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AL5010 Product Line Manuals Mechanical Installation 19
Reader Positioning: Adjustable Raster
The Adjustable Raster version (sometimes referred to as “vibrating vein”) of
the AL5010 uses an additional mirror that oscillates to throw the laser over a
configurable area. This extra functionality has all been engineered into the
original AL5010 housing. As the mirror oscillates, the scan line sweeps
across the target surface in application where greater coverage is needed.
Specifically, the AL5010 Adjustable Raster can be configured to sweep up to
20-degrees above or below zero. When an AL5010 with the adjustable raster
feature is installed, the user interface will include a Raster setup screen (see
chapter 5 Setup).
The adjustable raster is ideal for pallet scanning or other applications when
the position of the barcode is variable, but scan rate (scans/second) is
decreased because of the oscillation of the mirror. The sweep of the raster
and scanner skew angle is adjusted to get the best coverage over the
probable scan area.
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