Use the Quick Release
1. Ensure that the tripod is level and the tripod plate is firmly attached to the tripod. Tighten manually,
if necessary.
2. Ensure that the fixation screw in the scanner plate is unscrewed, so that it won’t block the scanner
plate from sliding over the center spindle.
3. Holding the scanner from both sides, slide the scanner plate over the center spindle.
4. Manually tighten the fixation screw until the scanner plate is firmly attached to the center spindle.
You can now use the scanner.
To remove the scanner, loosen the fixation screw and lift the scanner from the center spindle.
SD Card
Preparing an SD Card
The FARO Focus Premium exports recorded scans on a removable SD card. This memory card can also be
used to create backups of the scanner settings, to import scanner settings, and to install firmware updates.
SDHC or SDXC cards are highly recommended. Memory cards with a size up to 512 GB have been
verified to operate with the scanner. The speed of the card must be Class 10/V30 or better.
NOTE:
The SD card must be formatted in the exFAT file system. When using an SD card other than
one supplied with the scanner, format it with the scanner format function first. See
SDHC cards may also be formatted with Windows. SDXC cards with a capacity of more than 32 GB
cannot be formatted with the Windows format function, because Windows formats them in its own file
system. The Windows file system is not supported by the scanner. There are freeware tools that allow
formatting these cards with Windows as exFAT, but we strongly recommend using the scanner’s format
function.
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Focus Premium Laser Scanner User Manual
Chapter 5: Getting Started
FARO Focus Premium (March 2022)
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