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P/N 84-9310015-02 Rev A

LVS

7500 External System

Operations Manual

Summary of Contents for LVS 7500

Page 1: ...P N 84 9310015 02 Rev A LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual...

Page 2: ...used We state herein that we are using the names to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement GS1 Solution Partner Disclaimer The information and specifications described in...

Page 3: ...stration 10 Log On 21 About 21 Create a New Job 22 Automatic Setup 24 Manual Setup 27 Load an Existing Job 79 Operate Screen Ready to Run 80 Make Ready Mode 81 Operate Screen Running the Job 82 Error...

Page 4: ...the system If unsure check with your dealer or local utility provider Do not place the AC power cord where it can be stepped on If the AC power cord becomes damaged or frayed replace it immediately A...

Page 5: ...ing to any standard Barcode Verification The LVS 7500 External System verifies decodes and grades 1D linear and 2D two dimensional codes including ECC 200 Data Matrix Composite QR Code PDF 417 and Mic...

Page 6: ...oes not distinguish between touching overlapping characters thus characters must not touch or overlap The LVS 7500 External System reads and or verifies uppercase characters only Optical Character Ver...

Page 7: ...n where they are able to create a new job or load an existing job as shown in step 3 below Refer to Appendix F Automatic Login for more information on using the Automatic Login feature 2 Click the Log...

Page 8: ...3 Click the Create a NEW job button to create a new job Refer to the Create a New Job section for complete instructions on creating a new job Click the Load an EXISTING job button to load an existing...

Page 9: ...ing the LVS 7500 External System software the Welcome screen appears see below This screen allows you to log in to the LVS 7500 External System as described in the previous section and access the foll...

Page 10: ...ion Description Data Backup or restore jobs Calibration Calibrate the LVS 7500 External System Operators Select operator permissions Review Audit Trail Review an audit trail of all activity performed...

Page 11: ...s LVS 7500 Jobs o Windows 7 C Users User Login Name AppData Roaming Label Vision Systems LVS 7500 Jobs Data Backup To backup copy jobs from the Jobs directory to a different folder drive or network lo...

Page 12: ...to the Jobs directory follow the steps below 1 Select Administration Data Restore from the menu bar The following screen appears 2 On the left side select the folder s you want to restore Multiple fo...

Page 13: ...ion is required to keep the LVS 7500 External System in a standard imaging configuration To calibrate the LVS 7500 External System you need an Omron Microscan calibration card in perfect condition wit...

Page 14: ...Operations Manual Page 14 of 129 3 Place the white portion on the calibration card in the field of view The entire image should appear white Click Continue The following page appears Step by step cali...

Page 15: ...xternal System Operations Manual Page 15 of 129 4 Place the calibration card under the camera so that as many barcodes are within the field of view as possible The system displays the ANSII parameters...

Page 16: ...ct the calibration card carefully for damages and impurities If the problem still persists contact Omron Microscan for technical assistance 7 Click the Save calibration and exit button to save the cal...

Page 17: ...129 Review Calibration History 1 Click Review calibration history 2 The CSV file viewer page appears see below which is time stamped provides the operator ID and displays the before and after calibra...

Page 18: ...short name Operator name full name Password Each password must consist of the following o At least 8 characters o At least 1 letter from A to Z o At least 1 number from 0 to 9 Select the desired permi...

Page 19: ...e NEW Job Allows the operator to create edit delete a job Allow Load EXISTING Job Allows the operator to load existing jobs Note that you are not allowed to edit existing jobs Allow Calibration Allows...

Page 20: ...report Click Exit to exit the audit trail report and return to the Welcome screen Windows Desktop When enabled Windows desktop allows a user who has been granted permission rights to access the Windo...

Page 21: ...System Operations Manual Page 21 of 129 Log On The Log On menu bar feature allows you to log in or log out of the LVS 7500 External System About The About menu bar feature allows you to view the LVS 7...

Page 22: ...ector types After this automated process is complete the system will be at the Step 7 Save Job to Disk screen where the user is able to enter a job name and description Manual Setup Guides the user th...

Page 23: ...LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 23 of 129 Manual Setup...

Page 24: ...nal System Operations Manual Page 24 of 129 Automatic Setup Follow the steps below to use the Automatic Setup feature 1 Click the Create a NEW Job button on the Welcome Screen see below 2 Select Yes w...

Page 25: ...abel s Note that pressing the F12 button on your keyboard allows you to run or freeze images 2 Click Show more until you can see a complete label with at least a quarter label either above or below th...

Page 26: ...cross the roll and also detects and creates sectors around any 1D or 2D barcodes in each label 5 Enter the name of the job in the Job name field 6 Optional Enter a job description in the Description f...

Page 27: ...and synchronization must be performed while the roll is moving It is recommended that the roll moves slowly so that waste and uninspected material in minimized The LVS 7500 External System uses an en...

Page 28: ...millimeter mm fields 4 Click the Apply button or click the Undo button to clear the values entered into the Desired column 5 You may choose to change the Display Size Options include 0 Normal 20 Norm...

Page 29: ...ng This process emulates the effect generated by a traditional Photo Optic trigger The principal is simple enough to understand with some pictorial illustrations The LVS 7500 External System takes the...

Page 30: ...especially when unevenly spaced Now following the same principal going down in columns from top to bottom we get a picture that looks like this see below This example has much less definition through...

Page 31: ...than doing the entire image Keeping it as small as possible is the best rule of thumb though sometimes it may need to be large in order to accomplish the goal As another rule of thumb if your label h...

Page 32: ...slice position slide bar to the desired location Then press Synchronize The system can also perform the above steps automatically to find the best sync position and width Click the Synchronize Automa...

Page 33: ...the full resolution image that has not been altered The slide bar to the right and below this image will allow the operator to view other parts of the image Right click on the full resolution image to...

Page 34: ...a sector being drawn around a barcode Draw a Sector 1 Click on one corner of the area you wish to inspect and drag the mouse while holding down the left click button This action will cause the softwa...

Page 35: ...ck within the desired sector that is located within a blue box the sector bounding box then turns red 2 Press the Ctrl button on your keyboard while using your mouse to select the additional sectors E...

Page 36: ...tions Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 36 of 129 Multiple sectors can be copied and moved to other labels This is helpful when an operator has to check the same information on di...

Page 37: ...llowing sector types are available Barcode read Barcode grade OCR read OCV verify Blemish If a sector is deactivated please contact your Omron Microscan representative to activate the desired sector t...

Page 38: ...ap The LVS 7500 External System reads and or verifies uppercase characters only Direction Description Left to right Reads characters from left to right Typically this is the desired direction Top to b...

Page 39: ...on how to set up a job using that specific sector type Sector Type 1 Barcode read This sector is used to validate a 1D or 2D barcode label The LVS 7500 External System inspects the barcode image to de...

Page 40: ...in the Scoring box see below 4 Click the right arrow button Scoring Box The Scoring box allows you to choose an acceptable grade from 0 0 to 4 0 The following fields appear in the Scoring box Warning...

Page 41: ...e Create Learn Edit button See the section below for more information b Additional options include Invert white chars on black tells the sector to look for white characters on a dark background PrePro...

Page 42: ...LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 42 of 129 4 Click the right arrow button...

Page 43: ...font must be loaded or created To load a font from a specific location click the Load font from hard disk button see A in the above screenshot Locate the desired font and then click Open To create a...

Page 44: ...eturn to the original image view Rotate Click to rotate the image The image rotates each time the button is clicked Learn Characters Used when training letters or numbers This button is described in m...

Page 45: ...around the alphanumeric string in the training image view Click the Learn characters button The trained alphanumeric string appears in the top field When all changes are complete click the Save font...

Page 46: ...r See example below Click the Reset selected characters only button The character disappears see below Note If you do not select this button the software averages the character in the top text field w...

Page 47: ...a box around the letter or digit in the training image view see below Note that the training image in the screenshot below appears larger after clicking the Zoom In button Click the Learn characters b...

Page 48: ...al System Operations Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 48 of 129 When all changes are complete click the Save font to hard disk button In the window save the font to the desired f...

Page 49: ...n b Additional options include Invert white chars on black tells the sector to look for white characters on a dark background PreProcess for noise reduces noise and background contrast variances Dilat...

Page 50: ...score is said to pass inspection and vice versa If the Actual score is less than the Passing score then the inspection has failed and alarms can be set to alert the operator Actual The Actual number r...

Page 51: ...en appears 2 The software automatically learns the first image it sees after the first sector has been drawn If the image is not the correct one or you would like to put a different image into the fie...

Page 52: ...o variation of the gray scale values In other words a setting of 0 will pass everything that is defined as Foreground print and a setting of 100 will pass nothing The operator will need to adjust this...

Page 53: ...If the current blemish is less than the Blemish Size Tolerance setting and if the ratio of the current blemish size to the Blemish Size Tolerance setting is greater than the warning percentage then t...

Page 54: ...rmal Error This view allows the user to see errors as they occur The user usually uses this screen to find the errors and then goes to the Normal Ignore screen to draw the ignore sections Error Only T...

Page 55: ...settings to a particular job or to all new jobs created See the Permissions section for more information on administrator permissions Welcome Screen Overview section Administration section Operators...

Page 56: ...or rights can configure the preset configuration settings 1 Use the slider bar to adjust the sensitivity or size tolerance settings for the foreground background and die cut settings 2 When settings a...

Page 57: ...ration setting Click Med to apply the blemish settings to the medium preset configuration setting Click High to apply the blemish settings to the high preset configuration setting Click Cancel set to...

Page 58: ...on the Step 4 Define sector type Blemish settings screen Click Low to adjust the blemish settings to the Low configuration settings as defined by a user with administrator rights Click Med to adjust...

Page 59: ...ngth or a Wrong Length error will constantly be encountered Field Mask Teaches the sector what type of character to expect for each position within a string There are three possibilities for each char...

Page 60: ...rementing by a different amount you can select the amount to increment in the Step list box If the sequence is a combination of alpha and numeric then select the Base numbering system Prompt When Run...

Page 61: ...nter a report label such as a name for the sector The name entered in this field appears on the Summary Report and acts as a unique user defined identifier of that particular sector This field is not...

Page 62: ...FORE Global Copy In Label 1 below sector 3 is matched to sector 1 In Label 2 below there are no sectors matched to sector 2 Labels AFTER Global Copy After sector 3 is copied to Label 2 sector 4 is cre...

Page 63: ...s The format of the file must be as follows The format of the file must be a comma separated values CSV file The order in which the data is stored is matched to the sector number in lowest to highest...

Page 64: ...em Operations Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 64 of 129 01111142 11111110 01111137 11111110 01111101 11111110 01111129 11111110 01111138 11111110 01111199 11111110 01111172 1111...

Page 65: ...displays error specific I O information If using this configuration see the Alarm Matrix Error Condition View section below This view is configured in the LVS7500 ini file Alarm matrix section UsePas...

Page 66: ...ected to the Yellow light Line 3 Connected to the Red light Line 4 Connected to the Blue light The 5 columns on this screen are listed below Column Description Condition Lists the various error condit...

Page 67: ...orkload is present Record button Clicking this button records the rewinder printer activity and saves the findings to the LVS7500 ini file Recent ramp down distances in inches These distances are used...

Page 68: ...hold Delta E settings are defined in the Sector Type 8 Delta E section DU Duplicate A DU appears when the character string has been read before in the job that you are running The Check for Duplicates...

Page 69: ...rs within the image The system compares to the associated record in the datafile Not only did the record not match the datafile but it was also out of the range of numbers that the datafile contains T...

Page 70: ...previous number one This is most often caused be a miscommunication that causes one or more numbers within a sequence to be skipped or repeated an unconnected RS 232 cable or user error on starting nu...

Page 71: ...in the LVS7500 ini file Alarm matrix section UsePassFailMethod 1 Setting Description Trigger input This feature is currently unavailable PASS output If the inspection passes it will output on the spec...

Page 72: ...rm Matrix Pass Fail view additional functionality is available when the following settings are enabled in the LVS7500 ini file UsePassFailMethod 1 5and UseAcknowledgementIO 1 Example Alarm matrix UseA...

Page 73: ...l is triggered Additionally once a fail has been triggered every subsequent inspection will trigger a FAIL Output until reset is triggered Even if the subsequent inspection passes only the FAIL Output...

Page 74: ...enter a description or additional job details in the Description field 3 If desired click the Job Report button to generate an LVS 7500 Job Report which shows the settings for all created sectors See...

Page 75: ...External System Operations Manual Page 75 of 129 LVS 7500 Job Report The LVS 7500 Job Report shows the settings for all created sectors The LVS 7500 Job Report appears only in Internet Explorer or Fir...

Page 76: ...llows you to replicate the setting changes in the same sector across all labels Global copy works with Automatic or Manual setup Location of Global Copy button The Global Copy button is visible on the...

Page 77: ...sectors same sectors in different lanes The user is on the final step of setting up the sector type To define comparable sectors the same sectors in different lanes the sectors must Have the same sec...

Page 78: ...ctor The LVS 7500 External System only creates the number of labels defined in the Labels per repeat field on the Step 1 Set label repeat screen see below Use Global Copy to Edit Sectors The example b...

Page 79: ...the job file names Description Description of each job file Job file date The date the job file was created Last run file Highest run number in the existing job Last run file date Last run file date...

Page 80: ...s Edit Job Click to change the current job settings If a password was used you must enter the correct password for the job Only operators who are granted the Allow Create NEW Job permission is allowed...

Page 81: ...erform Simulate how the job created will work in live setting Test any changes made Test the system without triggering any output signals that might affect the rewinder thermal printer After clicking...

Page 82: ...he speed is too high CPU Shows the CPU Usage A warning message appears if the CPU usage is too high Die Cut The Die Cut is tracked for movement from the original position this is in the green center M...

Page 83: ...to 10 images per second as the printer is running Live Reports Log A log will appear overlaid onto the Operate Screen when the operator clicks inside a sector This log represents what the software se...

Page 84: ...e of the label After checking this box a blue box appears in the full web image view Use your mouse to move the blue box over any portion of the label and then a magnified image appears in the top rig...

Page 85: ...corner of the screen indicating the system is in Bypass mode All repeats during Bypass appear in pink in the Reports QC File Viewer IMPORTANT The DontProcessDuringBypass setting within the System sec...

Page 86: ...s Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 86 of 129 DontProcessDuringBypass 0 indicates the LVS 7500 will process sectors during bypass and will highlight all errors in the Reports QC F...

Page 87: ...al System Operations Manual Page 87 of 129 DontProcessDuringBypass 1 indicates the LVS 7500 will not process sectors during bypass and will not check for errors All bypassed repeats in the Reports QC...

Page 88: ...parameters click the Hide Barcode Stats button this removes the barcode parameters from the screen and enlarges the barcode image Note After clicking the Hide Barcode Stats button the name changes to...

Page 89: ...he error will be removed from the errors list The log file will also show an OK for every instance of this error The ignore area is yellow if you edit the blemish sector In the LVS7500 ini file when R...

Page 90: ...ons section within the Operators section for more information on permissions Hide Barcode Stats Click this button to hide the barcode parameters on the screen and enlarge the barcode image After click...

Page 91: ...ews are available on the screen Golden Displays the golden image Toggle Toggles between the golden image and actual image Actual Displays the actual blemish image Only a single image of the error is d...

Page 92: ...arated File This format is a text file where fields are delimited by commas and records are delimited by a CR LF pair It is a standard interchange format for taking raw data and populating a database...

Page 93: ...LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 93 of 129 Sample Reports Errors Only Report...

Page 94: ...LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 94 of 129 Run Log...

Page 95: ...LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 95 of 129 1D Grade Details View 1D grade details by double clicking on a job in the 1D grading column...

Page 96: ...ual Blemish image is on the right Button Definitions Button Description Previous Error Moves upward from the current file location to the next error Next Error Moves downward from the current file loc...

Page 97: ...can be accessed by clicking on the Summary Report button when viewing a log file The report gives a summation of the entire job and each sector s settings and parameters It also shows example images w...

Page 98: ...e following supplies Dishwashing liquid 1 cup of water Lint free cloth WARNING Use only dishwashing liquid to clean the rubber roller Do not clean the roller with alcohol window cleaner or petroleum b...

Page 99: ...cable is not plugged in or is damaged The Readhead has lost power The Readhead to LVS 7500 interface cables are not plugged in or are damaged System is acquiring every other label The label repeat is...

Page 100: ...ons Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 100 of 129 Mechanical Diagrams All technical drawings are copyrighted in respect to their manufacture All respected trademark rights are rese...

Page 101: ...her side is connected to a 24VDC through a resistor Line 4 D4 is the STOP MOTION signal and is hard wired to a relay K1 All sections listed under the Trigger columns that show Line 4 will activate rel...

Page 102: ...r Directions 1 USB 5VDC Not used 2 Normally open relay contact RED Active Low 5VDC Signal 3 Common relay contact BLACK Jumper to Pin 5 Ground 4 Normally closed relay contact WHITE Not used CN5 Stop Mo...

Page 103: ...eed LinesPerInch is the product of dividing the encoder s pulses per revolution by the circumference of the encoder wheel This number is used to correctly gauge label repeat PageBreaks are used to let...

Page 104: ...ms do not stop UseAcknowledgementIO 1 UsePassFailMethod 0 Aperture Settings The aperture settings are used to calculate barcode grading These should not be changed by a customer unless requested by an...

Page 105: ...oreQuit 50 MaxThumbnailsPerSector 4 ScrollMax 0 125 ShowDieCutCrossHatch 0 ShowMatrixDieCutControls 0 SquareSize 4 TargetDPI 100 TrackMotion 0 WanderX 6 WanderY 6 Blemish Extra These settings control...

Page 106: ...0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Debug Debug is not user configurable and should not be altered unless requested by an Omron Microscan representative Debug Mode 0 Encoder Parameters The Encoder pa...

Page 107: ...ng and low when the system is not running o SetRunStatusOutput 0 disables the output signal o SetRunStatusOutput 1 and any number up to 8 sets the output signal to high ShowRollerOnReverse determines...

Page 108: ...chronized label 2 3 4 5 Save every label multiple of ex 2 every other 3 every third etc synchronized ImageSaver Path SaveLabelRepeat 0 Store Jobs to a Different Location To store jobs to a different l...

Page 109: ...g 1 saves only OCR error images with scores o Debug 2 saves all OCR images with scores DontForceRatio2to3 Most OCR fonts have a width height ratio of 2 3 Some fonts do not If the font is twice as tall...

Page 110: ...rinter Width tells the software where to print a barcode when tagging the end of a roll Printer Width 700 Simulation Simulation is a tool for training or demonstration of system capabilities by using...

Page 111: ...nderX and WanderY control how far individual pixels are allowed to move in relation to the rest of the streak void line This is different from controlling how far the entire streak void line can move...

Page 112: ...7500 navigation easier when using a touch screen monitor BypassSignalDelay sets delay in inches from the moment the bypass signal is received until the bypass command is activated CameraSpeedWarning t...

Page 113: ...mbnails is the amount of thumbnail images that will be stored MaxTriggerGap causes an error if photo eye triggers have stopped after a certain distance Do not alter this setting unless instructed by a...

Page 114: ...or MakeReady to appear across the top left corner of the screen o ShowStatusAlert 0 disables the flashing screens and scrolling text o ShowStatusAlert 1 enables the flashing screens and scrolling text...

Page 115: ...itoring of the Turret Cutsignal Input line Activated on LOW signal It will effectively stop logging for a roll and begin another System A5Follows 34 AcceptReplaceInputTimer 0 AddMissingTriggers 0 Auto...

Page 116: ...stem o Enter off if the LVS 7500 is not connecting to another system Note that all remaining settings such as Host Port1 Port2 etc do not apply if the LVS 7500 is not connecting to another system Host...

Page 117: ...are using the normal LVS 7500 software with enhanced tracking features Below are a couple of steps that highlight the LVS 7500 ePedigree process 1 When drawing a sector over a 2D Data Matrix code mak...

Page 118: ...al System Operations Manual Page 118 of 129 2 Choose the Check for Duplicates option to make sure that the barcode s encoded data is unique for this job or the sect When running the job a DU error wil...

Page 119: ...29 3 Draw an OCR sector around the human readable characters and let it match its corresponding barcode In this example we have to start matching OCR at position 17 of the barcode because the barcode...

Page 120: ...that are upgrading from a previous software version to version 5 6 3 or higher o Windows XP C Program Files Label Vision Systems LVS 7500 o Windows 7 C Users User Login Name AppData Roaming Label Visi...

Page 121: ...images although the on screen images may not immediately update 9 Stop the Job and close the software then stop the printer 10 Navigate to the Image Capturing folder that was created earlier and the...

Page 122: ...n Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8 1 Professional operating systems C LvsData LVS 7500 For systems that are upgrading from a previous software version to version 5 6 3 or higher o Windows XP C Pro...

Page 123: ...r the job is loaded click the Start New Run button and jog the printer for a desired amount of images Each label repeat should be a full image 12 Stop the printer 13 Stop the Job and close the softwar...

Page 124: ...al System Operations Manual Page 124 of 129 Appendix D Upgrading Software 1 After receiving the LVS 7500 software files to download open the zip folder and double click the Setup exe icon see below 2...

Page 125: ...ons Manual LVS 7500 External System Operations Manual Page 125 of 129 3 Click Install to begin installation see below 4 After clicking the Install button the InstallShield Wizard begins installation a...

Page 126: ...screenshots below LVS7500 ini file locations For new installations of software version 5 6 3 on Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8 1 Professional operating systems C LvsData LVS 7500 Lvs7500 ini For...

Page 127: ...files line by line against each other see below Change the values in the LVS7500 ini file to reflect the same values in the Original LVS7500 ini file DO NOT change values in the Original LVS7500 ini f...

Page 128: ...stem compares the current Windows user name to the list of LVS 7500 operator names If there is a match and if the operator s LVS 7500 password is set to AUTO then the user will automatically be logged...

Page 129: ...etup in the LVS 7500 software 9 Open the LVS 7500 software The user should automatically be logged in and the Create a New Job or Load an Existing Job screen is visible The user is not prompted to ent...

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