FARO Vantage Laser Trackers

This guide applies to the setup of the Faro X, Xi, Ion and Vantage (including VantageS/E, VantageS6/E6 models).

 

Hardware Setup

Follow the following steps to setup your instrument:

 

For more information refer to Faro's help page: Connecting and Initializing the Vantage Laser Tracker

 

Initial Software Setup

JRE Files

Download the Correct JRE Set:

An Additional library of *.jar files need to be downloaded to a particular location for use by the Faro Vantage Interface in SA. These files have changed a couple of times so its very important to download the correct version:

Use the following selection to identify which JRE set to add to your machine:

Download the needed JRE package from: https://www.kinematics.com/ftp/SA/Install/Driver%20Downloads/Laser%20Trackers/Faro/

 

Extract the JRE files

Right-click on the Zip folder and select "Extract All..."

In the "Select a Destination window" enter the path " C:\ ", like this:

Doing so will create a folder C:\FaroJRE. This is where SA will look for the files by default.

 

Camera Files

If you plan to use the video (overview) camera, you must also get the ‘Faro Tracker Camera files.zip’ file (version matching that of the JRE Files). Unzip the file and follow the instructions contained in ReadMe Faro Camera.txt. Note that cameras are wireless.

Download the needed JRE package from: https://www.kinematics.com/ftp/SA/Install/Driver%20Downloads/Laser%20Trackers/Faro/