User’s manual FARO Laser Scanner LS
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© 2007 FARO Scanner Production
Table of contents
1
Introduction
5
2
Safety Precautions
6
2.1
General Safety Information ................................................................................................ 6
2.2
Electrical Safety................................................................................................................. 7
2.3
Laser Safety ...................................................................................................................... 7
2.4
Mechanical Security .......................................................................................................... 9
3
Equipment
10
4
Your first scan - step-by-step
11
4.1
Setup of the FARO Laser Scanner LS ............................................................................. 11
4.1.1
Step 1 - Setting up the tripod
................................................................................................ 11
4.1.2
Step 2 – Attaching the Tripod Head
..................................................................................... 11
4.1.3
Step 3 – Fixing the FARO Laser Scanner LS
..................................................................... 12
4.1.4
Step 4 – Connecting the FARO Laser Scanner LS
............................................................ 13
4.1.5
Step 5 - Switching on the scanner
....................................................................................... 15
4.2
Installing and using the software ...................................................................................... 15
4.2.1
Step 6 – (Software installation)
............................................................................................ 15
4.2.2
Step 7 – Establishing an Ethernet connection to the scanner
........................................... 15
4.3
Starting a scan ................................................................................................................ 17
4.3.1
Step 8 – Unlocking the laser
................................................................................................ 17
4.3.2
Step 9 – Scanning
................................................................................................................. 17
4.3.3
Step 10 – Shutting down the scanner
.................................................................................. 17
5
Shutdown of the FARO Laser Scanner LS
18
6
The Software FARO Record
19
6.1
Installation....................................................................................................................... 19
6.2
License............................................................................................................................ 19
6.3
The scan bar ................................................................................................................... 20
6.3.1
Scanner Parameter
............................................................................................................... 20
6.3.2
Scanner Settings
................................................................................................................... 26
6.3.3
Scanner Selection
................................................................................................................. 26
6.4
The Scanner menu .......................................................................................................... 27
6.5
Status bar........................................................................................................................ 28
7
Color Option
29
7.1
Initial Setup of the camera ............................................................................................... 29
7.2
Setup before scanning..................................................................................................... 29
7.3
Scanning with color ......................................................................................................... 32
7.4
Applying the pictures to the scan ..................................................................................... 34
8
Using FARO Record Mobile with a PDA
35
8.1
Setting up the WLAN connection ..................................................................................... 35
8.1.1
FARO LaserScanner LS
....................................................................................................... 35
8.1.2
PDA
........................................................................................................................................ 36
8.2
Setting up Opera ............................................................................................................. 38
8.3
Connecting to the Scanner .............................................................................................. 39
8.4
FARO Record Mobile Pages Description ......................................................................... 40
8.4.1
Scan Page
............................................................................................................................. 40
