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Basic Concepts
FrontRunner™
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Download the Job to the Smart Camera.
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Start the Job on the Smart Camera.
For examples of complete Visionscape
®
Jobs, see Chapters 2 and 3 of
Getting Started With VS-1 Smart Camera, and Chapter 4 of Getting
Started With Visionscape
®
GigE Cameras.
Training and Untraining Tools
Some tools (like the Barcode Tool and the Data Matrix Tool) can be
trained. When you train a tool, you’re “telling” the tool what to expect
when it reads an image. For example, if you train the Data Matrix tool to
read a Data Matrix with 12 rows and 12 columns, the Data Matrix tool will
fail when it encounters a Data Matrix with 16 rows and 16 columns.
You can untrain a tool that’s been trained. When you untrain a tool, you
are effectively “opening it up” to read a larger variety of images. For
example, if you untrain the Data Matrix tool that was trained to read a
Data Matrix with 12 rows and 12 columns, it will read a Data Matrix with
12 rows and 12 columns, 16 rows and 16 columns, and so on.
Trying Out a Job
After you’ve built your Job, and before you’ve downloaded it to a device to
run it, you’ll want to try out the Job on the PC, to fine tune it.
FrontRunner™ allows you to try out a step, try out the entire Job on one
image, or try out the entire Job on multiple images.
Note: In the Settings dialog box , notice the Acquire Images During
Tryout option. When this option is checked, FrontRunner™ loads each
image that you specified in the Acquire step, one at a time. If you uncheck
this option, and click Tryout Program on PC Once and then Stop
repeatedly, your Job will run on only the image that is loaded currently.
Downloading a Job
After you’ve tried out the Job and confirmed that it runs as you want it to,
you can download it to the device using Download Program from PC to
Device.