulting in ½ pixel resolution in range measurements.
The sensor image can also be filtered before determining the range, using a median and a
morphology filter:
 The median filter calculates a median value of 3 columns (actual column and its left-
right neighbors) before the range algorithm is applied.
 The morphology filter uses the maximum (expand) or minimum (shrink) value of 3–5
rows (actual row and 1 or 2 rows above and below).
Filters are applied after the thresholds. If both filters are used, the morphology filter is
applied before the median filter.
Parameter Description
Edit while
measuring
Enable Used for activating or deactivating this component in the
configuration.
0 = Deactivated
1 = Activated
Start row The first sensor row to acquire data from.
Values: 0–511. Default value: 0.
Number of rows The number of rows to acquire algorithm data from.
Values: 16–512. Default value: 512.