Dalsa Z-Trak 2 User manual
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Document Date: December 22, 2021
Document Number: 3D-L200-UM000
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Contents
LASER SAFETY _______________________________________________ 1
LASER HAZARD CLASSIFICATION...........................................................................1
WARNING LABELS ...........................................................................................1
SAFETY FEATURES –EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN ...........................................................2
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS .....................................................................................3
HANDLING PRECAUTIONS AND CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS...............................................3
Z-TRAK2 2K SERIES OVERVIEW __________________________________ 4
DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................4
Key features ..........................................................................................5
About GigE Vision and GenICam...............................................................5
MODELS SUMMARY ..........................................................................................6
Z-Trak2 S-2K series ...............................................................................6
Z-Trak2 V-2K series ...............................................................................6
CABLES AND ACCESSORIES.................................................................................6
DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE ..................................................................................8
Teledyne software packages ....................................................................8
Third-party software support ...................................................................8
Z-TRAK2 2K SERIES COMMON SPECIFICATIONS _____________________ 9
COMMON SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................9
EMI, SHOCK,AND VIBRATION CERTIFICATIONS ....................................................... 11
Z-TRAK2 QUICK START________________________________________ 12
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ______________________________________ 14
HOST PC SYSTEM.......................................................................................... 14
COMPATIBLE GIGENETWORK ADAPTERS AND SWITCHES............................................. 14
THEORY OF OPERATION _______________________________________ 16
HOW A 3D PROFILER SENSOR WORKS .................................................................. 16
DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................... 17
INSTALLATION ______________________________________________ 20
PHYSICAL SETUP ........................................................................................... 20
Z-Trak2 Mounting................................................................................. 22
Planning machine opening space .................................................................. 22
Planning for unwanted light reflection or obstructed view................................. 24
Controlling ambient illumination ................................................................... 25
Powering Z-Trak2 with PoE+ ................................................................. 26
Powering Z-Trak2 using the I/O connector .............................................. 27
Operating conditions............................................................................. 27
Temperature management........................................................................... 27
Continuous operation .................................................................................. 28
Preventing faults due to electrostatic discharge (ESD) ..................................... 28
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................ 29
Installing Sapera LT SDK....................................................................... 29
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NETWORK CONNECTION................................................................................... 30
GigE server device status ...................................................................... 30
Device IP error ........................................................................................... 32
LED indicators...................................................................................... 32
Status LED................................................................................................. 33
Laser LED .................................................................................................. 33
Range LED ................................................................................................. 33
Z-Trak2 firmware ................................................................................. 33
Optimizing the network adapter used with Z-Trak2................................... 33
Using Z-Trak2 with supported third-party software packages ..................... 36
INTRODUCTION TO Z-EXPERT __________________________________ 37
OVERVIEW OF Z-EXPERT GUI ........................................................................... 37
Toolbar ............................................................................................... 38
Sources Explorer .................................................................................. 39
Features Browser and Features Description ............................................. 39
Console Messages ................................................................................ 40
Events Registration .............................................................................. 41
Display pane........................................................................................ 41
USING Z-EXPERT ____________________________________________ 45
CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE USER ID.................................................................... 45
UPDATING FIRMWARE VIA FILE ACCESS DIALOG ...................................................... 45
LOADING OR SAVING 3D SENSOR SETTINGS........................................................... 46
Using a configuration file....................................................................... 47
Using a power-up configuration.............................................................. 47
MONITORING EVENTS..................................................................................... 48
SETTING ACQUISITION PARAMETERS.................................................................... 49
Acquiring a profile ................................................................................ 49
Creating a 3D surface view .................................................................... 51
Fixed scan vs. variable scan ......................................................................... 51
Adjusting laser intensity for optical performance ...................................... 52
OPTIMIZING PROFILE RATE ............................................................................... 53
MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEMS ______________________________________ 55
CONNECTING MULTIPLE 3D SENSORS................................................................... 55
SENSOR SYNCHRONIZATION.............................................................................. 55
Features involved in sensor synchronization ............................................ 57
Synchronizing with the wizard................................................................ 57
Sequential acquisition settings...................................................................... 57
Simultaneous acquisition settings ................................................................. 58
Manual acquisition settings .......................................................................... 58
Synchronizing without the wizard ........................................................... 59
UNIFIED MEASUREMENT SPACE (UMS) ................................................................. 59
Multi-sensor calibration ......................................................................... 60
Multi-sensor layouts .................................................................................... 60
Calibration target object .............................................................................. 61
Creating a UMS .................................................................................... 61
Z-TRAK2 FEATURES REFERENCE_________________________________ 62
PROFILER MANAGEMENT CATEGORY ..................................................................... 63
Profiler Management features ................................................................ 63
Built-In Diagnostics features.................................................................. 65
Info features........................................................................................ 66
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PROFILE INTENSITY CATEGORY .......................................................................... 67
Profile Intensity features ....................................................................... 67
DATA OUTPUT CATEGORY................................................................................. 69
Data Output features ............................................................................ 69
Format features ................................................................................... 71
AOI features ........................................................................................ 73
X-Axis features .................................................................................... 75
2D features ......................................................................................... 76
ENCODER INPUT CATEGORY.............................................................................. 77
Encoder Input features ......................................................................... 77
TRIGGER INPUT CATEGORY ............................................................................... 80
Trigger Input features........................................................................... 80
MULTI SENSOR SYNC CATEGORY ........................................................................ 83
Multi Sensor Sync features .................................................................... 83
GPIO CONTROL CATEGORY .............................................................................. 84
GPIO features ...................................................................................... 86
EVENT CATEGORY.......................................................................................... 89
Event features ..................................................................................... 90
ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER CATEGORY ............................................................... 94
Acquisition and Transfer features ........................................................... 94
COUNTER AND TIMER CATEGORY ........................................................................ 96
Counter and Timer features ................................................................... 96
IEEE1588 CATEGORY .................................................................................. 100
IEEE1588 features.............................................................................. 100
GIGEVISION TRANSPORT LAYER CATEGORY......................................................... 103
GigE Vision Transport Layer features .................................................... 103
GIGEVISION HOST CONTROLS CATEGORY .......................................................... 109
FILE ACCESS DIALOG CATEGORY ...................................................................... 110
File Access Dialog features .................................................................. 110
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS _________________________________ 112
IDENTIFICATION LABEL.................................................................................. 112
MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS ......................................................................... 112
MOUNTING HOLES SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................... 114
ENCLOSURE IP RATING ................................................................................. 114
CONNECTORS ............................................................................................ 114
Data connector: Ethernet M12 X-coded 8-pin female connector ............... 116
I/O connector: M12 17-pin male connector............................................ 117
Emergency safety switch (E-STOP) ............................................................. 117
Power over Ethernet (PoE+) support .................................................... 118
PoE+ power requirements (PoE supply) ....................................................... 118
Power consumption summary .............................................................. 119
General-purpose input signals electrical specifications............................. 119
General-purpose inputs characteristics ........................................................ 119
External trigger usage ............................................................................... 120
General-purpose output signals electrical specifications........................... 122
General-purpose output characteristics........................................................ 122
3D DATA TYPE OUTPUT FORMAT DESCRIPTION____________________ 124
CHOOSING A 3D DATA TYPE OUTPUT FORMAT....................................................... 124
UniformX Z (RectifiedC) ...................................................................... 125
XZ (CalibratedAC) .............................................................................. 127
XZRW (CalibratedACRW) ..................................................................... 127
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