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4.3.2 Rope – Grab Knife Relative Boom
1. Open the Tools Calibration and select the Rope page.
2. Select above the picture the right rope configuration that is setup in the
Tool page of the vessel configuration (see page 17).
3. Select the calibration method ‘Grab knife relative boom’.
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Figure 4–3 The rope calibration with the grab knife relative boom method
4. Place the closed clamshell bucket or orange peel bucket as shown in
the picture above.
5. Measure the distance between the centre point of the second sheave
on the boom and the bottom of the closed clamshell bucket or orange
peel bucket.
6. Enter as ‘Set point’ the measured distance.
7. Click on
to start the rope calibration.
8. The rope calibration is finished after the values in the length offset
boxes are changed. Click on
to accept the length offset.
32  Calibration
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