Car-O-Liner PointX, Instruction Manual

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45929, EN - rev.6, 2019-03 3
Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................ 6
1.1 General .......................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Marking .......................................................................................................... 9
1.2.1 Matching serial numbers on measuring arm and measuring arm
extension name plates ................................................................................... 9
1.3 Vision2 PointX measuring software .............................................................. 10
1.4 Car-O-Data vehicle database via Internet .................................................... 11
2 Safety .................................................................................... 12
2.1 General ........................................................................................................ 12
2.2 Warnings and important notices ................................................................... 13
3 Installation............................................................................ 16
3.1 PointX measuring arm .................................................................................. 16
3.2 Installing Vision2 PointX software ................................................................ 17
3.3 Pairing of Bluetooth ...................................................................................... 17
3.4 Selection of Bluetooth COM-port .................................................................. 17
4 Operation ............................................................................. 18
4.1 PointX measuring arm .................................................................................. 18
4.1.1 Turning on/off the PointX ............................................................... 19
4.1.2 Display functions for measuring ..................................................... 21
4.1.3 Measuring tubes ............................................................................ 31
4.1.4 Measuring tube fitting configurations ............................................. 32
4.1.5 Magnetic attachment ...................................................................... 33
4.1.6 Measuring adapters (sockets and tips) .......................................... 33
4.1.7 Measuring arm extension ............................................................... 34
4.1.8 Battery change ............................................................................... 35
4.1.9 PointX USB slot ............................................................................. 36
4.2 Open PointX software and start to work ....................................................... 37
4.2.1 Open an existing Workorder .......................................................... 38
4.2.2 Create a new Workorder ................................................................ 39
4.2.3 Find and download a DataSheet .................................................... 40
4.2.4 Search for a DataSheet ................................................................. 41
4.2.5 View list of new (recently released) DataSheets ............................ 42
4.2.6 Preparation/set up of the vehicle .................................................... 43
4.2.7 Center and measure the vehicle .................................................... 45
4.3 Documentation of the vehicle ....................................................................... 49
4.3.1 Print protocol .................................................................................. 49
4.3.2 Print preview .................................................................................. 50
4.4 The Centering and Normal measuring method .......................................... 51
4.4.1 DataSheet information ................................................................... 51
4.4.2 The Standard centering method ..................................................... 52
4.4.3 The Advanced centering method (default setting) .......................... 54
4.4.4 The Normal measuring method ...................................................... 57
4.5 The Point-To-Point (P2P) Standard measuring method ............................ 59
4.5.1 Point-To-Point Standard measuring adapters ................................ 63
4.5.2 Point-To-Point measuring point descriptions.................................. 66