Quantic Quick-Start Guide - Renishaw QUANTiC RTLC40-S Installation Manual

QUANTiC quick-start guide

This section is a quick-start guide to installing a QUANTiC readhead.
More detailed information on installing the readhead is contained on page 11 and page 12 of this installation guide.
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The optional Advanced Diagnostic Tool ADTi-100 and ADT View software can be used to aid installation and calibration.
(A-6165-0100)
INSTALLATION
Ensure scale, readhead optical window and mounting faces are clean and free from obstructions.
If required, ensure reference mark selector magnet is correctly positioned, see relevant installation drawing.
Connect the readhead to receiving electronics and power-up. The set-up LED on the readhead will flash.
Install and align the readhead to maximise signal strength over the full axis of travel as indicated by a Green flashing LED.
CALIBRATION
Cycle the power to the readhead to initiate the calibration routine. The LED will single flash Blue.
Move the readhead along the scale at slow speed (<100 mm/s), without passing a reference mark, until the LED starts double flashing Blue.
No reference mark Reference mark
If a reference mark is not being used, the calibration routine should now be Move the readhead back and forth over the selected
exited by cycling the power. The LED will stop flashing. reference mark until the LED stops flashing.
The system is now calibrated and ready for use. Calibration values, Automatic Gain Control (AGC) and Automatic Offset Control (AOC) status, are stored in readhead non-volatile memory at power down.
NOTE: If calibration fails (LED remains single flashing blue), restore factory defaults by obscuring the readhead optical window on power-up (see page 12). Repeat the installation and calibration routine.
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For more details refer to the 'Advanced Diagnostic Tool ADTi-100 and ADT View software quick start guide' (M-6195-9321) and 'Advanced Diagnostic Tool ADTi-100 and ADT View software user guide' (M-6195-9413).
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The software can be downloaded for free from www.renishaw.com/adt.
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