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Getting Started With ® Visionscape Smart Camera HE1600T v3.7.3, Mar 2009 EM-40265-1V373...
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What Is Covered? Microscan Systems Inc. warrants to the original purchaser that products manufactured by it will be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of one year from the date of shipment. This warranty is specifically limited to, at Microscan’s sole option, repair or replacement with a functionally equivalent unit...
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Limitation of Liability In no event shall Microscan Systems Inc. be liable to you or any third party for any special, incidental, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, indirect, special, punitive, or exemplary damages for loss of business, loss of profits, business interruption, or loss of business information), whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, even if Microscan Systems Inc.
Contents Welcome! PREFACE Purpose of This Manual vii Manual Conventions vii Using a Visionscape® Smart Camera for the First CHAPTER 1 Time Establishing a Network Connection & Making a FrontRunner™ Device Button for Your Camera 1-1 Creating a New Job to Acquire Images 1-5 The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples CHAPTER 2 Icons 2-2...
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Contents The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example CHAPTER 3 Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools 3-2 Input Datums 3-2 Procedure 3-2 Where To Now? 3-20 Index Index-1 Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera v3.7.3, Mar 2009...
Preface Welcome! PREFACE Purpose of This Manual ® This manual is designed to get you up and running with your Visionscape Smart Camera HE1600T quickly and confidently. Please don’t be intimidated by the size of this Getting Started manual. It contains a large number of images that will help you as you create new Jobs using the tutorials.
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Preface viii Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera v3.7.3, Mar 2009...
® Using a Visionscape Smart CHAPTER 1 Camera for the First Time Before proceeding with this chapter, you should have: ® • Completed installation of the Visionscape software (see Chapter 3 of ® Getting Started With Visionscape Framegrabber Boards) ® •...
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Chapter Using a Visionscape® Smart Camera for the First Time “Setting Up Network Communications” in the Visionscape® Smart Camera HE1600T Guide. ® Note: When using a Visionscape Smart Camera HE1600T in a production environment, it MUST be programmed to use a static IP address instead of DHCP.
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Establishing a Network Connection & Making a FrontRunner™ Network Overview Screen — No Camera Selected FIGURE 1–2. Your camera should appear in the network overview list. The camera name will be of the form HawkeyeXXXXXX, where the X’s represent the last part of the camera’s MAC address.
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Chapter Using a Visionscape® Smart Camera for the First Time Change Network Settings Dialog Box FIGURE 1–4. Highlight the existing camera name, type in a new name (no spaces are allowed), and click OK. You will see the name of your camera change in the network overview.
Creating a New Job to Acquire Images From this point on, you can simply click on the device button for your camera to establish a connection. Creating a New Job to Acquire Images ® The instructions that the Visionscape Smart Camera HE1600T camera performs in a particular application are called “Steps”, and the complete collection of steps ®...
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Chapter Using a Visionscape® Smart Camera for the First Time To acquire a new image, click You should see an image appear in the display area. To display a “live” image, click (Click it again to exit live video.) To bring up the step editing environment, click You will see a hierarchy of steps on the left hand side of the editor, as shown in Figure 1–7.
Creating a New Job to Acquire Images Select the step named “Acquire”. After you select the Acquire step, the right hand side of the editor will display the various parameters and settings that can be modified. Of immediate interest is Exposure Time. You can click on the spreadsheet cell with the current Exposure Time value to change it.
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Chapter Using a Visionscape® Smart Camera for the First Time Image Displayed by Your New Job FIGURE 1–8. Note: Notice the statistics at the bottom of the display. Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera v3.7.3, Mar 2009...
The 1600T in Action - Simple CHAPTER 2 Examples This chapter contains simple tutorial examples to help you become familiar with various FrontRunner™ tools: • “Simple Blob Tool” on page 2-3 • “Simple Flaw Tool” on page 2-12 • “Simple Fast Edge Tool” on page 2-18 •...
Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Icons Table 2–1 describes the icon used in this chapter: Icons and What They Mean TABLE 2–1. Icon What It Means This is step #1 of a procedure. Click the left mouse button. This is step #2 of a procedure.
Simple Blob Tool Simple Blob Tool FrontRunner™ Job: Start > Visionscape > Visionscape Tutorials & Samples > Tutorials > HawkEye 1600T > Simple Blob Tool > tutorial_blob.avp The Blob Tool performs connectivity analysis on an image, finding groups of connected pixels with gray levels above or below a threshold. Each group is called a blob.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Start Creating New Job FIGURE 2–1. The camera will change to Edit Mode (indicated by the pencil next to the camera icon). Note: Maximize or minimize the Editor as needed. In the left pane, highlight Acquire in the Step Tree. Note: You may have to click the Acquire tab in the properties window.
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Simple Blob Tool In the left pane, highlight Blob Filter in the Step Tree. Right click Blob Filter and click Delete. FrontRunner™ displays the Are you sure you want to delete this step? screen. Click Yes. Note: Normally, you wouldn’t delete Blob Filter from your Job. But, since we’re simply counting pips on a die, you can delete it in this Job.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Die 1 Pip.tif & Blob Tool ROI FIGURE 2–2. Click on the box. Move and size the box so that it surrounds the die, as shown in Figure 2–3. Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera v3.7.3, Mar 2009...
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Simple Blob Tool Blob Tool ROI Moved & Sized FIGURE 2–3. To run the job once and then stop, click The Job passes. In the left pane of the Editor, highlight Acquire. FrontRunner™ displays the Acquire properties page. Adjust the following Acquire properties: –...
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples NumBlobs Displays Number of Pips on the Die FIGURE 2–4. Continue clicking to display the remaining images. Notice that the value for NumBlobs changes as the image changes. Now, let’s display output information. Maximize the Editor.
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Simple Blob Tool Show Output Datums Button FIGURE 2–5. Click to the left of all the output datums (5 of the 6 output datums have already been selected in Figure 2–5). Close or minimize the Editor. Click the Download Program from PC to Device (Figure 2–6) to download your Job to the Smart Camera.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples To display the output datums you specified earlier, click the button shown in Figure 2–8. Show Output Datums Button FIGURE 2–8. You will see output similar to that shown in Figure 2–9: 2-10 Getting Started With Visionscape®...
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Simple Blob Tool Output From Your Job FIGURE 2–9. Congratulations! You’ve just created a Visionscape® Job that counts the pips on a die and displays output information. 2-11 v3.7.3, Mar 2009 Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera...
Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Simple Flaw Tool FrontRunner™ Job: Start > Visionscape > Visionscape Tutorials & Samples > Tutorials > HawkEye 1600T > Simple Flaw Tool > tutorial_flaw.avp The Flaw Tool detects the presence or absence of a feature. For example, it can determine whether a package has any defects in appearance, such as cracks or scratches.
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Simple Flaw Tool The camera will change to Edit Mode (indicated by the pencil next to the camera icon). To display the Step Tree and Editor, click This allows you to view your Job as you create it. Note: Maximize or minimize the Editor as needed to accomplish the steps in this procedure.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Adjust the following Flaw Tool properties: – Tool Method — Count Edge Pixels Min Allowed Edge Count — 100 – Max Allowed Edge Count — 5000 – – Graphics Level — Show Details In the Setup window, to view Paperclip01.tif, click FrontRunner™...
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Simple Flaw Tool Paperclip 02 Passes Inspection FIGURE 2–11. Notice the following properties and their values: – Edge Count — 1672 – Min Allowed — 100 – Max Allowed — 5000 The inspection passed because the Edge Count was between the minimum and maximum allowed.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Paperclip 03 Fails Inspection FIGURE 2–12. Notice the following properties and their values: – Edge Count — 7 – Min Allowed — 100 – Max Allowed — 5000 The inspection failed because the Edge Count was not within the minimum and maximum allowed.
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Simple Flaw Tool FrontRunner™ displays Paperclip01 and the information that the Flaw Tool passed, as shown in Figure 2–13. Paperclip 01 Passes Inspection FIGURE 2–13. Notice the following properties and their values: – Edge Count — 2262 Min Allowed — 100 –...
Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Simple Fast Edge Tool FrontRunner™ Job: Start > Visionscape > Visionscape Tutorials & Samples > Tutorials > HawkEye 1600T > Simple Fast Edge Tool > tutorial_fastedge.avp The Fast Edge Tool finds straight edges or line segments in the ROI. The step calculates a line equation, a midpoint of the line and angle, as well as statistics for the edges found as they relate to the line that is fit.
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Start creating a new Job by clicking The camera will change to Edit Mode (indicated by the pencil next to the camera icon). To display the Step Tree, click This allows you to view your Job as you create it. Note: Maximize or minimize the Editor as needed to accomplish the steps in this procedure.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples In the Setup window, to view Chip01.tif, click . FrontRunner™ displays Chip01.tif, as shown in Figure 2–14. Chip01.tif with One Fast Edge Tool Inserted FIGURE 2–14. Adjust the ROI for Top Fast Edge so that it looks like the image in Figure 2–15.
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Chip01.tif with One Fast Edge Tool Adjusted FIGURE 2–15. Highlight Top Fast Edge in the Step Tree (left pane). Adjust the following Top Fast Edge properties: Scan Direction — Set to Top to Bottom – – Transition color —...
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Chip01.tif with Two Fast Edge Tool Adjusted FIGURE 2–16. Highlight Left Fast Edge in the Step Tree (left pane). Adjust the following Left Fast Edge properties: Scan Direction — Set to Left to Right –...
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Chip01.tif with Three Fast Edge Tool Adjusted FIGURE 2–17. Highlight Right Fast Edge in the Step Tree (left pane). Adjust the following Right Fast Edge properties: Scan Direction — Set to Right to Left – – Transition color —...
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Chip01.tif with Four Fast Edge Tool Adjusted FIGURE 2–18. Highlight Bottom Fast Edge in the Step Tree (left pane). Adjust the following Bottom Fast Edge properties: Scan Direction — Set to Bottom to Top –...
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Highlight the first IntersectLines Meas, right click, and then click Rename. Rename the first IntersectLines Meas to Left Top IntersectLines Meas. Highlight the second IntersectLines Meas, right click, and then click Rename. Rename the second IntersectLines Meas to Right Top IntersectLines Meas.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Selecting Reference for First Line FIGURE 2–20. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 2–21. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Left Fast Edge. Click OK. To select the reference for Second Line, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 2–22), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 2–23.
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Selecting Reference for Second Line FIGURE 2–22. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 2–23. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Top Fast Edge. Click OK. Highlight Right Top IntersectLines Meas in the Step Tree (left pane). To select the reference for First Line, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 2–24), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 2–25.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Selecting Reference for First Line FIGURE 2–24. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 2–25. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Right Fast Edge. Click OK. To select the reference for Second Line, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 2–26), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 2–27.
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Selecting Reference for Second Line FIGURE 2–26. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 2–27. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Top Fast Edge. Click OK. Highlight TwoPt Locator in the Step Tree (left pane). To select the reference for Pin 1 Point, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 2–28), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 2–29.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Selecting Reference for Pin 1 Point FIGURE 2–28. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 2–29. Select Point:Pt from Left Top IntersectLines Meas. Click OK. To select the reference for Pin 2 Point, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 2–30), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 2–31.
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Selecting Reference for Pin 2 Point FIGURE 2–30. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 2–31. Select Point:Pt from Right Top IntersectLines Meas. Click OK. Your setup for TwoPt Locator should appear as shown in Figure 2–32. 2-31 v3.7.3, Mar 2009 Getting Started With Visionscape®...
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples TwoPt Locator Adjusted FIGURE 2–32. TwoPt Locator and the Train button will display a red box until you have trained the tool. Also, the boxes around the untrained tool will remain dotted lines until trained.
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Simple Fast Edge Tool Select Chip02.tif and Chip03.tif. Click Open. Note: This file was installed from the installation CD onto your hard drive when you installed Visionscape®. If you installed Visionscape® to a location other than C:\vscape, replace it with the appropriate drive and directory designation.
Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Simple Data Matrix Tool FrontRunner™ Job: Start > Visionscape > Visionscape Tutorials & Samples > Tutorials > HawkEye 1600T > Simple Data Matrix Tool > tutorial_datamatrix.avp The Data Matrix Tool reads a Data Matrix symbol and converts the data to a string that can be compared to a known string, or exported.
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Simple Data Matrix Tool The camera will change to Edit Mode (indicated by the pencil next to the camera icon). To display the Step Tree and Editor, click This allows you to view your Job as you create it. Note: Maximize or minimize the Editor as needed to accomplish the steps in this procedure.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples DMs.tif FIGURE 2–34. Highlight Snapshot in the Step Tree (left pane). Right click Snapshot and click Insert Into. FrontRunner™ displays the Insert Step window. Click on the Analysis Tools tab. Double click on DataMatrix Tool to insert it into the Snapshot.
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Simple Data Matrix Tool Data Matrix with ROI FIGURE 2–35. Repeat steps 13 and 14 to add the remaining Data Matrix Tools. After you have added all six Data Matrix Tools, you should see a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 2–36. 2-37 v3.7.3, Mar 2009 Getting Started With Visionscape®...
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples All Six Data Matrices Trained FIGURE 2–36. To run the Job once and then stop, click You should see a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 2–37. 2-38 Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera v3.7.3, Mar 2009...
Simple Data Matrix Tool All Trained and Inspection Run Once FIGURE 2–37. Training Tools Some FrontRunner™ tools, such as the Data Matrix tool, can be trained, that is, told what to expect when reading. For example, if you train a Data Matrix tool to read a Data Matrix with 8 rows and 32 columns, the Data Matrix tool will fail when it tries to read something other than a Data Matrix with 8 rows and 32 columns.
Chapter The 1600T in Action - Simple Examples Where To Now? Chapter 3 of this Getting Started contains a tutorial example that is more advanced than the ones you just finished. 2-40 Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera v3.7.3, Mar 2009...
The 1600T in Action - CHAPTER 3 Advanced Example This chapter contains an advanced tutorial example to help you become familiar with the use of various FrontRunner™ tools in one Job. Notice that we list the complete Job (xxxxx.AVP) that corresponds to the Job you will create.
Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools FrontRunner™ Job: Start > Visionscape > Visionscape Tutorials & Samples > Tutorials > HawkEye 1600T > Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools > tutorial_opto.avp This example finds the sides of an optical isolator module, locates the switch on top of the optical isolator module, and determines the switch’s position.
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Enter your username and password (the defaults are “hawkeye” and “vision”). Click OK. Stop the camera by clicking FrontRunner™ displays the Device State Changed dialog box. Because we’re creating a new Job, click No. Start creating a new Job by clicking The camera will change to Edit Mode (indicated by the pencil next to the camera icon).
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example a location other than C:\vscape, replace it with the appropriate drive and directory designation. Highlight Snapshot in the Step Tree (left pane). Right click Snapshot and click Insert Into. FrontRunner™ displays the Insert Step window. Click on the Analysis Tools tab.
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Highlight Snapshot in the Step Tree (left pane). Right click Snapshot and click Insert Into. FrontRunner™ displays the Insert Step window. Double click on Fast Edge to insert a third Fast Edge into the Snapshot. Rename the three Fast Edge tools: Highlight the first Fast Edge in the Step Tree (left pane), right click, and then click Rename.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example Highlight Left Fast Edge in the Step Tree (left pane). Adjust the following Left Fast Edge properties: Scan Direction — Set to Left to Right – Transition color — Set to Dark to Light –...
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Highlight Snapshot in the Step Tree (left pane). Right click Snapshot and click Insert Into. FrontRunner™ displays the Insert Step window. Click the Analysis Tools tab. Double click on TwoPt Locator to insert it into the Snapshot.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example Selecting Reference for First Line FIGURE 3–5. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 3–6. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Left Fast Edge. Click OK. To select the reference for Second Line, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 3–7), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 3–8.
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Selecting Reference for Second Line FIGURE 3–7. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 3–8. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Top Fast Edge. Click OK. Highlight Right Top IntersectLines Meas in the Step Tree (left pane). To select the reference for First Line, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 3–9), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 3–10.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example Selecting Reference for First Line FIGURE 3–9. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 3–10. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Right Fast Edge. Click OK. To select the reference for Second Line, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 3–11), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 3–12.
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Selecting Reference for Second Line FIGURE 3–11. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 3–12. Select Edge Line:EdgeLine from Top Fast Edge. Click OK. Highlight TwoPt Locator in the Step Tree (left pane). To select the reference for Pin 1 Point, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 3–13), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 3–14.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example Selecting Reference for First Line FIGURE 3–13. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 3–14. Select Point:PT from Left Top IntersectLines Meas. Click OK. To select the reference for Pin 2 Point, click in the area to the right of the blue arrow (Figure 3–15), and click on the three dots, which displays the Select Reference window, as shown in Figure 3–16.
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Selecting Reference for Second Line FIGURE 3–15. Click Here Select Reference Window FIGURE 3–16. Select Point:Pt from Right Top IntersectLines Meas. Click OK. In the FrontRunner™ Edit window, TwoPt Locator and the Train button will display a red box until you train the tool.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example TwoPt Locator Adjusted FIGURE 3–17. Highlight Blob Tool (left pane). Adjust the following Blob Tool properties: – Use Autothreshold — Deselect it Low Threshold — Set to 128 – – High Threshold — Set to 255 Blob Polarity —...
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Blob Enclosing Opto Switch FIGURE 3–18. Blob To run the Job once and then stop, click When the Opto switch is on the right, the Job passes. Highlight Acquire in the Step Tree (left pane). Note: You may have to click the Acquire tab in the properties window.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example C:\Vscape\Tutorials & Samples\Tutorials\HawkEye 1600T\Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Select opto02.tif, opto03.tif, opto04.tif, opto05.tif and opto06.tif. Click Open. Click again. When the Opto switch is on the left, as is the case with Opto02.tif, the Job fails, as shown in Figure 3–19.
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Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools In Figure 3–20, even though the opto is rotated to the left a couple of degrees, the Job finds the switch. The Job passes, because the switch is in the correct position for a pass. Opto Rotated Left - Job Passes FIGURE 3–20.
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Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example Opto Rotated Left - Job Fails FIGURE 3–21. Figure 3–22 and Figure 3–23 show the same pass and fail results with the opto rotated to the right a couple of degrees. 3-18 Getting Started With Visionscape®...
Advanced Example Using Multiple Tools Opto Rotated Right - Job Passes FIGURE 3–22. 3-19 v3.7.3, Mar 2009 Getting Started With Visionscape® Smart Camera...
Chapter The 1600T in Action - Advanced Example Opto Rotated Right - Job Fails FIGURE 3–23. Where To Now? See the following manuals that make up the rest of the documentation set: ® • Getting Started With Visionscape Framegrabber Boards — Contains information about installing hardware and software;...
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Where To Now? ® explains the Perl script, and provides examples of Visionscape tools using Perl script language to define their operation and results. ® • Visionscape AppRunner User Manual — Contains information about using AppRunner. ® • Visionscape 0740 Framegrabber Board Guide — Framegrabber board for high speed/high resolution camera applications.
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