Get Up and Running Quickly!
The CTI-AR600 Software Library provides a "plug-and-play" software interface to the Acuity Research AR600 laser distance sensor, so you can concentrate on your application functionality, rather than on hardware interfacing or data collection details.

Rapid Prototyping!
Install the software, then use Excel to acquire and analyze sensor data immediately. No programming required!

Your Choice of Languages!
Develop in C, C++ or [on Windows] Visual Basic or Visual Basic for Applications. The same features are supported by all languages - you make the choice!

Windows or Linux!
Available for Windows NT/98/Me/2000 and XP and for Linux. You pick the system that suits you best.

Easy to Use!
The numerous sample programs, the simple, intuitive, english-like application programming interface (API), and the extensive Programmer's Guide permits the programmer to rapidly develop applications to acquire sensor data without being concerned with the complexities of serial communications, or hardware interfacing issues.

Available for Windows 2000 and XP, as well as Linux, the library provides full support for all models of the AR600 sensor family, and the full AR600 command set.

The image shown is from one of the numerous sample programs included with the software, and the Visual Basic® code below illustrates how only a few lines of code are required to acquire and display range data from the sensor. 

  Dim rc As Long, numRead as Long, i as Long
  Dim samples(1000) As Double

  Dim mySensor As CTI_AR600      'Declare an AR600 sensor variable

  Set mySensor = New CTI_AR600	 'Create new instance of the AR600 sensor class

  mySensor.setCommOpen("com1:", 9600)  'Set serial port and baud rate

  mySensor.setSamplesPerSec(150) 'Set 150 samples per second

  mySensor.setLaserOn()          'Turn on the laser

  numRead = mySensor.getSamples(samples, 100)  'Read 100 range samples
  For i = 1 To numRead
    MsgBox "Sample" + Str(i) + " = " + Str(samples(i)), vbInformation
  Next i

Numerous other code samples are available in our Code Sample library.

For further information, please consult the FAQ list, or the library's datasheet (PDF 43KB).

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Programmer's Guide
The complete Programmer's Guide and Reference Manual may be downloaded here (PDF 435 KB).


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