Calibration
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X‐63/X ‐63i/X‐62/X‐33/X‐32Installationand Calibra tion Manual P/N:7010‐0697
Calibration
Machine Calibration
Beforecalibratingthesensors,notethefollowing:
Machine Measurements
Accuratelymeasur eandenterthemachinedimensionsintothe3D‐MCmachinebuilder,andwriteyour
measurementsonthelinesatthesideofthefollowingscreencaptures.Verificationandadjustmentsfor
severalcriticallengthsarede scribedin“VerifyingSetup”onpage47.
Ifusingthedog‐bonemountingoption,wornjointsinthedog‐bonelinkagewillcause
decreasedaccuracy.
Checkthesensor’sserialnumbersbeforeinstalling.Thelasttwodigitsoftheserialnumber
determinethesensorCANaddress,andmustbeuniquetoeachmachine.
Forexample,sensorserialnumber0302and0402willhavethesameCANaddress(“02”),
causingcommunicationerrors.
Asensorendingin00isconsideredaspecialCANidentifier, andwillbeidentifiedas01in3D‐
MC;therefore;ifyouhaveasensorwith00andasensorwith01,therewillbesomeconfusion
in3D‐MC.
Thebestpracticeistoperformthemachinecalibrationsasorderedinthismanual.Performing
thecalibrationsoutoforderwillnotaff ectsystemperformance.Theexceptiontothisiswhen
usingadog‐bonesensor.Youmustcalibratethesticksensorbeforecalibratingthe dog‐bone
sensor.
Incorrectmeasurementsordataentryerrorshaveadirectaffectonexcavatingaccuracy.
Takeeachmeasurementtwicetoensureaccuracy.