Microscan Visionscape FrontRunner, User Manual

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Advanced Concepts
FrontRunner™
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definition if the device is different from the one the Job was created on.
Warnings that require user action are shown if the I/O assignments are
out of range for the device or if the Job uses IntelliFind™ but is loaded on
a device that does not support this tool.
Creating Jobs for these Systems is the same as creating Jobs for other
physical devices with the following differences:
• No specific camera definitions for a specific device are programmed
into the VisionSystemStep camera channels. The default for Software
Systems is Sentech A33. You must change the camera definition in
the VisionSystemStep properties page if a different (usually) image
size is required, or if your are working offline and plan to load the Job
later on a physical device.
• By default, the Acquire Tool is programmed to Load Images from File,
as there is no digitizer available on a Software System (Image List is
empty originally and must be populated also). When loaded on a
physical device, you must change the Acquire mode to Acquire from
Camera to enable acquisition from the device CCD sensor.
For complete information about the Acquire and the Vision System step,
see Chapter 1 of the Visionscape
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Tools Reference
Displaying I/O Transitions
The I/O Display (Figure 2–11) watches I/O transitions for Physical I/O,
Sensors, Strobes, and all 2048 Virtual I/O points. You can also use the
green Click to record transitions to a DSS file button to record transitions
over time to a DSS file and examine the transitions using the Digital Soft
Scope tool (see “Examining I/O Transitions (Digital Soft Scope)” on
page 2-24). You can select the Vision System in the list at the top, then
connect or disconnect the display using the green Connection button. I/O
states are updated in the display as they occur. When an I/O point is
asserted, the button turns red. You can also click the button to toggle the
I/O point. For GPIO points programmed as inputs as well as for Sensors,
clicking the button has no effect. You can display 128 points of the Virtual
I/O at one time. Use the Range: list box to select the points you want to
display.