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LASER SENSORS FOR PAVEMENT PROFILE AND TEXTURE MEASUREMENT RF60i Series User's manual www.riftek.com info@riftek.com Certified according to ISO 9001:2015...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Contents Safety precautions .............................4 CE сompliance .............................4 Laser safety .............................4 3.1............................4 Class 2 sensors 3.2............................4 Class 3B sensors General information .............................5 Basic technical data .............................6 Example of item designation when ordering .............................7...
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Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 12.2............................25 Configuration parameters 12.2.1. Data transmission rate via CAN interface ......................... 25 12.2.2. Identifiers ......................... 25 12.3............................25 Factory parameters table 12.4............................25 Format of transmitted data .............................25...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Safety precautions · Use supply voltage and interfaces indicated in the sensor specifications. · In connection/disconnection of cables, the sensor power must be switched off. · Do not use sensors in locations close to powerful light sources.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series The following safety measures should be taken while operating the sensor: · Do not target laser beam to humans. · Avoid staring into the laser beam through optical instruments. ·...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Basic technical data Model RF603 RF603 RF607 RF607 RF607 RF603Txt Base distance X, mm Measurement range, mm 1000 Linearity, % of the range ±0.05 ±0.03 ±0.05 Resolution, % of the range 0.01 (for the digital output only)
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Example of item designation when ordering RF60i-X/D-SERIAL-ANALOG-IN-AL- (90X)(R)-M-H-P-B Symbol Description Index: 3 or 7 or 3Txt Base distance (beginning of the range), mm Measurement range, mm The type of serial interface:...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 8.1. RF603 sensors Overall and mounting dimensions of the sensors are shown in Figure 2 and Figure 2.1. Sensors are equipped with cable gland or connector. Sensors with CAN or Ethernet interface are equipped with two connectors, Figures 3 and 3.1.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 8.2. RF607 sensors Overall and mounting dimensions of the sensors are shown in Figure 4. Sensors are equipped with two connectors. Figure 4 8.3. RF603Txt sensors Overall and mounting dimensions of the sensors are shown in Figure 5. Sensors are equipped with a cable gland.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 8.4. Overall demands for mounting The sensor must be positioned so that the object under control has to be placed within the working range of the sensor. In addition, no foreign objects should be allowed to stay on the path of the incident and reflected laser radiation.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 9.2. Cables Designation of cable wires is given below: Cable #1 Model of the Pin number Assignment Wire color sensor 232-U/I-IN-AL free lead Power U+ free lead Gnd (power supply)
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Note 2. Increasing of this parameter expands the possibility of control of low- reflecting (diffuse component) surfaces; at the same time this leads to reduction of measurement frequency and increases the effects of exterior light (background) on the measurement accuracy.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 10.5. Line AL operation mode This line can work in one of the eight modes defined by the configuration parameter value: · mode 1: indication of run-out beyond the range;...
Description of RS232 and RS485 interfaces Data exchange with the sensor is carried out over the RIFTEK or Modbus RTU protocols in binary format or in the ASCII format. The protocol and the data format are selected using the parametrization program.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 11.6.2. Net address This parameter defines the network address of the sensor equipped with RS485 interface. Note. The network data communication protocol assumes the presence of a ‘master’ in the net, which can be a computer or other information-gathering device, and from 1 to 127 ‘slaves’...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series is equal to "0" - then non-updated result has been transmitted (see Note 1, p. 10.3.). SB=0 when parameters transmit; · two additional bits of cyclic binary batch counter (CNT). Bit values in the batch counter are identical for all sendings of one batch.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 11.7.6. List of parameters Code of Name Values parameter Sensor ON 1 — laser is ON, measurements are taken (default); 0 — laser is OFF, sensor in power save mode.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Low byte of a zero point 0…16383 (default — 0), specifies the beginning of absolute coordinate system. High byte of a zero point 19…1Ch Reserved Data transfer rate via CAN interface 10…200, (by default — 25), specifies data transmission rate in increments of 5 000 baud, for example, the value of 50 gives the rate of 50*5 000= 250 000 baud.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series · On special request (05h), the current result can be latched in the output buffer where it will be stored unchanged up to the moment of arrival of request for data transfer.
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Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Request ('master'): Byte Value Description Network address Request code Lower tetrad of the parameter code Higher tetrad of the parameter code Answer ('slave'): Byte Value Description Lower tetrad of the parameter value Higher tetrad of the parameter value 3) Request: "Inquiring of result".
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Lower tetrad of the parameter value Higher tetrad of the parameter value and for lower byte, parameter code - 08h, parameter value - 39h. Request ('master'): Byte Value Description Network address...
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Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 0 - window mode (default); 1 - full range. S bit: 0 - time sampling (default); 1 - trigger sampling. Network address 1…128 (default — 1) 1…192 (default — 4) Rate of data transfer Specifies data transfer rate in increments of 2400 baud;...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Number of Gxxx 1…128 (default - 1) “OK” line averaged values 1) 10…65535 (default - 5000) The time interval in increments of 1 s with which sensor automatically communicates the results on...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 12.2. Configuration parameters 12.2.1. Data transmission rate via CAN interface This parameter defines data transmission rate through AN interface in increments of 5000 bit/s. For example, the parameter value of 50 gives the transmission rate of 5000*50 = 250000 bit/s.
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Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Manufacturer 1008h const RF603 Manufacturer device name device name Time of requesting the sensor for operability 100Ch 00h Guard time UI16 (Node Guard) in ms Life time Multiplier for calculating the response time in...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 13.2. DS406 profile Index Subin Name Type* Attribut Default Description value 6004h Position Value UI32 Bits 0..15 - measurement Bits 16..23 - status word for measurement Bits 24..31 - not used 13.3.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 2012h Method of 0 - averaging over a number of results; results 1 - time averaging (5 ms). averaging 2013h Number of Number of averaged values (1..128) averaged values 2014h Time lock of 0…255, specifies the time interval in...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series status word for the 168th measurement low byte of a serial number high byte of a serial number low byte of the base distance high byte of the base distance...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 15.2. Voltage output 0…10 V The connection scheme is shown in the figure. To reduce noise, it is recommended to install RC filter before the measuring instrument. The filter capacitor value is indicated for maximum sampling frequency of the sensor (9.4 kHz) and this...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Parameterization program 16.1. Function The RF60 -SP software is intended for: 1) Testing and demonstration of work of RF60x series sensors. 2) Setting of the sensor parameters. 3) Reception and gathering of the sensor data signals.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series If connection is not established, a prompt window will appear asking to make the automatic search for the sensor: · Set the range of transmission rate search in the Baud rate line.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 16.5. Connection via the Ethernet interface To receive data via the Ethernet interface: · Tick the Ethernet stream checkbox in the Ethernet tab. · If there are multiple sensors on the network, type a serial number of the sensor, from which you want to receive data, in the Serial number field.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 16.6. Connection via the ASCII interface Select File > Run the ASCII format: Use the emerged window to send commands: After closing the window, the sensor continues to work in the ASCII data format.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 16.7. Connection via the Modbus RTU protocol Select File > Run Modbus protocol. To read the Holding Registers, select the corresponding option from the drop- down list in the lower left part of the window. Write the address of the initial register (Address) and their number (Count), then click Send.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series To change the protocol, write the value to register 39 (0 - RIFTEK protocol, 1 - ASCII format, 2 - MODBUS protocol). 16.8. Display, gathering and scanning of data Measurement result is displayed in digital form and in the form of oscillogram and is stored in the PC memory.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series RS232/RS485 Ethernet Analog outputs Setting of all configuration parameters of the sensor is possible with the help of the respective panel (Sensor configuration parameters): 16.9.2. Automatic data stream mode after power switch on By default, after the power supply is switched on, the sensor is waiting for the request result command.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 16.9.3. Saving parameters · All parameters are applied immediately after setting. · Perform testing of the sensor operation with new parameters. · To store new parameters in nonvolatile memory, execute File > Write to flash.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Appendix 18.1. Protective housing Air-cooled protective housing can be used when operating sensor under conditions of elevated temperatures and high pollution levels. Overall and mounting dimensions of the housing are shown in Figure 6.
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series 18.2. Spray guard The spray guard is intended to reduce dirtying of the sensor windows. Overall dimensions are shown in Fig. 7. Figure 7 18.3. Connector mounting options Overall dimensions of a cable connector sensor are shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 10, and mounting options for 90 degree connector are shown in Fig.
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Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Figure 9 Figure 10 RF60i [Revision 1.2.0] 30.04.2021...
Laser Sensors For Pavement Profile And Texture Measurement. RF60i Series Figure 11 Warranty policy Warranty assurance for Laser sensors for pavement profile and texture measurement RF60i Series – 24 months from the date of putting in operation; warranty shelf-life – 12 months. Revisions Date...
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