SICK Ranger E

Reference Manual Chapter 7
Ranger E/D
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Ranger E Parameters
The following sensor rows are used by the color components:
Standard
color
High-resolution
color
Red 8 518
Green 4 516
Blue 0 514
The exposure time for all channels except red is given as a relative time to the red expo-
sure time. This allows brightness adjustment of the color component while keeping the
balance between the channels (sub components).
Note that if the resulting exposure time for any color channel becomes longer than the
cycle time (that is, if Exposure time red * Balance green/blue/grey > Cycle time in the
Measurement component), the cycle time will be used instead as the exposure time of that
color channel, A warning message is sent from the Ranger if this should occur.
The minimum exposure time for the Color component is around 50 microseconds, and the
maximum exposure time is around 50 microseconds less than the cycle time if explicit
reset is used.
Note that the gain can be adjusted individually for each color channel.
Parameter Description Edit while
measuring
Enable Used for activating or deactivating this component in the
configuration.
0 = Deactivated
1 = Activated
Color quality
mode
Selects which of the two color filter sets to use for color
imaging. Note that the number of pixels is not affected.
Only available for the Color component (not the HiRes
color component). (Not available for ColorRanger E55.)
0 = Uniform pixels (i.e. color from standard sensor rows).
1 = High sensitivity (i.e. color from every other pixel of
the non-uniform high-resolution pixels).
Default value 1 (High sensitivity).
Exposure time red Time in microseconds during which the red rows are
exposed to light.
Values: 50–50 000. Default value: 5000.
x
Gain red Factor to amplify the analog sensor data from the red
rows before AD conversion.
Values: 1, 3, 4. Default value: 1 (No amplification).
x
Balance green Relative exposure time compared with red channel.
0-500 %. Default value 100%
x
Gain green Factor to amplify the analog sensor data from the green
rows before AD conversion.
Values: 1, 3, 4. Default value: 1 (No amplification).
x
Balance blue Relative exposure time compared with red channel.
0-500 %. Default value 100%
x
Gain blue Factor to amplify the analog sensor data from the blue
rows before AD conversion.
Values: 1, 3, 4. Default value: 1 (No amplification).
x
The measurement speed of a configuration using a single Color or HiRes color component
depends mainly on the settings for the exposure times. The maximum speed for RGB-color
data acquisition is approximately 13 KHz.
The most efficient operation (maximum possible scan speed) of ColorRanger is achieved
when the balance parameters are close to 100%.