Q60LAF Series Laser Adjustable-Field Sensors
To maximize contrast, posiꢁon the lightest possible background to be used, at the closest posiꢁon it will come to the sensor during use.
Using a small screwdriver in the adjustment screw, adjust the cutoff distance unꢁl the threshold is reached and the green Light Sensed
indicator changes state. If the indicator never turns ON, the background is beyond the maximum sensing cutoff and will be ignored.
Note the posiꢁon of the rotaꢁng cutoff posiꢁon indicator at this posiꢁon. Then repeat the procedure, using the darkest target, placed in
its most distant posiꢁon for sensing. Adjust the cutoff so that the indicator is midway between the two posiꢁons.
Target
Background
Farthest Target Object
RANGE
R1
R2
Set Cutoff Midway
Between
ON
Closest Background
DELAY
E
DO
LO
OFF
DELAY
SIG
Cutoff
Distance
Figure 3. Set the cutoff distance approximately midway between the
farthest target and the closest background
Figure 4. Seꢂng the cutoff distance
Note: Seꢀng the cutoff distance adjustment screw to its maximum clockwise posiꢁon places the receiver lens
directly in front of the receiver elements and results in the Q60 performing as a long-range diffuse sensor.
Sensing Reliability
For highest sensiꢁvity, the sensor-to-object distance should be such that the object will be sensed at or near the point of maximum
excess gain. The excess gain curves show excess gain versus sensing distance for 200 mm, 1200 mm, and 2 m cutoffs. Maximum excess
gain for a 200 mm cutoff occurs at a lens-to-object distance of about 150 mm, and for a 2 m cutoff, at about 500 mm. The background
must be placed beyond the cutoff distance. Following these two guidelines makes it possible to detect objects of low reꢄecꢁvity, even
against close-in reꢄecꢁve backgrounds.
Background Reꢁecꢀvity and Placement
Avoid mirror-like backgrounds that produce specular reꢄecꢁons. A false sensor response occurs if a background surface reꢄects the
sensor's light more to the near detector (R1) than to the far detector (R2). The result is a false ON condiꢁon (Figure 5 on page 4).
Correct this problem by using a diffusely reꢄecꢁve (maꢂe) background, or angling either the sensor or the background (in any plane) so
the background does not reꢄect light back to the sensor (Figure 6 on page 4). Posiꢁon the background as far beyond the cutoff
distance as possible.
An object beyond the cutoff distance, either staꢁonary (and when posiꢁoned as shown in Figure 7 on page 5), or moving past the
face of the sensor in a direcꢁon perpendicular to the sensing axis, may cause unwanted triggering of the sensor if more light is reꢄected
to the near detector than to the far detector. Correct the problem by rotaꢁng the sensor 90° (Figure 8 on page 5). The object then
reꢄects the R1 and R2 fields equally, resulꢁng in no false triggering. A beꢂer soluꢁon, if possible, may be to reposiꢁon the object or the
sensor.
Sensing
Field
Cutoff
Distance
Sensing
Field
Cutoff
Distance
Reflective
Background
Strong
Direct
Reflection
to R1
R1
R2
R1
R2
Core of
Emitted
Beam
E
Core of
Emitted
Beam
E
Reflective
Background
Strong
Direct
Reflection
Away From
Sensor
E
R1
R2
=
=
=
Emitter
Near Detector
Far Detector
E
R1
R2
=
=
=
Emitter
Near Detector
Far Detector
Figure 5. Reꢀecꢁve Background - Problem
Figure 6. Reꢀecꢁve Background - Soluꢁon
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