User Guide

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Pre-Heating for Best Performance

The scan core will be heating when start working. We recommend pre-heating

RPLIDAR (Start the scan mode and the scan motor is rotating) for more than 2

minutes to get the best measurement accuracy.

Ambient Temperature

RPLIDAR’s measurement resolution is sensitive to the ambient temperature.

Improper use may even damage the sensor. Please avoid using RPLIDAR in

extreme high temperature (>40 degree) and too low temperature (<-10 degree).

Ambient Light

Although RPLIDAR A2 is not sensitive to ambient light, improper use may still lead

to errors. In indoor environment, please avoid lighting RPLIDAR A2 with strong

light source such as high-power laser.

In outdoor environment, please avoid facing RPLIDAR A2 directly to sun light. This

may lead to permanent damage to the image sensor of RPLIDAR A2 and make

the measurement invalid.

The standard version of RPLIDAR A2M6&A2M8 may have less measurement range

in the environment with strong sunlight.

Compared with RPLIDAR A2M6&A2M8, RPLIDAR A2M7 performs better to resist

ambient light interference, which supports it to work properly in outdoor

environment.

RPLIDAR A2M7 can work in two modes: enhanced mode and outdoor mode.

Enhanced mode is designed for indoor environment. Typical indoor light

(including situations without light) will not affect the performance of RPLIDAR.

Strong light (such as high power laser) will harm the optical system of LIDAR, which

should be avoided.

During outdoor mode, RPLIDAR A2M7 can work normally to detect objects under

direct ambient light. However, the ranging distance might be shorter under strong

direct sunlight and it is still necessary to protect the optical system from direct

sunlight.

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