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Code Reader Setting Guide

-CF26-SR
-CF26-LR
-CF37-SR
-CF37-LR

This product is designed and manufactured by Cognex Corporation.
*Note that the warranty and general specifications of this product
differ from that of programmable controller products.

Summary of Contents for Melsensor CF26-LR

Page 1: ... Guide CF26 SR CF26 LR CF37 SR CF37 LR This product is designed and manufactured by Cognex Corporation Note that the warranty and general specifications of this product differ from that of programmable controller products ...

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Page 3: ...h as grounded metal to discharge the static electricity from your body Otherwise damage or faulty operation of the code reader may occur Be sure to install an I O connector module to a main module If not installed dust or water proof performance may not be obtained WARNING To maintain the security confidentiality integrity and availability of the programmable controller and the system against unau...

Page 4: ... Unauthorized modifications may void your warranty Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for regulatory compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment If the bend radius or service loop is smaller than 10 times of the cable diameter the cable may cause cable shielding degradation cable damage or wear out in a short period The bend radius must...

Page 5: ...ch the public could be affected if any problem or fault occurs in the code reader Railway companies or Public service purposes and or any other cases in which establishment of a special quality assurance system is required by the Purchaser or End User Aircraft or Aerospace Medical applications Train equipment transport equipment such as Elevator and Escalator Incineration and Fuel devices Vehicles...

Page 6: ...ol for MELSENSOR For detailed description use Q A or Help on the menu of DataMan Setup Tool for MELSENSOR Before using the product please read this manual and relevant manuals carefully and develop familiarity with the functions and performance of the code reader to handle the product correctly Please make sure that the end users read this manual ...

Page 7: ...h SetupTool 16 5 1 How to Check and Set Personal Computer IP Address 17 5 2 Starting SetupTool 20 5 3 How to Check and Set Code Reader IP Address 24 CHAPTER 6 SetupTool SCREEN 27 6 1 Screen Configuration 27 6 2 Shortcut Operation Icon 29 6 3 Application Steps 30 6 4 Menu Tabs and Operation Icons 31 6 5 Image Panel 32 6 6 Result History 34 6 7 Screen Layout Customization 1 35 6 8 Screen Layout Cust...

Page 8: ... Quality 82 Appendix 3 External Transfer of Images and Reading Results Using FTP 84 Appendix 4 Supplemental Remarks for Tuning 1 88 Appendix 5 Supplemental Remarks for Tuning 2 89 Appendix 6 Tuning After Optimizing Maximum Exposure Time 91 Appendix 7 Exposure Time Gain Factor and Image Filtering 93 Appendix 8 Customizing Output Data 95 Appendix 9 Setting an IP Address to a Code Reader DHCP 97 Appe...

Page 9: ...de Reader Setting Guide BCN P5999 1258 this manual Basic operations of DataMan Setup Tool for MELSENSOR e Manual PDF Code Reader CF26 User s Manual SH 082092ENG Functions installation methods system configuration and required hardware components etc of a code reader CF26 e Manual PDF Code Reader CF37 User s Manual SH 082325ENG Functions installation methods system configuration and required hardwa...

Page 10: ...rred to as SetupTool sets the operation of MELSENSOR Code Reader CF Series Each process for connecting adjusting and testing MELSENSOR Code Reader CF Series can be set easily in accordance with application steps In this manual a CF26 is used as an example to explain each setting Target code readers of SetupTool Name Model name CF26 CF26 SR CF26 LR CF37 CF37 SR CF37 LR ...

Page 11: ...1 OVERVIEW 1 1 Overview of DataMan Setup Tool for MELSENSOR 9 1 MEMO ...

Page 12: ...subishiElectric co jp fa 2 Close all running applications 3 Run the obtained installer 4 Select or enter the necessary information according to the instructions shown in the screen Item Description Operating system English version Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 32 bit 64 bit Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 32 bit 64 bit Available hard disk capacity 2 GB or more Ethernet 100 Mbps...

Page 13: ...2 SetupTool INSTALLATION 2 1 Installation 11 2 MEMO ...

Page 14: ...y affect the read rate significantly 4 Tune Tune the code reader by referring to Chapter 7 Section 7 2 Settings in Tune Appendix 4 Supplemental Remarks for Tuning 1 or Appendix 5 Supplemental Remarks for Tuning 2 Mainly auto tuning can be executed by configuring Optimize Image Tune In some cases Exposure Gain Lightening pattern and Image Filter need to be adjusted manually 5 Reading test A code is...

Page 15: ...3 CODE READER SETUP FLOW CHART 3 1 Setup Flow Chart 13 3 MEMO ...

Page 16: ...bles COGNEX products and breakout cables COGNEX products refer to the user s manual for a code reader CCB 84901 2001 CCB PWRIO CCB M12X12FS 05 CF37 SR CF37 LR CF26 SR CF26 LR CCB 84901 2002 Switching hub Ethernet cable Breakout cable COGNEX products 24 VDC power supply 24 VDC power supply red black brown blue Code Reader Ethernet cable COGNEX products Personal computer or or or ...

Page 17: ...4 CONFIGURATIONS 4 1 Configuration and Wiring of CF26 CF37 Series 15 4 MEMO ...

Page 18: ... communicated For using the code reader by connecting only to the personal computer the IP address of the code reader must be matched with that of the personal computer When Obtain an IP address automatically is selected for the personal computer select Use DHCP Server for the code reader When Use the following IP address is selected for the personal computer select Use Static IP Address for the c...

Page 19: ...How to Check and Set Personal Computer IP Address This section shows the method for checking and setting a personal computer IP address Windows 7 Windows 10 Open Control Panel and change the setting of View by to Small icons Click Network and Sharing Center Click Change adapter settings Ò Ó Ô ...

Page 20: ...heck and Set Personal Computer IP Address Right click an adapter to be connected to a code reader Ethernet 3 in this example and select Properties from the shortcut menu Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Click the Properties button Õ Ö ...

Page 21: ...5 CONNECTING with SetupTool 5 1 How to Check and Set Personal Computer IP Address 19 5 The setting of the IP address and the subnet mask can be checked or set as necessary Click the OK button ...

Page 22: ... indicates the IP address of the code reader and the personal computer are not matched Either one of the addresses needs to be changed When the status is Discovered This indicates the IP addresses are matched A connection can be made by selecting the code reader icon and click the Connect button on the lower right of the screen Precautions When a code reader is not recognized When a code reader is...

Page 23: ...is not allowed by a firewall When a firewall is enabled and communication with DataMan Setup Tool is not allowed a code reader may not be recognized since communication is not possible To allow the communication in the Windows firewall refer to the procedure below When using other software with a firewall function refer to the manual of the software and allow the communication with DataMan Setup T...

Page 24: ...Allow another app button Click the Browse button in the Add an app screen select SetupTool exe in the folder where SetupTool is installed then click the Add button SetupTool exe is stored in the following if the installation destination folder for SetupTool is not changed Example When the version of SetupTool is v6 1 5_SR1 C Program Files x86 Cognex DataMan DataMan Setup Tool for MELSENSOR Code Re...

Page 25: ...5 CONNECTING with SetupTool 5 2 Starting SetupTool 23 5 Select the checkboxes of Name Domain Private and Public for DataMan Setup Tool in the list and click the OK button ...

Page 26: ...SetupTool screen and select a code reader icon displayed under the Network section When the setting status of a code reader IP address is displayed on the right side of the screen select Use Static IP Address Enter 192 168 3 102 for IP Address and 255 255 255 0 for Subnet Mask respectively and click the Apply button Wait for the code reader to be restarted and the IP address to be changed Time req...

Page 27: ...ted and click the Connect button on the lower right of the screen or double click the icon Copying the static IP address of a personal computer Follow the same procedure as and in Section 5 3 Setting a static IP address to a code reader Click on the right side of Copy PC Network Settings and select an Ethernet port to be connected Select the same port as the one selected in the procedure in Sectio...

Page 28: ...port is set to 0 is configured Set the forth value 0 to the different value from other devices 102 is entered in this example Click the Apply button Wait for the code reader to be restarted and the IP address to be changed Time required 30 sec Perform the procedure of in Section 5 3 Setting a static IP address to a code reader to connect Õ Ö ...

Page 29: ...on when the code reader is connected The details of each screen are explained in Section 6 2 or later The layout can be changed The size of Setting area and Image display area Image Panel can be changed Shortcut Operation Icon Menu Tabs Operation Icons Linked with the selected menu tab Application Steps Setting Area Image Display Area ...

Page 30: ...28 6 SetupTool SCREEN 6 1 Screen Configuration Result History and Code Quality can be displayed ...

Page 31: ... the SetupTool screen Trigger To read codes using the code reader Live To switch a display mode between a motion video Live and a still image It is switched to a still image during the operation Save Settings F4 To save the set parameters to the memory of the code reader Reset Configuration To reset the set parameters Trigger Save Settings F4 Live Reset Configuration ...

Page 32: ...d multi codes Most of the code types can be read using the initial setting however some code types such as GS1 DataBar need to be enabled in this application step Application Details To set Trigger Type Exposure and Gain for acquiring images Assistant functions are enabled by linking with Application Type Format Data To set character strings to be output to a master device This setting is configur...

Page 33: ... connecting a code reader Actions Operation icons that instruct operation to the code reader are displayed Settings Operation icons for setting the code reader are displayed The settings of Read Setups and Code Quality can be set in this tab System Operation icons for a code reader system are displayed Acquiring backup data Updating the firmware version of a code reader and Initializing the code r...

Page 34: ...ompleted 1 When a code is read successfully the code is enclosed with a green frame 2 The read data and cell size of the code in units of PPM are displayed in the screen 3 Operation and settings for the displayed image can be performed by using operation icons on the upper and lower part of the Image Panel 1 2 3 ...

Page 35: ...o change the resolution of an image to be displayed The size can be changed among four patterns Full Quarter 1 16 and 1 64 Smaller image size can speed up the image trasnfer The size also relates to the image quality of an image file to be saved The reading time is not affected by changing the image size 11 Format To change the file format of image data to be imported to a personal computer The fo...

Page 36: ...nd set logging and reporting The item to display in Result History can be selected from Customize on the upper part of the Result History Result A content that is output by a code reader It is basically a read code Result Status A result indicating whether reading is successful or failed Arrival Time A record of time when a reading result is arrived in a personal computer Decode Time Analysis time...

Page 37: ...s Operation icons are hidden by clicking and are displayed by clicking on the upper right of the screen Adjusting the area size When moving a cursor which is close to a boundary between areas the cursor is displayed as the mark shown below The area size can be adjusted by moving the mark vertically or horizontally with holding a mouse being clicked ...

Page 38: ...ing a mouse and click the pin mark When holding the mouse being clicked on the character part of the Result History in the Result History area the cross cursor appears When moving the cursor with the mouse being clicked the mark which is shown in the above image next to the blue arrow is displayed Move the cursor to a desired position to which the mark indicates To display Image Panel and Result H...

Page 39: ...ry are turned ON When holding a mouse being clicked on the Code Quality tab under the Image Panel a cross cursor appears Arrange the tab to a desired position by following the same procedure as Section 6 8 Displaying Image Panel and Result History side by side When Code Quality has already been displayed on the screen the procedure will be the same as Section 6 8 Displaying Image Panel and Result ...

Page 40: ...the example above By clicking the pin mark to switch the direction of the mark from horizontal to vertical the window is fixed and always displayed without collapsing to the side By clicking the mark again to switch its direction from vertical to horizontal the window is collapsed to the side By clicking the window is removed from the screen To display the removed window again select it from the V...

Page 41: ...ation angle The installation angle is the most important setting to read direct part marking codes Especially for works which have high reflection installing the code reader by tilting at the angle 10 to 20 degrees toward codes can reduce reflections and improve the reading rate Direction For direct part marking the direction of the code reader may also affect the reading rate Especially for a cod...

Page 42: ...g Image Panel However the image is blurred at this point because the image is not focused A green light emitted from a code reader is a sighting light called aimer Locate a read target code to the center of the aimer Aimer Enabled needs to be enabled When the installation location of the read target code is determined click the Live button again to end Live mode Execute tuning Tuning is started by...

Page 43: ...cording to the parameters set by tuning results The decoding status of the following items can be checked at a reading test Current Read Rate A success rate of decoding from the latest 20 times Decode Time ms Decode processing time excluding image acquisition time Min Max Decode Time The minimum and maximum decode time displayed on a graph in the Read Performance pane Found Symbologies Types of de...

Page 44: ...be reflected to the code reader by using a configuration file which is saved previously The following shows the procedure of setting parameter using a configuration file Open Configuration Select the System tab Click the Open Configuration button Specify a configuration file in the file selection dialog to be displayed and click the Open button Ò Ó Ô ...

Page 45: ...7 SETTING CODE READER 7 3 Parameter Setting Using a Configuration File 43 7 After specifying the file a message whether to restore network settings appears Select Yes or No as necessary Õ ...

Page 46: ...read codes Operation options for performing a live display can be set by the drop down window of the Live button Decoding Select this checkbox to read codes from captured images Focus Feedback By selecting this checkbox a bar which indicates the focus of lens is displayed on the right side of the Image Panel Automatic Exposure Select this checkbox to make the code reader automatically determine th...

Page 47: ...ow of the Test button Note The image transmission may be disabled when codes are read at high speed because the speed may be limited by reading settings codes to be read or a connection interface Trigger On Trigger Off Trigger occurrence frequency 20 ms 1980 ms 0 5 times 0 5 Hz per second 20 ms 980 ms 1 time 1 Hz per second 20 ms 480 ms 2 times 1 Hz per second 20 ms 180 ms 5 times 1 Hz per second ...

Page 48: ...46 8 Application Steps 8 1 Optimize Image Code reading time can be checked on a graph Click the Clear button to reset the graph ...

Page 49: ...ange background Note A license needs to be purchased for VeriCode EAN UCC Composite of a stacked code is used with DataBar Disable Untrained Symbologies When codes are trained with this checkbox being selected all the other symbols except for the trained symbols cannot be selected When codes are trained without selecting this checkbox target symbols can be added after training the codes Disable Al...

Page 50: ...cus adjustment to acquire an image which is focused on a code Click Automatic Symbology Detection This is the mode that the code reader captures an image automatically and determine the code type A symbol which is detected from the captured image is displayed in the Found Symbologies area Click the OK button The checkbox of the symbol is selected to read the detected symbol Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö ...

Page 51: ...d read and when the code reader is set to read multiple codes the read result is not returned until the same number of codes are read as the set number of codes For example when 2 is set for the number of codes the result is not returned until two codes are read To make the read result return even if only one code is read select Yes for Should partial result be reported as a good read Set values f...

Page 52: ...meout interval burst length exposure and gain can be configured by using assistant functions that can help for configuring these settings Trigger settings Trigger Assistant By selecting an application type trigger options suitable for the application type can be checked and set using the trigger assistant function ...

Page 53: ...ternal Images are acquired at the specified image acquisition interval as long as the trigger signal remains active The code reader stops receiving the trigger signal once a code is read The timeout setting value is equivalent to the trigger interval in this trigger mode If the code cannot be read when the trigger signal stops the result will be No Read indicating that a readable code is not conta...

Page 54: ...tting A timeout setting value is set to read for each acquired image not for the whole burst Self internal Codes are read by acquiring images at the set interval configured in Interval without external trigger inputs Additionally the timeout time is equivalent to the value of the set Interval in this trigger mode Some parameters can be configured to set standby time until the next code is read and...

Page 55: ...sentation internal is selected for a trigger type The code reader starts the operation of a set trigger type by detecting moving objects within the field of vision Enabled The code reader does not acquire images but it detects in the background whether there are any moving objects within the field of view When any motions are detected the code reader starts operation in the Presentation internal o...

Page 56: ...uous external is selected for a trigger type the image acquisition interval can be calculated by using Interval Assistant Select one of the application details to be input such as the field of view size distance to code and code element size and set the required values to calculate the interval ...

Page 57: ... can be set by using Exposure Assistant Select one of the application details to be input such as the field of view size distance to code and code element size and set the required values to calculate the exposure time Automatic Exposure The best exposure settings are automatically determined in the code reader Manual Exposure The exposure time can be set in microseconds ...

Page 58: ... obtained Gain Factor The sensitivity of an image sensor Increasing the value can make an acquiring image brighter but the image quality becomes lower Increase the Gain Factor value when the Exposure value cannot be increased Maximum Gain Factor Configure the maximum gain factor value that can be set when executing Optimize Brightness in the Action tab By clicking the Optimize Brightness button th...

Page 59: ...the same code continuously Don t Reread Last N Codes When reading multiple types of codes N codes read from the last are not read again The example is shown as below When setting 2 for N the three different types of codes A B and C are read by the following operation OK OK NG NG OK OK The first time A is read The third time A is read The sixth time A is read The fifth time C is read The fourth tim...

Page 60: ...r After First Read When the set value of Re read delay is longer than the trigger interval When the set value of Re read delay is shorter than the trigger interval Trigger interval Read Read Re read delay 500ms Re read delay 2100ms Reading is not performed because a trigger is generated during the re read delay Reading is performed because the duration of the re read delay ends Reading is performe...

Page 61: ... format of output character strings and output contents for each reading code are set No Read Output String Character strings to be output when code read has failed can be set If this item is not set no character strings will be output when a code cannot be read ...

Page 62: ...s to be output in Data click the Add button to add output data When adding CR LF to the end of output data select the checkbox of CR LF By clicking the Test button the result of the last read code which is output by the set format can be checked on the right side window When outputting the read code result enclosed by control character codes such as STX Start of Text and ETX End of Text set hexade...

Page 63: ...utton inputs and outputs can be set TRIG Button By pressing the TRIG button for three seconds all the selected operations can be performed Optimize Brightness Exposure time is optimized Optimize Focus A focus is optimized Read Configuration Code Read Configuration Codes are executed Train Code Codes are trained ...

Page 64: ...trigger type Additionally it can be selected by unselecting all the other checkboxes in the TRIG Button tab A reading test is performed by inputting triggers at the trigger interval specified in the test mode For the trigger setting of the test mode refer to the Test section in Section 8 1 Optimize Image To end the test mode press the TRIG button for three seconds again Disable Reader Button The T...

Page 65: ...8 Application Steps 8 5 Inputs Outputs 63 8 TUNE Button Tuning is executed by pressing the TUNE button for three seconds Disable Reader Button The TUNE button is disabled ...

Page 66: ...operation ends by input signals An operation example is shown as below when the following settings are configured Trigger Type Continuous Input 0 Trigger On Input 1 Trigger Off When input 0 receives signals reading operation starts When a code is read the reading operation ends However when a code cannot be read and Continuous is set for a trigger type the operation continues until the code is rea...

Page 67: ...ng is configured to save all images the images which cannot be read are not saved to a buffer By using this function only the images which cannot be read can be stored in the buffer Clear Outputs This is a function to reset all the outputs immediately after the signal is input An output delay setting is not reset Debounce Delay Detection time required for the code reader to recognize a trigger sig...

Page 68: ...or occurs Trigger Overrun It occurs when a trigger is input before the code reader prepares for an image acquisition such as when a trigger is input while an image is acquired Buffer Overflow It occurs when there is no storage area for acquired images This indicates that the processing cannot keep up with the volume of acquired images The overflow occurs when the decoding time takes longer than th...

Page 69: ...8 Application Steps 8 5 Inputs Outputs 67 8 Output Delay This function can delay signal outputs It can be used when Manual Single Burst or Continuous is selected for a trigger type ...

Page 70: ...l Configure serial port settings For a setting example when communicating the code reader with a programmable controller via serial communication refer to the following Code Reader Connection Guide Speed Parity Data Bits and Stop Bits must be configured same as the communication target Ethernet Select the checkbox of a protocol to be used on Ethernet For a setting example when communicating the co...

Page 71: ...ame settings can be applied when restarting the code reader SetupTool also saves a backup file to a default backup folder in the personal computer in use Click Save Settings of Application Steps Click the OK button after a confirmation dialog appears The settings can also be saved from the System tab Additionally settings can be saved to a personal computer as a file by clicking Save Configuration...

Page 72: ...d the backup files can be created at once Precautions In the following cases the Backup button is grayed out and the button cannot be clicked A matched IP address is not set The code reader is connected with SetupTool The backup procedure is shown as below Select the Home tab Click Backup Select a code reader to create a backup file Click the Backup button Ò Ó Ô Õ ...

Page 73: ...9 HOME TAB FUNCTIONS 9 1 Backup 71 9 The backup status is displayed in the Mass Device Backup dialog Check that Completed is displayed and click the Close button Ö ...

Page 74: ...ton cannot be clicked A matched IP address is not set The code reader is connected with SetupTool A valid configuration source is not specified The restoring procedure is shown as below Select the Home tab Click Restore Select a code reader to restore Select Configuration File from the Configuration Source section and click the file specification button on the right side of the item Ó Ô Õ Ò ...

Page 75: ...est Backup To restore with the newest backup file among the backup files of the selected code reader Factory Defaults To restore values to the factory defaults The Backups folder is displayed and each folder with the name of the code reader is displayed The previously saved backup files are stored within each folder Select a backup file to be used for restoration among the backup files Check that ...

Page 76: ...estoring communication settings click the Restore with network settings button from the submenu of the Restore button The restoring status is displayed in the Restoring Devices dialog Check that Completed is displayed and click the Close button ...

Page 77: ...firmware The procedure for updating a firmware is shown as below Select the Home tab Click Update Firmware Select a code reader to update the firmware Click the file specification button on the right side of Firmware File Specify a firmware file a GZ file in the file selection dialog to be displayed Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö ...

Page 78: ...76 9 HOME TAB FUNCTIONS 9 3 Update Firmware Check that the selected firmware file is correct according to the displayed file name and click the Upload Firmware button ...

Page 79: ...NS 9 4 Language Settings 77 9 9 4 Language Settings SetupTool can switch a language between Japanese and English The procedure for switching a language in SetupTool is shown as below Select the Home tab Click Options Ò Ó ...

Page 80: ... FUNCTIONS 9 4 Language Settings Select Language in the Options screen to be displayed Click the OK button in the information dialog to be displayed Click the OK button in the Options screen Restart SetupTool Ô Õ Ö ...

Page 81: ...t setting the second setting is used and if the reading is failed the third setting is used and so on When the code is read successfully during the process the reading ends at that time and no further reading is performed Additionally the code can be trained for each setting The procedure for setting read setups is shown as below Select Read Setups in the Settings tab Current setting information i...

Page 82: ... existing settings and add new settings Setup 1 is added For changing each parameter of the added settings change the settings on the table displayed in the Read Setups screen as indicated in the procedure Alternatively the settings can be changed by clicking the icon of each setting in each application step screen or in the Settings tab When tuning the code reader in each read setup setting it mu...

Page 83: ...last code is read using Setup 1 the next code reading will be started using Setup1 at first Setup 0 A code is always read by determined settings A setting to be used at first can be selected When Setup 2 is selected among Setup 0 1 2 and 3 the execution order of the read setups will be Setup 2 3 0 1 Note that the order can be changed from the Change Order icon ...

Page 84: ...hether or not the acquired image satisfies a quality guideline which is defined by the code quality standard For further information on the specific code quality standard and metrics refer to DataMan Communications and Programming Guide Select Code Quality from the Settings tab Ò ...

Page 85: ... Matrix in this example By clicking the Trigger button to acquire an image and read the code the result is displayed in the Code Quality screen The reading result can be output with the whole grades or the grade of each item being added For details refer to Appendix 8 Adding code quality results grades Ó Ô ...

Page 86: ...g Results Using FTP CF Series can transfer and save images from successful reads unsuccessful reads or both as well as read results to an external location using FTP The following describes the method of saving images which cannot be read and saving code reading information Select Buffering and Transfer from the Settings tab Ò ...

Page 87: ... A Saving an image which cannot be read Configure the following settings What Results to Buffer No Read What Images to Buffer for a Result Auto No Read Image Mode No Read Image Period Size Full Format Bitmap Set Full and Bitmap to save the image for reproducing the phenomenon Ó ...

Page 88: ...ormally 21 Username and Password File Name Set a file name to be used as an image default file name Additionally when storing the file in a different place from the root directory set a path name together When saving the file in the test folder under the root folder test image Max Append Value Set the maximum number of files can be saved The initial value is 999 Change the value as necessary Trans...

Page 89: ...g to the FTP server to be used Server Address FTP port normally 21 Username and Password File Name Set a file name to be used as a result txt default file name Additionally when storing the file in a different place from the root directory set a path name together When saving the file in the test folder under the root folder test result txt Select the checkbox of Enable Result Transfer via FTP Õ Ö...

Page 90: ...g Tune Light Banks tuning with the set lightening pattern is executed Focus adjustment in Tune may be failed if a work is a 3D object Additionally a specific code may not be tuned when multiple codes are present within the reading range The corrective action for these cases can be taken by adjusting the reading region The right image shows works with different height that are captured on the right...

Page 91: ...e focus liquid lens Exclude Ambient Light Results By enabling the setting the pattern setting that keeps all the code reader lights turned OFF reading codes using ambient light is not selected When disabling Train Code After Tuning which is above the Live button a code is not trained after tuning Whether or not a code is trained successfully can be checked by a completion message displayed in the ...

Page 92: ...90 APPX Appendix 5 Supplemental Remarks for Tuning 2 MEMO ...

Page 93: ...sure time of this code reader is 200 000 s 200 ms When executing tuning with the initial setting for a CF26 Series type using a polarized filter LR at the end of the type name note that the maximum value may be set for the exposure time It is important to execute tuning after optimizing the maximum exposure time Restricting the maximum exposure time Click Application Details of Application Steps E...

Page 94: ...92 APPX Appendix 6 Tuning After Optimizing Maximum Exposure Time Enter a value of each required parameter and click Save and Close Ó ...

Page 95: ...plication Steps Adjust values of Exposure and Gain Factor Image filtering Image Filtering performs filtering processing on an acquired image and adjusts the image for making it easy to be read It is recommended to use only when a code is very difficult to be read It is based on the conditions such as lightening patterns including installation conditions and external lights of reading codes without...

Page 96: ...reading DataMatrix codes By selecting a code to be read for No Read Image DataMatrix in this example a filtered image is displayed even when code reading is failed Frequently used filter types Dilate An image with a bright part being dilated Erode An image with a dark part being dilated Stretch To enlarge a difference of brightness and darkness of an image When increasing the Low value the gray co...

Page 97: ...code is Data Matrix Select the Format Data of Application Steps and select the checkbox of Standard for Data Matrix Click Standard to move to the link Add Used Read Setup from Data When two read setups are trained and a code is read with the first read setup setting read data is output with 0 being added to the data For the second read setup 1 added to the read data In the example above Used Read ...

Page 98: ...ta to Result String By doing so data is output by adding the data of each quality item to a reading result The display example is shown below A read result only With selecting the checkbox Data prefix abbreviation data report when a grade is set With selecting the checkbox Data prefix abbreviation data report when a grade is set The checkbox of Output Overall Grade can also be selected when adding...

Page 99: ... whose the IP address is automatically set using DHCP Start SetupTool Click Repair Support on the left side of the SetupTool screen and select a code reader icon displayed under the Network section After the setting status of the code reader IP address is displayed on the right side of the screen check that Use Static IP Address is selected Select Use DHCP Server Click the Apply button Wait for th...

Page 100: ...e same way as a regular device However all settings are read only and therefore the settings cannot be changed and operated The virtual device is mainly used for checking the content of a saved configuration file in SetupTool Select Repair Support in the Home tab and select Add Virtual Device Select either Create device from configuration file or Create a device with factory defaults and click the...

Page 101: ...splayed on the code reader icon Ô Ô Ô Ô Õ When Create device from configuration file is selected When Create a device with factory defaults is selected After selecting a configuration file select a model and click the Finish button Set Device Name Device Type Firmware Version and Model and then click the Finish button ...

Page 102: ...ader or programmable controller side This section shows a procedure to specify a range using a string of 10 characters 1234567890 On a code reader side When specifying an output range on a code reader side use SetupTool Setting an output range of a character string Select the Format Data of Application Steps and select the checkbox of Standard for a code to be set Click Standard to move to the lin...

Page 103: ...haracters Enter 3 Click the Add button The specified output range is displayed Ex Output range from the 1st to 3rd characters Sub string 3 is displayed Click the Test button in Output Options A string based on the specified output range is displayed Ex Output range from the 1st to 3rd characters 123 is displayed Output range Sub string range From the 1st to 3rd characters 3 From the 2nd to 5th cha...

Page 104: ... any characters from a decoded character string Input a trigger and a character string of the set range is output in the screen and Result Ex Output range from the 1st to 3rd characters Ex Output range from the 2nd to 5th characters ...

Page 105: ...ndix 11 Outputting any characters from a decoded character string 103 A Ex Output range from the 8th to last characters To add CR LF at the end of an output data select the checkbox of CR LF for Terminating Text ...

Page 106: ...Setting data Description range data type Applicable devices Ladder ST ENO MIDR EN s1 s2 d ENO MIDRP EN s1 s2 d FBD LD Instruction Execution condition MIDR MIDRP Operand Description Rang e Data type Data type label s1 Character string or the start device containing the character string Character string ANYSTRING_SINGLE d Start device for storing the character string data of the operation result Cha...

Page 107: ... specified by s2 5th character Error code SD0 Description 2820H There is no NULL code 00H in each setting area in the device label memory in the device specified by s1 and later 3405H The number of characters of the character string in the device specified by s1 exceeds 16383 An out of range value is set to s2 The value in the device specified by s2 is 0 or less The value in the device specified b...

Page 108: ... 2nd to 5th characters Turn ON M11 A string of the 2nd to 5th characters 2345 is displayed in D1035 and later When outputting a string from the 8th to last characters Turn ON M12 A string of the 8th to last characters 890 is displayed in D1035 and later Device Description D5 Location of the first extracted character D6 D5 1 Number of extracted characters However 1 means the number of characters fr...

Page 109: ...modified parts Section 6 8 Appendix 11 May 2021 BCN P5999 1258 C Added or modified parts Section 1 1 Section 1 2 Section 2 1 Section 4 1 Section 5 2 Section 8 6 Appendix 11 This manual confers no industrial property rights or any rights of any other kind nor does it confer any patent licenses Mitsubishi Electric Corporation cannot be held responsible for any problems involving industrial property ...

Page 110: ...ered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Cognex and DataMan are registered trademarks of Cognex Corporation The company names system names and product names mentioned in this manual are either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies In some cases trademark symbols such as or are not specified in this manual ...

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