Velodyne VLP-16 Lidar

Provides quick access and useful resources for Velodyne Lidar.

This post focus on the Puck Lidar, which is previously named VLP-16.

Quick Access

• Downloads
• VLP-16 User Manual
• VLP 16 ‘Puck’ Set Up Overview by Velodyne Lidar | YouTube
• VeloView: The Velodyne Lidar Viewer based on Paraview Lidar
  which is also contained in the USB stick.

Verification

Follow this YouTube guide.

The default IP address of VLP-16 Lidar is 192.168.1.201 (as mentioned in Manual p.25).

However, if the IP address is changed by the previous user, you can open Wireshark on the Ethernet interface and observe the modified IP address (as mentioned in Manual p.90).

You can change it back to default through the web interface (as mentiond in Manual p.70).

Verify the hardware through VeloView.