Leuze
electronic
Leuze electronic
redCAM
General Manual
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INTRODUCTION
What is
redCAM
?
A small but complete vision system. The vision sensor
redCAM
closes the gap bet-
ween photo electric sensors and image processing. By integrating camera and image
processing hardware
redCAM
can be used as a sensor, offering the efficiency of indu-
strial image processing. The
redCAM
is appropriate where a simple photo electric
sensor is not sufficient and a high performance system is oversized.
With a size hardly exceeding the dimension of a standard CCD camera
redCAM
can
easily be integrated everywhere into production. Standarized industrial interfaces and a
protocol meeting industrial requirements makes integration of
redCAM
into a produc-
tion plant easy.
The
redCAM
is being adapted by an external PC or notebook used as a programming
device to the needs of production. For this purpose you have in hand a comfortable
and easy-to-use Windows program. Using this program and the operating manual the
system can be parameterized without having knowledge of programming and image
processing. After disconnection the camera operates self-contained.
During the development of the high-performance image processing software for
redCAM
Leuze electronic could go back to a yearlong experience in industrial image
processing with high-performance systems. The functions of pattern recognition, gray
scale value analysis, and edge detection can solve a wide range of operating and con-
trolling tasks where photo electric and simple sensors are not exact and flexible
enough.
Short description of the system
The package consists of one
redCAM
vision sensor and the specific Windows para-
meterizing program. The
redCAM
is pre-configured for the operation of
one
of the fol-
lowing tools:
Measurement
:
A tool for automatic optical measuring of components in pro-
duction.
Completeness
:
A tool for automatic optical test of existance, features and posi-
tion of components in production.
Reader
:
A tool for automatic optical identification of components by me-
ans of fonts and optional further features.
Barcode
:
A tool to read barcodes under harder conditions.
DataMatrix Reader
:
A tool to read DataMatrix Codes.
In addition you need a PC with the operating system Windows95, Windows98 or
WindowsNT for the operation of the program
and
a monochrome screen (camera-type
ViS 5, ViS 7) or a VGA-screen (camera-type ViS 7V; ViS 6P, ViS 8P or higher) to
display the image recorded by the sensor and the faded-in measuring devices.