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Overview

The VMU series are designed for ease of
use. Commonly used functions are easily
changed with front panel settings while less
used functions can be changed only with
the menus. This section will describe the
various menus and how they work. For the
calibration set menus and units of
measure, please see the next section.

The menus system is divided into a
hierarchy, or tree structure. Each branch
has several related menus that can be
changed. The main or top menu is the first
one you see after pressing the MENU
button. You then choose one of the

categories and press the number key relating to that menu. This will bring up another menu
where you press the numeric key of choice and so on. Enter will select the highlighted item. 
Pressing the 0 (zero) key will exit each menu back up to the previous menu.

Main Menu

Each menu will be described below:

Line Options

1. X1 Line Options

This item selects whether the X1 (left) line is set to solid, serrated or
turned off. Each line may be set individually.

2. X2 Line Options

This item selects whether the X2 (right) line is set to solid, serrated or
turned off. Each line may be set individually.

3. Y1 Line Options

This item selects whether the Y1 (top) line is set to solid, serrated or
turned off. Each line may be set individually.

4. Y2 Line Options

This item selects whether the Y2 (bottom) line is set to solid, serrated or
turned off. Each line may be set individually.

5 Lock Overrides

Allows you to enable lock overrides for each line. If these are set to on,
the line will remain locked regardless of how the front panel lock switch is
set (lock indicators will light).

MENUS

Main Menu

1. Line Options
2. Coordinate Options
3. B/W or Color mode
4. Color Bars
5. Remote Options
6. System Options

0. Exit

Press number for selection

Summary of Contents for DPD120050

Page 1: ...Caliper MicroImage Video Systems division of World Video Sales Company Inc PO Box 331 Boyertown PA 19512 0331 610 754 6800 Fax 610 754 9766 www mivs com Sales sales mivs com Support support mivs com Rev 1 00 March 31 2002 ...

Page 2: ... Display Page 6 X Y Page 6 B W Page 6 Menu Page 6 Set Page 6 7 backspace Page 6 0 thru 9 and decimal point Page 6 Enter Page 7 Store Page 7 Recall Page 7 MENUS Page 8 Overview Page 8 Main Menu Page 8 Line Options Page 8 X1 Line Options Page 8 X2 Line Options Page 8 Y1 Line Options Page 8 Y2 Line Options Page 8 Lock Overrides Page 8 Box Lines Page 9 Line Size Page 9 Coordinate Options Page 9 Displa...

Page 3: ...e 12 Select Unit Page 12 Metric Units Page 12 English Units Page 12 User Defined Page 12 Define User Unit Page 12 MEMORIES Page 12 Overview Page 12 Memory Save Page 12 Memory Recall Page 13 OPERATION Page 13 Overview Page 13 Calibration Page 13 Setting the Scale Page 13 Adding a unit of measure Page 14 Saving the current configuration Page 14 Memory Store Page 14 Memory Recall Page 14 Specificatio...

Page 4: ...ower source which is relatively clean Contact MicroImage Video Systems for additional information Video Input A video source must be connected to the VMU300 or VMU400 for it to function properly The VMU300 may be connected to either an S Video camera via the S Video 4 pin input connector or to a composite or B W video source via the Video input BNC connector The VMU400 may be connected to an RGB o...

Page 5: ...e track function is enabled Position Control 2 This rotary control will move the right or bottom cursor depending on the setting of the X Y switch If track mode is on it will adjust the spread between the two same axis lines Lock Switch 1 and Lock Switch 2 Enabling the lock function will cause the related rotary position control to have no effect while lock is on indicated by the RED lamp below th...

Page 6: ...ere is an indicator for each direction Note that the positions and lock information are remembered independently for each axis B W Selects whether the lines are displayed as black or white This switch does not affect the color of the numeric display or menu system Menu Pressing the MENU switch places the unit in the menu mode allowing the user to set his or her preferences The exact menus are cove...

Page 7: ...which will also extinguish the indicator Each memory will save most of the settings of the unit allowing easy access to multiple calibrations See the section on Memories later in this manual Recall Pressing the RECALL key will illuminate the indicator next to it After pressing the RECALL key you must press one of the number keys 0 through 9 to specify which memory which will extinguish the indicat...

Page 8: ...menu back up to the previous menu Main Menu Each menu will be described below Line Options 1 X1 Line Options This item selects whether the X1 left line is set to solid serrated or turned off Each line may be set individually 2 X2 Line Options This item selects whether the X2 right line is set to solid serrated or turned off Each line may be set individually 3 Y1 Line Options This item selects whet...

Page 9: ...y directly on the video image without any solid area behind them In B W mode the colors are displayed as shades of gray 4 Display Layout Chooses whether the X Y and diagonal dimensions are displayed in a row or column format 5 Precision Digits Allows the user to choose the precision of the measurement display For readability the display precision can be reduced to only the amount of information th...

Page 10: ...sed when the factory optional remote interface is ordered and installed in the unit This interface comes with a separate interface operation manual System Options 1 System Properties This menu shows the product name the firmware revision and code base as well as the MicroImage copyright for the code There is also a link to the MicroImage Web site as well ...

Page 11: ... the calibration on the X axis as opposed to the Y axis Calibration is also more precise when the distance between the two lines is as wide as possible during calibration Set Scale Using Y Axis This will set the calibration Using the vertical top to bottom axis or the distance between two horizontal left right lines Enter any number up to four digits between 0 0001 and 9999 for the calibration Not...

Page 12: ...different user defined units can be entered Each can be one or two characters long Once defined here they will be available in the Select Unit menu described above To set a unit press the appropriate number for the location where you want to save the unit Next press the up and down keys 2 and 8 to change the character Use the left and right keys 4 and 6 to select between the left and right charact...

Page 13: ... it must first be calibrated Place an object with a known dimension the reference object in the field of view at the same distance from the optics lens as the object s you wish to measure It is best to set the reference dimension using the X axis as this provides better accuracy X axis measurements provide better resolution as well This is due to the low 480 vertical scan lines used in NTSC RS170A...

Page 14: ...1 through 8 to choose the appropriate unit of measure Press 0 twice to exit once to return to the Scale and Unit Parameters Menu and the second time to exit the menus Saving the current configuration Once you set a calibration you may want to store it in memory for use later so you don t have to keep re calibrating for the same zoom or magnification factor You can save the data in one of ten memor...

Page 15: ...croImage Video custom circuit Display controller Custom MicroImage Video integrated display controller Front panel controls 2 Line position controls multi turn precision optical encoders Front panel switches 25 total Power Lock 1 Lock 2 Track Scale Position Scale Set Display On Off B W X Y Menu Store Recall 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Decimal Point Backspace Enter Front Panel Indicators 10 Power Lock 1 on...

Page 16: ...Bits 1 Temperature Operating 0 deg 40 deg C 32 deg 104 deg F Storage 40 deg 60 deg C 40 deg 140 deg F Humidity Operating 10 90 non condensing Storage 5 95 non condensing Power 120VAC Power adapter included Universal Adapter optional Option UP Voltage 12VDC 9 to 20 VDC Consumption Approximately 270mA typical at 12VDC Size 9 00 W x 7 63 D x 2 88 H 229 mm W x 194 mm D x 73 mm H Weight 1 lbs 14 oz 851...

Page 17: ... warranty is void if the warranted part has been altered or subjected to abuse or misuse Defective parts must be returned to MicroImage Video Systems SOLE WARRANTY This Warranty is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied including without limitation any implied warranty or any implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose MicroImage Video Systems shall have the final right to d...

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