Getting Started: Romer Portable Arm

You should take a few basic steps to verify that your system has been properly prepared before you begin the measurement process with your portable arm.

If you plan to use a Perceptron Contour sensor with your Absolute arm, then you will also need to follow the steps in the "Configuring a Perceptron Contour Sensor" topic.

Starting with PC-DMIS 2019 R2, PC-DMIS no longer supports the Perceptron laser sensor. While you may still be able to install PC-DMIS 2019 R2 and later, PC-DMIS displays an error if you attempt to run measurement routines that use the Perceptron scanner. For additional information, please contact Technical Support.

This section contains supplemental material to the standard WinRDS documentation for your Romer Absolute arm. It also contains a quick start topic. For additional setup information, consult the WinRDS documentation and Perceptron Contour sensor documentation.

To configure your Romer Absolute arm, follow these steps: