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Congratulations on purchasing your new Viso Systems LabRail. Before using this
product, please read the Safety Information.

This manual contains descriptions and troubleshooting necessary to install and
operate your new Viso Systems product. Please review this manual thoroughly to
ensure proper installation and operation.

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Summary of Contents for LabRail

Page 1: ...VISO SYSTEMS LabRail User Manual Revision 17DEC2021 ...

Page 2: ...the Safety Information This manual contains descriptions and troubleshooting necessary to install and operate your new Viso Systems product Please review this manual thoroughly to ensure proper installation and operation For news Q A and support at Viso Systems visit our website at www visosystems com ...

Page 3: ...ntents Safety Information 4 Disposing of this Product 4 Introduction 4 Shipping Dimensions 5 LabRail installation 5 Power and data connection 14 Distance calibration 17 Sensor Distance 24 Specifications 25 ...

Page 4: ... EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE together with the RoHS Directive 2011 65 EU with amendments 2015 863 Help preserve the environment Ensure that this product is recycled at the end of its lifetime Your supplier can give details of local arrangements for the disposal of Viso Systems products Introduction About this document These guidelines describe the installation process of t...

Page 5: ...ortant that eyebolts in your ceiling are firmly attached to the building structure not to suspended ceiling parts or the like It is also important that the suspension wires are symmetrical around the rail This is to avoid skewing of the rail and to secure balance The rail suspension is very flexible when it comes to ceiling heights The suspension wires can be as long or as short as desired The rai...

Page 6: ... 5 m long The rail sections are interconnected using suspension plates on top and bottom The LabRail suspension contains Qty Rail parts Image 8 1 5 m pieces of aluminium rail 40 Connector Profiles 9 Suspension plates 80 Screw M5x6 20 M6x30 Ring Screw 34 Conductor Rail 40 Safety wire hooks push through 100 m Steel Wire 1 5mm Black 2 rolls each 50 m 70 Grub Screw M5x6 1 Wire cutter Qty System parts ...

Page 7: ...osest to the goniometer Put the rail piece with the injector module farthest away from the goniometer 2 Push the connector profiles into the grooves in the rail 4 at each of each rail pieces 2 on the top and two in the bottom grooves 3 Start by joining the rail pieces on the bottom side of the rail Use the grub screws M5x6 to fasten the connector profiles into the rail grooves Push the rail pieces...

Page 8: ...accurately mechanically 6 Remove the end stop cover and attach the end stop to the rail with 8 grub screw and 4 connector profiles inside the upper and lower grooves Note The end stop should have the spring load part facing downward 7 Turn the rail up side up 8 Go to the injector unit on the rail end farthest from the goniometer 9 Push the rail conductor pieces into the top groove in both sides of...

Page 9: ... the first piece meets the spring load in the end stop Also check that the rail conductor pieces all slide freely and that to can activate the spring load by pushing that all conductor pieces from the opposite end of the rail Spring load ...

Page 10: ...nt pressure 12 Cut the remaining conductor pieces off if needed 13 Screw two eye bolts into every suspension plate for wire attachment 14 Please firmly attach your own eyebolts or the like to the building structure The suspension hooks in LabRail kit accommodates can open and close around up 5 5 mm Important Each building eyebolt carries two wires and should be placed between two rail connectors e...

Page 11: ...eiling to the lower hooks Important Every other wire pair is crossed to prevent movement sideways Illustration All blue wires are crossed 16 It is time to lift the rail to the desired position minimum 2 3 m over floor level for standard LabSpion goniometer med 1 5 m standard tower For LabSpions with 2 0 m tower the minimum height is 2 55 m over floor level 17 A small group of people is needed and ...

Page 12: ...ons 19 Slide the LabRail dolly onto the rail over the end stop end stop cover still detached The rear end of the dolly must with labels face the injector in the far end 20 Attach the cover to the end stop 21 Now screw in the telescopic arm monopod to the dolly by turning clockwise until firmly attached ...

Page 13: ...ce the goniometer 22 Attach your LabSensor to the adapter on the telescopic rod Roughly set the sensor to the same height as the middle of the goniometer c plane motor the sensor height will be adjusted accurately during calibration ...

Page 14: ...14 Power and data connection Standard connection when not using LabRail When the LabRail is not used is the sensor connected directly to the base as shown below ...

Page 15: ...15 Connection using LabRail When using the LabRail is the sensor connected to the LabRail Injector including power and both data and power are transmitted together via the rail ...

Page 16: ...ion of the LabRail and out of the way of people working in the laboratory Check that the sensor is connected to the system indicated in the upper right hand corner of the software dashboard Checking connection To check the connection you can go to the Help menu and check that the menu point LabRail Firmware is visible You can also click on Setup Labrail Tool And the click on the Check dataline to ...

Page 17: ...Rail along the rail as shown above Before the rail can be used the distance between the mounted sensor and the LabRail must be calibrated and stored in the memory of the LabRail Note Fix the LabSpion goniometer to the floor so that the position does not change If the LabRail or the LabSpion are moved all distance calibration procedures must be repeated To make the calibration please make sure you ...

Page 18: ...get plate being extended outwards by 10 cm is so the software can easily ensure that the laser always hits the plate during the setup process Otherwise a significant error of at least 10 cm would be detected by the software The Setup laser target plate is only used during the setup and is not needed again after the setup procedure is completed unless the system is moved The sensor must be adjusted...

Page 19: ...on After the steps above have been completed please click Next The system will now ask you to move the sensor to the end stop Just use your hand to gently push the sensor until it touches the end stop and click Done Please make sure there are no obstacles in the room as the sensor will now start moving down the complete traveling range of the rail ...

Page 20: ...always measured from the end of the rail Strong light on the laser target plate e g from general lighting must be blocked with a plate or a dark curtain When the rail distance setup is completed the system will get ready to measure the sensor laser distance in combination with the rail laser distance to be stored in the finished calibration The window below will ask you if you would like to make a...

Page 21: ...m the sensor hits the center of the Setup laser target plate at all positions If this is not the case please adjust the sensor height and tilt until it does When finished close the window and click Finished checking the system will now start the last part of the calibration ...

Page 22: ...d the sensor will move to this position Finally you should set the sensor distance to 2 m and re adjust the sensor height so the spectrometer sensor is in the vertical center of the goniometer as shown below For mechanical reasons the laser module in the sensor is slightly offset vertically in comparison with the actual spectrometer sensor position During factory sensor calibration all spectromete...

Page 23: ...23 distances in comparison with the laser point but these errors are of low factor and can be accepted without any problems ...

Page 24: ... light source as shown below According to CIE S 025 E 2015 minimum measuring distances should be D is the largest dimension of the luminous area Beam angle 90 in all measurement planes 5xD Viso Systems 8xD Beam angle 60 10xD Narrow angular distribution steep gradients 15xD Large non luminous areas with maximum distance S 15x D S Please note that light source diameter length is only the illuminated...

Page 25: ...25 Specifications Coming soon ...

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