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VA6x User’s Reference

405-00022-00

Rev 06; 7 April 2011

Appendix B. Using Photo-Sensors

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Appendix C. Sherlock Digital I/O Assignments

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Appendix D. Non-Standard Options

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Current Sourcing PNP Output

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Appendix E. Genie Camera Setup

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Verify or Set the Camera IP Address

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Verify or Update the Camera Firmware

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Camera Configuration Settings

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Device Name

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Packet Size

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Color Mode

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White Balance

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Trigger and Strobe

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Gain

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Exposure Time

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Saving Your Camera Settings

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Sherlock Configuration Files

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Changing the Camera Order

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Distributed Network Configurations

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iNspect/iLabel

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Sherlock

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Changing Out Cameras

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Sherlock

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iNspect/iLabel

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Appendix F. DCI-100 Camera Interface Module

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Connectors

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Features

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Cables Available

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Power

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Logic Thresholds

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Serial Connector

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Camera Connectors

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Input Connector

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Output Connector

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Summary of Contents for VA61

Page 1: ...Vision Appliances VA61 GigE Camera Vision Appliance User s Reference Manual 405 00022 00 Rev 06 7 April 2011 ...

Page 2: ...others of all or any part of this manual and the related docu mentation are prohibited except with the express written consent of Teledyne DALSA Incorporated The information in this document is subject to change without notice Teledyne DALSA Incorporated makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents of this manual and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchanta...

Page 3: ...ation of Conformity This product has been tested to comply with the EC Directive for a class B digital device It has been tested and found to comply with EN55022 CISPR22 CFR 21 Part 11 This product provides the tools needed for users to implement an auditing program that could be in compliance with CFR21 Part 11 System and software backup and restore Acronis True Image software System software sec...

Page 4: ... the NTFS file system may cause corruption of the Windows boot sector under continuous image logging to the C partition Use the D partition for image logging ElectroStatic Discharge Avoid the damage that ESD can cause Never expose the internal electronics to a potentially haz ardous environment by opening the enclosure Doing so may cause serious damage User Service Warning This product has no fiel...

Page 5: ... 11 2 Before You Begin 12 Product Verification 12 Environmental Requirements 12 3 Support and Maintenance 13 Support 13 Documentation 13 IPD Website 13 Factory Support 13 Maintenance 13 4 Product Overview 14 Product Description 14 Typical Applications 14 Components 15 5 Installation 16 Pre Installation Checks 16 Interface Specifications 16 Camera Connections 17 Camera Settings 17 Camera Exposure C...

Page 6: ...rlock Function 25 Mounting Options 26 VA61 Chassis 26 Cameras 27 Breakout Module 27 Installation 28 Camera Configuration 30 iNspect iLabel 30 Sherlock 30 Troubleshooting 30 Software 32 VA Genie Camera Setup 32 Sapera CamExpert 33 SaperaLT Runtime 33 Genie Framework 33 Sherlock 34 Sapera Acquisition Wizard 34 iNspect iLabel 34 Acronis True Image 34 Appendix A Connectors and Pinouts 35 Camera Power ...

Page 7: ...n Settings 46 Device Name 47 Packet Size 48 Color Mode 48 White Balance 49 Trigger and Strobe 50 Gain 53 Exposure Time 54 Saving Your Camera Settings 55 Sherlock Configuration Files 57 Changing the Camera Order 57 Distributed Network Configurations 59 iNspect iLabel 60 Sherlock 61 Changing Out Cameras 61 Sherlock 61 iNspect iLabel 62 Appendix F DCI 100 Camera Interface Module 63 Connectors 63 Feat...

Page 8: ...s for Opto Isolation Breakout 24 Camera Control Pinout 35 Ethernet Pinout 36 Power Connector Pinout 36 I O Connector Definitions 37 Ethernet Pinout 38 USB Pinout 38 Display Pinout 39 Serial Pinout 39 Default Digital I O Definitions 41 IPD DCI 100 Threshold Control Assignments 64 IPD DCI 100 Serial Port Pinout 65 IPD DCI 100 Camera Connector Pinout 65 IPD DCI 100 Input Connector Pinout 66 IPD DCI 1...

Page 9: ...ed Breakout Board 27 Figure 13 VA61 Installation 29 Figure 14 Camera Power and I O Connectors 35 Figure 15 Power Connector 36 Figure 16 I O Connector 37 Figure 17 Ethernet and USB Connectors 38 Figure 18 Photosensor Connections 40 Figure 19 PNP Sourcing Outputs 42 Figure 20 Genie Camera Status 43 Figure 21 VA Genie Camera Setup Utility 44 Figure 22 Ports in VA Genie Camera Setup 44 Figure 23 Firmw...

Page 10: ...1 Figure 34 Exposure Control 54 Figure 35 Camera Information Tab 55 Figure 36 Save Settings 55 Figure 37 Saving and Naming Configuration File 56 Figure 38 Sapera Camera Acquisition Wizard 58 Figure 39 DCI 100 Connectors 64 Figure 40 DCI 100 and Dimensions 67 ...

Page 11: ...ents encased within an alu minum chassis provide the basis for a powerful industrial vision system About This Manual This manual will assist you with the installation and setup of your Vision Appliance product and the inspection software It describes what the product supports and how to connect the external interfaces If your Vision Appliance questions are not answered in this reference please con...

Page 12: ...For reliable operation this product should be operated within the following environmental con ditions Stable ambient temperature from 10 C to 45 C Relative humidity to 90 non condensing Stable ambient lighting No excessive vibration or mechanical shock No contact with corrosive agents No liquid splash Dust and dirt controlled regular maintenance checks CAUTION The enclosure includes air intake hol...

Page 13: ...78 670 2002 700 Technology Park Drive FAX 1 978 670 2010 Billerica MA 01821 Email support ipd teledynedalsa com Internet http www teledynedalsa com ipd To assist our staff in supporting you better please have the following information available 1 Name of Teledyne DALSA representative who sold you the product 2 Serial number of the unit 3 Description of how the product is being used application and...

Page 14: ...ed by each of the cameras Once configured with acceptable tolerances the device is ready to start in specting In inspect mode results and images are posted to the local display continuously At the same time outputs control downstream part handling and results are communicated to related equipment via RS 232 or Ethernet The VA61 accommodates both translation X Y and 360 rotation of parts While fixt...

Page 15: ... on page 35 VDC 24 Breakout Module detector Kicker 2 1 2 1 Figure 1 VA61 Installation NOTE Not all of the physical interfaces are used by the VA61 software They are however avail able to the user for interfacing with third party products if required CAUTION The enclosure includes air intake holes at the rear of the unit and a small exhaust fan on the front For the continued reliability of the syst...

Page 16: ...ated cable s d C Mount Lens for each camera e 24VDC power supply f Light Source cable and power supply if necessary g Sensor trigger and cable if required h I O breakout hardware Interface Specifications Before attempting installation familiarize yourself with the various hardware interfaces detailed below Camera Control Industrial I O DC Power Mouse Keyboard Network Port 2 USB Serial Display Came...

Page 17: ...ble speed capabilities Sherlock supports 2 asynchronous cameras iNspect and iLabel solutions support synchronous cameras multiple cameras in a single Solution must be synchronous iNspect and iLabel do not support color cameras Recommended Camera List The following cameras are offered by Teledyne DALSA Consult Teledyne DALSA for alternate choices if required Model Type Resolution Full frame speed G...

Page 18: ... DALSA pro vides the Sherlock camera I O instructions Sapera CamExpert utility and iNspect iLabel Sensor Setup panel for programming camera settings Camera Exposure Control The Genie camera has programmable Exposure Time For digital cameras programming the ex posure time yields better control and results than pulse width controlled exposure commonly used to control the exposure in analog cameras T...

Page 19: ...ternal lighting control equipment through the 25 pin Industrial I O connector NOTE iNspect iLabel and Sherlock assume IN2 is the camera trigger input and OUT2 is the camera strobe output If you use CamExpert to create a camera con figuration file make sure you use In2 for trigger and Out2 for strobe Cable Pin Out Camera 12 Pin Hirose Description Direction VA61 15 Pin DB15 1 Power Ground 10 2 12 Vo...

Page 20: ...AN Local Area Network connect a network cable to the RJ45 Ethernet jack located over the 2 USB ports The VA61 supports GigE 1 000BaseT Fast Ethernet 100BaseT and Twisted Pair Ethernet 10BaseT If you plan to use Fast Ethernet or GigE use a Category 5 UTP5 cable The default network port is the connector above the USB ports This network port is configured for Dynamic Addressing or DHCP The two VA61 C...

Page 21: ...s Cam2 in Async mode Out Channel 4 or Strobe 2 10 Out GPO6 Out Channel 6 11 In User Power input on PNP option not connected on standard NPN 12 Out Fused 12V at 0 75A 13 14 Ground 15 In GPI1 or Change Solution input In Channel 1 16 In GPI3 or Solution ID 1 In Channel 3 17 In GPI5 or Solution ID 3 In Channel 5 18 In GPI7 or Solution ID 5 In Channel 7 19 Ground 20 Out GPO1 Fail in Equation default Pa...

Page 22: ...cifications All VA61 outputs are single ended open collector current sinking NPN with the following specification Parameter Max Output Voltage 30 V Output Sink Current 500 mA Short Circuit Protection 25 V NOTE The NPN outputs are Open Collector A pull up resistor is needed to test the out puts Out GND External Power 7V 35V non isolated sinking NPN output User s active low sourcing input V IN GND V...

Page 23: ...undle It provides a simple means to wire inputs and outputs to the VA61 The pinout is a direct 1 1 correlation with the 25 pin connector on the back panel pin out on page 21 Figure 6 Terminal Breakout Module Optional Isolation Breakout A IOB 100 The isolation breakout module Figure 7 provides opto isolation for all of the I O It supports standard Openline modules from Grayhill The breakout provide...

Page 24: ...n This hardware switch ing feature is enabled or disabled on the Save Export Solution panel in iNspect and iLabel Solution ID bit 0 pin 3 Solution ID bit 2 pin 4 Solution ID bit 3 pin 17 Solution ID bit 4 pin 5 Change Solution input pin 15 V pin 24 Solution ID bit 1 pin 16 Solution ID bit 5 pin 18 Figure 8 Solution ID Switching Circuit If there is no ID switch circuit attached the application open...

Page 25: ... camera heartbeat rate is dependent upon the type of camera and external event time or line speed and can be rapidly flashing or may seem to be constantly on The other LED indicators represent switch solution command and inspection results Pass Re cycle Reject In the iNspect and iLabel applications the inspection results are updated with ev ery inspection and visually indicate the state of the out...

Page 26: ...tandard DIN rail or custom assembly The mounting holes are located on the base plate of the unit Location and size of the mounting holes are shown in Figure 10 Cabinet dimensions W 20 cm x L 21 56 cm x H 7 5 cm W 8 inches x L 8 6 inches x H 3 inches Weight 2 62 kg 5 75 lb Dimensions are shown in inches Figure 10 VA61 Mounting Holes ...

Page 27: ...s are also available 29 44 Unit mm 60 67 26 50 13 M3x0 5 4 Deep 8x Figure 11 Genie Camera Mounting Holes Breakout Module The Breakout Boards provide the means to mount to a standard DIN rail Standard DIN mounting brackets are located on the bottom of the Breakout Board assembly The Isolated Breakout Board Assembly is shown in Figure 12 Dimensions are shown in inches and millimeters Figure 12 Isola...

Page 28: ...utput of the I O Connector see pinout page 21 or the breakout module 8 Wire the required outputs from the I O to the PLC or pass reject mechanisms see pinout page 21 9 Connect network as required see Network Connection on page 20 10 Connect Serial connections as required see Serial Port Connection on page 20 Before powering on the unit take a couple of minutes to verify your hardware installation ...

Page 29: ...Module detector Kicker Figure 13 VA61 Installation NOTE Not all of the physical interfaces are used by the VA61 software They are however avail able to the user for interfacing with third party products if required CAUTION The enclosure includes air intake holes at the rear of the unit and a small exhaust fan on the front For the continued reliability of the system it is important that these areas...

Page 30: ... Configuration files Several example camera files are included on the VA61 The Sherlock application uses the settings stored in the camera or in camera configuration files You can change settings for Trig ger Strobe Exposure White Balance Gain Black Level using the CamExpert utility You can use the Sherlock program instructions to change Gain Exposure shutter time or Strobe pulse width IO Camera S...

Page 31: ...rlock but the Sherlock application fails to open This problem is usually caused by either a mismatch in the available hardware and the configura tion files or an incompatibility in the configuration file and the camera a Verify all cameras are available by hovering over the camera icon in the System tray or Start Programs DALSA Sapera Network Imaging Package Teledyne DALSA GigE Vision Device Statu...

Page 32: ...camera If there are no camera selections available the Sapera LT driver did not load correctly e Verify that the lens aperture is not closed f Verify that the inspection area meaning the area that the camera is viewing is correctly illuminated Software There are several software packages that make the VA61 operate with the Genie cameras and ap plication programs This section attempts to show how t...

Page 33: ...l Save camera settings to the camera memory or a configuration file You can configure the cam era to load either your saved settings or the factory settings at power up The preferred method is to save your settings to the camera and load them at power up If multiple configurations are needed you can save them to camera configuration files Several example configuration files are included on the VA6...

Page 34: ...rted under Sapera LT and creates a file SaperaLTDrv ini that identifies the cameras by their Camera Name You can enable or disable camera ports and select camera configuration files in this utility NOTE If this configuration file does not match the number of cameras if two cameras are enabled but one camera is later disconnected the Sapera LT and Genie drivers will not load and Sherlock will not r...

Page 35: ...s The location and pinout for the D Sub connectors are shown below Each D Sub cable can supply up to 0 5 A at 12 Volts from chassis power Pin 1 Figure 14 Camera Power and I O Connectors Camera Control Pinout Pin number Description Direction 1 2 3 Not Connected 4 Camera Input 2 Out of VA61 5 10 Power Ground 6 Camera Output 2 In to VA61 7 Camera Output 1 no connection 8 Camera Input 1 no connection ...

Page 36: ...1 is defined in Windows as PCI Bus 1 Device 1 CamPort2 is defined in Windows as PCI Bus 1 Device 14 This information may be needed if you must install a custom hardware driver Ethernet Pinout Pin Name Direction Description 1 TD Out Transmit Data 2 TD Out Transmit Data 3 RD In Receive Data 4 5 7 8 NC not connected 6 RD In Receive Data Power Connector The VA61 is powered from an external supply opti...

Page 37: ...0 4 In GPI4 Solution ID 2 or Trigger 2 5 In GPI6 or Solution ID 4 6 Ground 7 Out GPO0 Strobe 1 8 Out GPO2 or Pass in default equations Pass Cam1 in Async mode 9 Out GPO4 Strobe 2 or Pass Cam2 in Async mode 10 Out GPO6 11 In Not connected on standard NPN User Power input on PNP option 12 Out Fused 12V at 0 75A 13 14 Ground 15 In GPI1 or Change Solution Input 16 In GPI3 or Solution ID 1 17 In GPI5 o...

Page 38: ...ou do not need a network connection Ethernet USB USB Figure 17 Ethernet and USB Connectors Ethernet Pinout Pin Name Direction Description 1 TD Out Transmit Data 2 TD Out Transmit Data 3 RD In Receive Data 4 5 NC not connected 6 RD In Receive Data 7 8 NC not connected The two USB 2 0 connectors reside below the Ethernet connector They are identical rectangular type A 4 pin sockets USB Pinout Pin Na...

Page 39: ... V 10 GND Ground 11 NC not connected 12 SDA I O Serial data 13 HS Out Horizontal Sync 14 VS Out Vertical Sync 15 SCL I O Serial data clock Serial Connector The VA61 provides standard 9 pin male D Sub connection for serial port Serial Pinout Pin Name Direction Description 1 DCD In Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD In Receive Data 3 TXD Out Transmit Data 4 DTR In Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DTS Out D...

Page 40: ...on Appliance The following diagram shows how to connect these photoelectric sensors The wiring is Brown Power 16 to 24 Volts DC Blue Ground Black Signal from photoelectric sensor Goes high to about the power voltage when trig gered The other two wires are not needed for using the sensor with the Breakout Board These two wires are White Signal from photoelectric sensor connects a small load to grou...

Page 41: ...ber output Channel 9 out LED1 amber output Channel 10 out LED2 amber output Channel 11 out LED3 red output Channel 12 out LED4 yellow output Channel 13 out LED5 green input Channel 0 Trigger 1 in GPI0 2 input Channel 1 in GPI1 15 input Channel 2 in GPI2 3 input Channel 3 in GPI3 16 input Channel 4 Trigger 2 in GPI4 4 input Channel 5 in GPI5 17 input Channel 6 in GPI6 5 input Channel 7 in GPI7 18 T...

Page 42: ...tive The specifications are as follows Output Voltage is determined by the User supplied power 7 35 Volts on the User Power input pin 11 on the I O connector Parameter Max Output Voltage UserPower 7 35 V Output Source Current 350 mA Over Current Protection 500 ma Figure 19 illustrates driving an active high sinking input with the PNP outputs Out GND External Power 7V 35V non isolated sourcing PNP ...

Page 43: ...era at a time to the VA61 A camera icon in the system tray indicates the camera status not on all OS Right click on the camera icon and select SHOW Status Dialog Box Or use Start Programs DALSA Sapera Network Imaging Package DALSA GigE Vision Device Status If the camera IP address does not match the expected IP address for the Gigabyte Ethernet port an IP Error is indicated as shown Figure 20 Figu...

Page 44: ... and iLabel do not use camera settings from the VA Genie Setup program You can use this program to customize the I O set tings for the Camera s Power and I O Connectors for use with Sherlock Or you can use one of the files included with the VA61 at D VAGenie Config The camera settings are deleted in these files because they are not used by Sherlock CamPort1 I O connector CamPort2 I O connector Gen...

Page 45: ... one directly to the VA61 even if you will use a GigE Switch or Router later Connect the camera to the port it will finally be connected to Cameras are not interchangeable between Camera Port 1 and Camera Port 2 If you are using iNspect or iLabel you do not need to complete any of the remaining steps in this Appendix The rest of this Appendix applies to Sherlock setup You may wish to skip forward ...

Page 46: ...rograms Dalsa Sapera LT CamExpert See Figure 24 NOTE For all color cameras you must perform or repeat White Balance calibra tion after the camera is in its final location and has final illumination and expo sure setting White balance calibrates or compensates for changes in illumina tion All connected cameras are listed under the Device pane in the CamExpert utility Parameters Image Display Messag...

Page 47: ...the file open button or select File Open You may get an error message for one of these reasons The camera s firmware is out of date The camera type does not match the file color vs monochrome The file s image format is too large for the camera model The saved file is out of date or not compatible with the newer camera firmware The following pages and steps show how to set your own configuration De...

Page 48: ...ion and change the value to Opti mize The value for Packet Size should change 8192 in Figure 27 If the packet size is 1500 it means either the ethernet port is not a GigE port or the Jumbo Frames attribute is not set on the port Figure 27 Packet Size Color Mode For all color cameras such as C640 C1024 and C1400 models 1 Click on the Image Buffer tab Figure 28 2 Change the Pixel Format parameter to...

Page 49: ...s not bloomed out It is best that entire field of view is white 2 Click on the Sensor tab Figure 29 color camera shown 3 Click on Setting beside Color Calibration and a dialog box will open Figure 29 Sensor Tab Color Calibration 4 Click the Auto White Balance button NOTE The camera must acquire images to perform a White Balance The camera should be free running or you should supply a trigger using...

Page 50: ... Sherlock if you select FALSE FALSE is free running Genie cameras have 2 inputs and 2 outputs on the 12 pin Hirose connector that can be used as camera trigger input strobe output and general purpose I O 3 Select Input 2 as the Trigger Source if the trigger is coming from the 15 pin connector on the VA61 You can use either Input 1 or Input 2 if you are triggering the camera directly not through th...

Page 51: ...ev 06 7 April 2011 4 Click on Setting beside Input Settings in the I O Controls panel Figure 30 to open the Input Settings window Figure 31 Change to Active High or Active Low as needed to match the hardware signals Figure 31 Input Settings ...

Page 52: ...ors 6 Configure the Event Mode and the Strobe Out delay and duration 7 Click on Output 2 at the top of this window 8 Configure the Event Mode and the Strobe Out delay and duration Figure 32 Output Settings NOTE If the Event Mode for either Output1 or Output2 is set to Close or Open these outputs will appear in Sherlock s digital outputs and change the stan dard output channel number assignments If...

Page 53: ...pril 2011 Gain The Analog Gain can be adjusted 1 Click on the Sensor tab and scroll down if necessary Figure 33 2 Change the value to the right of Gain in db in the Sensor panel Increasing the value will make the picture brighter Figure 33 Sensor Tab ...

Page 54: ...lick on Setting beside Exposure Control to open the Exposure Control window Fig ure 34 3 Change the value in the box to the right of Exposure Figure 34 shows a 10 ms 10 000 us exposure time You can increase or decrease this amount 4 Synchronization should be Reset as shown in Figure 34 Figure 34 Exposure Control ...

Page 55: ...s to be saved in the camera s EEPROM 1 Click on the Camera Information tab Figure 35 2 Click on Setting beside Power up Configuration Figure 35 Camera Information Tab 3 Change the Camera Power up configuration to Camera Configuration 1 4 Change the Save configuration in Camera to Camera Configuration 1 and click Save Figure 36 Save Settings ...

Page 56: ...andStrobe or something that matches your operation or product line Notice the camera file name changes to match your entries 7 Use the default directory 8 Click Save The camera configuration has to be saved to the memory of every camera in the device list You can repeat the process for each camera if they will be different If all cameras are the same model and same settings you can load the Camera...

Page 57: ...he Camera Order The cameras will be ordered in Sherlock in the same order as they appear in the Sapera Acquisi tion Wizard If the order is not to your liking there are two ways you can correct this a Exit the wizard disconnect the cameras and reconnect them in the order you desire Use the SHOW Status Dialog Box to monitor when the cameras are recognized Open the Sapera Acquisition Wizard and creat...

Page 58: ...mon neighborhood for example an ethernet PLC controlling the cameras the wizard will fail to open if visible cameras are already in use by other appliances No error message is given in this case Sherlock also uses the IFC driver and a VAGenie Setup configuration file to define the behavior of the VA61 I O Connectors The file Sherlock Drivers IFCDrv ini defines which I O Configu ration file is in u...

Page 59: ... Another is a VA61 on an office or building network that has Genie cameras attached to a PC or Appliance and visible to the VA61 on the network connection Configuration 2 All cameras are connected to a Machine Network through switches The cameras are visible to the PLC and also visible to all Vision Appliances on the network or PCs on the network that have the Sapera Network Vision Software Config...

Page 60: ... will be more Gige ports one for each camera If you have a DCI 100 connected to the serial port the Digital I O will also appear iNspect and iLabel use the order of cameras as they appear in the Gige tree in the left panel 2 You can delete cameras and change the order of cameras by right clicking on the Board under the Gige tree Correct the tree so you have only the cameras controlled by this ap p...

Page 61: ...em DO NOT open Sapera Acquisition Wiz ard again It will attempt to access all the Genie cameras and fail to open or will overwrite your working configuration file You may want to make a copy of your corrected configura tion file as a backup Not Using the Acquisition Wizard 1 On each system edit the file SaperaLTDrv Genie ini to match the number and names of cameras attached to each system You can ...

Page 62: ... you previously created a cus tom configuration file you should repeat the process and overwrite the older file You can edit the file in Wordpad or save a new file from the Camera Configurator 3 In the Configurator right click on a Board to change the order or to delete an unwanted camera Correct the tree so you have only the cameras controlled by this appliance and they are in the correct order 4...

Page 63: ... max Single Supply input 24V 1A Max Serial Port Control for threshold and also 4 Inputs and 4 outputs 8 Opto Isolated polarity insensitive inputs 8 Opto Isolated polarity insensitive Solid State Relay Outputs 300 mA 30V Max User power outputs 5V 100mA and 12V 100mA All inputs and outputs have LED indicators to determine activity Cables Available Part number A CAB GTP xx available in 3 meter 5 mete...

Page 64: ... VA Genie Camera Setup utility Threshold values you set are retained in EEPROM after power is disconnected and used when power is restored IPD DCI 100 Threshold Control Assignments Threshold 1 Camera 1 Threshold 2 Camera 2 Threshold 3 Serially readable inputs Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 20 Input Connector Output Connector Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 20 Power Input for DCI 100 and Cameras Figure 39 DCI 100 Connectors ...

Page 65: ...mera Connector Pinout Pin Name Description 1 2 3 11 NC No Connect 4 In 2 Camera Input 2 signal 5 10 GND Power Ground 6 Out 2 Camera Output 2 signal 7 Out1 Camera Output 1 signal 8 In 1 Camera Input 1 signal 9 In 2 Camera Input 2 signal 12 Out 2 Camera Output 2 signal 13 Out 1 Camera Output 1 signal 14 In 1 Camera Input 1 signal 15 12V Camera 12V Supply 0 5 A Fused Input Connector The input connect...

Page 66: ... The output Connector provides polarity insensitive opto isolated solid state relay outputs that can handle voltages up to 30V and can control up to 300mA The taller or top rows are the odd numbered pins the shorter or bottom rows are the even numbered pins IPD DCI 100 Output Connector Pinout Pin Name Description 1 2 Cam1 STR Strobe Output from Camera 1 General Purpose Output with VA61 3 4 Cam1 Ou...

Page 67: ...VA6x User s Reference 405 00022 00 67 Rev 06 7 April 2011 Figure 40 DCI 100 and Dimensions ...

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