Click Calibrate screen of the second Home page (
Figure 17
) and select “J-Mate Laser Spot” (
Figure 18
).
Click start. While reflecting laser from a large white object, walk away from the J-mate as guided by tones.
When commanded come back to J-Mate in similar steps.
Calibrating the J-Mate laser and camera offset
Only J-Target can be searched by laser and by optical. In laser scanning the pattern on the J-Target has no
effect. The pattern is only for optical searching.
Zebra
is a pattern of black and white rings around the pole. Zebra can be searched only by optical search.
All other items below are searched by laser scanning.
TRIUMPH-LS Back
: You can use this feature to search for the back of TRIUMPH-LS and measure to its
center to make sure laser range measurement is not from an unintended object. .
Search Tube
: Searches to find a tube with given diameter and height. If Measure to Bottom is not checked,
it will go to the top of the tube and then come down half of the specified height, irrespective of the actual
height of the tube.
Measure Tube: Searches for a tube that has the given width and then it measures the tube depth.
Corner
identifies an abrupt change on a flat surface.
Snap
: scans with the resolution given in “Step” and stops when range changes by “Edge Depth”.
Scan
: Scans according with the resolution given in “Step” and saves the scanned files if the box is
checked. The scanned files can be viewed in the Main screen / File icon.
Selected objects and their parameters can be saved and recalled by “Save” button on this and “Recall”
button of the previous screen.
Assign “Inclinometer” to a white button or User
defined button to view the embedded 0.001-degree
electronic inclinometer of the J-Mate as shown in
Figure 3. It updates 10 times per second.
The embedded inclinometer monitors and corrects for
tilts automatically.
Viewing the inclinometer
Figure 16
Figure 17
Figure 18