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What Does Calibration Actually Do?
Before we begin clicking through Issues and Solutions, it helps to understand what calibration actually does, including important tips.
Calibration is not a single adjustment. It is a layered process that teaches the machine how physical space, camera space, and motion space all relate to each other.
Good to Know
Please be aware that some calibration steps cannot be brought back after completion. In the event that a calibration step completed incorrectly, though rare, it may require starting over and reloading the downloaded config files again.
Why We Run Only Specific Calibration Steps
Issues and Solutions has three types of steps:
- Fundamental Steps (To start, only complete the ones we list)
- Suggestion Steps (Do not do these steps until we have validated the fundametnals)
- Error Steps (With our configuration files, there will show some steps labeled as Errors, ignore for calibration.)
OpenPnP includes many calibration tools that are designed to support a wide variety of machines.
The LumenPnP is designed to work a certain way mechanically, and the workflow follows that design. We only run the steps that are necessary for the LumenPnP, and avoid certain steps that cause problems.
Running unrelated steps can introduce problems and/or conflicting calibration data.
Follow Only the Steps in This Guide
The Issues & Solutions tool may show additional suggestions.
For the LumenPnP, follow only the steps described in this guide.
Some suggestions are not required for this machine and may interrupt the calibration workflow.