The AR1000 laser distance sensor is standard with RS232 and analog outputs. Optional hardware is listed below. Acuity has relationships with vendors of specialized enclosures. Contact us if you have any questions.

AR1000H - Extended cold environment operations ***NEW***
The Acuity AR1000H laser distance sensor is a new model variation that includes an internally-installed heater. This heater allows the sensor to be installed in even colder environments, down to -40°C (-40°F). Now, the devices can be installed on outdoor platforms and in winter weather without a custom-built enclosure (Acuity recommends that laser sensors be shielded from direct exposoure the the elements). Users can configure the ON and OFF temperature settings for the automatic cycling of the AR1000H. Contact Acuity with more questions or a quotation.

Touch Panel Display
The Acuity™ Touch Panel Display is a stand-alone terminal interface for use with Acuity laser distance sensors. These fully-enclosed units replace panel meters, alphnumeric displays and analog controllers by providing a modern interface through a full-color LCD and touch screen. The Touch Panel Display communicates with one or two Acuity sensors using their serial interfaces. Sensors can be easily configured using on-screen buttons to display and scale their distance outputs. Relative dimensions can be measured using a tare function. With dual RS232 serial inputs from two Acuity sensors, the touch panel serves as a thickness gauge and display, an application which previously demanded a PC computer and custom software programming. Using a single RS485 serial interface, the Panel can transmit thickness and dimensional information to external devices.
Download the Touch Panel Display data sheet (PDF 1MB)

Connectivity Kit

The AR1000 laser measurement sensor comes with an unterminated bundle of wires in a shielded cable. As an option, you can add a connectivity interface. This product inlcudes an AC wall-mount power supply, an RS232 cable with DB9 connector and a solid-state, NEMA-4X interface box. The interface box includes two sets of terminal blocks for simple input (from sensor) and output (to your selected device). The interface box has an inlet for the power supply and a serial port. The power unit is a AC power supply takes 120V, 60 Hz. and delivers 15VDC at 600 mAOffered only with a US recepticle plug. A 240 V version is available with an euro-style plug

Download the Connectivity Guide for the AR1000 (pdf 400 KB)

Alphanumeric display

This product option is a simple alphunemeric character display. It comes with AC power plug and 6 foot cord. The AR4000 sensor's RS232 output is connected directly to the display via terminal blocks. The product is manufactured by Vorne and is an encased display with bright green characters, .35" high. The display uses vacuum fluorescent technology. It displays output from the AR4000 rangefinder serial port in inches or mm, or current loop. The green dot matrix vacuum fluorescent unit displays 20 characters in one line. The rugged display panel supports 128 ASCII characters. Dimensions: 9.7" by 2.8" by 4.6" deep. 10.0" by 3.1" panel flange. Power options include 110 VAC or DC power options.

View more technical information about the display at the Vorne Industries website.

Pan-tilt Unit

This computer-controlled pan-tilt unit aims the AR4000 distance measuring rangefinder with high precision and steadiness. The device compliments the accuracy of the Acuity rangfinder and allows user's to quickly move the device to capture several measurement. The device can also be integrated with a joystick or trackball.

The pan-tilt unit is controlled from a host computer via RS-232.485.

The unit moves up to 300°/second and has a resolution of 0.012857°.

Download the Pan-tilt unit data sheet File size 511K

Download the mechanical drawing illustration of the pan tilt unit from Directed Perception

Pan Tilt Units are often complementary to Acuity rangefinder applications. This device will aim your laser sensor via software program control or with a joystick or trackball.