96M14151

High-speed 2D/3D Laser Scanner

LJ-V Series Setup Guide

LJ-V Series Setup Guide
This guide explains basic operations of the LJ-V7000 Series.
See the User's Manual for more details on operations.

Table of Contents
■■Introduction
■ ■Wiring............................................................... P.1
■■Frequently Used Settings
■ ■Trigger Mode.................................................. P.10
■ ■Installation........................................................ P.1 ■ ■Sampling Cycle.............................................. P.10
■ ■Setup Process.................................................. P.2 ■ ■Scaling and Offset......................................... P.10
■ ■Tolerance and Judgment Output................... P.11

■■Beginner (Imaging Settings)…………… P.2

■■Convenient Functions

■■Beginner (OUT measure set)… ………

■ ■Saving and Backing Up Settings................... P.12
P.3 ■ ■Saving a Snapshot File.................................. P.12
■ ■Storage Function............................................ P.13
■ ■CSV Storage................................................... P.13

■■Intermediate
■ ■Using Position Correction................................ P.5
■■Appendices
■ ■Batch Measurement....................................... P.14

■■Advanced
■ ■Imaging Settings.............................................. P.7
■ ■Interface Options........................................... P.14
■ ■Changing Units.............................................. P.15
■ ■Profile Settings................................................. P.9
■ ■Profile Mask...................................................... P.9
 Introduction

Wiring
See Chapter 2 of the Wire and connect devices as follows.
User's Manual for details.

USB cable
or Ethernet
cable

See 1-11 in the User's

Manual for installation
procedures. Also, install the LJ-H2 (LJ-Navigator 2) software on a PC.

Installation
Turn on the power and start the controller. Start LJ-Navigator 2 on the PC.
Check the "Display profile" window of LJ-Navigator 2.

If the message "Connec-

tion to the controller failed.
Do you want to try again?" * If there is no "Display profile" window, click the
appears when you start "Profile" icon below.
LJ-Navigator 2, check the
following items and select
"Yes".
• Check that the power on
the controller is turned on.
• Check that the PC and
controller are connected
with a USB cable or Ether-
net cable.
• See 10-12 in the Manual
Position the sensor head in a fixture and place a measurement
to check whether "PC com-
munication settings" have
target within the measurement range. (See 2-2 onward in the
been configured properly User's Manual for precautions relating to installation.)
if the PC is connected via
Ethernet.

If the message "Commu- When the measurement target is positioned within the measure-
nication with the controller ment range, the LED on the sensor head lights in green or solid
failed due to the following orange. Confirm that the sensor head LED is lit and a target
reason" or "Sensor head profile is displayed in the "Display profile" window.
model connected is differ-
ent from the last power-on
operation." appears, click
"OK" and then select "Yes".
<Measurement range> Unit [mm]

LJ-V7020K LJ-V7020 LJ-V7060K LJ-V7060 LJ-V7080 LJ-V7200 LJ-V7300

A 24.2 20 54.6 60 80 200 300

B 4.6 5.2 15.2 16 46 96 290

A Reference distance

C C 6.5 6.5 8 13.5 25 51 110

D
B Measurement range D 7 7 14 15 32 62 180
E E 7.5 7.5 8 15 39 73 240

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 See 3-2 in the User's
Setup Process Manual for details of the
setup process.
This section explains the process from setting to measurement. The table below describes how to configure each setting in
LJ‑Navigator 2.

The settings explained in this Setup Guide are classified into three levels: "Beginner", "Intermediate", and "Advanced".

Beginner ... Basic measurements of targets such as "step" and "width".

Intermediate ... Correct measurements by setting position correction when targets can be misaligned.
Advanced ... Stabilize measurement of difficult targets.

Settings used for each level are as follows:

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

(1) Trigger setting ... Adjust sampling rate or set sampling triggers such as external triggers or encoders.
As needed

(Beginner) Explains how to use the imaging setting optimization function to optimize
(2) Imaging setting ...
the imaging settings.
(Advanced) Adjust imaging settings to acquire desired profile.
(3) Profile ... Correct and stabilize profiles obtained by image capture through filtering or other
methods.

(4) Master registration ... Register a master workpiece as a reference for measurement. Registered work-
pieces can be used for "position correction", "profile mask", comparison, and other
functions. Register a master workpiece when these functions are required.
* A master does not need to be registered when the functions above are not required.

(5) Position correction ... If a target is misaligned, the measurement area will be misaligned, which may
prevent the target from being measured correctly. When a target is misaligned, the
controller internally calculates the misalignment amount and corrects the measure-
ment area position to measure the target correctly.

(6) Profile Mask ... This function masks areas of profile data that you do not want to use for measure-
ment processing. This function allows stable measurement even when it is very
difficult to obtain a good profile due to factors such as stray reflections.

(7) OUT measurement set- Setting a measurement target on an obtained profile allows various measurements
such as "height", "step", "position", and "width".
ting ...

Beginner (Imaging Settings)

This section explains how to use the imaging setting optimization function.

(1) Click "Direct setting".

(1)

(2) Click "Imaging setting".

(2)

(3) Click "optimize setting" after

confirming that the target is within the
measurement range and its profile is
displayed.

(3)

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For targets that have (4) Select the head you would like to optimize imaging settings for, click "Search optimize setting".
holes, if you want to set
the holes to ALARM, set
the number of interpolation
points for invalid data to
(4)
a small value in advance
to match the size of the
holes. (See "Interpolation
points for invalid data" on
pages 7 and 8.)

(5) From the profiles displayed in the search result display area, select the profile that most closely matches the actual shape of
the target.
If there are multiple candidates, select the one that is closest to the top, and then click "Fix".
The imaging settings are sent to the controller, and then the "Optimize setting" screen closes.

Detailed display area

For dual heads, perform
the imaging setting optimi-
zation for both head A and
head B.

(5)

Profiles when imaging is performed with the imaging settings

of the search result (left side) and image data (right side)

Beginner (OUT measure set)

See "Advanced" on page This section explains "step" measurement.
7 if the obtained profile is
different from the target (1) Click "Direct setting" after confirming that the target is within the measurement range and its profile is displayed.
profile.
(2)

(1)

(2) Click "OUT measure set".

(3) Click "Setting" and select "Step" from the modes.

(3)

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(4) Drag each area to a location you want to measure. See 3-12 in the User's
Manual for details on how
* Dragging the inside of the area frame moves the measurement area. to move the area.
* Dragging the area frame enlarges or reduces the measurement area.
* When the measurement target area is larger than the reference target area, the measurement value is displayed with a■
plus symbol.

(6)

(6)

(4) Set areas at locations where you

want to measure.
(5) Click "Setting" to set a measurement target for each area.
Switch between the "Measurement target" and "Reference target" tabs to set each type of parameters.
Select a measurement mode from the following items.
(5)

(5) Click the "Measurement

(5) value" icon if the measure-
ment value is not dis-
played.

See page 10 and 11 in

(6) A measurement value is displayed. If you are satisfied with this value, click "Fix" and then "Complete". the User's Manual for
information on tolerance
and scaling settings.
(7) The measurement value is displayed.

(7)

* The following types of measurement are available in addition to "step".

See 6-36 in the Manual for details.

Types of measurement

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 Intermediate

Using Position Correction

This section explains how to use position correction for stable measurement of misaligned targets.

(1) Click "Direct setting".

(2) Place the master workpiece that serves as a measurement reference in the measurement range and click "Master reg."■
to register its profile waveform (profile). Click "Register" if the profile is displayed correctly.

(3) Click "Pos. correction" and then click "Setting".

(4) Set the correction process order.■

Use the following flow chart as a reference for setting the correction process order.

The target can only be misaligned

horizontally.
→ X correction
Is it possible for the No
target to tilt relative
to the head?
The target can only be misaligned vertically.
→ Z correction

The target can have a severe horizontal

misalignment but only a slight vertical
misalignment.
→ → correction

The target can have a severe vertical

Ye s misalignment but only a slight horizontal
misalignment.
→ → X correction

Correct a characteristic point on the target.

Characteristic point: “peak”, “bottom”,
“knee”, “intersection”, “contact”
→ Feature correction
* See 6-10 in the Manual for details.

θ preliminary The θ
correction: ON correction (θ
Use a horizontal Ye s θ correction: ON preliminary
section of the target correction) can
to correct for be used in
inclination. * The θ preliminary correction function combination
Can the correction corrects misalignment in the horizontal with the 5
area be misaligned direction in the area set for the θ correction. position
in the horizontal corrections
axis? No above for
θ correction: ON
further fine
adjustment on
a misaligned
target.

(5) This section explains cases in which both the θ preliminary correction and θ correction are set to ON.
Turn on the θ preliminary correction and θ correction in the following window and click "OK".

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(6) In the setting window for θ preliminary correction, specify the edges to recognize the horizontal misalignment amount as
shown in the figure below. The area location, width, and edge level can be adjusted by dragging the area. Click "Next" after
adjustment.

Edge level Edge direction: Rising

Correction target Detection direction: + direction,
Detection No.: 1st surface
area

Edge level

Profile

Edge No.

Edge type Edge direction

Rising + direction 1 2 n-1 n
Falling + direction 1 2 n-1 n
Rising - direction n n-1 2 1
See the figure to the right Falling - direction n n-1 2 1
or 6-11 in the manual for
details of each setting.

(7) Set the area on the line section to correct the inclination. The area location and width can be adjusted by dragging the area.
Click "Fix" after adjustment.

See 6-9 "θ Correction"

in the User's Manual for
details on "correction
standard".

(8) Set the area to be measured in "OUT measure set" and click "Complete".■
* See "Beginner" for information on the OUT measurement setting.

(9) Confirm that the measurement area tracks the movements of the target.

If the target is inclined, the measurement area is inclined in the

same direction.

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 Advanced
This section explains settings for stable measurement.

Imaging Settings
These settings used when a target profile cannot be obtained correctly.

(1) Click "Direct setting" -> "Imaging setting" when the target profile cannot be obtained correctly.

(2) Click the image data display icon at the top left to confirm the captured data.

(3) The following four major factors can be considered if the target profile cannot be obtained correctly. Check obtained data to
determine which factor is causing the problem. The red line is a recognized profile. The while areas indicate light received.

1. Insufficient light intensity.

There is no light (white areas) or the light
intensity is low.

2. Light intensity is saturated.

Light (white areas) covers large areas.

3. Stray reflections occur below the target

There is light (white areas) below the target
and the red line detects these areas.

4. Stray reflections occur above the target

There is light (white areas) below the target
and the red line detects these areas.

Solutions for each case are explained here.

Insufficient light intensity

Use "Advanced" for "Imaging setting" in "Direct setting".
Click the "Head A" tab.

1. Peak detection sensitivity

The ease of detection when converting image data to profile data. Setting the
peak detection sensitivity to 5 detects peaks most easily, but it may cause even
faint returns such as stray reflections to be detected. Try 5 when light intensity is
insufficient.

2. Exposure time
Set the maximum exposure time for the image pickup device. Although light
intensity can be easily obtained with a longer exposure time, faint returns such
as stray reflections may also be detected. Additionally, the exposure time (2)
becomes short when using a high speed sampling cycle. Set a long exposure
time if light intensity is insufficient. When doing this, select as slow a sampling
(3)
cycle as possible in "Trigger setting".
(1)
(5)
3. Control light intensity
The LJ-V Series adjusts for the laser light intensity according to the intensity of
the reflected light. AUTO controls light intensity for the entire measurement tar-
get, so when light intensity is insufficient,set "Control light intensity" to MANUAL (4)
to increase the lower limit value for the controlled area or set the FB control
area at locations with insufficient light intensity.
* Setting a large value the lower limit of the light intensity controlled area
forcibly emits strong light and thus higher light intensity can be received from
areas with insufficient light intensity.
See the next page for (4) and (5).

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 4. Multi emission (Synthesis)
This function composes profile data obtained by capturing multiple images at different light intensity settings. This is
effective for targets with uneven reflectivity. Try the multi emission (synthesis) for targets with insufficient light intensity.
Try 3 and 5 as the number of emission times.
* In multiple image capture, if the sampling cycle is too fast, each image capture becomes too short and sufficient
light intensity cannot be obtained. Set the sampling cycle as slow as possible in "Trigger setting" before performing
multi emission.

5. Interpolation points for invalid data

Specify the number of points for interpolating profile data that has been determined undetectable due to excess or in-
sufficient light intensity. When there is continuous invalid data equal to or less than the defined invalid point count, valid
interpolated data will be used to fill in the invalid region. Increasing the interpolation points for areas with insufficient
light intensity changes the profile as shown below.

Increasing the interpolation

Insufficient light
points allows interpolation
intensity
with a straight line.

When light intensity is saturated

Use "Advanced" for "Imaging setting" in "Direct setting".
Click the "Head A" tab.

1. CMOS sensitivity
Change the CMOS sensitivity of the imaging device according to the target.
A higher high dynamic range setting increases the sensor's ability to see targets with low reflectivity. At the same time,
it makes the sensor more susceptible to stray light which can affect profiles. Set the CMOS sensitivity to High dynamic
range 2 or 1 when light intensity is saturated.

2. Exposure time
Sets the maximum exposure time allowed for image capture. Setting a short exposure time decreases light intensity
and, as a result, saturation is unlikely to occur. However, this decreases light intensity as a whole, which may cause a
lack of light intensity in some areas. Set a short exposure time if light intensity is saturated.

3. Control light intensity

The LJ-V Series adjusts the laser light intensity according to reflected
light intensity. AUTO controls light intensity throughout the entire measure-
ment range. Set "Control light intensity" to MANUAL and lower the upper
limit value for the controlled area when light intensity is saturated.
* Setting a small value for the upper limit of the light intensity controlled
area forcibly limits the light emission amount and thus light intensity
saturation is also limited.

4. Peak detection sensitivity

The ease of detection when converting image data to profile data. Set-
ting the peak detection sensitivity to 1 makes detection most difficult. (1)
Set a low sensitivity (small value) if light intensity is saturated.
(2)
(3)
5. Multi emission (Synthesis)
This function composes profile data obtained by capturing bright or (4)
dark images more than once. This is effective for targets with uneven
reflectivity. Try the multi emission (Synthesis) if light intensity is satu-
rated. Try 3 or 5 as the number of emission times.
* In multiple image capture, if the sampling cycle is too fast, each im-
age capture becomes too short and sufficient light intensity cannot
be obtained. Set the sampling cycle as slow as possible in "Trigger (5)
setting" before performing multi emission.

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 Stray light occurs above or below the target
Use "Advanced" of "Imaging setting" in "Direct setting".
Click the tab named "Head A".

1. Peak selection: Select Near/Far.

Select which light intensity to use as a profile when there is more than
one bright area on the same X coordinate.
Selecting NEAR/FAR uses the light on the nearest/furthest side.
When stray light occurs above or below the target, selecting the NEAR/
FAR side enables profiling using the correct light instead of stray light.

2. Peak width filter (1)

Stray light such as ambient light and multiple reflection tends to appear (2)
blurrier or wider on the device than valid light reflected from the target.
"Peak width filter" uses this phenomenon to stop blurred reflections
from being detected. Turning on the peak width filter limits the effect of
stray light occurring above or below the target.
(3)

Captured images
3. Image mask Without mask With mask Mask

Masking light other than reflected light from the target stops measurement Stray light

from being affected by stray light from other reflections (see the figures to
the right.)
* The image mask cannot track the movement of targets.
* See "Profile mask" below if you want the mask to track the movement of Without mask Without mask
targets. Effect of stray light

Profile Settings
Use this setting to correct and stabilize profiles obtained by image capture through filtering or other methods. Click "Direct set-
ting" -> "Profile" -> "Advanced" setting -> "Head A" tab.

See 5-21 or later in the

User's Manual for details Smoothing
on profile setting. Smoothing takes a moving average of data at the specified number of points in the X-
axis direction of the profile obtained in a single sampling. This setting does not change
the measurement response time but may blur fine details in the profile.

Median (x axis)
The median filter* is applied to the profile.
* A filtering method to adopt the median data value when data at a specified number of
points are arranged in ascending order. This filter can prevent a sudden deviation of the
measurement value.

Averaging
Averaging takes an average over time for each fixed point after sampling a set number of
profiles. This does not blur fine details in the profile but the measurement response time is
slow.

Profile Mask
When profiles still contain unstable areas even after adjusting the imaging and profile settings, use the profile mask to exclude
these unstable areas from the measurement processing.

Profile mask area after

Profile mask area position correction

Unlike the image mask, the profile mask tracks with position
correction. Mask the areas you do not want to include in the
measurement as shown in the figures to the right. See 6-20 in the
manual for details on setting this.

Master Measured profile

profile

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 Frequently Used Settings
This section introduces frequently used settings.

Trigger Mode
A trigger determines the moment of sampling (image capture). See 5-5 in the User's
Continuous Trigger: profiles are captured at the set sampling rate Manual for details on trig-
External Trigger: profiles are captured on each external trigger input ger mode.
Encoder Trigger: profile is captured on each encoder input

Sampling Cycle
The sampling cycle is the rate at which the controller will capture profiles. In continuous trigger mode, the sampling cycle defines See 5-7 in the User's
the profile capture rate. In external and encoder trigger modes, the sampling cycle is the upper limit of profile capture speed. Manual for details on
sampling cycles.
The default sampling cycle is 1 kHz. The parameters for "measurement range", "binning" and "imaging mode" need to be adjusted
to make the sampling cycle faster than the default. Each parameter is explained here.

These are set in "Imaging setting".

Measurement range... Narrowing the ranges in the X and Z directions speeds up the sampling cycle.

Binning... Enables processing with a high sensitivity at a high speed by reducing resolution. The signals of adjacent pixels are
added, with 2 x 2 pixels are treated as a single pixel, meaning that turning on the binning makes the sampling cycle
four times faster.

Imaging mode... The default imaging mode is set to "Multi emission (optimized light intensity), Emission times: 2". With this setting,
light intensity is adjusted according to the received light intensity obtained in the first image capture and the
result image captures. Therefore, setting this mode to "Standard" makes the sampling cycle twice as fast.

By changing the parameters for the above settings, the sampling cycle can be sped up to as fast as 32 kHz.
See 5-7 in the manual for details.

If you want to perform sampling at 64 kHz, turn on "parallel image capture" which is available in High-Speed mode. See 9-3 in the
User's Manual for information on parallel image capturing.

Scaling and Offset

Set scaling to calibrate the measurement value. See 6-31 in the User's
Manual for details on
(1) Click "Direct setting" -> "OUT measure set" -> "Setting" -> "Process" tab. scaling and offset.

(2) Click "Scaling setting", change parameters and click "OK".

Displayed value Displayed value

Point 2 Point 2

Input Input
value value

Point 1 Point 1

Before scaling After scaling

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 Offset and Zero can be used to change current measurement value (displayed value) to a desired value upon a signal input.

(1) Click "Direct setting" -> "OUT measure set" -> "Setting" -> "Process" tab.

(2) Input the offset value (desired display value).

(3) Externally inputting ZERO1 or clicking the ZERO1 button below changes ■
the measurement value to the value entered in "Offset".

Displayed value ZERO execution

Entering "5.000" as the offset

changes the measurement value
changes as shown in the figure
to the left.

Tolerance and Judgment Output

The tolerance can be set for each OUT.

(1) Click "Direct setting" -> "OUT measure set" -> "Setting" -> "Process" tab.

(2) Change the parameter of the tolerance setting.

The measurement result for each OUT judged as HI, GO, or LO based on the ■
tolerance setting can be output from the I/O terminal. ■
It is possible to set which output is performed from which terminal.

See 7-4 or later in the

User's Manual for details (1) Click "Direct setting" -> "Terminal/Storage".
on terminal output.
(2) Click "Terminal setting".

(3) A total of 12 output terminals from OUT_PIN1 to OUT_PIN12 can be assigned as desired to each output as shown in the figure■
below.

Example: A case where OUT_PIN1 is

assigned for the output when either HI or
LO of OUT1, OUT2, or OUT3 is obtained
as a judgment result.

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 Convenient Functions

Saving and Backing Up Settings

Click the "Save file" button at the top right of the "Direct setting" window to save a settings file. The extension is .mss. See 4-12 in the User's
* Saved settings files do not contain settings such as environment settings. Manual for details on
backups.

Back up files when you want to save all settings including the environ-
ment settings.

Click "File" -> "Backup/Restore" -> "Backup all settings" in the monitor
window to save a backup file. The extension is .cbk.

* Backup files can only be opened when the controller is connected.

Saving a Snapshot File

Data that is being monitored can be saved in a snapshot file.
The following data can be saved. The extension is .pss.

See 8-26 in the User's

Manual for details on
- The latest profile
snapshot files (backups
- The latest OUT measurement value of monitoring data).
- Height image data
- Trend graph data

Each profile can be checked in the "height image data" saved.

Multiple profile data can be saved in CSV format from "height image data".
* See page 13 for information on saving in CSV format.

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 Storage Function
This section introduces the storage function for storing measurement data and profiles.

Data storage
Measurement values of each OUT are stored in the internal memory of the controller. Stored data is read in LJ-Navigator 2
as follows.

* See 7-7 in the User's (1) Click "Direct setting" -> "Terminal/Storage".
Manual for information
on storage conditions. (2) Click the "Storage" tab, select "OUT data" for "Storage target", and then click■
"Complete".

* See 8-19 in the User's (3) Click "Storage" and then click "Start strg" to store data.
Manual for information
on detailed operations (4) Clicking "Stop strg" stops data storage.
in the data storage
window. (5) Clicking "Stop" enables you to click either "Save to file ..." ■
(in proprietary format) or "Save csv file".

Profile storage
Internal measurement values and profiles of each OUT are stored in the internal memory of the controller. Stored data is read
in LJ-Navigator 2 as follows.
* "Internal measurement value" refers to a measurement value before hold mode processing, such as peak hold mode, is■
performed.
(1) Click "Direct setting" -> "Terminal/Storage".
Cursor
(2) Click the "Storage", select "Profile" for■
"Storage target" and click "Complete".

(3) Click "Storage" and then click "Start strg" to store■

the data.

(4) Clicking "Stop strg" stops data storage.

(5) Clicking "Stop" enables you to click either■

"Save to file ..." (in proprietary format) or "Save csv■
file".

(6) Each stored profile can be checked by moving■

the cursor.

CSV Storage
"Height image data" and "storage data" can be saved in CSV format.

Click to save "height image data" in csv format.

* See "Data storage" and "Profile storage" above to store "storage data"■
in csv format.

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 Appendices

Batch Measurement
Handling multiple profiles together is called "batch measurement".
This section explains cases where "batch measurement" works effectively.

When batch measurement is not performed, measurement processing is executed to obtain a measurement value every time a profile
image is captured. Since this measurement processing takes time, profiles cannot be obtained quickly. (maximum speed approx. 2 kHz.)
Batch measurement, on the other hand, stores profiles in the internal memory and executes measurement processing for all of them
together when profile acquisition is complete, enabling high speed profile acquisition (maximum speed 32 kHz.)
* However, processing time is required (pause time) because all measurement processing is performed at once after profile acquisition.
* An OUT measurement value for each profile is not output. Measurement is performed on a specified number of profiles together.

* See 5-9 in the "User's

Example: A value for the step of each profile is not obtained Manual" for details.
Batch Measurement: OFF when batch step measurement is performed on projections.
Obtainable results are "average value", "maximum value",
"minimum value", and "max. value – min. value".
Profile

Measurement
processing

Batch Measurement: ON

Profile

Measurement
processing

Interface Options
See the following table for interfaces that can be used for output and maximum speeds for "Measurement value" and "Profile".
The speed differs according to the setting and the device receiving the signals. The values shown are a guide only.

USB Ethernet
RS-232C Analog voltage
(DLL is used) (DLL is used)

Measurement
2000 Hz 2000 Hz 200 Hz 2000 HZ
value

Profile
16000 Hz 64000 Hz – –
(High-speed mode)

Profile
800 Hz 300 Hz – –
(Advanced mode)

* 64 kHz sampling can only be used in high-speed mode.

* High-speed mode outputs only profiles without performing measurement.
* When batch measurement is turned on in highspeed mode, profiles are stored in the internal memory at a maximum speed of
32 kHz and measurement can be performed on a specified number of profiles together. -> See "Batch measurement above".

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 Changing Units
Changing units from mm to inches

(1) On the PC turn the Num Lock and Scroll Lock to on.

(2) Click Direct Setting

(3) While holding the "Ctrl" and "Shift" buttons click Common Measure Set

(4) Change to the desired setting

(5) Click OK to exit

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