The Rod 4 is a contactless laser distance sensor for area-scanning object detection and measurement.
A light beam produced by laser diodes is deflected by a rotating mirror and covers an area of 190° with a radius of up to 65 m.
Settings
| Property | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Leuze Rod-4 | User-friendly name. |
| IP | [empty] | Enter the IP address of your device. Your device and Modulo Player should be on the same subnet. |
| Port | 9008 | TCP/IP port used by the device. Do not change unless you know what you are doing. |
| Minimum points to create a Cluster | 2 | A cluster is a group of close points which have a position that will be tracked . This setting can help to reduce noise. |
| Cluster Expiration Time (ms) | 300 | Time before a cluster is dropped when it is not detected anymore. |
| Maximum Clustering Distance (mm) | 100 | Threshold for points close together to be considered as one cluster. |
| Tracking Move Threshold (mm) | 5 | Threshold under which movement is not considered movement but eliminated as noise. |
| Maximum Matching Distance (mm) | 600 | Threshold over which a cluster can’t be matched as being the same cluster after a movement. |
| Minimum Life time (ms) | 0 | Minimum time a cluster must exist before being considered a cluster. This setting can help to reduce noise from reflections. |
| Process noise covariance (mm) | 1.0 | Error expected on position evaluation. |
| Measure noise covariance (mm) | 5.0 | Error expected on position measurement. |
| Positioning Algorithm | Centroid | Method to describe the position of a cluster. ● Centroid: Computes the average of all point coordinates to define the cluster coordinates ● Nearest point: Defines cluster’s position at the coordinates of the cluster’s nearest point to the origin ● Nearest point centroid: Computes an average like centroid but by using the (maximum) 8 nearest points to the origin |
Setting up trigger zones
The interface underneath the settings of the LiDAR enable you to create different trigger zones that can be used as triggers for tasks.
Use the 
button to add zones and set (x,y) coordinates for the top left corner and width/height parameters according to the physical zone you would like to use as a trigger.
Task action
This device has no actions that can be set in a subtask.
Task trigger
When using this device as a trigger for a task, select the zone you would like to use to trigger the task when detections occur in the specified zone.
Refer to the above section for setting up trigger zones.
Digimap trigger
This device has no actions that can trigger a Digimap.
User interface
This device has no interface available in the UI Designer.
Device information
Go to the manufacturer website for more information.
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