Check and Calibrate Your RL150
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The axis LED should blink slowly when in calibration mode. When the
laser is self-leveling or making an adjustment, the LED will blink rapidly.
When pressing an arrow key to move the beam for calibration,
use short, rapid clicks. Do not hold the key down. One click will move
the beam a very small amount (1/32” at 150’ or 1 mm at 100 meters).
After pressing the key, the LED will blink rapidly as the laser reacts.
Wait until the LED returns to a slow blink to proceed.
4.2 Checking X Axis
1.
Place the laser on a flat surface or tripod 100 ft. (30 m) away from
a wall. Position so that X (noted on top of laser housing) is facing
the wall.
2.
Turn on the laser. Once the laser has self-leveled, stop the rotation
so that the beam is a point.
3.
Mark the location of the laser point on the wall (X). If it’s too bright
to see the point, use a detector or put the laser in scan mode.
4.
Rotate the laser 180º so that X’ faces the wall.
5.
Mark the location of the laser point (X’) near the first mark so that
both marks are in line, one above the other.
6.
At 100 ft., the marks should be no more than 1/4” apart (at 30 m, no
more than 6 mm apart). This is within the stated accuracy of ± 1/8”
at 100 ft. (± 0.010%).
7.
If the marks are close enough, X axis is within calibration. The
second axis (Y) must then be checked (see later section).
If the marks are not close enough, the X axis needs to be calibrated.
4.3 Calibrating X Axis
The laser must be calibrated to bring the beam to the center of the two
X marks. Read “Calibration overview” before proceeding.
1.
Turn off the laser (17).
2.
While keeping the Manual key (19)
pressed, turn on the laser (17).
3.
After the 3 LEDs blink in sequence, the
X LED will blink rapidly for a bit and then
slowly, indicating it’s ready to be calibrated in X axis. The beam will
not be rotating.
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