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Summary of Contents for WEIHONG ELECTRONIC NcStudio V10 CCD System
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Page 1: Quick Start
维 宏 股 份 创 业 板 : 3 0 0 5 0 8 NcStudio V10 CCD System Quick Start S P E C I A L I Z E D C O N C E N T R A T E D F O C U S E D... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Content Getting Started............................. 3 Wiring and IO Configuration ......................... 4 Installing the Camera ..........................6 Dimension of the Camera and Lens ..................6 Connecting the Camera ........................8 Installing Software of the Camera ..................... 9 CCD Commissioning ..........................12 Setting CCD Related Parameters ..................... - Page 3 Glossary ............................... 42...
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Page 4: Getting Started
This document guides you how to get started with NcStudio V10 CCD System quickly. For wiring and IO ports configuration, please refer to:... -
Page 5: Wiring And Io Configuration
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Wiring and IO Configuration NcStudio V10 CCD System uses Lambda 3S controller. See figure below for wiring and IO ports of Lambda 3S: - 2 -... - Page 6 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Table below describes details of 7 input and 5 output ports. • X__ represents input ports • Y__ represents output ports Address Description 00100 Negative limit in X-axis, also used as origin switch 00101 Negative limit in Y-axis, also used as origin switch...
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Page 7: Installing The Camera
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Installing the Camera Before using NcStudio V10 CCD System, the installation of camera is required. Dimension of the Camera and Lens Before you install the camera, refer to dimensions of the camera and lens. See figure below for dimension of the camera:... - Page 8 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. See figure below for dimension of the lens: To install the camera, do the following: Connect the camera. Install software of the camera. - 5 -...
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Page 9: Connecting The Camera
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Connecting the Camera Before connecting the camera, prepare the following products: Power extension cord Industrial camera Industrial lens DC stabilized power adapter 12V Industrial gigabit cable Attention: Please ensure your computer supports gigabit network. To connect the camera, do the following: Connect the camera to power extension cord: Remove protective cover of camera and industrial lens. -
Page 10: Installing Software Of The Camera
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Connect industrial gigabit cable to the camera and the computer: Installing Software of the Camera To install software of camera, do the following: Unzip the file DAHENG_MER_Series_Win_en.rar to a local directory. Double click MER_Setup_cn.exe to initiate the installation procedure. - Page 11 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. To configure static IP for the camera, do the following: Click . The dialog box GxGigeIPConfig pops up. Click Refresh Devices to refresh the camera list in area ①. Select the camera in the camera list.
- Page 12 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Click Save to save the modification. Although the system can obtain IP address automatically, it is unstable. It is suggested to manually configure static IP address. The software is installed successfully. And the system automatically starts the camera driver.
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Page 13: Ccd Commissioning
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. CCD Commissioning To make CCD ready for machining, you need to adjust the camera and do some commissioning. Follow steps below to do the commissioning. Power up and start the NC system. Turn the system to Homing mode, and return all machine axes to the machine origin. - Page 14 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Click Operator (default)on the left side, and set parameters of operator’s access on the right. Following are parameters of operator’s access. Search only in current window If the box is checked, search only in CCD window for templates during automatic machining in Shoot-Cut mode.
- Page 15 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Clear machining attributes If the box is checked, parameter settings of the program file will be removed when the file is removed from the system; otherwise, parameters of the program file remain. Exposure Drag the slide to adjust the exposure of the camera. See Exposure for its definition.
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Page 16: Setting Ccd Working Plane
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Focal Level It sets the height in Z-axis when the camera takes clear photos. Pre-shoot delay It sets the delay time to stabilize the camera before taking a photo. Post-shoot delay It sets the delay time after the camera takes a photo. -
Page 17: Setting Ccd Magnification Factor
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Adjust Z-axis height and fine tune the knob on the camera. When the photo in camera sight becomes enough clear, click Get Current. The system records the current height. It proves that when the magnification factor sets to 15X, the camera gets the best adjusting result. - Page 18 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Adjust the machine axes to appropriate position until a clear characteristic point appears in the right window. Following are good and bad sampling areas. - 15 -...
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Page 19: Setting Ccd-Spindle Offset
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Set parameters. Move It sets the moving distance of the machine. Sample It sets how many times that CCD shoots and acquires sample or characteristic points. Interval It sets the sampling interval distance. Sampling delay It sets the delay time before each sampling. -
Page 20: Picking Template
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Click left and right arrow buttons to move the camera. Stop moving the camera until the cross in camera center is at the hole center. Click Record Pos 2. The system will automatically calculate the offsets in both X-axis and Y-axis. - Page 21 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All patterns can be used as templates. For different patterns, steps to take the template may differ. • If the marking point (or called shooting point) is a circle: Move the CCD center to the circle point, and click Mark button.
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Page 22: Setting Machining Attributes
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Setting Machining Attributes Prerequisite You have successfully picked out marking points. Steps Click Mach Attr. to open a dialog box named “Attribute”. Click Mark A1. Set parameters. Offset X/Y Offsets in X-axis and Y-axis, which decide the position of picking template. -
Page 23: Measuring Distance And Angles
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. It refers to the maximum angle deviation between snapping and template. If actual deviation exceeds this value, shooting may fail. Click Apply to activate parameter settings and click OK. Measuring Distance and Angles Use Measure function to measure the distance or angle between two specified points. -
Page 24: Related Parameters
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Set related parameters. See Related Parameters for details. Click OK. By default, the system will automatically do followings to deal with the imported file and retrieve the contour. .jpg Converting color to grayscale according to setting value of Grayscale parameter. - Page 25 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Smoothing Contour To smooth or not smooth the contour. If the imported image file has relatively low resolution or the edges of the contour are vague, use the Smoothing contour function to remove bad points and smooth the path.
- Page 26 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Enlarge Contour Line To retrieve relatively thin lines, use Enlarge contour line function to magnify the contour. It does not affect the actual machining size. Background Color Choose the background color according to the imported image.
- Page 27 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Dots Per Inch, is a measure of spatial printing or video or image scanner dot density, in particular the number of individual dots that can be placed in a line within the span of 1 inch (2.54cm).
- Page 28 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. • For images with light color background, set low greyscale. • For images with dark color background set high greyscale. See figure below for comparison. Precision Default value is 1. Precision will affect the distance between two marking points and how many marking points can be retrieved.
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Page 29: Editing Toolpath
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. See figure below for comparison. Marking Point Diameter At present, the system can automatically recognize marking points of circular type. For marking points of circular type , the system will do the following: Calculate the contour area of the circle. - Page 30 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Setting lead lines. Deciding active objects. Setting in-process parameters. Setting Workpiece Origin After contour is retrieved and has been imported it into the system, a default workpiece origin will be defined at the lower-left of the contour.
- Page 31 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. • Turn to NcEditor interface and drag icon with left mouse to target workpiece origin position. See figure below for the toolpath that has defined the workpiece origin. - 28 -...
- Page 32 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. After the workpiece origin is defined, the system can know workpiece coordinates of each marking point. Setting Machining Direction Before you begin, import the contour that has been retrieved into the system. Do the following to set machining direction.
- Page 33 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Setting Tool Compensation In real machining scenario, users need to make tool compensation to improve engraving precision. Steps Do as following to set tool compensation. Turn to NcEditor interface, and select the contour that is ready for machining.
- Page 34 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Shrink The distance between the shrinked toolpath and original contour. Default unit: mm. Extend The distance between the extended toolpath and original contour. Default unit: mm. Tool diameter Diameter of the tool. Default unit: mm.
- Page 35 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Extend See figure below for the preview. Shrink the internal contour and extend the external contour If the original contour includes nested objects, it is recommended to shrink the internal contour and extend the external contour.
- Page 36 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Adding Lead Lines Setting lead lines decide where and how to start the cutting. Steps Do the following to add lead lines for machining. Turn to NcEditor interface. Click Object → Set lead line. It opens the Set lead line dialog box.
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Page 37: Setting Layer And Parameters
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Deciding Active Objects To decide the contour will be machined or not this time. Steps Do the following to decide the contour or object to be machined or not. Turn to NcEditor interface and select the contour. - Page 38 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Optional) According to the desired cutting quantity and position, set arraying related parameters. Adding marking points. Click the cross icon on the tool bar, and replace the marks with cross icon to add marking points.
- Page 39 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All toolpaths or objects that have used marking points must be grouped before being saved as program file. Save the file as .nce program file. - 36 -...
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Page 40: Running The Toolpath
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Running the Toolpath Prerequisite Before you start automatic running the program, make sure the following: • All machine axes have returned to the machine origin. • CCD commissioning has been done. • Related parameters have been well set. -
Page 41: Faqs
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. FAQs Frequently-asked questions. How to set aperture of the camera lens? In NcStudio V10 CCD system, the camera lens is used, whose f-number (aperture) ranges from F2.8 to F16. Following are suggestions to adjust the f-number. •... -
Page 42: Should I Use Two Templates Or Three Templates When Getting Marking Points
WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Should I use two templates or three templates when getting marking points? When getting marking points, users need to decide the template number as actual cutting demand. • Two templates can be used to adjust plate placing angle, and meet the demand of most cutting scenarios. - Page 43 WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Glossary This part lists important concepts and terms in CCD software. Focal length The focal length of an optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges or diverges light. A system with a shorter focal length has greater optical power than one with a long focal length.
- Page 44 S P E C I A L I Z E D / C O N C E N T R A T E D / F O C U S E D Shanghai Weihong Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Address: No. 1590, Huhang Rd., Fengxian, Shanghai, China, 201401 Hot-line: 400 882 9188 Website: www.weihong.com.cn/en...
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