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Summary of Contents for In-Sight 1010

Page 1: ...G G G GETTING ETTING ETTING ETTING S S S STARTED TARTED TARTED TARTED WITH WITH WITH WITH I I I IN N N N S S S SIGHT IGHT IGHT IGHT 1010 1010 1010 1010...

Page 2: ...iability of its software on equipment that is not supplied by Cognex Corporation Cognex Corporation makes no warranties either express or implied regarding the described software its merchantability o...

Page 3: ...5 495 537 5 548 326 5 583 954 5 602 937 5 640 200 5 717 785 5 742 037 5 751 853 5 768 443 5 796 868 5 818 443 5 825 483 5 825 913 5 845 007 5 859 466 5 872 870 5 909 504 The following are registered t...

Page 4: ...In Sight 1000 Complies With 73 23 EEC Low Voltage Directive 89 336 EEC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive Compliance Standards EN 60950 1992 Electrical Safety A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 EN 55022 RF...

Page 5: ...s 5 Positioning your In Sight 1010 5 Acquiring a Working Image 6 Working with the In Sight 1010 6 Saving your job 7 Automatically Load Your Job on Startup 7 Communications 7 Digital Input 8 Digital Ou...

Page 6: ...19 Figure C 3 Training a Model Region 20 Figure C 4 ModelDMCode Property Sheet 21 Figure C 5 2D Code Numbering Added 21 Figure C 6 NeighborFilter property sheet 22 Figure C 7 Filtered Image of 2D Code...

Page 7: ...ing capability allows the system to share real time information with other In Sight units as well as other third party devices and host computers within the plant and beyond This manual is designed to...

Page 8: ...e vision processor and other components They also contain specifications mechanical drawings and other hardware details Installing the In Sight 1000 Cognex P N 590 6346 English Cognex 590 6346F French...

Page 9: ...twork Once you have completed the system installation described in Installing the In Sight 1000 proceed to the next section Loading the Jobs from the CD Loading the Jobs from the CD 1 Place the In Sig...

Page 10: ...ctionality Arrow keys Left click and drag The cursor keys are used for moving around menu options and defining image regions Enter Left click or double left click Used in the same way as Enter on a re...

Page 11: ...Select Load Table 1 2 Job Descriptions Job name Description 2Dcode One 2D code Barcode One barcode 2DcodeX2 Two 2D codes BarcodeX2 Two barcodes 2Dcode_ Barcode One 2D code and one barcode BarcodeX2_2D...

Page 12: ...ayed in green A 2D matrix will have a green square around the matrix Barcodes have no graphics A 2D matrix will display a grade of A through F Click on this cell for more detailed verification data Wh...

Page 13: ...and press Enter to open the ReadBarcode property sheet Refer to the ReadBarcode topic in the In Sight Guide and Reference for more information Image filtering can be selected by enabling the checkbox...

Page 14: ...cations then lower this value Adjust the focus ring of the lens to sharpen the image of your code If this is not possible adjust the height of the camera or the amount of extension spacers Working wit...

Page 15: ...r a description of the various jobs or click New if you will be entering a new file name 5 Select Save Automatically Load Your Job on Startup 1 Select Esc to access the System Menu 2 Ensure the Online...

Page 16: ...ipt of this signal read the Pass Fail status signal 6 Serial Receive Orange 5 No functionality 7 Serial Transmit White Brown 7 The code read is transmitted via this pin 8 Ground Brown 14 15 16 0V supp...

Page 17: ...ud rate 9600 8 data bits 1 stop bit No parity No Handshaking When reading one code the output stream will be ASCII data CR When reading two codes the output stream will be code1 ASCII data delimiter c...

Page 18: ...be read using the default In Sight 1010 configuration A typical example of such a code is a direct marked part using dot peen technology as shown in Figure 2 1 If when you load your job No Read is con...

Page 19: ...the L location feature 6 Press F3 to select the bottom left corner Right click on the mouse 7 Use the cursor keys to position the cross at the apex of the L locator on the 2D matrix See Figure 1 3 for...

Page 20: ...mn Theta can be specified in the ReadDMCode property sheet see the In Sight Guide and Reference for more help on the ReadDMCode property sheet The property sheet is accessed from the cell to the right...

Page 21: ...w images can be improved using filtering are shown in Figure 3 1 If the software is unable to read a code follow the instructions in Table 3 1 for 2D codes and Table 3 2 for barcodes Filter Kernel Row...

Page 22: ...ress Enter to finish The larger the region is the longer the processing time Ensure this region is larger than the 2D code region 5 Press Enter to open the NeighborFilter property sheet See the In Sig...

Page 23: ...s Enter to finish The larger the region is the longer the processing time Ensure this region is larger than the barcode region 5 Press Enter to open the NeighborFilter property sheet See the In Sight...

Page 24: ...rizontal Distances from object to front of lens mm extension tube length mm 12 mm lens 16 mm lens 25 mm lens 15 75 7 20 100 5 25 75 2 5 135 2 30 94 1 5 165 1 35 112 1 190 40 90 0 5 128 1 210 45 100 0...

Page 25: ...vents bright spots in the image Code on a curved metal surface Even Illumination Dome Light CLM 7248 Provides very even diffused illumination preventing light stripes in the image Laser etched codes L...

Page 26: ...orial bmp image file These should be loaded onto your In Sight 1010 before reading this tutorial Figure C 1 is an image of a dot peen 2D matrix code on a metal surface Although this is a very degraded...

Page 27: ...light at very low level The light cannot enter and reflect from the pits because of the light s low angle so the pits appear black Light is reflected readily off the metal surface which appears light...

Page 28: ...del checkbox 2 Highlight the cell containing the structure to the right of the checkbox 3 Press F2 on the keyboard to access the graphics routine 4 Press F3 twice to select the top left hand corner cr...

Page 29: ...ucture and press Enter This will open the ModelDMCode property sheet see Figure C 4 where you can select the format and color of the code Figure C 5 shows a code with a 16 row and 16 column format Fig...

Page 30: ...act on white pixels in general the opposite effect happens to black pixels For example an Erode filter erodes white areas and dilates black ones To apply an image filter 1 Check the Apply Filtering c...

Page 31: ...this tutorial consider the following questions Is your code an AIM standard Data Matrix ECC 200 symbol Have you optimized your image Consider alternative lighting solutions Have you positioned the mo...

Page 32: ...be insufficient for this image Use a 2D model See Chapter 2 2D Setup Using the 2D Model The 2D code is not being read reliably using the model The 2D model may be insufficient for reading this code T...

Page 33: ...es appear blurred The production line is too fast for the current exposure setting Set a shorter exposure time in the AcquireImage property sheet You may need to increase your lighting intensity level...

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