Owner manual

P/N64118rev.B

Appendix B: Glossary

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Appendix B: Glossary

Blanked Beam: Abeamthatis“ignored”bythereceiver,asaresultofablanking

programbeingappliedtoit.Beams(orgroupsofbeams)areblankedwhena

componentorfixturewillremaininormovethroughthelightscreenarray;blanking

theaffectedbeamspreventsthecomponentorfixturefromcausingfalseoutputs.

Blocked Beam: Abeamthatisobstructedbetweentheemitterandthereceiver,andis

notblanked.

Clear Beam: Abeamthatrunsunobstructedfromtheemittertothereceiver(sameas

amadeorunblockedbeam).

Excess Gain: Ameasurementoftheamountoflightfallingonthereceiverfromthe

emitteroverandabovetheminimumamountrequiredforoperation.A-GAGEHigh-

ResolutionMINI-ARRAYemittersandreceiversautomaticallyperformanAlignment

proceduretoequalizetheamountofexcessgainateachelementalongthearray.

Host: AcomputerorprocesscontrollerthatcontrolsandreceivesinputfromtheHigh-

ResolutionMINI-ARRAYSystem,and/orotherequipmentandsystemswithinafactory.

Made Beam: Abeamthatrunsunobstructedfromtheemittertothereceiver(sameas

anunblockedorclearbeam).

Unblocked Beam: Abeamthatrunsunobstructedfromtheemittertothereceiver

(sameasamadeorclearbeam).