GeoSlam ZEB-REVO User manual

ZEB-REVO Laser Scanner Manual
Source: GeoSLAM ZEB-REVO 3D Laser Scanning System
Created by: Felix van Leuven, Agnieszka Lisonek and Eline Rentier
Supervisor: Dr. W. M. (Thijs) de Boer
Course: Environmental Measuring Techniques (5264ENMT6Y)
Date: 26-03-2020
University of Amsterdam

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Contents
Important information ............................................................................................................................ 3
Content of the box .................................................................................................................................. 3
Quick Start Guide .................................................................................................................................... 4
Best practice guidelines......................................................................................................................... 11
Setting up 3D markers........................................................................................................................... 12
References............................................................................................................................................. 13

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Important information
Official name laser scanner: ZEB-REVO hand held laser scanner & RT data processing unit
For this manual the ZEB-REVO RT User’s Manual v1.0.1 by GeoSLAM Ltd 2017 was consulted. We
recommend consulting this manual in case you run into problems that are not specified by this manual.
http://download.geoslam.com/docs/zeb-revo/ZEB-REVO%20User%20Guide%20V3.0.0.pdf
Content of the box
1. ZEB-REVO RT Processing Unit
2. ZEB-REVO RT battery
3. ZEB-REVO hand held laser scanner
4. ZEB-REVO main cable
5. ZEB-CAM cable (compatible with RT
Processing Unit)
6. ZEB-REVO car charger
7. Magnetic mount for tablet or cell phone
8. Ethernet cable
The chargers are not in this photo because they
are not needed in the field. Charging the
batteries takes 8-10 hours per battery and can
therefore not be done ‘on-the-go’.

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Quick Start Guide
Setup
1. Make sure that the ZEB-REVO RT Processing Unit batteries are fully charged. The charging
time is 8-10 hours per battery!
2. Insert the battery into the ZEB-REVO RT Processing Unit. Make sure you hear the click!
3. Connect the ZEB-REVO main cable to the 12 way socket on the side of ZEB-REVO hand held
laser scanner. Make sure that the red dot on the cable aligns with the red dot on the socket!

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4. Connect the other end of the ZEB-REVO main cable to the 12 way socket on the RT data
processing unit. Make sure the red dot on the cable aligns with the gap in the socket!
Connecting ZEB-REVO to your laptop (wireless)
1. Turn on your laptop.
2. Switch on the RT data processing unit by pressing the switch for a second on the front panel.
The LED on the button will go on and turn green.
3. Wait around 30 seconds
4. Go to the wifi settings on your laptop (make sure that your laptop’s wifi adapter is turned
on).

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5. Find the (SSID) geoslam-rt wifi network and connect to it using the following password:
zebedee12
SSID: geoslam-rt
Password: zebedee12
6. If you can’t find the geoslam-rt network, wait a little longer and search again.
7. Open your web browser on your laptop and go to the following link: http://192.168.102.2/
8. The GeoSLAM logo will be displayed briefly while the connection is made. The REVO hand held
laser scanner should not be turned on yet!
9. Press NEW SCAN.
10. Enter a new scan name

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11. Position the REVO hand held laser scanner (should not be turned on yet!) in a stationary
position (you can either lay it down on a stable surface or hold it steadily) at your BASE.
12. After entering the scan name, there will be a message saying: Starting, please keep the system
still.
13. If all went well, the system will initialize for approximately 10 seconds. The REVO hand held
laser scanner must remain stationary during this period (don’t turn it on yet).
○If an error occurs saying that you should hold the device still and that initialization
failed; make sure you put the ZEB-REVO hand held laser scanner on its back on a stable
surface and try again. Also make sure that the hand held laser scanner is turned off.
○If you still get the same error message, turn off the RT data processing unit and turn it
on again. Go back to step 3.
Start scanning
14. When the initialization finishes you should see a screen that says: Scan Started.

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15. Start the REVO hand held laser scanner by pressing the button on the side of the hand held
laser scanner to start the scanner rotation and commence the survey.
16. Conduct the scan using the ‘best practice guidelines’chapter of this manual.
17. When the survey is complete, position the ZEB-REVO scanner in approximately the same
position as used for initialization (go back to BASE) and click the STOP button on the display
screen then press the button on the hand held laser scanner button to stop the scanner
rotation.
18. The display will indicate that Global Optimization is being performed. This might take a while
depending on how long your survey took.

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19. Once complete, the display will revert to the Start screen ready for the next scan.
20. If you want to repeat the scan, or start a new scan, simply position the REVO in a stationary
position, click the NEW SCAN button and enter a scan name when prompted.
If you want to quit, shut down the system by pressing and holding the ZEB-REVO RT Processing
Unit power button for approximately 4 seconds.
Previewing and downloading the scan data
Once a scan has been completed a preview of the resultant point cloud can be displayed by clicking
the Preview icon (P) in the bottom left corner of the screen. The preview file is decimated (9% of points)
coloured by Shading (ambient occlusion grey scale).
-The slider bar on the left of the Preview display can be used to vertically clip the displayed
point cloud.
-A full list of the processed files can be shown by clicking the Folder icon in the bottom left
corner of the screen.

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A file browser resembling GeoSLAM Hub is displayed. Files can be downloaded to the connected
device by clicking on download, and selecting file type, .geoslam or .ply. The .ply file is the 9% shaded
file used in the previewer.
Deleting data sets
It is recommended that data sets are deleted from the RT data processing unit after they have been
downloaded to free up space for subsequent scans. The RT data processing unit should not be used
as a data storage device.
Data sets can be deleted one at a time by clicking the DELETE button under the target data set on the
DATA page. To delete more than one file at a time select the DELETE page, check the check box next
to the target data sets and click the DELETE button. For post-processing using the GeoSLAM Hub
software consult the ZEB-Revo RT User’s Manual or the Workflow for GeoSLAM.