Miscellaneous
Function
Description
Save Permanently
All parameter changes are permanently saved and are maintained after
the device is restarted.
Load
All parameters changes since the last save are undone.
Load Application Defaults
All application parameters (including background) are reset to the fac‐
tory settings with the exception of the parameters of the
Ethernet settings
menu.
7.7
Advanced settings
Additional device settings can be made in this view.
The availability of this menu depends on the selected user level,
.
Object parameters
Function
Description
Min. object width [mm]
Minimum width a person must have from the point of view of the
device in order to be considered for additional evaluation (factory set‐
ting 0.3 m).
Min. sensor distance
[mm]
Minimum distance to the device which must be upheld so a person is
considered for additional evaluation (factory setting 0.25 m).
Max. allowed point dis‐
tance [mm]
Maximum distance which a measurement point must have to another
measurement point in order to be assigned to the same cluster (factory
setting 0.2 m).
Max. distance between
clusters of one person
[mm]
Maximum distance of clusters of the same person. Depends on the
installation height of the sensor, arms and legs continue to be correctly
assigned (factory setting 0.7 m).
Teach-in parameters
Function
Description
Background threshold
[mm]
Distance margin within whose measurement points are still assigned to
the background. If there are very dark or very glossy background
objects that are very far away, the value should be increased (factory
setting 0.3 m).
Teach Background
Delete Background
Lock device button
Show Background
Capacity alarm parameters
Function
Description
Duration of capacity
exceedance before alarm
[ms]
Time span during which the maximum number of people has to be
exceeded before the status display changes to red and switching output
OUT2 activates (factory setting 0.8 s).
Duration for capacity ful‐
fillment before alarm is
lifted [ms]
Time span during which the maximum number of people has to be
upheld before the status display changes from red to green and switch‐
ing output OUT2 deactivates (factory setting 0.8 s).
Miscellaneous
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