Drivers Manual
Laser Scanning - RIEGL VQ-250 (UTC) - 20
Description
Driver to decode data from RIEGL VQ-250 laser scanners.
VQ-250 | VMX-250 |
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Ultra-high speed “full circle” laser scanner, 1.5m - 500m | Two VQ-250 scanners, combined and integrated with GNSS and INS on one platform. |
Laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
All RIEGL VQ laser scanners are eye-safe, using laser class 1R (IEC 60825-1). Characteristic of class 1R laser is that you will not receive any reflection from a water surface, which makes this scanner ideal for combining with multibeam data acquisition surveys.
It is highly recommended to interface the VQ scanner with a Time Synchronization pulse, in order to time-tag all data with UTC. Actually, this interfacing requirement is mandatory when using the scanner on a moving platform.
The so-called PPS pulse should comes from an external GNSS receiver. See paragraph 'Interfacing' below for more details.
Support
Please contact QPS if you need support for the RIEGL VQ-180 or VQ-450 scanner types which are not described in this document.