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### Step 1: Set Up the Romer Infinite Arm

1. Mount the fixturing base to a stable platform using the mounting screws or magnetic chucks.

2. Place the arm on the fixturing base by screwing the large threaded ring at the base of the arm to the fixturing base.

3. Once the arm is securely mounted, plug in the power to the arm and verify the power comes on. Turn off the arm until step 6.

4. Install WinRDS (version 2.3.5 or later) if it has not already been installed on the computer. WinRDS 3.1 is available via this link: ftp://ftp.wilcoxassoc.com/3rdParty/Romer/Romer31.zip. Installing WinRDS will place two icons on your computer desktop; One is called Cimcore Arm Utilities and the other Quick Check Tools.

Note: WinRDS versions earlier than 2.3.5 are not adequately supported for use with Perceptron Contour sensors.

Important: There are two ways of communicating with the Infinite arm. 1) via USB connection, 2) via wireless connection if your computer has a wireless Network Interface Card (NIC). Because of the high communication speed required by laser scanners, it is preferred that you connect your computer to the Infinite arm via the USB port when using a Perceptron Contour Sensor. Wireless communication is not covered in this document. If you want to connect via the wireless, please see your Infinite Setup Guide and other documentation installed with the WinRDS installation.

5. Plug in the USB connector into one of the USB ports on your computer (or verify Wi-Fi communication if you are not using a Perceptron Contour sensor).

6. Start up the arm by toggling the power switch. If you are running Window 2K or Windows XP, your computer will detect the connection and ask you if you want to install the USB drivers for the arm. Go ahead and install the USB drivers.

7. Once the driver installation is complete, double click the Cimcore Arm Utilities icon on your desktop. This will launch the Arm Utilities application. When the application starts up, it will automatically try to connect to the machine. If the machine is connected properly, it will connect to the arm and ask you to reset the axes. If there are problems, please consult the WinRDS and Cimcore documentation.

8. To reset the axes, move all of the joints on the arm until each of the joints are zeroed out. As each axis is zeroed out the corresponding axes bar graphs will fill as shown below. When all the axes are homed (zeroed out) the dialog box will automatically close.

At this point the machine is connected and ready to work.

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