Hardware Controls and Indicators

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The FARO Laser ScanArm (Quantum with FARO FARO Technologies, Inc.) uses the green Front and red Back buttons and the Handle LEDs.

Buttons

Use the buttons on the Quantum handle or the buttons on the LLP handle to control measuring.

LED

The Handle LED indicates the distance to the target object from the LLP. Remember, data is only sent to the computer when the LLP is in range.

Additionally, the software uses the Range Finder Dialog Box dialog box to show the distance and position from the LLP to your part.

Range Finder

The Range Finder is an additional red cross hair that projects with the blue laser line to show you the distance from the LLP to the surface of your part.

The LLP camera does not record this cross hair.

When the probe-to-part distance is in the middle of the range, the center of the cross hair and the laser line are together.

As the distance increases or decreases, the cross hair moves away from the laser line.

Left as the LLP moves farther from the surface.

Right as the LLP moves closer to the surface.

When the LLP is out of range, the cross hair and the laser line no longer touch.

You can switch the Range Finder off in the FARO LLP Control dialog box. See FARO Laser Line Probe Settings.

Range Finder Dialog Box

The FaroArm Manager software has a Range Finder dialog box. This dialog box graphically displays the probe-to-part distance and the area of the laser line that the camera is processing.

LLP in range

LLP not in range

When the LLP is within the operating range, the center of the target displays as a small box in the Range Finder dialog box, see

The box moves as the LLP moves:

The target box changes color:

When the LLP is outside of the operating range, the target box moves to a side of the Range Finder dialog box and an arrow in the center of the dialog box points to the target box, see

If the LLP is set to an Automatic exposure algorithm, there is an additional symbol in the upper left corner of the Range Finder dialog box. The symbol changes describes the exposure:

Details

Click the arrow at the bottom of the Range Finder dialog box to view the current scanning details and LLP settings.

LLP HD details

LLP Prizm details

For more information, see FARO Laser Line Probe Settings.