Leuze
electronic
Smartcamera
redCAM
General Manual
Version
1e-2001
Page 1: ...Leuze electronic Smartcamera redCAM General Manual Version 1e 2001...
Page 2: ...perating er ror which may result from such errors Thank you for your understanding Copyright All rights reserved especially the right for duplication and translation For duplication or reproduction in...
Page 3: ...E 26 4 MEASUREMENT 28 4 1 FUNDAMENTALS 28 4 1 1 Terms 28 4 1 2 Evaluation of measured values 32 4 1 3 Measurement 36 4 2 STRUCTURE OF A MEASUREMENT TASK 38 4 2 1 How to create a process 39 4 2 2 How t...
Page 4: ...ndow 84 5 3 THE DIFFERENT WINDOWS OF THE PROGRAM 86 5 3 1 Windows for glue inspection 86 5 3 2 Completeness window Completeness control 93 5 3 3 Fiducial Finder window 104 5 4 REFERENCE 115 5 5 HOW TO...
Page 5: ...ng the development of the high performance image processing software for redCAM Leuze electronic could go back to a yearlong experience in industrial image processing with high performance systems The...
Page 6: ...stored in EEPROM This guarantees instant readiness after the switch on of the operating voltage and 100 control of produced components at high clock frequen cies How to use this Operating Manual This...
Page 7: ...not suitable for video display Back up copies The software is provided on CD ROM You should make a back up copy of the original CD ROM in order to be able to continue your work in case the original CD...
Page 8: ...program from your PC Select the Start button in the Windows task bar and then Settings From the pop up menu select Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click on Add Remove Programs You wi...
Page 9: ...e usual Windows buttons 3 1 USER INTERFACE The program user interface appears in the usual layout of a Windows operating sy stem You will find a primary window which you can zoom to screen size using...
Page 10: ...s are underlined Tool bar You can start actions of the program with the tool bar below the menue bar here the tool bar of the Completeness program is shown Example Completeness program tool bar with q...
Page 11: ...ton Commands and Responses in the menue View the following display appears You will not need this area when normally operating the program It may be useful for advanced applications for example debugg...
Page 12: ...g a command during communication and finding it again later Step by step you can run throught the list with the buttons until you reach the desired command and a corresponding response 3 2 HOW TO SET...
Page 13: ...face dialog box After having correctly set up the interface open it to be able to communicate with the vision sensor In the previous condition of the program you see the tool bar buttons as gray icons...
Page 14: ...el How to unlock the vision sensor IMPORTANT The vision sensor has got an unlocking function being checked by a password Every sensor comes along with a unique password issued by Leuze electronic Afte...
Page 15: ...a and parameterizing program is being set up a comparison between information stored in the camera and the PC file has to be made After the connection to redCAM has been set up this procedure is being...
Page 16: ...load an existing file Automatic opening of the file After confirming the program opens the given file which has to be in the program s working directory After this a comparison of the versions procee...
Page 17: ...you the single results of data comparison After having finished the comparison you can either repeat the check or click on the button Continue to get information of the overall result of the check Se...
Page 18: ...us Neither a calibration nor any parameters exist in the program How to create new parameter files Click on the button to create a new file or select New in the File menu If you have worked on a file...
Page 19: ...do so select Initialize vision sensor in the File menu How to open an existing file If you have already created files and wish to load an existing one you can either use the Open button in the tool ba...
Page 20: ...ample Dialog box of the Completeness program to select a file Before data can be transmitted to sensor and overwrite the current data the program expects confirmation to make sure that no unintended l...
Page 21: ...e loading a file Initializing Initializing redCAM erases data in program and sensor If you want to work with com pletely new data in the program and on the sensor you have to explicitly execute this m...
Page 22: ...es initializing is executed No stops the process Example Dialog box to initialize sensor and program Now you can watch the initializing process of the vision sensor in the communication area of the Co...
Page 23: ...you wish to retrieve data from the sensor select Retrieve Vision Sensor in the File menu Having not saved the last changes of your current file you receive a correspon ding message Selection Yes data...
Page 24: ...ect Save in the File menu If new data is being saved for the first time no file name has been assigned to it yet You can learn this from the entry Untitled at the document s name in the title bar Then...
Page 25: ...e Name text field Finally select Save How to exit the program Select Exit from the File menu see picture just above or click on the Close button in the window s title bar When you exit the program you...
Page 26: ...uts down Example Message that the camera is switched to automatic mode 3 4 DISPLAY OF VIDEO IMAGE The vision sensor has two different ways to display the video image Snap mode Live mode In snap mode a...
Page 27: ...the video monitor This happens for example when patterns are added or changed Live mode Select the Live button from the tool bar or select Live in the Image menu In live mode the given image recorded...
