About Artec Ray II¶

Artec Ray II is a high-speed 3D laser scanner with integrated HDR spherical imaging system and Visual Inertial System (VIS) for real time registration, which makes 3D reality capture faster than ever before. Being completely autonomous, the scanner is controlled over Wi-Fi and powered by battery. Small and lightweight, Artec Ray II scanner’s portable design and collapsible tripod mean it’s compact enough to fit into most backpacks, ready to be taken anywhere.

About This Manual¶

This manual will show you how to get started with Artec Ray II, prepare scanner, scan and process data. Use the left panel to get an overview of the entire manual.

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Quick Start Guide

In addition to this manual, you can find practical tips in the Quick Start Guide for Artec Ray II that comes with the scanner.

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Laser Specifications¶

Specification	Value
Wavelength	1550 nm
Maximum pulse energy	1.5 μJ
Pulse duration	0.5 ns
Maximum pulse repetition frequency (PRF)	2 MHz
Beam divergence (1/e2, full angle)	0.5 mrad
Mirror rotation	100 Hz
Minimal base rotation speed	5 mHz

Appearance and Structure¶

Figure 30 Appearance and Structure: Artec Ray II overview¶

Antennas
Rotating mirror/laser aperture
HDR cameras
Cameras for visual inertial system
Quick release
LED indicator
Battery compartment
Touch screen
On/Off button
Ventilation slots
USB slot
Socket for power supply, 5 pin female
Ethernet socket, 8 pin female
Quick release mount
Ventilation slots
Loudspeaker

System and Components¶

Figure 31 System and Components.¶

1x Artec Ray II
4x Battery for Artec Ray II
2x 256 Gb USB flash drive for Artec Ray II
1x Transport Container for Artec Ray II

Indication¶

Table 4 Power button states.¶
Power button	Scanner state before action	THEN
Press and hold the button 1 sec.	off	The scanner switches on and the Power button starts blinking yellow.
Press and hold the button 1 sec.	on and ready	The Power button starts blinking yellow and the scanner switches off.
Press and hold the button 10 sec.	on	The scanner switches off immediately. Hard shutdown.

Indicator states¶

Table 5 Power button and LED indicator states.¶
Component	Image	Status
Power button		lights up continuous.
Power button		is blinking.
Power button		is blinking.
LED indicator		lights up continuous.
LED indicator		is blinking.
LED indicator		is blinking fast.

Operation states¶

The power button and the LED indicator light up green, yellow or red to show the operation states of the scanner.

Table 6 Power button and LED indicator - Operation mode.¶
Power button	LED indicator	Scanner status
		The scanner is off.
		The scanner is booting up.
		Scanner is ready and leveled within ±10° in upright or upside down orientation. High tilt accuracy of 18’’ is applied.
		Scanner is ready, but tilted more than ±10° in upright or upside down ori- entation. High tilt accuracy of 18’’ is not applied.
		The scanner is recording
		The scanner is being moved and the visual inertial system is recording.
		The scanner is shutting down.
		An unrecoverable system error occurred. Follow the instructions in the display. If necessary, shut down the scanner and reboot again. If status does not change, contact the scanner support.