Installation And Preparation For Measurement Operation; Installation Requirements; Installation Of The Software; Connecting The Sensor To The Pc - MICRO-EPSILON surfaceCONTROL 3D Instruction Manual

Installation and Preparation for Measurement Operation

2. Installation and Preparation for Measurement Operation
2.1

Installation Requirements

The following minimum system specification is necessary for the operation of 3DInspect:
- Windows 8 or 8.1 (64 bit), Windows 10 (64 bit)
- 1 GHz or faster (64 bit) processor
- 4 GB RAM
- Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024
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Graphics card / GPU supporting OpenGL 3.1 or higher
The following system specification is recommended:
- Windows 10 (64 bit)
- 3-GHz or faster (64 bit) processor
- 16 GB RAM
- Screen resolution: 1920x1080
- Dedicated graphics card
To be able to use 3DInspect the following steps must be followed:
1. Install the Ethernet interface hardware, if not already installed.
2. Adopt the following settings of the Ethernet interface:
Jumbo-Frames: Enabled / Use the maximum value
Interrupt Moderation: Enabled
Interrupt Moderation Rate: Adaptive
Receive Buffers: Use the maximum value
3. Install 3DInspect (see Chapter 2.2).
4. Connect the sensor to the PC via Ethernet.
Note: It is recommended to use the PRO 1000 line of Intel PCI Express (PCIe) NICs. You can find further
information on using the Ethernet interface hardware on:
figuring-Your-Computer-and-Network-Adapters-for-Best-Performance-KBase#Select-
ing_a_NIC_and_Laptop
[CD]:\Documentation
[CD]:\Examples
[CD]:\License
[CD]:\Program\3DInspect 1.1
[CD]:\Support\eBus
[CD]:\Support\Sentinel System Driver 7.5.0 Contains the dongle driver
[CD]:\Support\VCRedist2017
Fig. 2.1: Content of the Software CD
2.2

Installation of the Software

After extracting the installation files to a temporary folder, an installation window appears which offers you
a number of options. Alternatively you can start the window with the [Temporary folder]:\setup.exe file.
Click on the "Install" button to start installing the software.
Now the installation wizard installs the software and necessary components.
Note: You need administrator rights in order to install the software.
2.3

Connecting the Sensor to the PC

In order to connect the sensor via Ethernet to the PC, proceed as follows:
Finish the installation of 3DInspect completely. This procedure is described in Chapter
https://supportcenter.pleora.com/s/article/Con-
Contains manuals and the installation instructions.
Contains examples of point clouds
Contains license information for 3DInspect
Contains 3DInspect 1.1
Contains the driver for integrating sensors via GigE Vision.
Contains the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017" Redistributable
Package
2.2.
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