
Chapter 6 Autocalibration
MS-880 Industrial Long Range Scanner User’s Manual 6-5
6–Autocalibration
Advanced ESP Autocalibration Features
In the advanced tab in the Autocalibration menu you can constrain the scan width of
the scan beam with Laser Framing and set up the rules the scanner will follow when
making the first pass of the autocalibration procedure.
Laser Framing
Sets the length of time the laser is ON during each scan so that only a selected por-
tion of the scan width is effectively scanned.
To adjust the scan width:
1. First click on Framing Status.
2. Click on the pointers in Laser Off and
Laser On to adjust the shape of your
scan beam width to match only the
area in which your bar code symbol
will appear.
Focus Stepping
After you’ve used autocalibration a time or
two and observed the progress of the first
and second passes in the graph and table
in the Results tab, you will sense the
relationship between focus position and
the distance to the bar code symbol. See
figure 6-7 for a table on this.
To improve the speed and accuracy of your
autocalibration setup:
1. Click on the Advanced tab in the
Autocalibration menu.
2. If Auto Range is enabled, click on it to
disable it.
3. From previous results, estimate the
value of Starting Focus Position and
drop down one or two positions.
For example, if you estimate the distance to your label to correspond to a Start-
ing Focus Position of 6, enter 5 or 4 to be certain of not missing the peak per-
formance distance.
4. Enter a value in Focus Step Size.
This is the number of focus increments that will be stepped through during the
first autocalibration pass. The range is 2 to 5. The higher values will result in
fewer readings during the first pass but will increase the risk of missing the peak
performance position.
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