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1. AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 21 Locate Tool Locate Tool The Locate Tool dynamically locates a learned pattern within a captured image This tool e Learns a pattern based on edges e Reports X Y and rotation coordinates of the edge pattern e Reports feature coordinates to locate other tools e Has a template ROI region of interest and a locate ROI e Can also be used for presence absence inspection The Locate Tool locates features based on edges Setting Up the Locate Tool e Add the locate Tool to the image area e Adjust the template ROI around the feature that you want the tool to learn e Adjust the locate ROI to cover the area within which you expect your feature to move from image to image For best results make this ROI as large as possible e Train the tool to recognize the pattern by clicking the Train icon Click the red icon to train the tool 5 d Template ROI Good Bad a Locate ROI Use a template with unique features for reliable Locate Choose a good template Tool operation 4 22 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Locate Tool Parameters e Quick Find Uses a rough location Faster but less accurate e Fit Quality Defines how closely the identified feature must match the template Relaxed Normal Precise e Accept Threshold A ratio that determines how well the located feature must match the trained feature 0 1
2. 10 Minimum Edge Contrast Value Compatible with the sint32 data type e Scan Lines 1 10 Modulation Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type e Scan Lines 1 10 Defects Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type e Scan Lines 1 10 Decodability Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type e Scan Lines 1 10 Quiet Zone Start Value X dim Compatible with the double data type e Scan Lines 1 10 Quiet Zone Stop Value X dim Compatible with the double data type e Rmin Compatible with the double data type e Rmax Compatible with the double data type e X Dimension mil Compatible with the sint32 data type e X Dimension mm Compatible with the double data type e X Dimension pixels Compatible with the double data type AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 111 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Process Control and Verification for 1D Symbologies This section describes the differences between process control and true verification of 1D symbols as well as detailed verification requirements hardware configuration and lighting suggestions Process Control Simple process control requires you to decide what is necessary for your application so you can produce marks that can be read reliably The Vision MINI Vision MINI Xi and Vision HAWK with built in lens and lighting can be used for process control To use the Vision MINI Vision MINI Xi or Vision HAWK for process contr
3. search range on the Y axis that is used to position the template for each symbol more accurately Increase this value when symbol position varies significantly within the string Note however that the tool runs more slowly as you increase this value All Settings OCV1 AutoFind Distance Tolerance 10 000 pixels AutoFind Pin 1 Index fai AutoFind Pin 2 Index 999 EE Ara Se 3 pixels Individual Symbol Search Y 3 pixels 4 86 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Symbol Quality Verification Tool The Symbol Quality Verification Tool evaluates 1D or 2D symbols against the ISO 15415 AIM DPM ISO 29158 and ISO 15416 standards depending on which verification capability you select Symbol Quality Verification Tool Parameters Important When switching between ISO 15415 AIM DPM ISO 29158 and ISO 15416 the links between tool outputs and GDS tags are lost This is because the underlying components that make AIM DPM 150 29158 up the Symbol Quality Verification Tool are completely removed and 15015416 then recreated whenever you change the tool s capability ISO 15415 Verification Verification Settings Click the Verification Settings area of the parameters to bring up the controls for Aperture Lighting and Setup Notes Aperture automatically sets the aperture size to the E user defined percentage of the decoded cell
4. Fair Status Compatible with the bool data type Poor Status Compatible with the bool data type Verification Standard Compatible with string the data type Symbology Type Compatible with the string data type Decoded Text Compatible with the string data type Calibration Status Compatible with the string data type Decode Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Cell Contrast Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Cell Modulation Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Reflectance Margin Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Fixed Pattern Damage Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Axial Nonuniformity Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Grid Nonuniformity Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Unused Error Correction Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Minimum Reflectance Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Cell Contrast Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type Axial Nonuniformity Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type Grid Nonuniformity Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type Unused Error Correction Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type Minimum Reflectance Value Compatible with the sint32 data type Contrast Uniformity x100 Compatible with the double data type Symbol Size Compatible with the string data type Mean Light Compatible with the sint32 data type Cell Size mil Compatible with the sint32 data type Ce
5. OCR Tool OCR Tool Advanced Parameters Click the Advanced Parameters icon at the upper right of the Edit view to access OCR Tool Advanced Parameters sl Standard OCR Use Default Font Intended for when no user trained character is found Font Selects the font that the OCR Tool will use to identify characters Confidence Specifies the minimum level of confidence required before a character will be read Auto Size Automatically determines the size of OCR output text Connection Strength Determines the required connection strength for text to be read Unknown Character Allows you to specify the character that will be output if a detected character is not recognized Multiline Separator Allows you to determine the character that will be used as a separator for multi line OCR output Match String Enable Enables or disables Match String functionality for the OCR Tool Match String Allows you to specify the string that must be matched for the OCR Tool to pass Min Character Area Pixels Allows you to determine the minimum size in pixels of the area in which a given character is located Use Wildcard in Match String Sets the wildcard character to for Match String Auto Teach Options When Learn Match String is selected and the New Master pin is toggled the software will set the OCR string that has just been decoded as the Match String The AutoVISION button on the camera can also be used to set Auto Teach input Hold the Au
6. The Measure Tool allows you to perform width or height measurements between two edges This tool e Finds two edges then measures the distance between them e Looks for dark objects on a light background or light objects on a dark background e Outputs measurements in pixels e Rejects measurements outside the user defined tolerances e Features Image Pre Processing which makes it easier for the tool to measure width height and angle within an image The Measure Tool has a Width Measure Height Measure and Angle Measure capability Select the desired capability from the dropdown menu above the tool parameters Width Measure Height Measure Angle Measure Important When switching between Width Measure Height Measure and Angle Measure the links between tool outputs and GDS tags are lost This is because the underlying components that make up the Measure Tool are completely removed and then recreated whenever you change the tool s capability 4 60 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Measure Tool Parameters Width Measure Function Width measurement e Edge Selection Polarity Determines whether to measure a dark or light object with respect to the background Light to Dark Edges searches for edges that transition from a light background to a dark object Dark to Light Edges searches for edges that transition from a dark background to a light object Any Edge searches for edges of any polarity e Edg
7. Font Selection Allows you to select the font to use to create a new font or to edit the current font library New fonts are created from existing font libraries Confidence Allows you to specify the minimum level of character identification confidence required before a character will be read and output Character Selection Allows you to specify the width and height of a character in pixels or use Auto Size Disable Auto Size for more reliable reading Connection Strength helps correct for characters that are either touching or are formed by individual dots such as those produced by a dot peen stylus or inkjet printing This parameter ranges from 3 AutoVISION will search for characters that are underprinted or not touching to 3 AutoVISION will search for characters that are overprinted or touching When set to 0 AutoVISION does not perform any pre processing multiple passes of an erode function for 3 2 and 1 or multiple passes of a dilate function for 1 2 and 3 so processing time will be decreased Match String Allows you to specify the string that must be matched for the OCR Tool to pass Image Pre Processing Makes it easier for the tool to recognize and read characters in an image Enable ROI Region of Interest Rotation The OCR Tool can be enabled for ROI rotation by clicking the rotation icon at the upper left of the parameters view Enable ROI Rotation 4 34 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Intel
8. Inspection Failed Activates the output if the inspection fails The fail state can be connected to any tool in the job for output Inspection Done Pulses the I O point at the end of each inspection cycle The length of the pulse is user configurable The default pulse length is 10ms Pulse Mode When an output is connected to the state of a tool or to the overall inspection you have the option of changing the behavior of the output via Pulse Mode Output 1 is connected to the Inspection Passed state in the example below This brings up the Mode dropdown menu SL Outputt but Inspection Passed e Latched This is the default The output state is set at the end of the inspection cycle and that state will remain latched until the end of the next inspection cycle when this output is updated again Pulsed The output state is set at the end of the inspection cycle and a timer is started When the timer expires the output is reset to its default state Off if Active High is selected in the State dropdown menu On if Active Low is selected When Pulsed is selected in the Mode dropdown menu a new Pulse Width parameter becomes visible as shown in the example below This parameter allows you to set the width of the pulse in milliseconds FL uputi op niger Pp Puta MEA Lo FA 4 120 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit Active State When an output is connected to the state of a tool or t
9. Lighting Mode Strobe Note Auto Calibration Exposure Gain Focus and Lighting Mode do not function when the Emulator is being used instead of a camera 3 2 AutoVISION Software User Manual Image Image Area The Image Area displays the current image and features various tools for controlling the image Zoom Acquire Gridlines every 100 Ruler in pixels pixels Options Hint Right click in the image area and move the mouse to drag the image to the desired position Use the mouse wheel to zoom the image in or out AutoVISION Software User Manual 3 3 Image Control Tools Image Control Tools Save the image Y Show Grid Y Show Rulers Acquire Acquire Single Image Takes a single picture Acquire Live Images Live video used for camera and part adjustment Enable or Disable Trigger for Image Acquisition When checked and your camera has a trigger assigned Acquire Live Video and Tryouts will all wait for a trigger before acquiring an image 3 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual Image Zoom Zoom In Makes the image appear larger Zoom Out Makes the image appear smaller Actual Size Shows the image at actual size in pixels Fit to Screen Fits the image to the boundaries of the image area Options E Save the Image Saves the captured image on the PC Show Grid Places grid lines on the image for reference and measurement in pixels Show Rulers Places ru
10. Note The AppData folder in Windows is hidden by default To make the AppData folder visible click Tools in the Windows Explorer toolbar and select Folder options from the dropdown menu In the Folder Options dialog click the View tab Under Files and Folders gt Hidden files and folders select Show hidden files folders and drives and then click the Apply and OK buttons The AppData folder will now be visible in C Users your user name 1 12 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Vision HAWK Hardware There are six basic steps required to set up a Vision HAWK Smart Camera 1 2 Configure hardware Set up the camera cabling power supply and I O Select a device and create a new job Use the Connect view to select a device and create a new job or load an existing job Adjust camera settings Use the Connect and Image views to adjust parameters specific to the connected smart camera Edit the job Add and configure AutoVISION tools that are useful for your application Use Inspection Outputs parameters to configure job outputs Run the job Jobs are downloaded to the camera when entering the Run view but are not saved yet Save the job Stop the job and click the Save icon to save the current job on the camera but don t forget to start the job again The following sections discuss these steps in greater detail The Vision HAWK is designed for industrial applications It features a rugged enclo
11. 1 where 1 perfect match Locate Parameters Quick Find e Allowed Rotation Sets a limit on how much the object can rotate and still be recognized Allowed Rotation Degrees Hint The Locate Tool is configured to handle 360 degrees of rotation by default However reducing the Allowed Rotation Degrees will speed up the tool s performance considerably Locate Tool Outputs The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type e Location X Y Angle Compatible with the double data type e Fit Quality Compatible with the double data type AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 23 Locate Tool Locate Tool Advanced Parameters Click the Advanced Parameters icon at the upper right of the Edit view to access Locate Tool Advanced Parameters eI Effort Level Determines how hard the tool should work to locate the feature Increasing the effort level slows down the inspection Positioning Accuracy Determines the precision with which the location of the feature is reported Enable Scale Search When enabled features can still be located if they change in size from image to image Note Setting the Allowed Rotation of the Locate Tool to any value between 0 5 enables Scale Search Setting Allowed Rotation to any value between 6 180 disables Scale Search Minimum Scale Sets the minimum scale change that is allowed between the located
12. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Final Calibration Data AECA Mot Calibrated Target Symbol 1 amp 2 Widths 0 24 0 48 EPA A 4 82 Click the Save button to save a report manually for the current symbol Save AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 103 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Choose your folder and file name and whether to save the report as a PDF default or as plain text Click the Options button to configure various options that govern the saving of Verification reports New folder de 700 4 de 700 5 700 7 Ji Assembly d DM de Documentation de Drivers di Firmware GigEFirmware di Jobs Je Tutorials And Samples File name VerfyReport pdf Save as type Pdf File pdf pdf Options 4 104 Le Vision MINILOF479 Le Vision MINIL1173F de Vision MINIL18265 O 20131101_102806_614AM pdf SE 20131101_102811_933AM pdf E 20131101_102818_566AM pdf O 20131101_102824_526AM pdf E 20131101_102901_498AM paf ST 20131101_102923_554AM pdf T Auto VISION Software User Manual Date modified 11 8 2011 9 30 AM 12 2 2011 8 47 AM 11 22 2011 11 36 11 1 2013 10 28 AM 11 1 2013 10 28 AM 11 1 2013 10 28 AM 11 1 2013 10 28 AM 11 1 2013 10 29 AM 11 1 2013 10 29 AM Edit The following dialog is displayed when the Options button is clicked Verification Report Options Include Image in Report PDF Only Runtime Options A
13. 4 74 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Match Strings Tool Output The following parameter output can be linked using Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type e Output String Compatible with the string data type AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 75 String Format Tool String Format Tool This tool allows you to format a string to be output You can select up to two input strings and format based on the following rules e Extracted characters are specified by 1 4 extract characters 1 through 4 12 Extracts character 12 Entire string e Special characters are specified by V t horizontal tab r carriage return and In new line are supported e Any other characters are inserted into the final string Examples e String 123 Format Start Jend Output Start123end e String ABCDEFG Format 2 4 7 Output BCDG e String ABCDEFG Format 2 4 7 Output BCD G Note The String Format Tool only accepts the three special characters mentioned above The String Format Tool can e Extract a substring from the input string s from the Decode Tool OCR Tool or Verification Tool e Format characters to be appended or inserted into the input string e Append the second input string to the first input string if two strings are specified 4 76 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Hint Reformat the data as required then use Match Strings
14. Good Fair Poor and a histogram of the image to help you visualize the Dynamic Range The colors blue and pink in the image are used to show undersaturated blue and oversaturated pink pixels The photometry values Exposure Gain and Focus shown to the right of the image area are determined either by the AutoVISION job or by photometry values stored on the camera There are multiple ways these values can be set manually with the sliders Auto Calibration in AutoVISION Auto Calibration with the AutoVISION button on the camera and Microscan Link When you perform an Auto Calibration the photometry values can be locked down so they are not changed by the calibration process When a photometry value is locked during calibration the value already stored in the AutoVISION job not on the camera is used Note Photometry values must be locked if you intend to tie them to AutoVISION Visionscape global data service GDS tags using Microscan Link Locking the values allows any new values that appear in the job to be used lf photometry values are unlocked the values stored on the camera will be used but they cannot be changed using Microscan Link Y Microscan AutoVISION VisionHAWK F Users eleweren Desktop job avp File Help OPER l New Job Creation Successful MICROSCAN Image Size 762 x 480 Dynamic Range Excellent Histogram gt Exposure 500 psec g Gain 5 d 2 Focus 400 in 100 a
15. Link Buttons Link buttons appear throughout the editing views of AutoVISION Linkable output parameters all have a Microscan Link icon displayed next to them Example Blob Selection Dark On Light Ignore Blobs that Touch ROI E GP 40 cD OP OOO 1000000 as y f AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 125 Microscan Link Clicking a link icon displays the Link Menu for that parameter Blob Selection Dark on Light Ignore Blobs that Touch ROl go The Link Menu shows the names of compatible GDS tags For example the Min Blob Size parameter is an integer so it can be linked to integers and longs 4 126 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit The Link buttons for tool outputs appear in the right column of a tool within the tool list Number of parts Clicking the link button displays the link menu populated with GDS tags of a compatible type Once a parameter is linked the background of the link button turns green AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 127 Microscan Link Link Menus The Link Menu displays the compatible GDS tags to which the parameter can be linked At the top of the menu is a dropdown that acts as a filter limiting the choices available e The first option Generic filters the list to include all 200 Generic tags e The second option EIP In filters the list to include only items that can be accessed
16. Match String String Matching Method AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 49 Count Tool Count Tool The Count Tool allows you to count the number of objects found within the region of interest This tool counts areas of connected light or dark pixels The Count Tool is ideal for e Verifying the correct number of parts in a tray e Verifying the correct number of holes in a part e Detecting and reporting the number of objects in the image The Count Tool has a Blob Count capability and a Shape Count capability Select Blob Count or Shape Count from the dropdown menu above the tool parameters The Count Tool s Blob Count capability features Image Pre Processing which makes it easier for the tool to detect features in an image Important When switching between Blob Count and Shape Count the links between tool outputs and GDS tags are lost This is because the underlying components that make up the Count Tool are completely removed and then recreated whenever you change the tool s capability 4 50 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Count Tool Parameters Blob Count e Polarity Determines whether to count objects that are either lighter or darker than the background Dark On Light Light On Dark e Ignore Blobs that Touch the ROI When enabled blobs that touch the edge of the ROI region of interest will not be detected Blob Selection Dark On Light Ignore Blobs that
17. Point to Point Distance measures the distance from the center points of two edges Choose Point to Point Distance when measuring between non parallel lines or when you want the rotation of the lines to be ignored Distance Type ei Point to Line Distance Point to Line Distance Si Point to Point Distance AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 65 Measure Tool Edge Strength The Measure Tool provides a gradient plot to assist with the setting of the edge threshold The plot shows you how strong the transitions from dark to light or light to dark gradients are within the tool s region of interest The plot is calculated down the center of the ROI left to right when measuring width top to bottom when measuring height and at the user defined angle when measuring angle A red horizontal line shows where the current threshold is set Use the slider to adjust the threshold to an optimum value ES Tolerance Lower and upper tolerance in pixels Tolerance Lower Tolerance Upper Tolerance OD aooo0 60 U Enable ROI Region of Interest Rotation The Measure Tool s Height Measure capability can be enabled for ROI rotation by clicking the rotation icon at the upper left of the parameters view Enable ROI Rotation y 4 66 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Angle Measure e Function Angle measurement e Scan Direction Determines whether the tool will scan for an edge from top to
18. Vision MINI or Vision MINI Xi s built in lens system Acquisition Params Exposure 200 000 usec 44 Focus 400 in 100 The Vision HAWK C Mount product does not support this focus control because the lens is focused manually and there is no built in lens system to adjust The Focus control slider is hidden when a Vision HAWK C Mount is connected 4 18 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Lighting There are three lighting modes for the Vision HAWK Vision MINI and Vision MINI Xi Off On and Strobe Lighting Mode Strobe Note The Vision HAWK C Mount does not have internal lighting but does support external light control via Output 3 When Lighting is set to Off external lighting is disabled and internal lighting standard Vision HAWK Vision MINI and Vision MINI Xi is turned off This is the default state for the Vision HAWK C Mount When Lighting is set to On external lighting is enabled Output 3 of the Vision HAWK C Mount is placed in a de energized or open state and internal lighting standard Vision HAWK Vision MINI and Vision MINI Xi is enabled When Lighting is set to Strobe Output 3 on the Vision HAWK C Mount is enabled to control an external light The normal state for Output 3 in this configuration is in an energized or closed state At the start of an image acquisition the output is de energized or placed in an open state At the end of the camera
19. button to start the process As part of the calibration process the Exposure Time setting of your camera will be adjusted Use the Maximum Exposure value in the Calibration dialog to set the maximum Exposure Time that can be set Calibration 1 Place Calibration Card in front of the Camera 2 Roughly center the symbol in the image 3 Enter data from Calibration Card below 4 Press the Calibrate button Calibrate AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 97 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Custom Verification When you click the box next to Enable Customized Verification Tests you will see the dialog shown below This dialog allows you to select the individual attributes on which the verification will be based and to define Good Fair Poor ranges for each attribute Important Disabling parameters using the Custom Verification dialog results in a verification process that no longer strictly conforms to the ISO 15416 standard Custom Verification Yy Enabled Edge Determination AB Decode AB C DE Symbol Contrast ABCE Minimum Reflectance A B Minimum Edge Contrast A Decodability A B Quiet Zone A B Custom Verification Editor The Custom Verification Editor is used to define when grades are considered Good or Fair ISO 15416 reports a floating point grade value and allows you to define limits for Good or Fair based on letter grades If you want to specify numeric values
20. time that optimizes the brightness and contrast of that symbol During the Verification cycle the calibrated system reflectance value is compared with the reflectance value of the part viewed with this adjusted exposure time Parts whose bright symbol elements are less reflective than the calibration standard card will need more light energy for the camera to achieve the appropriate image brightness Minimum Reflectance is the ratio of the part s reflectance to the calibrated system reflectance Every part must provide at least a minimum level of reflectance Reference Decode A pass fail measurement of the Data Matrix based upon a binary image of the symbol as specified in ISO IEC 16022 4 94 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit AIM DPM ISO 29158 Verification Report Grade DPM4 0 Aperture 19 WaveLength 640 LightAngle 90 nee 4 01006141419999961750123110123ABC21MASTERSO Cell Size Parameter Grades Calibration Data Grade Score Units Cell Contrast A 73 Calibrated Cell Modulation ERAS AA ua 0 24 Reflectance Margin EGSA du 0 48 Minimum Reflectance 76 32000 Fixed Pattem Dmg A Target Rmin METEO A 1 EPA 82 os 103 AIM DPM ISO 29158 Numeric Score and Grade Level Comparison EE E E E E ome Axial Nonuniformity lt 6 lt 8 lt 10 lt 12 gt 12 Calculation differs slightly from ISO 15415 Grid Nonuniformity Calculation differs slightly from ISO 15415 Fixed Pattern Damage This m
21. 08 640 90 ees Grade 4 0 Aperture 08 Wavelength 640 LightAngle 90 Deena 3003 24343430794 lt 0Q0 etree 15 5mil Parameter Grades Score Units Symbol Contrast 78 Calibrated Modulation 0 23 Reflectance Margi O47 Fixed Pattern Dmg 32000 Axial NonUniformity O Grid NonUniformity A a SS e ISO 15415 Numeric Score and Grade Level Comparison de 2 Comments Comat 3070 gt 088 gt 040 gt 020 lt 020 Fixed Pattern Damage This measurement is developed through a three stage process There is no grade correlation between raw score and the final score The initial raw value is used with an overlay technique to achieve the final result Gia Nenunormiy lt 038 050 063 lt 075 os A A Modulation This measurement is developed through a three stage process There is no grade correlation between raw score and the final score The initial raw value is used with an overlay technique to achieve the final result FReteenceDecode fas f fa Unused Enor Conecion gt 062 gt 050 gt 0a7 028 om Reflectance Margin A measurement of how well each module is correctly distinguishable as light or dark in comparison to the global threshold 4 90 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit ISO 15415 Verification Final Grade The ISO 15415 final grade is shown in the upper left corner of the verification report and the numeric value is reported as the first field in the reported
22. 2 9 09 640 90 SS Grade 2 9 Aperture 09 WaveLength 640 LightAngle 90 3 0000006300005 Gata 9 5mil Parameter Grades Edge Determination A Symbol Contrast A 79 79 79 78 11 91 11 91 11 91 11 90 11 91 11 90 11 90 11 90 11 90 11 89 Min Edge Contrast A A A A A A A A A A A 62 62 62 62 62 61 62 61 62 62 Modulation A A A A A A A A A A A 78 77 78 78 77 77 78 77 78 79 Defects B E B B B B B B B B B 20 21 20 20 20 18 17 18 18 18 RA A A A A A A A A A A A 92 93 91 92 91 92 93 92 93 92 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 Calibration Data SecA Calibrated Target Symbol 1 Width 0 23 Target Symbol 2 Width 0 47 Target Rmin 4 laa 82 32000 ISO 15416 Numeric Score and Grade Level Comparison Min Reflectance lt 0 5Rmax gt 0 5Rmax Rmax is Max Reflectance in Edge Contest gt 05 Pas ooo o o Moduiaion gt 07 gt 080 gt 080 gt 0 0 oa beets eos lt o20 02s om vos Decodes gt 0e2 gt gt 0s0 gt 037 gt 025 ors aweze rre e 4 100 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit ISO 15416 Verification Final Grade The ISO 15416 final symbol grade is shown in the upper left corner and lower right corner of the verification report and the numeric grade is reported as the first field in the reported grade st
23. 5 This section describes the various elements of AutoVISION s Run view AutoVISION Software User Manual 5 1 Run Overview Run Overview The Run view is a monitoring interface with real time information the ability to save images and the ability to configure how images are displayed This view allows you to monitor current inspection status and features image saving options Save No Images Save All Images Save Failed Images or Save Passed Images as well as mage display options AT aa HD Emulator Cueraot Job Has het bres Laad Ma He a Move Inspection ce eg Statistics and Tool ay y a D List below or to right of main view MICROSCAN Image Zoom Controls p gt Stop Job Job Switching Run Job Statistics Image Saving Options Send a trigger to the device Sensor Image Display Options 1 Digital 1 Virtual 1 or any Serial Trigger Tool List The following sections describe Image Display Options and Image Saving Options in greater detail Important Triggering from AutoVISION is intended for testing only and results in significant processing time variation Use the actual trigger source for actual timing values Auto VISION Software User Manual Run Image Display Options F A E Image Display Options allow you to choose which images to display and how to display them You can also determine how many images to display per sec
24. 5 Tools Overview Tools Overview The tool icons are located above the main view area MOE The following sections describe how to add and configure tools Adding Tools The tool icons are located above the image area There are two ways to add a tool to a captured image 1 Click on the tool icon 2 Click and drag a tool icon into the image area then adjust the region of interest ROI by grabbing one of the ROI s four anchor points and sizing the ROI as needed DATE 04 2011 r t z AND OR alt Region of Interest ROI e All AutoVISION tools have an ROI except Match Strings String Format and Logic e A tool executes its function within its own ROI e Larger ROIs require more processing time e ROls of different tools can overlap and still function correctly e Some ROls can rotate By enabling the rotate option in the tool parameters the ROI can be rotated to fit the feature within the image pate baedi i 4 6 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit Dynamic Locate The Locate Tool and Decode Tool can be used to locate other tools dynamically because they report coordinates within the image Dynamic location Tools move as features move Bi Once a tool has been setasa Use the Locate Tool location source other tools as a location source can move with it for other tools y T 3 Locate Parameters s Quick Find Y a ON Move this tool b
25. 6800 1062G Serial Number 1215896 MAC Address 00 0B 43 12 8D 98 The upgrade license can be purchased from your Microscan vendor by ordering the following part number 98 000217 03 Visionscape Verification and OCV Tools Upgrade The attached license file must be included with your purchase order AutoVISION Software User Manual 6 7 Camera License Upgrade If you click Create Request File I ll E mail It Later the following dialog will appear providing instructions for how to request the upgrade from your Microscan Partner License Request Instructions A License Request File was created and saved to the following path CaMicroscanVscapelLicenseUpgrade_ 0006431280198 _request alr To request a quote for an AutoVISION License Upgrade please do the following 1 Attach the License Request file to an e mail 2 Set the subject to AutoVISION License Upgrade Request 3 Send the request to your Microscan vendor 4 In the body of your e mail include the following text This email contains a license upgrade request file for upgrading the following device Part Number GMV 6600 1002G serial Number 1215896 MAC Address 00 06 43 12 38D 98 The upgrade license can be purchased from your Microscan vendor by ordering the following part number 98 000217 03 gt Visionscape Verification and OCW Tools Upgrade The attached license file must be included with your purchase order OK Once
26. AutoVISION e Connect Select a device e Image Adjust image settings such as Focus Gain and Shutter e Edit Build an inspection using machine vision tools and adjust job settings e Run Monitor the status of a running job File Menu The file menu allows you to create a new job or open an existing job open a recent job save a job avp archive a job avz open the AutoVISION Options dialog or exit AutoVISION The New Open Save and Save As options are also available on the toolbar as icons that match the icons shown in the dropdown menu O New Ctrl N 14 Open Ctrl O 5 Open Recent gt EA save Ctri S Save As Ctri Shift S Lu Archive Job Y Options Language b Exit e New Start a new job e Open Open a saved job e Open Recent Open a recent job e Save Save current job avp file e Save As Rename and save current job avp file e Archive Job Compress a job and its supporting files in an avz archive also saves the job as an avp file e Options Open AutoVISION Options dialog e Language Select the preferred language for the AutoVISION user interface English German Chinese e Exit Exit current job or close AutoVISION 1 2 Auto VISION Software User Manual Quick Start File Menu Toolbar 3 New Start a new job i Open Open a saved job Save save current job A Save as Rename and save current job Save Write to flash on camera The available commands in the file menu t
27. DPM ISO 29158 Cell Contrast e Modulation In ISO IEC 15415 a measurement of the uniformity of the color of the dark areas and the light areas of the Data Matrix similar to Cell Modulation but differs in the implementation details e Reflectance Margin A measurement of how well each module is correctly distinguishable as light or dark in comparison to the global threshold e Fixed Pattern Damage A measurement of the errors in the borders of the Data Matrix as well as any errors in the quiet zone around the symbol necessary for the decoding process e Axial Nonuniformity The difference between the height and the width with respect to the rows and columns e Grid Nonuniformity This measurement is a delta of the difference of the measured grid in relation to the ideal grid formed from the four corners of the Data Matrix e Unused Error Correction The amount of error correction that could be read incorrectly when the symbol is still readable that is currently being read correctly expressed as a percentage e Print Growth The positive or negative size relation of the cells as printed with respect to the ideal grid e Reference Decode A pass fail measurement of the Data Matrix based upon a binary image of the symbol as specified in ISO IEC 16022 AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 89 Symbol Quality Verification Tool ISO 15415 Verification Report Y 15015415 Verification Reported ferries 4 0
28. Logic OCV and Symbol Quality Verification tools Scalable with Visionscape For applications demanding more flexibility or configuration options AutoVISION allows users to upgrade to full Visionscape functionality while continuing to work with the same camera hardware AutoVISION jobs avp can be opened with Visionscape which enables scripting and other advanced programming capabilities Visionscape can be deployed on both smart camera and PC based systems After AutoVISION is installed all Visionscape user documentation is located on your local drive in this folder Microscan Vscape Documentation Note You must have Administrator privileges to install and run AutoVISION and Visionscape Note You may see the Windows Security dialog shown below during AutoVISION Visionscape installation Click Install this driver software anyway to continue installation Install this driver software anyway Only install driver software obtained from your manufacturer s website or disc Unsigned software from other sources may harm your computer or steal information AutoVISION Software User Manual vV System Requirements System Requirements Minimum PC Requirements Intel Core 2 Duo Processor e Internet Explorer 7 or higher e 2GB RAM 128MB Video RAM Windows 7 1GB 128MB Video RAM Windows XP e 750MB hard drive space e 16 bit color display e 3 0 Windows Experience Index e 1 USB port and 1 Network port Recommended PC R
29. Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type 4 82 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit OCV Tool OCV The OCV Tool verifies the quality of characters also referred to as symbols being inspected by comparing them to a standard font and detecting defects OCV Tool Parameters OCV Tool parameters include controls for Defect Detection Filtering and Settings Defect Detection y Total Residue Area 15 Minimum Symbol Size 50 Residue Cleanup Settings Single Symbol O AutoFind the Symbols y Defect Detection Click the Defect Detection area of the OCV Tool parameters to display controls for Tolerance and Units Percentage of total symbol size or an absolute value in Pixels You can also determine whether the tool bases defects on Total Residue Area or Largest Blob or set it to Check Minimum Contrast which rejects any symbol whose contrast falls below 50 of the trained symbol s contrast Defect Detection Residue Example Trained Inspected Resid Symbol Symbol piia Defects Based on Tolerance Total Residue Area 15 000 Units gt A y Largest Blob 10 C Check Minimum Contrast AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 83 OCV Tool Filtering Click the Filtering area of the OCV Tool parameters to display controls for Minimum Symbol Size and Residue Cleanup Minimum Symbol Size allows you to set the minimum number of pixels required for a blob to constitute
30. Microscan s global headquarters There is also a link to the Microscan website SF Contact Information Microscan USA 700 SW 39th Street Renton WA 98057 425 226 5700 Microscan Europe Lemelerberg 17 NL 2402 ZN Alphen aan den Rijn The Netherlands 31 172 423360 Microscan Asia Pacific 31 Kaki Bukit Road 3 Techlink Building 04 05 07 Singapore 417818 65 6846 1714 Microscan China Rm F908 Ruida Building No 4 Lugu road Shijingshan District Beijing 100400 P R C 86 10 5993 5766 Microscan Korea 8F SH Energy Bldg 16 6 Sunae dong Bundang gu Seongnam City Kyeonggi Do Korea 463 825 82 31 786 0835 Microscan Systems Inc OK AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 5 AutoVISION Overview Check for Updates When you select Check for Updates from the Help dropdown AutoVISION determines whether or not you are running the most current version of the software If your version of AutoVISION is not current the dialog below will appear AutoVISION 3 0 0 0 ts installed The latest release is 3 1 0 0 Would you like to update AutoVISION Cancel Update If your version of AutoVISION is current this dialog will be displayed AutoVISION 3 0 0 0 ts installed This 15 the latest release 4 Automatically check for updates Cancel If you check the Automatically check for updates box AutoVISION will check for newer versions of the software once a week Every time you check for a newer version
31. OCR Tool Match String allows you to specify the string that must be matched for the OCR Tool to pass OCR Match String allows you to enter a character as a wildcard character With IntelliText OCR you can also create a variable match string using regular expressions When String Matching Method is set to Basic basic string matching will be performed on the result string When it is set to Regular Expression TRE the result string will be tested against the user defined regular expression in n the match string field String Matching Method Re j Regular expression syntax can be found here http laurikari net tre documentation regex syntax Regular Expression Examples Example expiration date string matching EXP JUN FEB 0 9 2 0 9 4 EXP JUN 12 1998 match EXP JUN 30 1999 match EXP FEB 12 1998 match EXP JVN 12 1998 fail EXP JUN 12 98 fail EXP JUN 12 199B fail LXP JUN 12 1998 fail Example date string matching 0 1 9 12 0 9 3 01 0 1 9 1 012 11 Match String 0 1 9 12 0 9 3 01 matches 01 to 31 only Read as O 1 9 12 0 9 5 01 O0 1 9 1 012 11 0 followed by 1 through 9 01 09 OR 1 or 2 followed by 0 through 9 10 29 OR RE hy sf e 1 Beas 14 3 followed by 0 or 1 30 31 Example result OCR1 i OCR 05 03 11 VA 4 40 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Image Binarization Image Binarizatio
32. Parameters A E O A A A AE A AA Edge Determination A a aa am am am aw am ao aa aa aa A Ad Ad Ad Ad Ad Ad Ad mbal Contrast Ad A A a as aia Al E 100 100 Min Reflectance Ac ao ac a lao ao ad a a a E O 0 100 8 oo 0 100 10 100 0 100 10 100 0 100 0 100 0 100 O a mg Aa xa ag may faa Ag Modulation Aj Ald Ala AM Ald Am At A Ala Ad tn ton ft te te o i Defects aa Al AS A E E A a Y Ala as Am as At A Am O RO RCA REC Guistzone am ma ac a aa ato e ag ao ma RESUS A E E A As A a E ioe ae z Reference Decode 12345678 Non Graded Parameters Symbol Size 50o Facet Symbol 1 amp 2 Widths Aperture 5 sd Target Rmin Rma Bar Width E Symbol Image 12345678 Aperture 2 6 pixels Wavelength 640 Angle 90 42 05 2013 11 08 56 ooo 05 2013 11 08 56 Setup Notes Notes BERS w Version This Report created using Microscan AutoVISION Software 4 106 AutoVISION Software User Manual ISO 15415 Report PDF Format MICROSCAN BEES Final Grade A 4 0 5 8 pixels 640 90 Parameters Grade QA m _ A A A Grid NonUniformity A m _ Unused Err Correction Oa 00 Reference Decode Di Size 240 Non Graded Parameters 30 This Report Cr
33. a Fixed Template setting A e DRI i gt s d m Pia a p n AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 45 OCR Tool Scaling Factor Increase Example In the following example the dot mark has close characters and partially touching characters The mark is at reasonable resolution but the close characters are creating segmentation problems Character thresholds can be modified to separate them but this can be challenging particularly in the JUN segment Setting the scaling to 2 0 and over exposing the image creates a good separation that binarizes well and subsequently segments properly and consistently 4 46 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit OCR Tool Outputs The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link Important This tool shows additional linkable outputs in the Data Navigator Tools View that are not shown in the main user interface Check the Data Navigator to ensure that you are aware of all possible linkable outputs for all AutoVISION tools Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type Character String Compatible with the string data type Number of Characters Found Compatible with the sint32 data type Match Status Compatible with the bool data type Minimum Character Confidence Compatible with the double data type Maximum Character Confidence Compatible with the double data type Mean Character Confidence Compatible with the double data type AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 47
34. as Model Firmware Version MAC Address IP Address Status and PC Version will be displayed Please Select A Smart Camera to Update VisionHawk1 22112 Model Vision HAWK WVGA Firmware Yersion 7 0 0 Build 10 UPDATE RECOMMENDED MAC Address 00 0B 43 12 21 12 IP Address 192 168 1 12 mask 255 255 255 0 PC Version 7 0 0 Build 17 Select the Firmware Version 17 0 0 Build 17 Update Firmware 6 2 Auto VISION Software User Manual Firmware and License Upgrades e Select the desired version of firmware from the Select the Firmware Version dropdown menu This menu will list all the firmware versions on your PC Note The firmware versions shown below are representative examples and may not necessarily reflect what you see on the dropdown menu e Click the Update Firmware button e A dialog will appear asking Are you sure you wish to update this camera Click Yes Update Camera A Are you sure you wish to update this camera e Ifa username and password have been defined for the camera a second dialog will then appear prompting you for your username and password Important The username and password are both case sensitive Click OK after you have entered your username and password to begin the download and install process 1 Login to Device Vision User Hame Microscan Password pen mea AutoVISION Software User Manual 6 3 Updating Firmware 6 4 The firmware update process may take more
35. asii 1 2 Vision HAWK Hardware a 1 13 Vision HAWK C Mount HardWare ccocccnccncccnccnccnnccnconcconcconcnanoncnonanonos 1 16 Vision MINI HardWare ooccoccoccnoccnccnconccnconconccnnoncnnnoncnnnonnnnnonaconinannannnannns 1 18 Vision MINI Xi Hardware ooccoccoccoccnccoccnccnccnconcnnconnnnnoncnnnonannninacnnnnnnnnos 1 22 Select a DEC a a di o esate do oath ds 1 26 Adjust Camera SeuingS vite ee eek ae ee 1 27 6 UL Goes Toba A Se oP a 1 29 RUN TESS OD EE EE a Ee ie rah os oe BA ee al o 1 30 Save NEJO 0 SRE Reka atte pene neneD ete dia 1 31 Additional Notes CPU Idle States C States ooccccconncccccccocccnnonnnos 1 32 Chapter 2 Connect Launch the AutoVISION User Interface coocccocccocncocccncnccnccnnnnnaninnnos 2 2 Selec DEVICE tensiones odia loros ce oo ae 2 3 JOD CHANGEOVER artis ile 2 5 Chapter 3 Image image OV EIVIGW desarra acces oe aati dis 3 2 HAG Cel CO AA Ai 3 3 Mage Control TOO Sia A 3 4 Auto C all FAO usd iia 3 6 Chapter 4 Edit ON LP Oh Oe Ree E eee ener ee 4 2 TOOL OVC WN cate aos tee Be Os ea Gee erence ease ates 4 6 TN 4 15 EE A A hte et ath Seo aa 4 22 Decode TOON ui tt a e cae Salts ib on kee oe acento le te 4 25 OCR FOOL una ii a POUT Sry aaa aren ee mer 4 33 COWIE TOON ura a alt eC tana Ral erecta 4 50 Presence Absence TOO iii id e 4 57 Measure TOOL aS a ooo 4 60 Maten Strings TOO a 4 73 SUING ONAL TOO ie 4 76 elo ML o 0 IN RP Pe A tus ez a eaneceie 4 79 A ott lan A Uegcdegaotusectet
36. choice of the light depends on the size of the mark Pharmalite Option For symbols up to 50 mm long Microscan offers the Pharmalite It consists of two 100 mm long rows of white LEDs and a bracket that can be mated to any Microscan camera The first image shows it with an integrated Vision HAWK The second shows it with a C Mount lens Pharmalite kit and cable required to power the Pharmalite using a QX 1 98 000228 01 KIT SMART SERIES PHARMA WHITE DARK FIELD 61 000204 01 CABLE POWER SMART SERIES TO QX 1 CONTINUOUS You can also use the following cable with GigE or Vision MINI cameras and power it with your own 24V source 61 000186 01 CABLE 5 PIN M12 CONNECTOR FEMALE TO FLYING LEADS 3M Note When sourcing a C Mount lens you will likely need a 2 mm spacer so that you can focus the lens up close AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 113 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Edge to Edge Backlight Option Intended for symbols up to 100 125 mm long The 50 x 200 mm Edge to Edge diffuse backlight kit consists of a light extension cable and power supply Red white blue and infrared options are available Red LED option NER 011659600G NERLITE 50 x 200 MM RED BACKLIGHT 24V CONTINUOUS 150 MM M12 Extension cable and power supply NER 011504100 DSP60 24VDC 2 5A DIN MOUNT POWER SUPPLY NER 030029100 CABLE NERLITE M12 CONNECTOR 5 PIN TO FLYING LEADS 4 114 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit MAX 300 Option
37. ends or the symbol is fully decoded Note that when this feature is enabled only one PDF symbol per read cycle should be present in the field of view MicroPDF417 Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs the status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data MicroPDF417 Symbol Length Allows you to set the MicroPDF417 Symbol Length Code 128 Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data Code 128 EAN Status When enabled outputs EAN Status along with symbol data Code 128 Output Format Allows you to set Code 128 Output Format to Standard or Application Code 128 Application Record Separator Status When enabled outputs the status of the Application Record Separator along with symbol data Code 128 Application Record Separator Character Allows you to set the separator character for Application Records AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 29 Decode Tool Code 128 Application Record Brackets Status When enabled outputs Application Record Brackets status along with symbol data Code 128 Application Record Padding Status When enabled outputs Application Record Padding status along with symbol data Code 93 Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs the status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data Code 93 Symbol Length Allows you to set the Code 93 Symbol Length Code 39 Check Character Status When enabled outputs the status of the Check C
38. for Good and Fair limits check the Use Numeric Values for floating point control option The standard ABCDF control is replaced with a different control that allows you to enter any numeric value for Good and Fair limits The example below shows the default numerical Good and Fair values of 2 5 and 1 5 respectively Custom Verification Use Numeric Values for floating point control Range For all Items A is 15 A 0 El Enable Customized Verification Tests 4 98 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit ISO 15416 Verification Parameters Edge Determination Bar and space edge transitions are defined by where they cross the global threshold of the symbol The global threshold is the midpoint of the maximum reflectance brightest and the minimum reflectance darkest sample in the scan line If the global threshold is crossed more than once per bar space transition or does not cross between one of these bar space pairs the symbol will not be able to decode and will receive an F grade for Edge Determination If the proper number of element transitions occurs the symbol will receive an A grade for Edge Determination Decode The decoding of the symbol using the symbology reference decode algorithm using the element edges found in Edge Determination Symbol Contrast The difference between the highest and the lowest reflectance values in a scan reflectance profile Minimum Reflectance Percentage value of reflectance of dark
39. grade string The final grade is defined by the lowest grade achieved by any individual grade parameter When custom verification is enabled in addition to setting threshold for Good Fair Poor you have the option to select which parameters are to be included in the final grade calculation In the below example you can see the impact of removing Axial Non Uniformity from the grade calculation ec ES 4 0 5 8 pixels 640 90 eee Grade 4 0 Aperture 5 8 pixels WaveLength 640 LightAngle 90 Peete 01006141419999961750123110123ABC21ANU50 EEA 12 2 pixels Parameter Grades Calibration Data _ Score Units Sake A 81 Sed Calibrated Modulation FF Target Symbol 1 Width 0 24 Reflectance Margin a Target Symbol 2 Width 0 48 Fixed Pattern Dmg Maximum Exposure 32000 Axial NonUnifonmity L Er Edu 4 Target Rmax 62 A 100 AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 91 Symbol Quality Verification Tool AIM DPM ISO 29158 Verification Verification Settings Click the Verification Settings area of the parameters to bring up the controls for Aperture Lighting and Setup Notes Aperture Auto 50 Lighting Wave Len 640 Ang 90 O Uncalibrated Rmin 4 Rmax 2 Symbol 1 Width 124 Symbol 2 Width 148 Maximum Exposure 32000 VA Enabled Cell Contrast A B _ Cell Modulation A B C DIF Reflectance Margin AB CDF Fixed Pattern Damage AB CHE Axial Nonuniformity AB CBE Grid
40. image Smooth Noise Mean Low Pass Filter Example 33 Count Tool Blob Count struggling to Count Tool Blob Count with Smooth Noise count features on a metallic surface Mean Low Pass Filter enabled 10 Iterations 4 14 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Camera Camera parameters can be used to set up image acquisition Acquisition Params Acquisition Params Exposure 400 000 Exposure Trigger lt none gt Trigger Polarity Low gt High Lighting Mode Off Camera Definition Vision HAWK 752x480 CMOS e When connected to a smart camera adjust camera specific acquisition parameters such as Exposure Gain Focus Trigger and Lighting Mode e When using the Emulator select your image file location on the PC and use the Camera Definition menu to select which smart camera and resolution to emulate Camera Definition 51 AVR fee Js Vision HAWK 752480 CMOS Vision HAWK 1280x960 CCD Vision HAWK C Mount 752x480 CMOS Vision HAWK C Mount 1280x960 Vision HAWK C Mount 2046x1088 CMOS Vision MINI 12801024 Vision MINI 752x480 AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 15 Camera Trigger Virtual w 1 Trigger Polar l Low gt High e Use the Trigger dropdown menu to adjust trigger input settings None Continuous operation no trigger defined Digital Select from available digital inputs on the camera Virtual Select virtual triggers 1 through 10 Sensor T
41. image to show corrected segmentation PO 4 6 3 9 8 0 Character Size Adjust width height and scale to improve segmentation further 4 42 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit IntelliText OCR Image Binarization Example 2 Segmentation Issue A and F tied together Character Size Use Width and Height for more consistent spacing Binarization Example Artifact causes an extra character to be detected Binarization Shows the source of the problem Binarization Dynamic Adjust fixed values to eliminate image noise AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 43 OCR Tool Scaling Factor The Scaling Factor parameter allows you to increase or decrease the number of pixels for IntelliText OCR to process in a given OCR character This parameter is used to change the sampling interval of the ROI region of interest IntelliText OCR is optimized for detecting characters in the range of 25 50 pixels in height Optimal character width is 30 pixels If your application requires the reading of text at high resolution particularly high resolution dot print this parameter can improve character detection by reducing character scale Because reducing the sampling introduces some loss of information you may need to configure the optical setup accordingly Scaling provides some speed enhancements when using larger ROIs and relatively low character counts 1 000 go Scaling Factor Decrease Example 1 T
42. s exposure period the output is set back to a closed state If the Vision HAWK C Mount contains a job in which the camera s Lighting parameter is set to Strobe Output 3 becomes fixed as an external strobe signal This means that Output 3 can no longer be used as a general purpose output and will therefore be disabled Output 3 in the Digital Outputs editor will not be available as shown in the example below Note that the connection area of Output 3 says Strobe Output to provide feedback as to why Output 3 is disabled JL Output 4 JL output outs Inspection Passed k B Picture Done Mode Pulsed Active High Strobe is the default state for the standard Vision HAWK Vision MINI and Vision MINI Xi Strobe operation also allows you to connect the appropriate NERLITE external lighting product for your application and to control that light in sync with image acquisition The light can be switched on fast enough that it is at full brightness before the exposure begins AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 19 Camera Notes on Vision HAWK C Mount Output 3 e If Output 3 is already connected and the Lighting parameter is changed to Strobe Output 3 will be disconnected and then disabled e Ifa job is created on a standard Vision HAWK in which Output 3 is assigned and the Lighting parameter is set to Strobe and then that job is loaded onto a Vision HAWK C Mount a warning will appear stating that Output 3 must be dis
43. specify the string that must be matched for the Decode Tool to pass The Decode Tool supports the following All standard barcodes I JIII GS1 DataBar MIAMI PDF417 _ Data Matrix Aztec QR DotCode FAKE SE SA DPM decoding Omnidirectional decoding Lp y AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 25 Decode Tool Decode Tool Parameters e Adjust ROI region of interest to at least 2 times the symbol size e Leave at least 2x the symbol s element size between the ROI and the symbol e Disable unused symbologies to reduce decode times Symbology Types Data Matrix ECCAD0 QR Code 2005 Code 39 Code 128 Note DotCode cannot be 12 5 decoded at the same time as other E symbologies If your application UPC EAN requires the decoding of DotCode symbols enable DotCode only e Set the maximum number of symbols as needed GH Validation go Max Symbols E as e Enter the Match String value if required Decode Tool Match String Match String allows you to specify the string that must be matched for the Decode Tool to pass The Match String function for the Decode Tool allows you to enter a character as a wildcard character Non Printable Characters When a decoded symbol contains non printable characters the Match String can accept hexadecimal escape codes These are of the form xFF where FF represents two hexadecimal digits The x and the hex digits are not case s
44. the contrast for each pixel within the image Choose 3x3 to detect sharper contrast and use 5x5 and 7x7 when trying to detect contrast that is more blurry less sharp Show Output Image is enabled by default The pre processed image will be shown within the ROI region of interest of your tool so you can see the effect of your chosen operation You can use this option to hide the pre processed image I PreProcessin tion Gradient Image Sobel 3x3 Size of Neighborhood Show Output Image Count Tool Blob Count struggling Count Tool Blob Count with Gradient Image to detect a subtle scratch on part Sobel enabled Light Pixels AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 13 Tools Overview Smooth Noise Mean Low Pass Filter This option smoothes out background noise by softening image contrast via a weighted neighborhood average operation lt is typically used on specular metallic backgrounds Iterations Iterations sets the number of times the operation is repeated on the image The effect of the operation is increased as this value is increased This parameter is defaulted to 1 but you will typically need to increase the number of iterations to achieve the desired effect Show Output Image is enabled by default The pre processed image will Show Output Image be shown within the ROI of your tool so you can see the effect of your chosen operation You can use this option to hide the pre processed
45. the speed of your inspection e Tool Results Shows the Pass Fail status and inspection data from each of your tools AutoVISION Software User Manual 5 5 Inspection Statistics 5 6 AutoVISION Software User Manual A6 Firmware and License Upgrades Contents Updating FINNA E PA O E O oO lee ee ae T 6 2 Camera License Upgrade nu ac 6 6 This section describes how to upgrade your camera s firmware using AutoVISION s Device Firmware Update feature and how to upgrade your camera for use with Microscan s Visionscape software AutoVISION Software User Manual 6 1 Updating Firmware Updating Firmware AutoVISION s simple Device Firmware Update feature makes it easy to download and install firmware on your camera To download and install firmware e Navigate to Windows Start Menu gt Programs gt Microscan AutoVISION gt Device Firmware Update Je Microscan Li Microscan AutoVISION SF AutoVISION Je Tools E Device Backplane Device Firmware Update 3 Device Network Viewer Job Templates _ Service and Support 4 Back 1 j omm p AAA AO AA Fror SEAN programs WG POLES e After you click Device Firmware Update the Smart Camera Firmware Update Tool will appear Select your camera from the Please Select a Smart Camera to Update dropdown menu Note Only cameras on the same network as your PC will be visible in this menu e Once you have selected your camera its identifying details such
46. username and password for your camera to protect device settings Create or change a username and password by right clicking on the image of the camera and then clicking Change User ID and Password gi VisionMIN111194F Change User ID and Password 469 254 12 AutoVISION Software User Manual 2 3 Select Device Then enter your new username of choice and password of choice and click the Change button Subsequent attempts to change device settings will require that the current username and password be entered Login to the device to change settings Important AutoVISION is not able to edit jobs that have been manipulated in FrontRunner Switching jobs between AutoVISION and FrontRunner is not recommended Once a device is selected you can Create a New Job Load a Job from a saved avp file on your PC or Upload Current Job from Device your camera T Upload Current Job from Device 2 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual Connect Job Changeover Multiple jobs can be loaded to the Vision HAWK Vision MINI or Vision MINI Xi You can switch between the jobs without having to download each time A number of features allow you to manipulate the jobs and retrieve information about the loaded jobs Job Slot Each job is stored in a corresponding slot in the camera s memory identified by a consecutive list of integers Boot Job This is the job that loads when the camera is powered on Current Job T
47. you want to separate objects from each other such as multiple connected OCR characters that are connected and are misidentified as a single character Once this option is selected the editor is updated to provide parameters specific to the open operation Pixel Polarity Light Pixel Polarity selects the color of the objects you want to separate Iterations sets the number of times the operation is repeated on the image The effect of the operation is increased as this value is increased This parameter is defaulted to 1 but you will typically need Heron to increase the number of iterations to achieve the desired effect Show Output Image is enabled by default The pre processed image will 1 be shown within the ROI of your tool so you can see the effect of your chosen operation You can use this option to hide the pre processed image Show Output Image Separate Objects Open Example Count Tool no image pre processing Count Tool with Separate Objects Open enabled counting one blob Dark Pixels 6 Iterations counting two blobs AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 9 Tools Overview Connect Objects Close Connect Objects Close uses morphological pre processing to perform a close operation This operation is useful when you want to connect objects to each other such as multiple dot matrix printed OCR characters whose dots are too far apart making it difficult to segment the characters Once this option
48. yourself AutoVISION s check for updates timer is reset 1 6 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Status Message List The Status Message List can be opened by clicking the Status Message List icon to the left of the help icon in the upper right of the screen The Status Message List allows you to view a history of all status messages shown by AutoVISION during the current session SY Status Message List Mo Job Loaded for Emulator Creating new job for Emulator Y New Job Creation Complete Initializing UI Initializing UI for Emulator Acquiring an Image Acquire Complete Initializing UI for Emulator Acquiring an Image Initializing UI for Emulator Acquire Complete New Job Creation Successful Initializing UI for Emulator Acquiring an Image Initializing UI for Emulator Acquire Complete Status Bar sion 10 0 1 15 Vision VGA The status bar appears at the bottom of the main window and contains the following information e The currently selected device e Device IP address e The grayscale value under the cursor when hovering over the image e The X Y position of the cursor in pixel coordinates AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 7 AutoVISION Overview AutoVISION Options The AutoVISION Options dialog allows you to control AutoVISION s startup behavior and security settings On the Startup tab you can set the software to Auto Connect to a smart camera that you select from the dropdown m
49. 2 Presencel Wv Pixel Count 28663 sj Measurel jetted Distance 19 071 aa Each tool within the job is shown much as it would be shown in the tool list For each tool the icon tool name current output status are shown There is a right arrow button to the right of the tool status icon that allows you to drill down to further information about the tool For example drilling down on Measure shows the following Data Navigator a Important For the Decode OCR Measure and Symbol Quality Verification Tools the Data Navigator Outputs list shows additional linkable outputs that are not shown in pen 0 the main user interface Check the Data Navigator to a ensure that you are aware of Angle 89 8 s all possible linkable outputs A 0 999973893165588 B 0 00722613092511892 C 262 18563060566 0 for these tools 264 73 351 Angle 89 6 serranos A 0 999991476535797 B 0 00412373617291451 C 285 245551116765 6 The header of this view shows the current tool and also a button to drill up or return to the previous view The parameters are displayed in a categorized list along with GDS type and path information The current value is also shown but cannot be altered from this view A link button is shown for any linkable parameters AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 131 Data Navigator Data Tags View The Data Tags View is shown when you click the Data Tags button This view shows information from th
50. Distance Type Point to Line Distance Point to Line Distance A Point to Point Distance 4 62 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit e Edge Strength The Measure Tool provides a gradient plot to assist with the setting of the edge threshold The plot shows you how strong the transitions from dark to light or light to dark gradients are within the tool s region of interest The plot is calculated down the center of the ROI left to right when measuring width top to bottom when measuring height and at the user defined angle when measuring angle A red horizontal line shows where the current threshold is set Use the slider to adjust the threshold to an optimum value Edge Strength Ea e Tolerance Lower and upper tolerance in pixels Tolerance Lower Tolerance Upper Tolerance 10000 zooo 6 VA e Enable ROI Region of Interest Rotation The Measure Tool s Width Measure capability can be enabled for ROI rotation by clicking the rotation icon at the upper left of the parameters view Es Enable ROI Rotation AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 63 Measure Tool Height Measure e Function Height measurement e Edge Selection Polarity Determines whether to measure a dark or light object with respect to the background Light to Dark Edges searches for edges that transition from a light background to a dark object Dark to Light Edges searches for edges that trans
51. Enable Disable CPU C States Choose to disable CPU C States or leave them enabled CPU Idle States can cause Image drop errors FIFO overruns on GigE camera setups Disabling C States eliminates this potential source of Camera acquisition errors CPU Idle States can also cause Livey ideo to stop unexpectedly while connected to a VisionhlAll or VisionHawyk Smart Camera Disabling C States also eliminates this type of image acquisition drops 4 Disable CPU Idle States C Statez WARNING Disabling C States significant increases overall CPU power consumption and is not recommended for laptops running on battery power lt Back lt Back Next gt Cancel _ Cancel 1 32 AutoVISION Software User Manual E 2 Connect Contents Launch the AutoVISION User Interface cc ccccececcececececccececeecececucueucaeaucensececeneaeneterenseeeaeaeaenes 2 2 SAN A teens en ine ae pe N 2 3 Alo og als ale 21 0 AAA ee ee re ene ee eee 2 5 This section describes how to launch AutoVISION select a device and connect AutoVISION Software User Manual 2 1 Launch the AutoVISION User Interface Launch the AutoVISION User Interface Double click the AutoVISION icon on your desktop or go to the Windows Start Menu and navigate to All Programs gt Microscan AutoVISION gt AutoVISION The Connect menu provides a list of available devices Hover the mouse over a device to see its details 2 2 AutoVISION Softw
52. F Users eleweren Desktop job avp File Help 9a BSA New Job Creation Successful MICROSCAN image Size 752 x 480 Dynamic Range Excellent Histogram Exposure 500 psec G 7 Gain ET Focus 400 _ in 100 Lighting Mode Strobe AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 27 Adjust Camera Settings You can return to the Connect view and click the Modify button to adjust additional camera settings such as TCP IP settings RS 232 settings Ethernet settings and AutoVISION button settings You can also rename your camera alphanumeric characters only 0 9 a z and A Z Click the Apply button when you have adjusted the camera s settings as needed a VisionHawk a Stopped 2 License Options 10 10 5 236 A Details Model Vision HAWK CWUAGA Category Smartlamera Version 7 0 0 x Memory 296 MB Flash 32 MB IP Address 10 10 5 236 MAC Address 00 06 43 12 B5 C6 Subnet Mask 259 259 254 0 DHCP Disabled Number of senal TCP ports 4 Starting sertal TCP Port 49211 TETT Ririnedl PROFINET Serial Port R5232 1 Baud Rate 115200 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control None Auto Button True send Trigger 1 28 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Edit the Job After you have created a new job loaded a job from your PC or uploaded a job from the camera you will proceed to the Edit view to refine your machine vision job The Camera para
53. Focus Exposure and Sepse Gain settings and shows a histogram Soi for the captured image Image Size 752 x 480 Dynamic Range Excellent Histogram Lighting Mode Strobe 4 E E Acquire images from Camera To enable Auto Calibration the image source must be the camera The image control settings are only available when a camera is connected and the image source is the camera Important The image source must be the camera for these controls to be enabled If you see the Acquire Images from Camera button instead of the Auto Calibration button click it to make the camera the image source and capture an image The Auto Calibration button and other controls will then be enabled 3 6 AutoVISION Software User Manual Image Lighting Mode There are three lighting modes for the Vision HAWK Vision MINI and Vision MINI Xi Off On and Strobe Lighting Mode Note The Vision HAWK C Mount does not have internal lighting but does support external light control via Output 3 When Lighting is set to Off external lighting is disabled and internal lighting standard Vision HAWK Vision MINI and Vision MINI Xi is turned off This is the default state for the Vision HAWK C Mount When Lighting is set to On external lighting is enabled Output 3 of the Vision HAWK C Mount is placed in a de energized or open state and internal lighting standard Vision HAWK Vision MIN
54. For even larger symbols up to 200 mm long Microscan offers the MAX 300 This is a 300 mm large area array light Its kit consists of a light extension cable and power supply Red white and blue options are available Y Red LED option with cable required to power the light using a QX 1 NER 011660300G NERLITE MAX 300 RED NARROW M12 CONNECTOR 61 000204 01 CABLE POWER SMART SERIES TO QX 1 You can also use the following cable with GigE or Vision MINI cameras and power it with your own 24V source 61 000186 01 CABLE 5 PIN M12 FEMALE TO FLYING LEADS 3M AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 115 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Proper Camera and Light Configuration Below is the required setup for 1D verification as detailed in the ISO 15416 specification The correct ISO 15416 symbol verification setup includes an illumination source that is uniform across the symbol area at a 45 degree angle to the surface and in a plane containing the illumination source that is perpendicular to the surface and parallel to the bars of the 1D symbol The configuration also includes a camera whose axis is perpendicular to the symbol surface The light reflected from a circular sample area of the symbol surface is collected in a cone formation with a vertex angle of 15 degrees centered on the perpendicular to the surface through a circular measuring aperture with a diameter of 1 1 magnification which is equivalent to that of the s
55. Gain Trigger Polarity Low gt High Emulator MO 52212 e Select the directory in which the image you want to inspect is stored in this example an image of an automotive gasket Click the folder icon to the left of the Camera tool This will bring up the Browse For Folder dialog Click on the folder containing the images you want to inspect and then click OK Browse For Folder Select the preferred folder containing the images 4 de Testlmages de Calipers de Cap Images de Con Rod di Dice dJ Food Special Label M Gasket de Koffo de Pharma Pack Li Valve de Vision Simplified Label 7 2 AutoVISION Software User Manual Example Job Gasket Inspection Add Measure Tool Add a Measure Tool to check the height of the gasket Set the following Measure Tool parameters e Function Height Measurement Light Background to Dark Object e Edge Quality A Little Rough Not Always Straight e Set tolerances to accept good cuts but reject bad cuts SF AutoVISION Emulator C Users User Documents job1 avp Job Saved Successfully e 280 637 2 an Ta Height Z Edge Selection Edge Strength s A Blurry Edges 3 ss Very Rough 7 75 pixels Emulator Hint Double click on the name of the tool Measure1 in the tool list on the left side of the interface to re name the tool AutoVISION Software User Manual 7 3 Add Three Presence Absence Tools Add Three Presence Absence Tools A
56. I and Vision MINI Xi is enabled When Lighting is set to Strobe Output 3 on the Vision HAWK C Mount is enabled to control an external light The normal state for Output 3 in this configuration is in an energized or closed state At the start of an image acquisition the output is de energized or placed in an open state At the end of the camera s exposure period the output is set back to a closed state Strobe is the default state for the standard Vision HAWK Vision MINI and Vision MINI Xi Strobe operation allows you to connect the appropriate NERLITE external lighting product for your application and to control that light in sync with image acquisition The light can be switched on fast enough that it is at full brightness before the exposure begins AutoVISION Software User Manual 3 7 3 8 AutoVISION Software User Manual OS 4 Edit Contents IS A PP A A A ee 4 2 Tools OVEIWISWiistai deditos 4 6 Same rat er CR oR oe 4 15 EO CALS TOO andes Pia ed ba dee cela Dates Matsa act oe A a i 4 22 Decode TOM a 4 25 OCR TOO Naiara IE ta nea tas 4 33 COURT A A ads 4 50 Presence Absence TOO ii A R 4 57 Measure TOO dai ins 4 60 Match Stinas Tool a le DO 4 73 SUING Formal TOO e e ltd la dl 4 76 LOGIC A A 4 79 DEV TOO ll a ao e ito ea 4 83 Symbol Quality Verification TO e o de lot e de di 4 87 INSPECCIONES il a eee 4 118 MIO SCA iaa 4 125 pata INAV IG AION erica toca 4 130 MORE gett set a A A E E SEA micah 4 134 Sena Co OMMAN Saee onc saa oc a
57. L wa 6 E E i x lt RX a X VA Terminated phy 40 Host 7 gt X Output 3 6 2 A Tx O _ Pa af 1 Trigger O Ground 7 ie iw Terminated Input Common 8 9 Host RxD 2 Output Common 3 Terminated Connector A M12 Connector B M12 12 Pin Plug 8 Pin Note Connector A contains all I O AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 17 Vision MINI Hardware Vision MINI Hardware There are six basic steps required to set up a Vision MINI Smart Camera 1 2 1 18 Configure hardware Set up the camera cabling power supply and I O Select a device and create a new job Use the Connect view to select a device and create a new job or load an existing job Adjust camera settings Use the Connect and Image views to adjust parameters specific to the connected smart camera Edit the job Add and configure AutoVISION tools that are useful for your application Use Inspection Outputs parameters to configure job outputs Run the job Jobs are downloaded to the camera when entering the Run view but are not saved yet Save the job Stop the job and click the Save icon to save the current job on the camera but don t forget to start the job again The following sections discuss these steps in greater detail The Vision MINI is designed for embedded applications It features a small enclosure and low power requirements lt is capable of running a couple AutoVISION tools simultaneously The SXGA MINI is a good choice for
58. MICROSCAN AutoVISION Software User Manual Py fi Copyright 2015 Microscan Systems Inc Tel 1 425 226 5700 800 762 1149 Fax 1 425 226 8250 All rights reserved The information contained herein is proprietary and is provided solely for the purpose of allowing customers to operate and or service Microscan manufactured equipment and is not to be released reproduced or used for any other purpose without written permission of Microscan Throughout this manual trademarked names might be 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 Solution Partner US Disclaimer The information and specifications described in this manual are subject to change without notice Latest Manual Version For the latest version of this manual see the Download Center on our web site at www microscan com Technical Support For technical support e mail helpdesk microscan com Warranty For current warranty information see www microscan com warranty Microscan Systems Inc United States Corporate Headquarters 1 425 226 5700 800 762 1149 United States Northeast Technology Center 1 603 598 8400 800 468 9503 European Headquarters 31 172 423360 Asia Pacific Headquarters 65 6846 1214 AutoVISION Software User Manual Introduction Table of Contents Chapter 1 Quick Start AUTOVISION OVeMIeWein
59. Nonuniformity A B Unused Error Correction ABCDEF 4 92 Aperture automatically sets the aperture size to the user defined percentage of the decoded cell size Choose Auto if you want the aperture size to be set automatically based on the symbol s cell size The aperture is set to 50 of the cell size by default Turn Auto off if you want to enter the Aperture value manually When Auto is de selected a dropdown menu appears allowing you to enter units in mil or mm Lighting Wave Length specifies the wavelength of the lighting being used This value is for reporting only and does not affect verification results Lighting Angle specifies the angle of the lighting being used Note that this value is for reporting only and does not affect verification results Setup Notes allows you to record any additional information that needs to be considered about your camera or lighting configuration AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Calibration Click the Calibration section of the parameters to bring up the dialog shown below The Calibration dialog features simple instructions about how to calibrate your camera and the Verification Tool in order to be compliant with your chosen verification specification You must have a Calibration card in order to calibrate your system Use this dialog to enter the data from your Calibration card and then click the Calibrate Reflectance button to start the process As pa
60. Runner Switching jobs between AutoVISION and FrontRunner is not recommended You can switch between jobs in AutoVISION s Connect or Run views Click the job switch icon in the Run view to use the dropdown menu shown below 1 Jobl avp 2 Job2 avp 3 Job3 avp 4 Job4 avp Load this job from flash and run If a username and password have been defined for the camera the Login dialog will appear Login to the device to change settings AutoVISION Software User Manual 2 7 AutoVISION Software User Manual AutoVISION Software User Manual A S Image Contents IEA AA 3 2 O O 3 3 Image Control TOOS seiri ios tak aa a aani ae e a aeoe aaan 3 4 Auto ANDA ON lt a A AAA AAA A 3 6 This section describes AutoVISION s Image area how to use the image control tools and how to Auto Calibrate on an acquired image 3 1 Image Overview Image Overview The Image view allows you to calibrate your camera s focus and lighting settings automat ically via the Auto Calibration button or to adjust them manually via the Exposure Gain Focus and Lighting Mode parameters Calibration settings are saved to the camera as are Exposure Gain and Focus settings that are adjusted manually Note The Vision HAWK C Mount supports Exposure and Gain Calibration but not Focus Calibration The upper right corner of the view provides feedback on the current image including its width and height the quality of its Dynamic Range Excellent
61. SION Software User Manual 4 139 Serial Commands GET tagname service service tagname Gets value of a global tag The tagname must correspond to one of the supported tags within the device The command is terminated by a carriage return and or line feed character Include an index to get a single value from an array such as GET int1 If the index is omit ted the full array of values will be returned in a comma separated list of values Send Get tagname service tagname service to get the value of a tag within the global data service To get the value of a tag within another service prefix the tagname with the service name For example a GET lt service tagname gt command such as GET eip input for the ElP input assembly The AVP service allows retrieval of step and datum information from the job tree using for ward slash f in the symbolic name path GET avp insp1 snapshot1 status paths are not case sensitive and do not need to be fully qualified if unique GET avp snapshot1 status will return the same result if there is only one inspection When issued against a step GET avp snapshott1 will return the values for all datums Success Return On success will return the value stored in the tag For example ABCD Fail Return On failure will return ERROR followed by the reason for the failure For example ERROR Tag matchstring66 not found INFO tagname service Gets information about a tag or service INFO with no argume
62. String 1 OCR OCRLOutStr Optional Format OCR string 2 li Decode Text Optional Format M 3 6 n r Hint To reset the Input String 1 or Input String 2 values to Not Connected right click the Input String value you want to reset and click Disconnect Non Printable Characters The String Format Tool accepts the following special characters which can be used to configure the output string a bell b backspace f form feed n new line r carriage return t horizontal tab v vertical tab Y single quote x022 double quote question mark ooo three digit octal notation ASCII value i e 1145 e ix0hh hexadecimal notation ASCII value i e 10x04C L Note To escape the Y character use the hexadecimal or octal versions x5c or 1134 AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 77 String Format Tool String Format Tool Outputs The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type e Output String Compatible with the string data type e String 1 Formatted Compatible with the string data type e String 2 Formatted Compatible with the string data type 4 78 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Logic Tool The Logic Tool allows you to build simple logic expressions in AutoVISION These expressions make it possible to combine the results of multiple Tools and tie those results to outputs Logic Tool Parameters Click th
63. Touch ROI wD Min Blob Size o k Max Blob Size 1000000 g o AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 51 Count Tool e Min Blob Size Objects smaller than the defined size in pixels will be ignored Blob Selection e Max Blob Size Objects larger than the defined size in pixels will be ignored Blob Selection Max Blob Size 4 52 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit e Threshold The Count Tool s Blob Count capability displays a histogram of the gray values witin its region of interest This provides a visual aide when setting the tool s threshold value The histogram shows where the majority of the dark pixels to the left and the light pixels to the right are on the gray scale You can use the slider to adjust the threshold to a point between the two peaks The portion of the histogram that is above the threshold is displayed in red the portion that is below the threshold is displayed in blue selecting Auto Threshold will instruct the software to compute the threshold automatically Auto Threshold E 125 OD e Tolerance Sets the tolerance on the minimum and maximum number of pixels allowable for the inspection to pass e Enable ROI Region of Interest Rotation The Count Tool s Blob Count capability can be enabled for ROI rotation by clicking the rotation icon at the upper left of the parameters view En
64. a symbol Residue Cleanup allows you to set the number of pixels to remove around the perimeter of each blob of residue Increase this value if the size of symbols varies by a large amount Filtering Minimum Symbol Size 50 pixels Residue Cleanup 1 pixels Settings Click the Settings area of the OCV Tool parameters to display controls for Polarity Single Symbol and AutoFind the Symbols The OCV Tool can usually detect polarity on its own but when it can t set Polarity directly to Light on Dark or Dark on Light Enable Single Symbol if you want all features within the template ROI region of interest to be trained as one symbol Enable AutoFind the Symbols to search automatically for trained symbols Disable AutoFind to save processing time if you are already using a Locate Tool Settings AutoFind the Symbols 4 84 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Training the OCV Tool The OCV Tool is trained in the same way as the Locate Tool e Add the OCV Tool to the image area e Adjust the template ROI region of interest around the feature that you want the tool to learn e Adjust the boundary ROI to cover the area within which you expect your feature to move from image to image For best results make this ROI as large as possible e Train the tool to recognize the characters in the template ROI by clicking the Train icon Click the red icon to train the tool Template For best results m
65. able ROI Rotation AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 53 Count Tool Shape Count Quick Find Uses a rough location Faster but less accurate Fit Quality Defines how closely the identified feature must match the template Relaxed Normal Precise Accept Threshold A ratio that determines how well the located feature must match the trained feature 0 1 1 where 1 perfect match Locate Parameters Quick Find Fit Qua Precise Accept Threshold Allowed Rotation Sets a limit on how much the object can rotate and still be recognized Allowed Rotation Degrees Hint The Count Tool is configured to handle 360 degrees of rotation by default However reducing the Allowed Rotation Degrees will speed up the tool s performance considerably Tolerance Sets the tolerance on the minimum and maximum number of pixels allowable for the inspection to pass Tolerance 4 54 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Count Tool Outputs The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type e Number of Parts Compatible with the sint32 data type e Location X Y Angle Shape Count Only Compatible with the double data type e Fit Quality Shape Count Only Compatible with the double data type AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 55 Count Tool Count Tool Shape Count Advanced Parameters Click the Advanced Parameters icon at th
66. aceenasene 4 83 Symbol Quality Verification ToOo l oooocccccoooccnnccoocnnncononcnnnnornnnnonnns 4 87 Inspection OULD UNS asestasiins osas iniciaba 4 118 MIETOSCAM CINK ss stits a 4 125 Wata NavIda toas dedo laicos 4 130 TAEA eee nmr UN 5U P O en EOE a PLM ns Oe een eee 4 134 senal GCOMMANGS rin ctl don tahen dee acese dances iveddnaaseta tga 4 137 AutoVISION Software User Manual il Table of Contents Chapter 5 Run RUM OV GINO We o 5 2 Mage Display OPiS ccc Secs oc wanes ala sevens eee 5 3 image Saving OOO Sys hae ce ee Ae ts ae ll a 5 4 INSpecti n statistic o ie och ad ed ae cad ie ek as 5 5 Chapter 6 Firmware and License Upgrades updating IF INT ANG euses const Galea ath auras duets a 6 2 Camera License Upgrade cccccseccccscesseececeeeeeeceeeseeeesesesesseegeenesees 6 6 Chapter 7 Example Job Gasket Inspection Start Gasket JOb occcccocccccoccnccoconoccncnnononnnononnnononnnononnnnnnnnnnnannncnnncnnnnos 7 2 Add Measure Tool cc ccccsseccsseeceseeceueeceueeceueeceueeseueeseueeseueessueessueensas 1 3 Add Three Presence Absence TOols ccccccececeecsseeeeeeeeeeeeeesaeseeeeesaaees 7 4 Report Gasket Inspection Status and Gasket Height oooo 7 5 Run the Gasket JO Dirac id 7 6 Iv AutoVISION Software User Manual Introduction About AutoVISION Software Microscan s AutoVISION is the easiest to use machine vision software available for vision applications
67. ake the boundary ROI as large as possible You can then verify the quality of individual characters in the inspection area Hint Click on individual letters to show their detailed results as in the example below which shows an analysis of a symbol s size and total residue area Note When using the OCV Tool you may see two additional boxes within the boundary ROI and outside the template ROI as in the example above This is normal and does not affect OCV Tool performance AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 85 OCV Tool OCV Tool Output The following parameter output can be linked using Microscan Link Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type OCV Tool Advanced Parameters Click the Advanced Parameters icon at the upper right of the Edit view to access OCV Tool Advanced Parameters sl AutoFind Distance Tolerance Sets the maximum allowed change in the trained distance between the two symbols used by AutoFind AutoFind Pin 1 Index Sets the index of the symbol to use as the first AutoFind feature AutoFind Pin 2 Index Sets the index of the symbol to use as the second AutoFind feature Individual Symbol Search X Sets a search range on the X axis that is used to position the template for each symbol more accurately Increase this value when symbol position varies significantly within the string Note however that the tool runs more slowly as you increase this value Individual Symbol Search Y Sets a
68. ample area the area containing the 1D symbol The angles of the configuration described above minimize specular reflection and maximize diffuse reflection from the symbol This configuration is intended to provide a reference for measurement consistency 17 9 A o 1 Image Sensor 2 Aperture at 1 1 Magnification such that measurement A is equal to measurement B 3 Light Baffle 4 Symbol Surface 5 Illumination Source 4 116 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Resolution Requirements Of all verification parameters the most difficult test to pass using machine vision is Modulation This is because the scan brightness profile typically shows narrow spaces as being less bright than wide spaces and narrow bars as being less dark than wide bars The reasons for this have to do with resolution optics focus and lighting used for verification The first figure below demonstrates this problem Gray values for wide white bars are 210 230 where they are only 150 for narrow white bars Gray values for wide black bars are 20 while they are 60 70 for narrow black bars 69 EL 67 MAS 104 AS pe 60 152 105 pa om 65 67 Wee 105 hein 215 213 wo E 9 MAZ 106 ler 213 213 100 E 146 106 aon 146 116 107 214 21 2121 A E TEA eTa 221 ele 193 The second figure below shows how adequate resolution resolves this Gray values for both wide and narrow white bars are 210 230 Gray values for wide and narrow black b
69. an be output through Inspection Outputs All verification status outputs can be tied to the camera s Digital Outputs Digital Outputs a allelic r E 15015415 Verification1 15015415 Verification Passed 15015415 Verification1 Failed 150154415 Verification1 Dimension Status 15015415 Verification1 Good Status 15015415 Verification1 Fair Status 15015415 Verification Poor Status A OUT Inspection Outputs Inspection Passed Inspection Failed Inspection Done 4 102 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Symbol Quality Verification Reports The report that is produced by AIM DPM ISO 29158 ISO 15415 and ISO 15416 Symbol Quality Verification can be saved in either PDF or plain text format 15015416 Verification Verification Repor E ECS 0 6 5 3 poels 640 90 RN Grade 0 8 Aperture 5 3 pixels Wavelength 640 LightAngle 90 eee 10037000849107 A 10 7 pirels Parameter Grades 4 Edge Determination a AA AI A 4 Symbol Contrast D 1 Dii D 1 2 D 1 D 1 Min Reflectance Ata ACA ALA A 4 Ala AA 10 47 11 47 11 46 11 47 12 48 11 47 12 46 12 53 12 44 12 47 Min Edge Contrast Ad Ad Ad Ad A 4 Ata Ad F O Aldi 22 19 22 23 2 19 PY Modulaticn BCs oF B 3 E 3 B 3 Dm F 0 Defects Di B 3 cy CL FCO F 0 26 20 25 25 37 31 Decodabality 4 i Ald Ad Ata Ald Ata Ald QuietZone AA Ata A 4 AA 10 10
70. are User Manual Connect Select Device AutoVISION s Connect view allows you to select your device and configure its settings and to create a new job Cameras Vision HAWK Vision HAWK C Mount Vision MINI or Vision MINI Xi Emulator The software Emulator allows you to work from saved images without hardware Click the green icon to take control of the camera The Modify button will appear Click the Modify button to adjust camera settings a VisionHawk10EDF6 W No Job Loaded 10 104 108 The Connect menu Serer y coll wc Seana H a A Category Camer provides a list of j a Version 5 0 0 30 available devices e IP Address 10 104 108 MAC Address 00 08 43 10 ED F6 Subnet Mask 255 255 254 0 DHCP Enabled Memory 256 MB Flash 32 MB Hover the mouse Mode Vaona WVGA Industral Protocol over a device to see e cp Its details a on al ie Data Bits FROTINCT Once connected the 1 camera s properties are ao sutton Enabled visible Send Trigger Modifying Device Settings When you click the Modify button device settings under Details can be changed Note If DHCP is disabled at startup and you click DHCP Enable the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields are read only and show the camera s current static IP Address and Subnet If DHCP is enabled at startup the IP Address and Subnet Mask assigned by DHCP are shown Important The Vision HAWK s default IP address is 192 168 0 10 You can also create or change a
71. ars are 20 30 1981220 208 1211 Kal od a 1207 198 bi H 209215 2091220 207 fz16 tee ee 203 214 209 230 207 216 211 214 207 175 p 2 IS z iF sh U 200 208 202 224 209 1217 4 36 2 25 23 25 26 22 36 66 S76 38 28 3 vee 192 202 LL 215 0 36 34 3 33 24 27 34 38 69 ee 209 209 202 78 5 38 36 52 MIE AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 117 Inspection Outputs Inspection Outputs The Inspection Outputs Tool is used to communicate the results of your inspection to the outside world You can output results via Digital I O or as string data sent via the Serial port or the Ethernet port via TCP IP Inspection Outputs allow you to e Connect the Digital I O of the camera to the results of your job e Produce a formatted string from the inspection data and send it out the Serial or Ethernet port SF AutoVISION Emulator lt Current Job Has Not Been Saved gt 9286 Connect Emulator 3 Edit mode v File Help Inspection Outputs Emulator ocr ra E Y Y A IT E he OR O O aes Digital Outputs JL output 1 JL output 2 lt Not Connected gt lt Not Connected gt Connect Output to a Tool Status 4 s Camera Picture Done Expose Done Trigger Overrun n Process Overrun 4 id Decode Decode1 Passed Decode Failed 4 four Inspection O
72. ased on Fit Quality Precise the coordinates reported by the Locate Tool Accept Threshaid 0 800 based on the coordinates reported by the Locate Tool 180 4 OFF Do not move this tool Using Dynamic Locate in the Decode Tool Symbology Types Data Matrix ECC200 QR Code 2005 Code 39 Code 128 12 5 Use this tool as a location UPC EAN source for other tools AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 7 Tools Overview Image Pre Processing Image Pre Processing is enabled by default AutoVISION s Image Pre Processing algorithms are available for the following tools e OCR Tool e Count Tool Blob Count e Measure Tool Image Pre Processing makes it easier for the software to recognize and read characters in an image detect features in an image and measure width height and angle within an image The Pre Processing routine runs before the tool runs The Image Pre Processing editor shown here is visible in the OCR Tool Count Tool Blob Count and Measure Tool s parameters areas Image Pre Processing Image Pre Processing Option lt none gt a lt none gt separate Objects Open Connect Objects Close Shrink Objects Erode Grow Objects Dilate Gradient Image Sobel Smooth Noise Mean Low Pass Filter 4 8 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Separate Objects Open Separate Objects Open uses morphological pre processing to perform an open operation This operation is useful when
73. ays returns the last most recent image transfer ymodem is currentlynot optional only Ymodem protocol is supported format jpg png specifies the format of the image If omitted the image format is JPG quality n specifies a JPG compression quality of n less than or equal to 100 The default quality is 80 if not specified Note The PNG format provides lossless image compression If format is set to PNG the quality setting does not apply wol left top right bottom specifies a rectangular area of the image to be included in the output image If omitted the full image buffer is returned Inspection n specifies the inspection from which to retrieve an image The image will be from the first snapshot within that inspection If not specified the image will be from the first inspection that does contain a snapshot The following example will retrieve an image from the camera with these settings Protocol ymodem Format png Quality N A Inspection second inspection GETIMAGE transfer ymodem format png inspection 2 The following example will retrieve an image from the camera with these settings Protocol ymodem Format jpg default Quality 50 Inspection first inspection default GETIMAGE transfer ymodem quality 50 ONLINE Starts all inspections OFFLINE Stops all inspections AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 137 Serial Commands TRIGGER Triggers an inspection vt n Triggers an inspec
74. bjects Pixel Polarity Light Pixel Polarity selects the color of the objects you want to separate Iterations sets the number of times the operation is repeated on the image The effect of the operation is increased as this value is increased This parameter is defaulted to 1 but you will typically need keraian to increase the number of iterations to achieve the desired effect Show Output Image is enabled by default The pre processed image will 1 be shown within the ROI of your tool so you can see the effect of your chosen operation You can use this option to hide the pre processed image E Show Output Image El Shrink Objects Erode Example Count Tool no image pre processing two Count Tool with Shrink Objects Erode enabled blobs connected and counted as one Dark Pixels 5 Iterations counting two blobs AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 11 Tools Overview Grow Objects Dilate Grow Objects Dilate uses morphological pre processing to perform a dilate operation This increases the size of objects This operation is similar to Connect Objects option in that it is typically used to connect objects The difference is that the Connect Objects operation performs a dilation followed by an erosion so that objects are connected but then returned to their original size The Grow Objects option only dilates objects The editor options for this operation are the same as for Connect Objects Pixel P
75. bottom left to right right to left or bottom to top Scan Direction e Edge Selection Polarity Determines whether to measure a dark or light object with respect to the background Light to Dark Edges searches for edges that transition from a light background to a dark object Dark to Light Edges searches for edges that transition from a dark background to a light object Any Edge searches for edges of any polarity Dark To Light Edges Any Edge AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 67 Measure Tool e Edge Selection Sharpness Determines the sharpness of the edge Very Sharp Edges 1 calculates gradients by looking 1 pixel before and 1 pixel after the analysis pixel Sharp Edges 2 calculates gradients by looking 2 pixels before and 2 pixels after the analysis pixel Blurry Edges 3 calculates gradients by looking 3 pixels before and 3 pixels after the analysis pixel Very Blurry Edges 4 calculates gradients by looking 4 pixels before and 4 pixels after the analysis pixel Sharp Edges 2 Blurry Edges 3 _ HA Very Blurry Edges 4 e Edge Selection Straightness Determines the straightness of the edge Rough 2 75 pixels Extra Straight 0 10 pixels Very Straight 0 25 pixels Straight 0 75 pixels Rough 2 75 pixels Very Rough 7 75 pixels 4 68 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit e Edge Strength The Measure Tool provi
76. connected P This Job is configured for Strobe Mode Output 3 is dedicated as the external Strobe signal on this Device Output 3 was assigned in this Job and therefore had to be cleared 4 20 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Camera Output The following parameter output can be linked using Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type Camera Advanced Parameters Click the Advanced Parameters icon at the upper right of the Edit view to access Camera Advanced Parameters Exposure Allows you to set the integration time for the camera s image sensor pixels Gain Allows you to set the signal strength applied to pixel grayscale values prior to output Offset Allows you to set the level of digital offset to apply to the output signal to adjust the dark level This provides a means for adjusting the dark level if clipping of the dark signal is occurring dark value below 0 to provide more contrast Trigger Selects the type of I O Trigger Polarity Defines whether trigger polarity is Low to High or High to Low Lighting Mode Selects how the camera s built in lighting is configured Acquire Options Allows you to enable a capture target or to use fixed photometry values settings Camera Gain Offset Trigger Trigger Polarity Lighting Mode Capture Laser Target eee A Use Fixed Focus Acquire Options Use Fixed Gain Use Fixed Exposure
77. cting it and clicking the Make Current button AutoVISION Software User Manual 2 5 Job Changeover You can also delete jobs from the camera by selecting a job and clicking the Delete Slot button AutoVISION will warn you if you try to delete the current job and will automatically reassign the new first job in the list to current The pop up menu that appears when you click the flash memory icon allows you to see all jobs currently on the camera You can then flash the job that is in the camera s memory or 1 name avp 2 name avp name avp name avp name avp name avp 10 name avp 11 name avp Mew Slot When you select a slot or New Slot you will see a dialog asking if you want to download the current job This allows you either to flash the job in AutoVISION or the job on the camera If you select New Slot AutoVISION will search for an open slot or the next corresponding job slot and insert the job in that slot After the job is flashed it will start running and AutoVISION will switch to the Run view if you have checked Go to Run view after flashing the job Would you like to download the program to flash to the camera Note If you click No the job that is currently in the camera will be flashed to the selected slot Go to Run view after flashing the job 2 6 AutoVISION Software User Manual Connect Job Switching Important AutoVISION is not able to edit jobs that have been manipulated in Front
78. d Parameters Symbology Types Allows you to determine which symbologies are enabled blue or disabled white Match String Enable Enables or disables Decode Tool results for Match String output Match String Allows you to specify the string that must be matched for the Decode Tool to pass Wildcard Character Enables or disables a wildcard character in Decode Tool output Max Symbols Determines the maximum number of symbols to decode in a single Decode Tool ROI region of interest e Separator Allows you to define the character that will separate concatenated symbol output strings e GS1 Validation Allows you to extract validate and output separate symbol data fields Code 128 Symbol Length Allows you to set the Code 128 Symbol Length Timeout ms Determines the maximum amount of time 1 ms to 10 000 ms the Decode Tool will soend processing an image Linear Security Level Sets Linear Security Level to Aggressive Normal or Secure which determines the number of scan lines required for a good read Normal requires more scan lines than Aggressive and Secure requires more scan lines than Normal e PDF417 Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data e PDF417 Symbol Length Allows you to set the PDF417 Symbol Length e PDF417 Codeword Collection Collects PDF417 codewords from multiple images and assembles them throughout the read cycle until the read cycle
79. d then click the Calibrate button to start the process As part of the calibration process the Exposure Time setting of your camera will be adjusted Use the Maximum Exposure value in the Calibration dialog to set the maximum Exposure Time that can be set Calibration 1 Place Calibration Card in front of the Camera 2 Roughly center the symbol in the image 3 Enter data from Calibration Card below 4 Press the Calibrate button 024 Sym 2 Wit 4 88 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Custom Verification When you click the box next to Enable Customized Verification Tests you will see the dialog shown below This dialog allows you to select the individual attributes on which the verification will be based and to define Good Fair Poor ranges for each attribute Important Disabling parameters using the Custom Verification dialog results in a verification process that no longer strictly conforms to the ISO 15415 standard Custom Verification Y Enable Customized Verification Tests Verification Tests Good Fair Poor Range For all Items Symbol Contrast V A Modulation v Reflectance Margin V Axial Nonuniformity V Grid Nonuniformity A A Fixed Pattern Damage Y A A A A Unused Error Correction v Print Growth ISO 15415 Verification Parameters e Symbol Contrast The difference in the population of dark pixels to the population of light pixels compares to AIM
80. dd two Presence Absence Tools one for each of the gasket s two smaller holes Set the following Presence Absence Tool parameters e Adjust Threshold to look for light pixels e Adjust Limits so the tool fails when no hole is present Add a third Presence Absence Tool to measure the size of the gasket s center hole e Adjust Threshold to look for light pixels e Adjust Limits so the tool fails when the hole is too small 7 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual Example Job Gasket Inspection Report Gasket Inspection Status and Gasket Height Click on Inspection Outputs in the job list to report inspection status and gasket height Set the following output parameters e Use TCP Serial Output for Emulator testing e Add formatting around inspection status and measurement value TCP IP and Serial Gut String Output Port TCP 49211 Decimal Places 3 Error String Build Output String Inspection Outputs 5tatus H Measure2 Measurement B Telnet 127001 a pat tion ne pet tion Spee t Loins Spee Cons peetionil Ga tpoctianiA Teas kes poctd on 1 y apace don 1 poti ion a Sipe A a pie E pi i tpat E nmi pott inl z Epection 1 eee Ein 2 if pect 10 Spot tion H Spence lonii tee he Note See TCP Serial Output for a description of how to use Telnet to view TCP output AutoVISION Software User Manual 7 5 Run the Gasket Job Run the Gasket Job Click on the R
81. des a gradient plot to assist with the setting of the edge threshold The plot shows you how strong the transitions from dark to light or light to dark gradients are within the tool s region of interest The plot is calculated down the center of the ROI left to right when measuring width top to bottom when measuring height and at the user defined angle when measuring angle A red horizontal line shows where the current threshold is set Use the slider to adjust the threshold to an optimum value Edge Strength Ea e Tolerance Expected angle measurement and the range the angle can vary from the nominal angle in degrees Tolerance Nominal Angle 0 000 i gD n _ HA Angle Tolerance 5 000 go e e Enable ROI Region of Interest Rotation The Measure Tool s Angle Measure capability can be enabled for ROI rotation by clicking the rotation icon at the upper left of the parameters view gt E Enable ROI Rotation AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 69 Measure Tool Identifying an Edge e Transitions between dark and light pixels are located e Several edge points are created from those transitions e The best possible line is then fit to the edge points 123 124 125 126 122 120 The Measure Tool A paes PORIS looks for transitions in Ma grayscale and fits an E i edge to the transitions Locating Transitions between Light and Dark e Edge points are found based on gradi
82. e 2 Width Measure and Height Measure only Compatible with the double data type Edge Angle Angle Measure only Compatible with the double data type 4 72 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Match Strings Tool The Match Strings Tool allows you to specify the string that must be matched for the tool to pass The Match Strings Tool e Uses the outputs from the Decode Tool OCR Tool String Format Tool and Verification Tool Note These other tools must execute before Match Strings in the job list e Compares the two strings e Reports whether the tool passes i e the two strings are the same and when the tool fails i e when the two strings are different Match These Strings Input String 1 y Decodel Decoded Text Link to a Tool Output Camera Input String 2 Match Strings CR OCR1Read Text di les Decode 1 Decoded Text G51 Format Text Decoded Type F OCR OCR1 Read Text E Ins pection Outputs AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 73 Match Strings Tool When the two strings match the message Strings Match is shown in the main view area When the two strings don t match the message STRINGS DON T MATCH is shown in the main view area AutoVISION LOT 13458 EL VISION a o e Hint To reset the Input String 1 or Input String 2 values to Not Connected click the X to the right of the value you want to disconnect Input String 1 i Decodel Decoded Text UN
83. e Logic Expression field to start building a logic expression No Expression The Logic Element Types menu shows a list of logic elements that can be added to the expression Value Operator Numeric Value and Group Logic Expression E Logic Elements Tool Output Value Operator AND OR gt etc AND Numeric Value 12 Group When you select a logic element that element appear in the Logic Expression popup You can now add further elements to build the logic expression AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 79 Logic Tool Value In the example below Value has been selected from the Logic Element Types menu and the Status pass fail of the Presence Absence Tool from the vision job has been added to the logic expression Lower Expression Link to a Tool Cuipui a E T Camera Status a g Count Blobs Status Count ad q Presencel Status Pixel ount a F Logit Status a F Logic Status a En Inspection Outputs Status Operator Click the button again to add another element to the logic expression In the example below Operator has been selected from the Logic Element Types menu The operators AND OR gt gt lt and lt can be added to the logic expression using the Operator dropdown menu Logic Expression Presence LStatus 4 80 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Numeric Value Select Numeric Value from the Logic El
84. e Selection Sharpness Determines the sharpness of the edge Very Sharp Edges 1 calculates gradients by looking 1 pixel before and 1 pixel after the analysis pixel Sharp Edges 2 calculates gradients by looking 2 pixels before and 2 pixels after the analysis pixel Blurry Edges 3 calculates gradients by looking 3 pixels before and 3 pixels after the analysis pixel Very Blurry Edges 4 calculates gradients by looking 4 pixels before and 4 pixels after the analysis pixel Sharp Edges 2 Very Sharp Edges 1 gt ie Sharp Edges 2 Blurry Edges 3 Very Blurry Edges 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 61 Measure Tool e Edge Selection Straightness Determines the straightness of the edge Rough 2 75 pixels Extra Straight 0 10 pixels Very Straight 0 25 pixels Straight 0 75 pixels Rough 2 75 pixels Very Rough 7 75 pixels e Distance Type Determines how the distance between two edges of the object should be calculated Point to Line Distance measures the perpendicular distance from the first edge s center point to the second edge s best fit line Choose Point to Line Distance when measuring between parallel lines Point to Point Distance measures the distance from the center points of two edges Choose Point to Point Distance when measuring between non parallel lines or when you want the rotation of the lines to be ignored
85. e camera cable to the USB host cable Connect the IC 332 to the IB 131 Connect the D sub side of the camera cable to the IC 332 Connect the photo sensor to the IB 131 Connect the power supply to the IB 131 NOOO fF WD gt Plug in the power supply gt o KH a To Host RS 232 I O I O Power Supply Photo Sensor 10 28V 1 20 Auto VISION Software User Manual Quick Start D sub I O Connector Pin Assignments in UN Power 5VDC Power Signal Ground E Output 1 TTL Can sink 10mA and souce 10mA Default configuration activated by connecting pin to ground pin 4 9 Tigger i 11 Output 3 TTL Can sink 10mA and souce 10mA Out E ee 13 Chassis ground Connects chassis body to earth ground only Do not use as power or signal retum Output 2 TTL Can sink 10mA and souce 10mA USB Type B Connector Pin Assignments Ground AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 21 Vision MINI Xi Hardware Vision MINI Xi Hardware There are six basic steps required to set up a Vision MINI Xi Smart Camera 1 2 1 22 Configure hardware Set up the camera cabling power supply and I O Select a device and create a new job Use the Connect view to select a device and create a new job or load an existing job Adjust camera settings Use the Connect and Image views to adjust parameters specific to the connected smart camera Edit the job Add and configure AutoVISION tools tha
86. e point of view of the industrial protocol services These include viewing the ElP explicit input and output assemblies items accessible via explicit EIP messages and items accessible via PROFINET I O input and output slots A typical example is shown here Data Navigator g Count Blobs1 Number of parts e Presencel Output Value In the above example the display is filtered to show only integers which are part of the EIP input assembly Each assembly item is shown along with its offset within the assembly its size and its links Each of the links is shown along with an Unlink button h Unlink If more than one parameter is linked to the same location a list of those parameters is shown 102 int5 9 Count Blobs1 Number of parts vintl 2 bytes Presencel Output Value 4 132 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Job Tags View The Job Tags View is shown when you click the Job Tags button Each of the parameters that have been linked in the job are shown here categorized by the tool to which they belong The items are displayed as follows CR 3 2 a jd 3 ct av p Insp1 Snapshot1 HiLevelTool Character Connection Strength 0 int103 Unknown Confidence Threshold 0 5 fosti a Each tool that contains links is shown as a section header along with its icon and GDS path Within each tool section each of the linked parameters is shown along with its GDS path current value and a link button The link b
87. e upper right of the Edit view to access Count Tool Shape Count Advanced Parameters sl Effort Level Determines how hard the tool should work to locate the feature Increasing the effort level slows down the inspection Positioning Accuracy Determines the precision with which the location of the feature is reported Enable Scale Search When enabled features can still be located if they change in size from image to image Note Setting the Allowed Rotation of the Count Tool Shape Count to any value between 0 5 enables Scale Search Setting Allowed Rotation to any value between 6 180 disables Scale Search Minimum Scale Sets the minimum scale change that is allowed between the located feature and the trained feature For example 2 signifies that half the trained size is acceptable Maximum Scale Sets the maximum scale change that is allowed between the located feature and the trained feature For example 0 5 signifies that half the trained size is acceptable Conformity Tolerance Determines how tolerant of distortion the tool is Increase this value to allow more distorted features to be located Important Before Shape Count is trained on a feature the Conformity Tolerance for Relaxed Fit Quality is 14 000 Normal is 10 000 and Precise is 6 000 After the tool is trained Relaxed Fit Quality is 10 000 Normal is 6 000 and Precise is 2 000 Min of Model Match Sets the minimum percentage of the trained model that must matc
88. easurement is developed through a three stage process There is no grade correlation between raw score and the final score The initial raw value is used with an overlay technique to achieve the final result Cell Modulation This measurement is developed through a three stage process There is no grade correlation between raw score and the final score The initial raw value is used with an overlay technique to achieve the final result Reference Decode Pas ira Minimum Renesans e e S Reflectance Margin A measurement of how well each module is correctly distinguishable as light or dark in comparison to the global threshold AIM DPMASO 29158 Verification Final Grade The AIM DPM ISO 29158 final grade is determined in the same way as the ISO 15415 final grade AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 95 Symbol Quality Verification Tool ISO 15416 Verification Symbology Types Click the Symbology Types you want to verify to the ISO 15416 standard Symbology Types Code 39 Code 128 2 5 UPC EAN Code 93 G51 DataBar Verification Settings Click the Verification Settings area of the parameters to bring up the controls for Aperture Signal Compensation Lighting and Setup Notes Werification Settings Aperture Auto Ei 30 g a Signal Compensation Lighting Wave Length 640 OD Angle 90 Setup Notes Aperture automatically sets the aperture size to the user def
89. eated using Microscan AutoVISION Software le a Micros can cor Edit AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 107 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Symbol Quality Verification Tool Outputs ISO 15415 The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link Important This tool shows additional linkable outputs in the Data Navigator Tools View that are not shown in the main user interface Check the Data Navigator to ensure that you are aware of all possible linkable outputs for all AutoVISION tools Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type Final Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Report Grade Compatible with the string data type Good Status Compatible with the bool data type Fair Status Compatible with the bool data type Poor Status Compatible with the bool data type Verification Standard Compatible with string the data type Symbology Type Compatible with the string data type Decoded Text Compatible with the string data type Calibration Status Compatible with the string data type Decode Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Contrast Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Modulation Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Reflectance Margin Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Fixed Pattern Damage Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Axial Nonuniformity Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Grid Nonuniformity Grade Compatible wit
90. ement Types menu to add text to the logic expression Logic Expression Type text here Group Parentheses can be added to the expression by selecting Group from the Logic Element Types menu The Group element type has two buttons for inserting elements inside and after the parentheses Logic Expression 5 The example below shows an expression that has been built using the following sequence of Logic Element Types Value Presence Absence Tool Status output Operator Group Value Count Tool Count output Operator and Text Logic Expression When the Logic Tool Editor is closed the parameter panel for the Logic Tool shows the completed logic expression Logic Expression w gt Presencel Status AND y Count BlobsLCount gt 10 AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 81 Logic Tool NOT Button The NOT button appears to the left of any Tool Status Value that is added to the logic expression When selected it inverts the Status of the Tool Value In the example below the expression is TRUE if the Presence Absence Tool fails Presencel Status Option Buttons When you hover the mouse over any element in the logic expression three option buttons appear at the corners of the element Remove this element from the expression FF Insert a new element BEFORE this one Insert a new element AFTER this one Logic Tool Output The following parameter output can be linked using
91. ensitive To be processed the escape sequence must be fully formed otherwise it is treated as if it were not an escape sequence For example to match ABCD lt cr gt EFG where lt cr gt is a carriage return hex 0D set Match String to ABCD x0DEFG Using a serial command this would be SET matchstring1 ABCD xODEFG 4 26 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit GS1 Validation GS1 Validation allows you to output separate GS1 application identifiers such as GTIN batch or lot number expiration date and serial number GS1 Validation also checks the syntax of the symbol for conformance to the GS1 standard Microscan is a GS1 Solution Partner with a Certified GS1 Bar Code Solution Professional on staff This allows us to provide you with the background Partner knowledge necessary to implement GS1 Standards successfully in your application Visit www gs1us org for more information about why to use a GS1 Solution Partner To enable GS1 Validation click the GS1 Validation box in the Decode Tool Settings editor G51 Validation El dy The example below shows the Decode Tool s output broken into individual GS1 App IDs WW TiN tim Notice the additional Microscan Link output options that appear when GS1 Validation is enabled Link to a Tool Output The GS1 App ID fields can then be output separately as TCP IP a y Decoder Output values or selected by GS1 Format Text t
92. ent changes over a number of pixels e Threshold Transition of gradient values e Sharpness Number of pixels allowed for gradient change Very Sharp Edge 1 Se S ans i Edge Point Threshold 20 aca dl E E TECE m Blurred Edge 3 dm ia al ide ie ie is eile ota oid 4 70 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Fitting an Edge Line to Edge Points e Edge straightness determines how to fit the line Perfect Edge Accurate edge line placement stray edge points are ignored Rough Edge Edge line placement uses an average of all edge points including stray edges This is useful when no clearly defined line is available Perfect edge Rough edge AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 71 Measure Tool Measure Tool Outputs The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link Important This tool shows additional linkable outputs in the Data Navigator Tools View that are not shown in the main user interface Check the Data Navigator to ensure that you are aware of all possible linkable outputs for all AutoVISION tools e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type Measurement Width Measure and Height Measure only Compatible with the double data type Edge Point 1 Compatible with the double data type Edge Point 2 Width Measure and Height Measure only Compatible with the double data type Edge Line 1 Compatible with the double data type Edge Lin
93. enu to Auto Load the most recent job and to go directly to Run mode at startup You can also password protect the user interface from the Security tab Startup Auto Connect to Device When this option is selected AutoVISION will connect to the current device automatically the next time P nee the software is opened o BANIE MN Auto Load Last Job When this option is JR selected AutoVISION will automatically 2 load the most recent job the next time the software is opened Go to Run Mode When this option is selected AutoVISION will skip the Connect Image and Edit steps and open in Run mode Auto Load Last Job y Goto Run Mode x Enable Password Protection Password protection is disabled by default Selecting this option imposes four separate AutoVISION access levels Operator Supervisor Engineer Y Enable Password Protection and Administrator Passwords can only be changed by an Administrator and only an Revert to Operator Mode After Administrator can return to the Security tab Never Never Revert to Operator Mode After When password 2 Minutes protection is enabled you 5 Minutes can use this dropdown menu ae to specify a period of inactivity oe RERS after which AutoVISION will 30 Minutes revert to Operator mode 40 Minutes which limits access to the 60 Minutes Run view 1 8 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start User Access Levels When password protection
94. equirements Intel Core i3 Duo Processor e Internet Explorer 7 or higher 2GB RAM 128MB Video RAM Windows 7 1GB 128MB Video RAM Windows XP e 1GB hard drive space e 32 bit color display e 4 0 Windows Experience Index e 1 USB port and 1 Network port vi AutoVISION Software User Manual AutoVISION Software User Manual E 1 Quick Start Contents AMO ISION OVENVIEW oiia e a dovddvcuandan a a a ae eae 1 2 VISION HAWK Hardware il aos 1 13 Vision HAWK C Mount hara cd ansausaucate dee see lasendea ade ctiaendebdecbeesecbecubaceed haatiactceeeeaneset 1 16 Vision MINI Hardware e aaltek 1 18 VISION MINEA ECL Wy AC sete hk a a sie Saranac a e a a a e 1 22 SA CE aa a a a A ee eee 1 26 Adjust Camera SCUINO Si dis 1 27 6 O o e e eo do 1 29 sn e a Seen ata a oe 1 30 Save Me OD ereire iaa aana a a a a eE e e teens EEN Na 1 31 Additional Notes CPU Idle States C States ccoooooncocccoonccnncconccnnnonononcnonncnnnnononnnnnnonancnnnnnns 1 32 This section provides an overview of AutoVISION and describes how to set up a simple vision job quickly so you can get a sense of the software s capabilities Detailed setup information is available in subsequent sections 1 1 AutoVISION Overview AutoVISION Overview Navigator Bar Y AutoVISION Emulator lt Current Job Has Not Been Saved gt File Help 9a NA Connect The Navigator Bar allows for quick switching between views There are four main views within
95. er Manual Edit Adding a New Font When adding a new font to AutoVISION s font library it is only necessary to include the characters that will be used The new characters will be added to a new font based on an existing font For example if you want to add parentheses to a number library so that parentheses will be identified correctly right click on the character that you want to add to the library enter it in the Character read as text field and then click the Add Sample button Confidence 0 76 Add Sample New user fonts are based on existing default fonts Fonts can be named by clicking the New Font button and then entering the new font name in the Font Name text field New Font oc R Create a new font based on the selected template IT Font Name numberLocr Template Default Fonts AlphaCaphumenc oc_ AlphaCaps oc_ defaultoc_ Numbers oc_ User Fonts Mumbers ocr sample ocr user OLocr AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 37 OCR Tool Removing Multiple Character Samples Simultaneously for User Trained Characters When you train a new OCR character multiple samples are added to the font library If you add a new character accidentally you can remove all user trained samples for that character simultaneously Hovering over the first character position in a font entry shows the popup list of trained symbols A red X button will appear at the top of the column of symbols Pressing this button w
96. era Plug in the power supply Door WwhNnhN gt E aaaanana a 18 j Ethernet RS 232 A Discrete I O jx Common 66 1 2 i Ss oe z Power Supply 12 pin Socket Photo Sensor Output 2 Input 14 4 3 Default Do gt Power TX 6 7 Terminated Output 1 5 SKI SS T F x dea om Lae A 40 Host Output 3 6 ia TxD wa a8 we Trigger O S Ground 7 AN JS Terminated Input Common 8 9 Host RxD Output Common 3 Terminated Connector A M12 Connector B M12 12 Pin Plug 8 Pin Note Connector A contains all I O AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 15 Vision HAWK C Mount Hardware Vision HAWK C Mount Hardware There are six basic steps required to set up a Vision HAWK C Mount Smart Camera 1 2 1 16 Configure hardware Set up the camera cabling power supply and I O Select a device and create a new job Use the Connect view to select a device and create a new job or load an existing job Adjust camera settings Use the Connect and Image views to adjust parameters specific to the connected smart camera Edit the job Add and configure AutoVISION tools that are useful for your application Use Inspection Outputs parameters to configure job outputs Run the job Jobs are downloaded to the camera when entering the Run view but are not saved yet Save the job Stop the job and click the Save icon to save the current job on the camera but don t forget to star
97. est bar Minimum Edge Contrast Percentage value of minimum edge contrast Edge Contrast is the difference between the bar reflectance and space reflectance of two adjacent elements Modulation The ratio of minimum edge contrast to symbol contrast Defects Irregularities found within elements and quiet zones measured in terms of element reflectance non uniformity Decodability Decodability can be defined as the amount of margin remaining to properly read the characters in the symbol Each symbology specification graded under ISO 15416 has published dimensions and margins of tolerance for the decoding of characters Printing and imaging accuracy will impact these dimensions and the ability to decode the symbol Decodability quantifies this margin for each symbol Quiet Zone The regions before the start and stop characters Each symbology specification graded under ISO 15416 has published the required amount of Quiet Zone for both the region before the start and after the stop character The Quiet Zone is measured as an integer factor of the nominal bar width For example 10x would be a quiet zone 10 times larger than the nominal bar width If either the start or stop Quiet Zone is violated the scan line will receive an F grade for the Quiet Zone for that scan line AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 99 Symbol Quality Verification Tool ISO 15416 Verification Report oy 015416 Ver LE la _ xX a ec
98. feature and the trained feature For example 2 signifies that half the trained size is acceptable Maximum Scale Sets the maximum scale change that is allowed between the located feature and the trained feature For example 0 5 signifies that half the trained size is acceptable Conformity Tolerance Determines how tolerant of distortion the tool is Increase this value to allow more distorted features to be located Important Before the Locate Tool is trained on a feature the Conformity Tolerance for Relaxed Fit Quality is 14 000 Normal is 10 000 and Precise is 6 000 After the tool is trained Relaxed Fit Quality is 10 000 Normal is 6 000 and Precise is 2 000 Min of Model Match Sets the minimum percentage of the trained model that must match a feature for that feature to be located Model Name Read Only The name that is assigned to the contour file for the tool The contour file is saved in Microscan Vscape Jobs Contours All Settings Locate Shapel Effort Level Normal Positioning Accuracy Normal Enable Scale Search Ei Minimum Scale 0 850 Maximum Scale 1 150 Conformity Tolerance 6 000 Min of Model Match 50 4 24 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Decode Tool The Decode Tool uses Microscan s aggressive X Mode algorithms to decode 1D and 2D symbols Up to 100 symbols can be decoded in a single region of interest The Decode Tool also features a Match String function that allows you to
99. g Pin Assignments 12145675 AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 25 Select a Device Select a Device AutoVISION s Connect view allows you to select your device and configure its settings and to create a new job Cameras Vision HAWK standard or C Mount Vision MINI or Vision MINI Xi Emulator The software emulator allows you to work from saved images without hardware The Connect menu provides a list of available devices Hover the mouse over a device to see its details Once a device is selected you can Create a New Job Load a Job from a saved avp file on your PC or Upload Current Job From Device your camera e Job A completed program including image acquisition tools and reporting e Tool A self contained set of steps used to perform a specific task Note When selecting the Emulator there is no option to upload a job No job is loaded T Upload Current Job from Device 1 26 Auto VISION Software User Manual Quick Start Adjust Camera Settings Once you have selected your camera or the Emulator and created a new job you will move to the Image view This view allows you to Auto Calibrate the camera and to manually adjust the camera s Exposure Gain and Focus and also to set the Lighting Mode On Off or Strobe Note If you load a job from your PC or upload a job from the camera you will automatically move to the Edit view Sy Microscan AutoVISION VisionHAWK
100. h a feature for that feature to be located and counted Model Name Read Only The name that is assigned to the contour file for the tool The contour file is saved in Microscan Vscape Jobs Contours All Settings Count Shapel Effort Level Positioning Accuracy Enable Scale Search ue Minimum Scale 0 850 Maximum Scale 1 150 Conformity Tolerance 6 000 Min of Model Match 90 Model Name read oy Model 4 56 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Presence Absence Tool The Presence Absence Tool detects the presence of a feature based on pixel intensity or contrast This tool e Counts the number of pixels within a range of intensity from 0 to 255 e Counts the number of pixels where there is contrast in the image pixels that lie along the edge of a feature for example 0 Pixel Intensity 255 Presence Absence is based on pixel intensity or edge contrast values AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 57 Presence Absence Tool Presence Absence Tool Parameters e Function Counts gray pixels within the range defined by the threshold counts edge pixels that cross over the gradient threshold value e Method Counts pixels between a range of gray values or counts pixels along an edge transition Count Edge Pixels counts pixels along the edges of objects Count Gray Pixels counts pixels that fall within the specified range of gray values Method Count Gray Pixels e Thres
101. h the sint32 data type Unused Error Correction Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Symbol Contrast Value Compatible with the sint32 data type Axial Nonuniformity Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type Grid Nonuniformity Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type Unused Error Correction Value x100 Compatible with the sint32 data type Contrast Uniformity x100 Compatible with the double data type Rmin Compatible with the double data type Rmax Compatible with the double data type Symbol Size Compatible with the string data type Cell Size mil Compatible with the sint32 data type Cell Size mm Compatible with the double data type Cell Size pixels Compatible with the double data type Print Growth X Compatible with the sint32 data type Print Growth Y Compatible with the sint32 data type 4 108 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit AIM DPM ISO 29158 The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link Important This tool shows additional linkable outputs in the Data Navigator Tools View that are not shown in the main user interface Check the Data Navigator to ensure that you are aware of all possible linkable outputs for all AutoVISION tools Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type Final Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Report Grade Compatible with the string data type Good Status Compatible with the bool data type
102. haracter along with symbol data Code 39 Check Character Output Status When enabled outputs the status of Check Character Output along with symbol data Code 39 Large Intercharacter Gap Status When enabled outputs the status of Large Intercharacter Gap along with symbol data Code 39 Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs the status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data Code 39 Symbol Length Allows you to set the Code 39 Symbol Length Code 39 Full ASCII Set Status When enabled outputs the status of Full ASCII Set along with symbol data Interleaved 2 of 5 Check Character Status When enabled outputs the status of the Check Character along with symbol data Interleaved 2 of 5 Check Character Output Status When enabled outputs the status of Check Character Output along with symbol data Interleaved 2 of 5 Symbol Length 1 Allows you to set Symbol Length 1 for Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Symbol Length 2 Allows you to set Symbol Length 2 for Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Guard Bar Status When enabled outputs the status of Guard Bar along with symbol data Interleaved 2 of 5 Range Mode Status When enabled outputs the status of Range Mode along with symbol data UPC EAN Status When enabled outputs UPC EAN status along with symbol data UPC EAN Supplementals Status When enabled or required outputs the status of UPC EAN Supplementals along with symbol data UPC EAN Separator S
103. he Match String Tool Decoded Type App IDs App ID output parameters are added to the Decode Tool when a GS1 symbol is decoded and they are not automatically removed when subsequent GS1 symbols are decoded Additional App IDs from subsequent decoded GS1 symbols are appended to the original App ID output parameters to preserve any Microscan Link connections that may have been made to those parameters Disabling GS1 Validation clears App ID output parameters This is useful for clearing App IDs in applications requiring that a large number of different GS1 symbols be decoded AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 27 Decode Tool Decode Tool Outputs The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link Important This tool shows additional linkable outputs in the Data Navigator Tools View that are not shown in the main user interface Check the Data Navigator to ensure that you are aware of all possible linkable outputs for all AutoVISION tools e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type e Decoded Text Compatible with the string data type e GS1 Format Text Compatible with the string data type e Symbology Type Compatible with the string data type e Center Point Location Compatible with the double data type 4 28 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Decode Tool Advanced Parameters Click the Advanced Parameters icon at the upper right of the Edit view to access Decode Tool Advance
104. he large dot mark in this example has excellent contrast and does not require optimization using binarization but it does have segmentation problems This particular mark is 130 pixels high which causes the text segmentation not to identify entire characters properly By reducing the scaling to 0 5 the character height is reduced to 65 pixels and proper segmentation becomes possible Note however that a symbol such as this should be captured at a lower resolution for optimal performance Scaling Factor D dan da o eee Peso im s e Os qe ee a a F ee b oom La at oe 8 oo o r e DO ESC O O OO p oe a ss uu 4 44 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Scaling Factor Decrease Example 2 The following large mark shows image noise and a wide dynamic change across the ROI The automatic binarization selection works well but the low signal to noise ratio on the left side of the mark causes the C to fail This could be optimized by fixing the binarization As this mark is approximately 80 pixels high it is rather large for optimum text segmentation Because the mark is so large the algorithm has detected segments from the C on different lines of characters The segmentation problem is resolved by modifying scaling This low contrast mark may experience some instability from image to image with binarization set to Auto and would likely benefit from
105. he sensor input of the camera will trigger Serial Trigger A programmable serial command can be sent over a programmable port The text field to the right of the Trigger dropdown menu accepts the following special non printable characters a bell b backspace f form feed n new line r carriage return t horizontal tab v vertical tab Y single quote x022 double quote question mark ooo three digit octal notation ASCII value i e 1145 e xOhh hexadecimal notation ASCII value i e 10x04C L 4 16 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Force Trigger When a trigger is selected and Wait for Triggers During Acquire and Tryout is selected the Force Trigger button will appear above the Navigator Bar This allows you to trigger the camera to acquire images and advance the Tryout Loop Important Triggering from AutoVISION is intended for testing only and results in significant processing time variation Use the actual trigger source for actual timing values Trigger Dropdown Menu Wait for Triggers During Acquire and Tryout Force Trigger Button Waiting For the Snapshot to be Triggered JL AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 17 Camera Trigger Polarity Trigger Polarity allows you to set whether the trigger is Low gt High or High gt Low Tri r Polar Low High Focus The Focus control slider allows you to set the focus of the Vision HAWK
106. his is the job that is currently loaded in the camera s memory AutoVISION allows the user to select a job in the job slots and make it the current job You can manipulate Job Changeover functionality in AutoVISION s Connect view with the pop up menu that appears when you click the flash memory icon on the file menu toolbar and with the pop up menu in the Run view When you select a camera that supports Job Changeover the jobs are shown under the Upload Current Job from Device button in the device view No job is loaded Q Create a New Job r Load a Job T Upload Current Job from Device ID Job Name s to Note Job sizes are not shown until you log in Cab AB to the Camera Job2 117 2KB 117 2KB Job3 117 2KB Job6 117 2KB Job7 117 2KB 1 2 3 4 5 Job5 6 T 8 Job8 117 2KB 9 Job9 117 2KB 7 0MB free Ay Make Current Delete Ta From this view you can see the following information about the job e Slot ID e Job Name avp name e Size of the job e Memory available on the camera e Which job is the Boot Job e Which job is the Current Job highlighted in orange Size represents the amount of memory that would be saved if the job were deleted from the camera The jobs share support files so when there are two jobs using the same support files the second one deleted will make more memory available You can make a job the current job by sele
107. hold Sets the pixel value s to be located 0 black 255 white This changes based on whether Count Gray Pixels or Count Edge Pixels is selected in the Function menu Count Gray Pixels allows you to set both a Low Threshold and High Threshold within which to count Count Edge Pixels allows you to determine the point at which a feature s edges are recognized as edges The Presence Absence Tool s Count Gray Pixels capability displays a histogram of the gray values within its region of interest This provides a visual aide when setting the tool s low and high threshold values The dual slider allows you to adjust both the upper and lower thresholds The portion of the histogram that is within the threshold range is displayed in yellow the portion that is below the low threshold is displayed in blue the portion that is above the high threshold is displayed in red UpperLower Threshold Low gg GD High l 144 dD 4 58 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit e Tolerance Sets the tolerance on the minimum and maximum number of pixels allowable for the inspection to pass e Enable ROI Region of Interest Rotation Enable ROI Rotation e Presence Absence Tool Outputs The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type e Pixel Count Compatible with the sint32 data type AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 59 Measure Tool Measure Tool
108. ill remove all the user trained data from the selected character Non Printable Characters When an OCR string contains non printable characters the Match String can accept hexadecimal escape codes These are of the form xFF where FF represents two hexadecimal digits The x and the hex digits are not case sensitive To be processed the escape sequence must be fully formed otherwise it is treated as if it were not an escape sequence For example to match ABCD lt cr gt EFG where lt cr gt is a carriage return hex 0D set Match String to ABCD x0DEFG Using a serial command this would be SET matchstring1 ABCD xODEFG 4 38 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit OCR Confidence e The decoded ASCII text is placed over the printed text in the image e The color of the ASCII text character represents the confidence level with which it was recognized Green 80 100 Orange 60 79 Red lt 60 e Click on any character to View confidence level Add a sample to the character library View a reference image When a character is first added to the library the original image is modified and variations of the character are also added When samples for a given character already exist samples up to a maximum of 10 are added A replacement method is used to maintain the best statistical variety of samples for training AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 39 OCR Tool OCR Tool Match String
109. in the Verification Settings e The standard requires measurements to be made using the wavelength of light which the intended scanning environment will use The wavelength must also be stated in the Verification Settings e The setup must be shielded from ambient light e The unit must be calibrated since Reflectance measurements must be expressed in percentage terms that are calibrated to a recognized international standard i e a calibrated conformance test card 4 112 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Additional suggestions to ensure true verification e True verification requires an undistorted image so a good lens must be used Typically this is a C Mount lens with a high Resolution Requirements e There should be enough pixel resolution per narrow bar that the blackest value of the narrow bar is roughly equal to the blackest value of the thickest bar The same goes for the spaces This requires at least 5 pixels per element preferably 8 Failure to do this will result in errors including Modulation errors See Resolution Requirements e The floodlight must be large enough that the background and foreground gray values are perfectly even across the symbol Failure to do this will cause problems with Modulation but may also cause problems with Contrast and Reflectance Lighting Optics and lighting are the key to successful 1D verification Microscan offers a number of light setups that can be used for 1D verification The
110. ined percentage of the decoded cell size Choose Auto if you want the aperture size to be set automatically based on the symbol s cell size The aperture is set to 50 of the cell size by default Turn Auto off if you want to enter the Aperture value manually When Auto is de selected a dropdown menu appears allowing you to enter units in mil or mm Signal Compensation compensates for uneven lighting This parameter improves grading performance but note that it is not a part of the ISO 15416 standard and therefore not technically compliant Lighting Wave Length specifies the wavelength of the lighting being used Note that this value is for reporting only and does not affect verification results Lighting Angle specifies the angle of the lighting being used Note that this value is for reporting only and does not affect verification results Setup Notes allows you to add any other information about your camera or lighting configuration that needs to be considered 4 96 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Calibration Click the Calibration section of the parameters to bring up the dialog shown below The Calibration dialog features simple instructions about how to calibrate your camera and the Verification Tool in order to be compliant with your chosen verification specification You must have a Calibration card in order to calibrate your system Use this dialog to enter the data from your Calibration card and then click the Calibrate
111. is 4 137 This section describes AutoVISION s Edit interface and explains how to use AutoVISION Tools AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 1 Edit Overview Edit Overview The Edit view allows you to edit and try out a job Hint Right click in the image area and move the mouse to drag the image to the desired position Use the mouse wheel to zoom the image in or out Change views Tools Tool list q RA igh Strobe VisionHAWK 752x480 CMOS 4000 To O l Parameters Job List The Job List displays all tools and represents the order of execution of tool functions It also displays tool status and data Tryout Once Run the job list once on the PC Delete Selected Tool Remove highlighted tool when selected Tryout Loop Run the job continuously on the PC Ii Y A pE Y 5 Take Picture During Tryout te Y JLu s Triggers in Tryout E Y I O Use 10 in Tryout Inspection Options allow the user to enable or disable image acquisition and I O activity during tryout 4 2 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Tools shown in the job list provide information about the current job Note The Camera and Inspection Outputs tools are fixed and cannot be moved from their locations via drag and drop Camera step is automatically generated with a new job Tools execute as in the order ts i Tool Y PASS shown in the q status Y job list DER Inspection Outputs step i
112. is enabled AutoVISION provides four levels of access Operator An Operator can monitor the Run view of AutoVISION but cannot access other screens or change settings Supervisor A Supervisor can switch to Edit mode and adjust ROI region of interest positions retrain tools change the selected device save the current job or load a different job A Supervisor cannot modify the parameters of the current job or add or remove tools Engineer An Engineer has full access to all settings and is only restricted from changing passwords Administrator An Administrator has full access to all settings and can change the passwords for all access levels Changing the Access Level When password protection is enabled AutoVISION will always start with the access level set to Operator which blocks access to the Connect Image and Edit views You can change the access level by clicking the icon shown below and entering as an Administrator y AutoVISION Emulator lt Current Job Has Not Been Saved gt l e E File Help 29250 Access Level is now Operator O O perator MICROSCAN Your current access level is always displayed in text below the icon Click the icon to display the following dialog gt lt gt Select your Security Access Level Administrator Administrator Engineer Supervisor Operator Change Password This dialog provides a button for each of the four access leve
113. is selected the editor is updated to provide parameters specific to the close operation Pixel Polarity Pixel Polarity selects the color of the objects you want to separate Iterations sets the number of times the operation is repeated on the image The effect of the operation is increased as this value is increased This parameter is defaulted to 1 but you will typically need heroic to increase the number of iterations to achieve the desired effect Show Output Image is enabled by default The pre processed image will iL be shown within the ROI of your tool so you can see the effect of your chosen operation You can use this option to hide the pre processed image ha Show Output Image OCR Tool dot matrix print no OCR with Connect Objects Close enabled image pre processing characters Dark Pixels 7 Iteration not well segmented 4 10 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Shrink Objects Erode Shrink Objects Erode uses morphological pre processing to perform an erode operation This decreases the size of objects This operation is similar to Separate Objects in that it is typically used to separate objects that are touching The difference is that the Separate Objects operation performs an erosion followed by a dilation so that objects are separated but then returned to their original size The Shrink Objects option only erodes objects The editor options for this operation are the same as for Separate O
114. ition from a dark background to a light object Any Edge searches for edges of any polarity MA Light To Dark Edges Light To Dark Edges Dark To Light Edges Any Edge e Edge Selection Sharpness Determines the sharpness of the edge Very Sharp Edges 1 calculates gradients by looking 1 pixel before and 1 pixel after the analysis pixel Sharp Edges 2 calculates gradients by looking 2 pixels before and 2 pixels after the analysis pixel Blurry Edges 3 calculates gradients by looking 3 pixels before and 3 pixels after the analysis pixel Very Blurry Edges 4 calculates gradients by looking 4 pixels before and 4 pixels after the analysis pixel EEE Sharp Edges 2 Very Sharp Edges 1 p Sharp Edges 2 P AAA lt n Blurry Edges 3 Very Blurry Edges 4 4 64 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit e Edge Selection Straightness Determines the straightness of the edge Rough 2 75 pixels Extra Straight 0 10 pixels Very Straight 0 25 pixels Straight 0 75 pixels i a Rough 2 75 pixels Very Rough 7 75 pixels e Distance Type Determines how the distance between two edges of the object should be calculated Point to Line Distance measures the perpendicular distance from the first edge s center point to the second edge s best fit line Choose Point to Line Distance when measuring between parallel lines
115. lers in pixels above and to the left of the image area AutoVISION Software User Manual 3 5 Auto Calibration Auto Calibration AutoVISION performs Acquisition Calibration which configures the camera sensor s Focus setting via an auto focus step and configures the Exposure and Gain settings via an auto photometry step The calibration process ensures that the camera captures and sends optimal images to the software for analysis Click the Auto Calibration button in AutoVISION s Image view to perform a quick calibration on the image Another way to initiate Auto Calibration is by pressing the AutoVISION button on the Vision HAWK Vision MINI or Vision MINI Xi Auto VISION To perform Auto Calibration in AutoVISION s Image view click the Auto Calibrate button to the right of the main image area Auto VISION performs a quick calibration on the image in the field of view and provides output on Image Size and Dynamic Range and also shows a Histogram for the captured image You can also adjust Exposure Gain and Focus individually and set the Lighting Mode as discussed in Image Overview Important The Vision HAWK C Mount supports Exposure and Gain calibration but not Focus calibration Auto Calibration does not adjust Focus in the Vision HAWK C Mount and the Focus setting is hidden when the Vision HAWK C Mount is connected Image Size 752 x 480 Dynamic Range Good Histogram s Auto Calibration configures the camera s
116. liText OCR Parameters Font Selection Current Font Click the Character Selection area to open AV DEFAULT a the Character Selection editor where you can set read confidence character polarity Font Editor New Font and min max character height and width Character Selection Character Selection Confidence 0 800 Confidence 123 Character Polarity Dark Characters 0 800 g0 Min Max Character Size _ i 200 t 8 Character Polarity 2 123 1 200 Dark Characters Minimum Height Maximum Height EZ EJ Binary Threshold Mode Fixed Template Binarization Mean Factor 0 239 Minimum Width Maximum Width 1 20 Image Prerrooesing ooo Image PreProcessing Option lt none gt Binarization Dynamic Range 0 500 e Font Selection Allows you to select the font to use to create a new font or to edit the current font library New fonts are created from existing font libraries Character Selection Allows you to specify character requirements in multiple ways Confidence Character Polarity Min Max Height and Min Max Width Confidence Allows you to specify the minimum level of character identification confidence required before a character will be read and output Character Polarity Allows you so specify Dark Characters black characters on a white background and Light Characters white characters on a black background Min Max Character Size All
117. lity and an IntelliText OCR capability Select Standard OCR or IntelliText OCR from the dropdown menu above the tool parameters Standard OCR IntelliText OCR Standard OCR is sufficient for most applications and offers font selection and editing the ability to create new fonts user definable text reading confidence auto sizing or character selection based on width height and connection strength and match string functionality IntelliText OCR offers most features of the standard algorithm plus the ability to set character polarity use regular expression syntax in Match String and perform image binarization Use IntelliText OCR for symbols that are badly printed or marked The IntelliText OCR algorithm is optimized for identification of characters that are tilted out of scale badly segmented or otherwise difficult to read with the standard algorithm Important When switching between Standard OCR and IntelliText OCR the links between tool outputs and GDS tags are lost This is because the underlying components that make up the OCR Tool are completely removed and then recreated whenever you change the tool s capability AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 33 OCR Tool OCR Tool Parameters Standard OCR Parameters Font Selection Current Font AV DEFAULT Font Editor New Font 0 500 Auto Size E Width 14 Height 11 Connection Strength O Image PreProcessing Image PreProcessing Option lt none gt
118. ll Size mm Compatible with the double data type Cell Size pixels Compatible with the double data type Print Growth X Compatible with the sint32 data type Print Growth Y Compatible with the sint32 data type AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 109 Symbol Quality Verification Tool ISO 15416 The following parameter outputs can be linked using Microscan Link Important This tool shows additional linkable outputs in the Data Navigator Tools View that are not shown in the main user interface Check the Data Navigator to ensure that you are aware of all possible linkable outputs for all AutoVISION tools Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type Report Grade Compatible with the string data type Overall Grade Average Final Grade Compatible with the double data type Overall Grade Compatible with the double data type Good Status Compatible with the bool data type Fair Status Compatible with the bool data type Poor Status Compatible with the bool data type Verification Standard Compatible with string the data type Symbology Type Compatible with the string data type Decoded Text Compatible with the string data type Calibration Status Compatible with the string data type Average Edge Determination Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Decode Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Contrast Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Minimum Reflec
119. lower line speeds while the WVGA MINI can handle higher line speeds e Package Compact lightweight IP54 e Power Input Lower power 5V e 1 0 5V TTL compatible e Optics 2 6 mechanical focus fixed lens e Machine Vision Capabilities Can run a limited number of simple tools e Motion Capabilities Indexed static to low speed SXGA Indexed static low high speed WVGA Sensor SXGA CMOS monochrome WVGA CMOS monochrome QXGA CMOS color e Communications Virtual Ethernet over USB Important If the PC enters sleep mode the USB ports will shut down and the camera will be disconnected See the Vision MINI Smart Camera Guide for information on how to disable sleep mode or other low power modes e Accessories Accessories required IB 131 and IC 332 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Vision MINI Characteristics Integrated cable e Low power consumption e Common HD15 and USB B connectors Compact lightweight vision sensor Built in LED illumination Software adjustable focus Integrated beeper reports inspection results y TRIG PASS AutoVISION button FAIL e Image calibration MODE e Virtual trigger LINK ACT PWR Status indicators e Trigger activity e Inspection Results Pass Fail e Device and connection status AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 19 Vision MINI Hardware Vision MINI Hardware Configuration Mount the camera as required by the application Connect the USB side of th
120. ls The highlighted button shows the current access level In the example above the current access level is Administrator AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 9 AutoVISION Overview To switch to any of the other three access levels click the button of the desired access level and you will be asked for the that access level s password To switch to Engineer for example click the Engineer button You will then see the password field Enter the password for Engineer acci Enter the password and click OK If the password is correct the access level is changed If the password is incorrect an error message is displayed and the access level remains unchanged The default passwords for the four access levels are e Operator No password required e Supervisor supervisor e Engineer engineer e Administrator administrator Once you have entered the password for a particular level you don t need to enter a password to reduce your access level For example if you currently have Administrator access you can click on the Engineer or Supervisor buttons and your access level will be reduced instantly You only need to enter a password when you are increasing your access level 1 10 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Changing Passwords You must be an Administrator to change the password of any access level If you change your access level to Administrator the Change Password button at the bottom of the Select Your Secu
121. meters allow you to set Gain Exposure Focus Trigger and Lighting Inspection Outputs options and Microscan Link functionality allow you to connect your job to the outside world This is also the view where you can add multiple tools to the job The tool icons are located above the main view area eea ele EL loc a 0 R i lll ABAXYZ A When a tool is selected it appears in the tool list area to the left of the main view SY AutoVISION Emulator lt Current Job Has Not Been Saved gt Sa File Help YY AA Deo a oe 5 a LY MICROSCAN ES D a Y ES Y ocv ma gt wore ambos CA Types Data Matrix ECC200 OR Code 2005 Code 39 Code 128 12 5 UPC EAN UNER a tool has been added to the job Grab the corners to modify the selected area of the tool Change the parameters of the tool in the Parameters panel Settings 631 Validation a Max Symbols 1 AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 29 Run the Job Run the Job Going to the Run view will automatically download your job to the camera and start it running bj Msroscin Aa Son axons JODE Carel fos Har Non Been Saved Fie Hell ral 4 y MEN The Run view provides the following feedback e Image Display Displays runtime images with Tool graphics e Inspection Counts Displays the number of parts inspected passed and rejected e Inspection Timing Statis
122. mmand If the command is not successful the response will be ERROR followed by text describing the error ERROR Tag foo not found AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 135 Terminal The pad illustrates how to GET the value of eee ry mm armit e get matchstringl get maiis string ABCD The response for a GET command returns just the value if the command succeeds There is no beginning OK as in the SET command However an error condition will always begin with ERROR The HELP command shows a list of the supported serial commands and their syntax SET tagname value sets value of a global tag GET ftagname Gets value of global tag 4 136 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Serial Commands Serial commands can be sent via TCP Telnet port AutoVISION Terminal or HyperTerminal Serial Command Syntax lt gt Required argument Replace appropriately For example u lt DB_User_name gt becomes u av where av replaces DB_User_name Mutually exclusive arguments Choose one from the list Used with to specify a list of choices for an argument Optional parameter Important Unless otherwise stated commands will respond with OK on success and IERROR on failure GETIMAGE lt transfer ymodem gt format jpg png quality 0 100 woi left top right bottom inspection n Initiates serial transfer of inspection image RS 232 only Note This command alw
123. n Image Binarization Binary Threshold Mode Binary Threshold Mode Binarization Mean Factor 0 239 a Binarization Dynamic Range 0 500 go Image binarization available in IntelliText OCR only converts grayscale images to black and white binary to optimize the readability of poorly segmented characters The Auto setting is satisfactory for most applications Fixed Template allows nuanced control of binarization parameters In the example below multiple characters are not detected due to segmentation problems when Image Binarization is set to Auto When Image Binarization is set to Fixed Template the cause of the segmentation problem is revealed to be poor binarization in the original grayscale image 2 gt P gt e gt gt Original Grayscale Image Binarized Image AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 41 OCR Tool IntelliText OCR o Binarization Example 1 oi oy aie po ae e a Aay A aug igre ER ee aay ae fe E Me ii F Binarization Mean Factor Lower from 0 5 until image noise begins to appear Binarization Mean Factor Increase slightly until most of the noise disappears Binarization Dynamic Range Lower from 0 5 to increase the thickness of the characters until image noise begins to appear Binarization Dynamic Range Increase slightly until most of the noise disappears A Resize the ROI This switches the view back to the grayscale
124. n m intl G SPN DER a intz G SAN SEP ints G SAN SEP nta G SAN SEP iP Count Blobsi Pm Number of parts M5 rw SEP int G DEN DEN hd AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 129 Data Navigator Data Navigator The Data Navigator is a utility window that can be shown by clicking the link icon shown below or by typing the keyboard combination Ctrl D It allows you to browse the information stored in AutoVISION s Global Data Service GDS Y O Count Blobs1 g Inspi Snspshoti HilewelTool2 Presencel We Inspi Snapshotl HilevellTool3 Max Intensity Value to Include ints oc R Inspi Snepshoti HilewelTook Character Connection Strength 0 intios Unknown Confidence Threshold floati04 i At the top of the Data Navigator are buttons that show different views The Tools button shows the GDS information for each tool in the job The Job Tags button shows a summary of the GDS links in the current job The Data Tags button shows GDS information about the various EIP services The Data Navigator can be shown while editing and also running a job When displayed during Run mode only the Data Tags button is visible 4 130 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit Tools View The Tools View is shown when you click the Tools button y This view shows a summary of all of the linkable parameters for all the tools in the job A typical tools view is shown here Data Navigator Y gy Count Blobs1 9
125. nts gets a list of services INFO lt service gt gets a list of tags in that service INFO lt service tagname gt gets attributes of the tag as well as a list of subtags The AVP service allows retrieval of step and datum information from the job tree using forward slash 7 in the symbolic name path INFO avp insp1 snapshot1 status paths are not case sensitive and do not need to be fully qualified if unique INFO avp snapshot1 status will return the same result if there is only one inspection When issued against a step INFO avp snapshot1 returns properties of the step a list of child datums and a list of child steps Child steps are indicated by a trailing forward slash QUERYAUTOCAL Returns photometry settings Gain Exposure and Focus AUTOCAL Performs automatic calibration of photometry settings Gain Exposure and Focus 4 140 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit TARGET 0 1 off on Turns targeting LEDs On or Off target 1 Turn Target On target 0 Turn Target Off CHECKSUM BOOT KERNEL BOOTPARAM Gets a checksum on an individual part of the system HELP Returns a list of all serial commands showing correct syntax and functionality descriptions AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 141 Serial Commands 4 142 AutoVISION Software User Manual N 5 Run Contents RUMOVEMIEW a di Ni ld e hat A O 5 2 Mage Display OPINAS a dl elie 5 3 M ge Saving ODIOS A E 5 4 Inspection Statistics iii A ee 5
126. o the overall inspection you have the option of changing the active state of the output via the State setting SL uputi o gt impecion Pitre Puta MA LO Pel e Active High The normal state of the output is open low and it transitions to a closed high state whenever it is activated e Active Low The normal state of the output is closed high and it transitions to an open low state whenever it is activated Camera e Picture Done The I O point is off while the image is being acquired on when the acquisition is complete e Expose Done Turns the I O point off while the image sensor is being exposed and on when the exposure is complete On an indexing machine it is safe to move your part when the exposure is complete Note that acquisition is not complete at this point e Trigger Overrun Turns on to indicate an error condition in which the camera has been triggered while already in the process of acquiring an image e Process Overrun Turns on to indicate the error condition in which the camera is being triggered at a rate that is faster than the speed of the inspection If the camera is triggered and the previous inspection cycle has not completed a new image will be acquired and that image buffer will be put into a queue until the camera is ready to process it If the trigger rate is too high the number of buffers in this queue may steadily increase until the camera eventually runs out of buffers and this is
127. of basic to moderate complexity Process and manufacturing engineers no longer need to become experts in machine vision to successfully deploy a system that meets their traceability inspection and quality control needs Intuitive User Interface AutoVISION features an intuitive user interface that guides users through the steps of connecting to a device programming a job and monitoring results At startup AutoVISION automatically detects all compatible devices and allows the user immediately to begin configuration AutoVISION can also be used in an Emulator mode with stored images from a PC As a device is being configured or while a user is programming a job AutoVISION provides real time feedback and results Because the runtime interface is built into AutoVISION s user interface at any point in the process a user can try out a job and determine if the device is configured to meet the application s needs Complete Tool Set AutoVISION s capabilities start with a Locate Tool that is based on pattern matching The Locate Tool can be used to orient other inspection tools or to detect the absence or presence of complex objects AutoVISION also includes Microscan s powerful X Mode decode algorithm for 1D and 2D symbol reading along with fixed font and fully teachable OCR for track and trace applications For inspection and control applications AutoVISION includes simple yet powerful Count Presence Absence Measure Match Strings String Format
128. og will appear if the firmware and software versions do not match Incompatible firmware D The version of the firmware loaded on this camera 7 0 0 0 does not match the version installed on your computer Please update the firmware before downloading a job to the camera Click OK to monitor the existing job on the camera Click Cancel to stay in this VIEW CTA AutoVISION Software User Manual 6 5 Camera License Upgrade Camera License Upgrade Some advanced AutoVISION features can only be accessed if your camera has the correct license The following features require a license e Visionscape access allows your camera to be accessed from Visionscape FrontRunner or from a custom user interface e The OCV Tool and Symbol Quality Verification Tool If you require one of these licenses you can automatically generate a request by clicking the License Options button a VisionHawk1194E6 stopped A License Options 10 20 1 45 Or right click on the camera image and select Upgrade Camera A a VisionHawk1194E6 E Change Camera Name and Settings Change User ID and Password Upgrade Camera continued next page 6 6 Auto VISION Software User Manual Firmware and License Upgrades The following dialog will then appear allowing you to choose an upgrade to Visionscape or an upgrade to a Verification and OCV Tools license or allowing you to enter the license key if you already ha
129. ol e You may need to set up the camera at an angle to the part to avoid specular reflection from the built in light e You may or may not need to calibrate the camera e You may need to turn off certain parameters in AutoVISION s Custom Verification editor for marks to pass e You may need to change exposure time and gain to create good contrast An example is black print on dark cardboard e You may need to turn on Signal Compensation Process control can help ensure that you create reliable marks They do not however ensure that the mark is certified against a standard Process control is best used to produce a grade of Good Fair or Poor to indicate when the marking process is out of spec for your application Verification Verification ensures that a mark is certified against a specific standard The camera must be calibrated and must have correct optics and lighting The algorithm fully conforms to the ISO standards All verification parameters must be enabled Marks that are verified with a fully conforming system can be sent out with a report certifying them To achieve true verification the following must be observed e The camera must be positioned perpendicular to the surface on which the symbol is marked See Proper Camera and Light Configuration e For linear symbols a diffuse floodlight must be mounted at a 45 angle from the perpendicular If anything other than 45 is used it must be stated
130. olarity Pixel Polarity selects the color of the objects you want to separate Iterations sets the number of times the operation is repeated on the image The effect of the operation is increased as this value is increased This parameter is defaulted to 1 but you will typically need He nana to increase the number of iterations to achieve the desired effect Show Output Image is enabled by default The pre processed image will 1 be shown within the ROI of your tool so you can see the effect of your chosen operation You can use this option to hide the pre processed image Light Show Output Image OCR Tool dot matrix print no OCR with Grow Objects Dilate enabled image pre processing characters Dark Pixels 1 Iteration not well segmented 4 12 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Gradient Image Sobel Gradient Image Sobel performs a Sobel operation on the image which highlights areas where there is contrast The resulting image is dark where there is no contrast and light where there is contrast This option is often used when trying to detect features in an area where illumination is uneven or inconsistent Use this option with the Count Tool for applications in which trying to set a grayscale threshold is nearly impossible and in which you need to detect objects based on their degree of contrast with the background Image PreProcessing Size of Neighborhood refers to the size of the kernel that is used when calculating
131. on MODE e Virtual trigger LINK ACT PWR Status indicators e Trigger activity e Inspection Results Pass Fail e Device and connection status AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 23 Vision MINI Xi Hardware Vision MINI Xi Hardware Configuration Ethernet Standalone without QX 1 e Mount the camera 1 as required by the application e Ensure that the camera 1 is the optimal distance of 2 to 6 from the inspection area e Connect the M12 power and I O end of the camera s cable to the power supply 3 e Connect the RJ45 Ethernet end of the camera s cable to the host e Plug in the power supply 3 and apply power to the camera 1 Ethernet Standalone with QX 1 Mount the camera 1 as required by the application Ensure that the camera 1 is the optimal distance of 2 to 6 from the inspection area Connect the M12 power and I O end of the camera s cable to 2 on the QX 1 2 Connect the RJ45 Ethernet end of the camera s cable to the host Connect the power supply 3 to 3 on the QX 1 Connect the photo sensor 4 to T on the QX 1 Plug in the power supply 3 and apply power to the camera 1 To host Ethernet To host Ethernet Power 4 12 pin Socket Photo Sensor Ethernet Standalone Ethernet Standalone without QX 1 with QX 1 1 24 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start M12 12 Pin Plug Pin Assignments 10 Host TxD RJ45 Plu
132. on shows the amount of space that would be freed if the job were deleted It also lists the total disk space and free disk space JOBBOOT slot lt n gt Sets bootup job slot n RS 232 only JOBDOWNLOAD lt transfer ymodem gt Downloads avz job packaged via transfer method RS 232 only SET lt tagname gt lt value gt Sets value of a global tag The tagname must correspond to one of the supported tags within the device The value can contain spaces The command is terminated by a carriage return and or line feed character The value can be a list of comma separated items to set a sequence of tags Send SET int1 1 2 3 to set int1 1 int2 2 int3 3 The AVP service allows setting of step and datum information from the job tree using forward slash in the symbolic name path SET avp insp1 snapshot1 acq1 gain 2 0 paths are not case sensitive and do not need to be fully qualified if unique SET avp acq1 gain 2 0 will set the same gain value if there is only one acquire Control tags in the AVP service such as START STOP and TRIGGER act as momentary switches SET avp start 1 is equivalent to the ONLINE command avp start will reset immediately and always read as 0 Success Return On success will return OK followed by an echo of the command For example IOK SET matchstring1 Fail Return On failure will return ERROR followed by the reason for the failure For example ERROR Tag matchstring66 not found AutoVI
133. ond or choose to show tool graphics boundary ROIs or OCR characters for example Y Show Tool Graphics Image Display Y Show All Images show Only Failed Images Freeze Display on Current Image Freeze Next Failed Image Freeze Last Failed Image Display Speed Maximum Rate drop images when PC is busy Y 2 Images Per Second 4 Images Per Second 6 Images Per Second Every Image no drops AutoVISION Software User Manual 5 3 Image Saving Options Image Saving Options Image Saving Options allow you to determine which kinds of images to save and where to save them Select the folder where you want to save the images on your PC and choose whether you want AutoVISION to save no images all images only failed images or only passed images You can also choose whether to display the images with graphics that show results of tool processes boundary ROls or OCR characters for example or to save the images without those graphics Note Save No Images is selected by default at startup Image Saving Options save Current Image select Folder With Graphics BMP Without Graphics TIF save Mo Images save All Images save Failed Images Save Passed Images 5 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual Run Inspection Statistics The Run view provides the following statistics e Inspection Counts Displays the number of parts inspected passed and rejected e Inspection Timing Statistics Displays statistics on
134. oolbar include Create a New Job Open an Existing Job Save Job to Disk Save Job with a New Filename and Save Job to Flash If the user selects the flash option AutoVISION will ask if they want to download the job to the camera before saving the job to flash Would you like to download the program to flash to the camera ares No Cancel AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 3 AutoVISION Overview Help Menu The Help dropdown menu allows you to see AutoVISION Help the About AutoVISION dialog a Contacting Microscan dialog and a Check for Updates dialog Help O Help Fi About AutoVISION Contacting Microscan Check for Updates The help documentation can be opened from the Help dropdown menu the F1 key or the help icon on the right side of the application The help file will be closed when the application is closed or when the user closes the help file About AutoVISION The About AutoVISION dialog shows the name and version of the software as well as the part number and copyright information Clicking More Info takes the user to an AutoVISION support page on the Microscan website EF About AutoVISION Microscan AutoVISIONE M ICROSCA N Version 3 0 2 0 37 023001 01 Rev W Copyright 2011 2014 Microscan Systems Inc All Rights Reserved More Into 1 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Contacting Microscan The Contact Information dialog shows the primary addresses of
135. outputs the status of Check Character Output along with symbol data e BC412 Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs the status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data e BC412 Symbol Length Allows you to set the BC412 Symbol Length e DataBar Expanded Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs the status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data e DataBar Expanded Symbol Length Allows you to set the DataBar Expanded Symbol Length e Composite Separator Status When enabled outputs the status of the Composite Separator along with symbol data e Composite Separator Character Allows you to set the separator character for Composite output e Pharmacode Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs the status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data e Pharmacode Symbol Length Allows you to set the Pharmacode Symbol Length e Pharmacode Minimum Bars Sets the minimum number of bars that a Pharmacode symbol must have to be considered valid e Pharmacode Bar Width If set to Mixed the camera will autodiscriminate between narrow and wide bars If set to All Narrow all bars will be considered as narrow bars If set to All Wide all bars will be considered as wide bars If set to Fixed Threshold the fixed threshold value will be used to determine whether bars are all narrow or all wide This setting is ignored if the camera is unable to tell the difference between narrow and wide bars e Pharmacode Direc
136. ows you to configure minimum and maximum character width and the minimum and maximum character height limits e Match String Allows you to specify the string that must be matched for the OCR Tool to pass e Image Binarization Converts grayscale images to black and white binary to optimize the readability of poorly segmented characters e Image Pre Processing Makes it easier for the tool to recognize and read characters in an image Enable ROI Region of Interest Rotation The OCR Tool can be enabled for ROI rotation by clicking the rotation icon at the upper left of the parameters view Enable ROI Rotation EN AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 35 OCR Tool Font Editor The Font Editor allows you to e View a character set e Remove trained samples e View default sample set characters e View user defined characters Click the Font Editor button in the OCR tool parameters to bring up the Font Editor Font Editor Default characters are highlighted in gray and user trained characters are highlighted in green P SY OCR Font Editor C Microscan Vscape Jobs Fonts default ocr gt adole lt gt 00000 111 E 3333 22213333 444 5555 666b 777 8888 G a Sea a 9993 AAA 3BB CCC DDD EE FF G HHH I JJ KK LL MMM NN 00 PP Y RR Ss TT UU UVV Www x X Y Y 7 When Use Default Font is unchecked in OCR Advanced Parameters the Font Editor shows only user trained characters 4 36 AutoVISION Software Us
137. put e Binary Threshold Mode Change between fixed template and automatic binary thresholding Scaling Factor The factor by which characters are scaled up or down Discard Boundary Characters Eliminates any binary objects that are touching the boundary ROI region of interest Character Slant Detection Detects and processes characters that are slanted in relation to the text string angle e Auto Teach Options When Learn Match String is selected and the New Master pin is toggled the software will set the OCR string that has just been decoded as the Match String The AutoVISION button on the camera can also be used to set Auto Teach input Hold the AutoVISION button down until you see three LED flashes releasing the button after the third flash Match String will be set to the OCR string that is decoded in the next read cycle Note De select Auto Teach Options if you want nothing to occur when the New Master pin is toggled e String Matching Method Method of string matching to apply to the Output String during tool execution All Settings OCR1 Use Default Font y Font AV DEFAULT 0 800 a fa Character Polarity 1 2 3 Dark Characters Confidence Minimum Width Maximum Width Minimum Height Maximum Height Minimum Character Pixels Unknown Character Multi Line Separator Binary Threshold Mode Scaling Factor Discard Boundary Characters Character Slant Detection Auto Teach Options
138. ring The ISO 15416 final symbol grade is a compilation of the 10 individual scan line final grades applied over the region of the symbol Each individual scan grade from the 10 scans applied can be found at the bottom of each scan column This scan grade is the lowest grade from that individual scan The final symbol grade is the average result of the 10 individual scans In the follow example you see scans 1 5 have quiet zone violations and receive a grade of F or grade value 0 The scans 6 10 receive a B grade based on the minimum grade of modulation The final symbol grade is the average of the final scans 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 10 1 5 or grade C Note that if custom verification is enabled individual parameters can be removed from the scan grade and final grade calculation A A ye AN q rar att oF Werificatio P AA CATA 1 5 3 0 pixels 640 90 A 76 77 77 78 78 79 80 81 A A A A A A A A 9 85 9 86 9 86 9 87 9 87 8 87 8 68 8 89 9 90 9 91 A A A A A A A A A A 56 56 55 55 55 55 55 55 54 A A A A B B B B 72 71 70 69 69 67 67 A A A A A 2 3 5 5 4 5 A A A A A A 88 84 86 B6 87 37 F F A A A A 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 a See UE eee eee Se EE eae 0 o 3 3 A AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 101 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Verification Results All verification output values c
139. rity Access Level dialog will be enabled Select your Security Access Level Engineer l Supervisor Operator Change Password Clicking Change Password brings up the Change Access Level Passwords dialog Change Access Level Passwords Click the button that corresponds to the access level whose password you wish to modify and the Change the Password dialog will appear Click the Reset All to Default button on the Change Access Level Passwords dialog to return all passwords to default AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 11 AutoVISION Overview Minimum Access Levels AutoVISION defines the minimum access level for the various regions of the user interface and for several features of the software The following tables show the securable areas of AutoVISION and the minimum access level required for each Edit View UI Region Feature Minimum Access Level DES Delete Tool button Toolbox ability to Adda Too Image View UI Region Feature Minimum Access Level Engineer Connect View Device Selection View Modify Device Settings Application Wide Options ETC Exitthe application Supervisor Flash a job onthe camera Access the Data Navigator If You Forget the Administrator Password If are the Administrator but have forgotten the password you can reset it to default by deleting the UserSettings xml file in this folder C Users your user name AppData Roaming Microscan AutoVISION
140. rt of the calibration process the Exposure Time setting of your camera will be adjusted Use the Maximum Exposure value in the Calibration dialog to set the maximum Exposure Time that can be set Calibration Reflectance Calibration 1 Place Calibration Card in front of the Camera 2 Roughly center the symbol in the image 3 Enter data from Calibration Card below 4 Press the Calibrate Reflectance button 0 24 Sym 2 y dth 32000 F Calibrate Reflectance Fart Calibration 3 Place part in front of the Camera 6 Click the Part Calibration button 7 Repeat steps 3 and 6 for each part Important Part calibration must be performed per the AIM DPM standard Part Calibration to obtain proper results AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 93 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Custom Verification When you click the box next to Enable Customized Verification Tests you will see the dialog shown below This dialog allows you to select the individual attributes on which the verification will be based and to define Good Fair Poor ranges for each attribute Important Disabling parameters using the Custom Verification dialog results in a verification process that no longer strictly conforms to the AIM DPM ISO 29158 standard AIM DPM ISO 29158 Verification Parameters Cell Contrast In AIM DPM ISO 29158 the difference in the population of dark pixels to the population of ligh
141. s automatically generated with a new job Hint Drag and drop tools to change the Tools shown in the job list order in the list provide real time feedback Image Area The Image Area displays the current image tool data and controls for image adjustment Zoom Acquire Gridlines every 100 Ruler in pixels pixels Options Hint Right click in the image area and move the mouse to drag the image to the desired position Use the mouse wheel to zoom the image in or out AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 3 Edit Overview Image Control Tools Save the image Y Show Grid Y Show Rulers Acquire Acquire Single Image Takes a single picture Acquire Live Images Live video used for camera and part adjustment Enable or Disable Trigger for Image Acquisition When checked and your camera has a trigger assigned Acquire Live Video and Tryouts will all wait for a trigger before acquiring an image 4 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Zoom Zoom In Makes the image appear larger Zoom Out Makes the image appear smaller Actual Size Shows the image at actual size in pixels Fit to Screen Fits the image to the boundaries of the image area Options E Save the Image Saves the captured image on the PC Show Grid Places grid lines on the image for reference and measurement in pixels Show Rulers Places rulers in pixels above and to the left of the image area AutoVISION Software User Manual 4
142. se must be purchased in order to download those tools You can upgrade this Device to one of the following features Y Select your upgrade feature Y Then generate your request here Features E Visionscape Email Request Now Fl Verification and OCV Tools Create Request File TI E mail it later Already have the license key Please enter it below Send License to Device 6 10 AutoVISION Software User Manual MS Example Job Gasket Inspection Contents tar GASK CU OD a A A A ATN 7 2 Add Measure TOO laces cts id A doi 7 3 Add Three Presence ADSENCE FOOIS Wi A A AA AA 7 4 Report Gasket Inspection Status and Gasket Height occcocnccconncoccccnncoconncononcncnononononcnonnncnoss 7 5 RUTAS asker J OD AA oes waned te aia 7 6 This section demonstrates some of AutoVISION s tools and output capabilities in action The purpose of the vision job in this example is to verify the following elements of an automotive gasket e Cut size e Presence of bolt holes e Correct size of center hole and then to report the inspection status and gasket height AutoVISION Software User Manual 7 1 Start Gasket Job Start Gasket Job e Select the Emulator from the Select Device menu in the Connect view e Create a new job and proceed to the Edit view File Help 9a BA Connect Image Can D Pw r Lighting Mode Exposure Trigger lt none gt k E On VisionHAWK 752x480 CMOS 4000
143. size Choose Auto if you want the aperture size to be set ae ee automatically based on the symbol s cell size The Se ee ee aperture is set to 50 of the cell size by default Turn Auto off if you want to enter the Aperture value manually When Auto is de selected a dropdown menu uncatibrated appears allowing you to enter units in mil or mm Rmin 4 Rmax 82 Symbol 1 Width 1 24 Symbol 2 Width 0 48 Maximum Exposure 37000 Lighting Wave Length specifies the wavelength of y Enabled the lighting being used This value is for reporting only and does not affect verification results Lighting Angle specifies the angle of the lighting being used Note that this value is for reporting only and does not affect verification results Setup Notes allows you to record any additional information that needs to be considered about your camera or lighting configuration Cell Contrast NE cR B Unused Error Correction AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 87 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Calibration Click the Calibration section of the parameters to bring up the dialog shown below The Calibration dialog features simple instructions about how to calibrate your camera and the Verification Tool in order to be compliant with your chosen verification specification You must have a Calibration card in order to calibrate your system Use this dialog to enter the data from your Calibration card an
144. sure and a focal distance up to 800 mm and beyond It is capable of high line speeds and can run multiple AutoVISION tools simultaneously e Package Rugged industrial e Power Input High immunity 5 28V e 1 0 1 28V optoisolated e Optics 20 mm to 800 mm working distance 12 15 30 45 degree interchangeable lenses liquid lens autofocus e Machine Vision Capabilities Can run multiple AutoVISION tools at high speed e Motion Capabilities Indexed static to high speed e Sensor WVGA CMOS monochrome SXGA CCD monochrome SXGA CCD color WUXGA CMOS monochrome Communications Ethernet Serial e Accessories Direct connect accessories available AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 13 Vision HAWK Hardware Vision HAWK Characteristics IP67 connectors e Supports M12 connectors e Standard M12 Ethernet Connector Rugged IP67 enclosure Software adjustable focus Interchangeable lenses M uto TRIG EX VISION PASS ME FAIL 10 3 LINK ACT Status indicators e Trigger activity e Inspection results Pass Fail e Device and connection status 1 14 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Vision HAWK Hardware Configuration Mount the camera as required by the application Connect the Ethernet cable from B on the camera to the network Connect the power supply to 3 on the QX 1 Connect the photo sensor to T on the QX 1 Connect the Common cable to 2 on the QX 1 and A on the cam
145. t 127 0 0 1 STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS STATUS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Inspection Output 123456 STATUS 7123488 STATUS 7123456 STATUS 7123456 STATUS 123458 STATUS 7123456 STATUS 123456 STATUS 123458 STATUS 123456 STATUS 123456 STATUS 123458 STATUS 123456 STATUS 123456 STATUS 123458 STATUS 123456 STATUS 7123456 STATUS 123458 STATUS 123456 STATUS 7123456 STATUS 123458 STATUS 123456 STATUS 123456 STATUS 123458 STATUS 7123456 STATUS h flo fado flo fado fh fado fk fado fk fado fk fado fk fa fk fade fk fa ok fa fundo fa fk 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 The following parameter output can be linked using Microscan Link e Status Pass Fail Compatible with the bool data type 4 124 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Microscan Link AutoVISION allows you to link tool parameters to tags within the Global Data Service GDS This makes it possible to set and get the parameter values via any GDS supported protocol including serial TCP IP EtherNet IP and PROFINET I O
146. t are useful for your application Use Inspection Outputs parameters to configure job outputs Run the job Jobs are downloaded to the camera when entering the Run view but are not saved yet Save the job Stop the job and click the Save icon to save the current job on the camera but don t forget to start the job again The following sections discuss these steps in greater detail The Vision MINI Xi is designed for embedded applications It features a small enclosure industrial connectivity and embedded Ethernet It is capable of running a few AutoVISION tools simultaneously The SXGA model is a good choice for lower line speeds while the WVGA model can handle higher line speeds e Package Compact lightweight IP54 e Power Input 10 to 30 VDC e 1 0 1 28V optoisolated e Optics 2 6 mechanical focus fixed lens e Machine Vision Capabilities Can run a few simple tools e Motion Capabilities Indexed static to low speed SXGA Indexed static low high speed WVGA e Sensor SXGA CMOS monochrome WVGA CMOS monochrome QXGA CMOS color Communications Ethernet Serial AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Vision MINI Xi Characteristics Integrated cable e Low power consumption e M12 and RJ45 connectors Compact lightweight vision sensor Built in LED illumination Software adjustable focus Integrated beeper reports inspection results y TRIG PASS AutoVISION button FAIL e Image calibrati
147. t pixels using the sample principle as Symbol Contrast with modified definition Cell Modulation In AIM DPM ISO 29158 a measurement of the uniformity of the color of the dark areas and the light areas of the Data Matrix similar to Modulation but differing in the implementation details Reflectance Margin A measurement of how well each module is correctly distinguishable as light or dark in comparison to the global threshold Fixed Pattern Damage A measurement of the errors in the borders of the Data Matrix as well as any errors in the quiet zone around the symbol necessary for the decoding process Axial Nonuniformity The difference between the height and the width with respect to the rows and columns Grid Nonuniformity A delta of the difference of the measured grid in relation to the ideal grid formed from the four corners of the Data Matrix Unused Error Correction The amount of error correction that could be read incorrectly when the symbol is still readable that is currently being read correctly expressed as a percentage Print Growth The positive or negative size relation of the cells as printed with respect to the ideal grid Minimum Reflectance During Card Calibration the NIST traceable card is used to calibrate the system and to calculate a calibrated system reflectance value During Part Calibration a good example of the actual part is used to calculate an exposure
148. t the job again The following sections discuss these steps in greater detail The Vision HAWK C Mount is designed for industrial applications It features a rugged enclosure and multiple lens options It is capable of higher line speeds and can run multiple AutoVISION tools simultaneously e Package Rugged industrial e Power Input High immunity 5 28V e 1 0 1 28V optoisolated e Optics Depends on lens liquid lens only available for standard Vision HAWK e Machine Vision Capabilities Can run multiple AutoVISION tools at high speed e Motion Capabilities Indexed static to high speed Sensor SXGA CCD monochrome SXGA CCD color WVGA CMOS monochrome WUXGA CMOS monochrome Communications Ethernet Serial e Accessories Direct connect accessories available AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Vision HAWK C Mount Hardware Configuration Select lens as required by the application Mount the camera as required by the application Connect the Ethernet cable from B on the camera to the network Connect the power supply to 3 on the QX 1 Connect the photo sensor to T on the QX 1 Connect the Common cable to 2 on the QX 1 and A on the camera Plug in the power supply NO Oh WD gt n Lam O gem TH Qu th PY 3 lt 1 a a D Power Supply ma 12 pin Socket Photo Sensor Output 2 Input 1 4 A 3 Default 2 Power TX 7 Terminated Output 1 5
149. tance Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Minimum Edge Contrast Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Modulation Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Defects Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Decodability Grade Compatible with the double data type Average Quiet Zone Grade Compatible with the double data type Final Grade Scan Lines 1 10 Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Edge Determination Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Decode Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Contrast Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Minimum Reflectance Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Minimum Edge Contrast Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Modulation Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Defects Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Decodability Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Quiet Zone Grade Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Symbol Contrast Value Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Rmin Compatible with the sint32 data type Scan Lines 1 10 Rmax Compatible with the sint32 data type 4 110 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit e Scan Lines 1
150. tatus When enabled outputs the status of the UPC EAN Separator along with symbol data UPC EAN Separator Character Allows you to set the separator character for UPC EAN output UPC EAN Supplementals Type Allows you to set the UPC Supplementals Type Both 2 Digits or 5 Digits UPC EAN UPC E as UPC A Status When enabled outputs the status of UPC E outputs as UPC A Codabar Start and Stop Match Status When enabled the camera will not decode Codabar symbols unless the start and stop characters are the same 4 30 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit e Codabar Start and Stop Output Status When enabled the start and stop characters will be present in the data output of the decoded symbol Note that because the start and stop characters are included as part of the data the characters must be included as part of the length in a fixed length mode of operation e Codabar Large Intercharacter Gap Status When enabled outputs the status of Large Intercharacter Gap along with symbol data e Codabar Fixed Symbol Length Status When enabled outputs the status of Fixed Symbol Length along with symbol data e Codabar Symbol Length Allows you to set the Codabar Symbol Length e Codabar Check Character Type Allows you to select the type of check character e Codabar Check Character Output Status When enabled outputs the status of Check Character Output along with symbol data e BC412 Check Character Output Status When enabled
151. than a minute for the Vision MINI or Vision MINI Xi and several minutes for the Vision HAWK Please Select A Smart Camera to Update VisionHawk122112 Model Vision HAWK WAGA Firmware Yersion 7 0 0 Build 10 UPDATE RECOMMENDED MAC Address 00 0B 43 12 21 12 IP Address 192 168 112 mask 255 255 255 0 PC Version 7 0 0 Build 17 Select the Firmware Version 17 0 0 Build 17 Transfering update to camera Stage 1 of 4 Update Firmware Please Select A Smart Camera to Update VisionHawk122112 Model Vision HAWK WYGA Firmware Yersion 7 0 0 Build 10 UPDATE RECOMMENDED MAC Address 00 0B 43 12 21 12 IP Address 192 168 1 12 mask 255 255 255 0 PC Version 7 0 0 Build 17 Select the Firmware Version 17 0 0 Build 17 Wade te Complete Rebooting Smartcamera Stage 4 of 4 AutoVISION Software User Manual Firmware and License Upgrades e When the entire firmware update process is complete click the Exit button to close the utility Please Select A Smart Camera to Update VisionHawk1 22112 x Model Vision HAWK WYGA Firmware Version 7 0 0 Build 17 No Update Needed MAC Address 00 0B 43 12 21 12 IP Address 192 168 112 mask 255 255 255 0 PC Version 7 0 0 Build 17 Select the Firmware Version 7 0 0 Build 17 Firmware Compatibility Note that the camera s firmware version must match the version of Visionscape being used to manipulate a job on the PC The following dial
152. tics Displays statistics on the speed of your inspection e Tool Results Shows the Pass Fail status and inspection data from each of your tools The following options are provided e Adjust the speed of the image display e Enable disable graphics display e Save uploaded images to the PC e Clear the inspection counts 1 30 AutoVISION Software User Manual Quick Start Save the Job Click the Save icon to save the job to the camera s flash memory Note The Save icon shows a popup menu of jobs allowing you to overwrite existing jobs or to create a new job 1 Click the Stop icon 2 Click the Save icon 3 Click the Run icon to start again Save icon Stop icon Run icon Note that jobs that are configured to run on stored images saved and then opened on a camera will have their snapshot setting changed to Acquire AutoVISION Software User Manual 1 31 Additional Notes Additional Notes CPU Idle States C States During AutoVISION installation you will see the dialog shown below The dialog allows you to disable CPU idle states also called C states The purpose of disabling C states is to avoid image drop errors in applications using GigE Cameras with Visionscape which is installed with AutoVISION Important Disabling C states helps you avoid image drop errors but it also causes the CPU to run at full speed at all times significantly increasing power consumption AutoVISION InstallShield Wizard
153. tion Sets the direction in which bars are prioritized For example left bars are considered more significant than right bars for horizontal symbols and top bars are considered more significant than bottom bars for vertical symbols e Pharmacode Fixed Threshold Value Defines the minimum difference in pixels that will distinguish a narrow bar from a wide bar e Pharmacode Background Color Defines the background black or white on which a Pharmacode symbol is printed or marked AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 31 Decode Tool e DotCode Rotation Defines the amount of rotation allowed for DotCode symbols No Rotation Low Rotation Omni Important DotCode cannot be decoded at the same time as other symbologies If your application requires the decoding of DotCode symbols enable DotCode only e Auto Teach Options When Train Step is selected and the New Master pin is toggled the software will learn the data that has just been decoded It will also learn the symbol s background color element size symbology and various other characteristics This allows the software to process future instances of the same symbol more quickly When Learn Match String is selected and the New Master pin is toggled the software will set the data that has just been decoded as the Match String The AutoVISION button on the camera can also be used to set Auto Teach input Hold the AutoVISION button down until you see three LED flashes releasing the but
154. tion by pulsing a Virtual I O point For example vt 1 will return pulse VIO1 The inspection will run if it is configured to use VIO 1 as a trigger If specified the VIO index must be in the allowed range for Virtual I O points within Visionscape The virtual I O line will be set high then low If VIO Index is not specified VIO1 is assumed Fail Return Return ERROR followed by the reason for the failure For example ERROR No such trigger when the index specified n is out of range of virtual triggers REBOOT noload Reboots the device noload do not load BOOT job MEMAVAIL cp Returns available memory for device or coprocessor MEMCONTIG cp Returns maximum memory block for device or coprocessor MEMFRAGS cp Returns memory fragments for device or coprocessor MEMINFO cp v Returns memory summary avail contig frags for device or coprocessor Verbose VERSION Returns Visionscape software version JOBSAVE slot lt n gt Saves current job to slot n JOBLOAD slot lt n gt r Loads job from slot n r Start inspections 4 138 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit JOBDELETE slot n all Deletes job in slot n or all jobs if all Important Does not delete the current job loaded in camera memory JOBINFO slot n v Gets job summary or info about slot n JOBINFO with no arguments returns a list of all jobs on the device v Verbose n This opti
155. toVISION button down until you see three LED flashes releasing the button after the third flash Match String will be set to the OCR string that is decoded in the next read cycle Note De select Auto Teach Options if you want nothing to occur when the New Master pin is toggled IntelliText OCR Use Default Font Intended for when no user trained character is found Font Selects the font that the OCR Tool will use to identify characters Confidence Specifies the minimum level of confidence required before a character will be read Character Polarity Dark Characters black characters on a white background Light Characters white characters on a black background Minimum Width Minimum width of detected characters Maximum Width Maximum width of detected characters Minimum Height Minimum height of detected characters Maximum Height Maximum height of detected characters Minimum Character Pixels Defines the minimum number of foreground pixels required to form a valid character Characters with a foreground pixel count lower than this value will be filtered from the segmented characters as a final step before characters are processed for identification 4 48 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit e Unknown Character Allows you to specify the character that will be output if a detected character is not recognized Multi Line Separator Allows you to determine the character that will be used as a separator for multi line OCR out
156. ton after the third flash Match String will be set to the symbol that is decoded in the next read cycle De select all Auto Teach Options in AutoVISION if you want nothing to occur when the New Master pin is toggled All Settings Decodel GS1 Validation Code128 Symbol Length 10 Timeout ms 10000 000 Linear Security Level i PDF417 Fixed Symbol Length Status PDF417 Symbol Length PDF417 Codeword Collection MircoPDF417 Fixed Symbol Length Status MicroPDF417 Symbol Length Code128 Fixed Symbol Length Status Code128 EAN Status 3 oO o 5 p o o y a 3 E a Code128 Output Format Code128 Application Record Separator Status Code128 Application Record Separator Character Code128 Application Record Brackets Status Code128 Application Record Padding Status Code93 Fixed Symbol Length Status Code93 Symbol Length EZ Sin gi 7 v S y Y y Y El E Y v Code39 Fixed Symbol Length Status Code39 Symbol Length Code39 Full ASCII Set Status AR 125 Symbol Length 1 125 Symbol Length 2 Cig UPC EAN Supplementals Status UPC EAN Separator Status UPC EAN Separator Character UPC EAN Supplementals Type UPC EAN UPC E as UPC A Status Codabar Start and Stop Match Status Codabar Start and Stop Output Status Codabar Large Intercharacter Gap Status Codabar Fixed Symbol Length Status Codabar Symbol Length Codabar Check Character Type Codabar Check Character Output Sta
157. tus BC412 Check Character Output Status BC412 Fixed Symbol Length Status BC412 Symbol Length DataBar Expanded Fixed Symbol Length DataBar Expanded Symbol Length Caqiaja g g lt x Cala 3 Pharmacode Fixed Symbol Length Status Pharmacode Symbol Length Pharmacode Minimum Bars Pharmacode Bar Width Pharmacode Direction Pharmacode Fixed Threshold Value Pharmacode Background Color Dotcode Rotation 7 rain Step Auto Teach Options Learn Match String 4 32 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit OCR Tool OCR The OCR Tool reads printed text and translates it to ASCII text This tool e Reads multiple lines of text in a single ROI region of interest e Features pre loaded OCR fonts that are designed to be read without the need for training e Features user trained fonts for more robust character recognition e Uses a multi neural network model to allow greater character variation e Features Image Pre Processing which makes it easier for the tool to recognize and read characters in an image E A A eee aa aye pe HEH i a A lt gt 0000 111 992 333 444 5555 6664 77 988 Input AA BB ccc DDD EE F FF 66 toT 12345 0 J KK LL mun BN o 00 PP aa 1 DATE n veni cin ON T uu uvv w WW x Y Y 3 Neural network collects various ore Tool reads printed text samples of a character and stores efore training the variations in a font library The OCR Tool has a Standard OCR capabi
158. un section of the Navigator Bar to begin the job The Run view allows you to watch the total number of inspections that pass and fail as well as other data such as Cycles PPM Parts Per Minute Buffers used and Overruns we AutoVISION File Help Y OER Emulator a Edit mode v Emulator 7 6 AutoVISION Software User Manual
159. uto Save Reports Always Report File Type Text txt Reports Folder CaAMicroscanWWscape Browse A Include Image in Report PDF Only includes a bitmap of the image that was inspected This affects both manual and auto saved reports Auto Save Reports enables or disables auto saving of reports when AutoVISION is in Run mode Auto save options are as follows e Never Never save reports this turns the auto save feature off e Always Save a report for every part that is inspected e For Poor Grades Only A report will only be saved for symbols that receive a grade that is rated as Poor e For Fair and Poor Grades Only A report will only be saved for symbols that receive a grade that has been rated as either Fair or Poor Report File Type selects the file type that will be used when auto saving reports Reports Folder Enter the path to the folder where reports will be automatically saved Files are auto saved with a file name in this format YYYYMMDD_HHmmss_fff ext YYYY Year MM Month DD Day HH Hour military time mm Minutes ss Seconds fff Milliseconds ext File extension either pdf or txt depending on the selected report format Example file name 20141227 114803 _080 pdf AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 105 Symbol Quality Verification Tool Example Symbol Quality Verification Reports ISO 15416 Report PDF Format MICROSCAN CIT Final Grade A 4 0 2 6 pixels 640 90
160. utput over TCP run the job in a tryout loop or click the Run view to begin data output Here is how to view output using the TCP connection and AutoVISION s Emulator e While the tryout loop or the job is running open Run from the Start Menu in Windows _e ype the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Open cmd H This task will be created with administrative privileges Cancel Browse e Type cmd in the text field This will bring up the Windows command line interface EN Administrator C Windows system32 cmd exe Microsoft Windows O Copyright c 2669 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved Co Users user AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 123 Inspection Outputs e Atthe prompt type telnet 127 0 0 1 4921x where x the TCP port number for example 49211 49212 49213 etc and Enter Note 127 0 0 1 means this computer Important If you are connected to a camera type telnet camera s IP address 4921x where x the TCP port number 49211 to 49215 and Enter Administrator C Windows system32 cmd exe Microsoft Windows Version 6 1 7666 Copyright lt c gt 26809 Microsoft Corporation C Users user gt telnet 127 0 0 1 49211 All rights reserved e After you type Enter you will be connected to a Telnet session that shows data output as it was formatted on AutoVISION s TCP Serial Output tab Telne
161. utputs Inspection Passed Inspection Failed Inspection Done 4 118 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Digital Outputs There are three outputs Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 that can be assigned to report inspection status Note Outputs only function when a camera is connected Outputs 1 2 and 3 are shown on the top of the Vision HAWK where LEDs indicate output status Auto TRIG MX r4 VISION PASS FAIL 10 D 3 LINK ACT Digital Outputs can be configured for all three outputs on the Digital Outputs tab of the Inspection Outputs tool SF AutoVISION Emulator lt Current Job Has Not Been Saved gt Lo lees 9288 O O File Help Digital Outputs aL Output 1 SL output 2 SL output 3 lt Not Connected gt lt Not Connected gt lt Not Connected gt Connect Output to a Tool Status w Inspection Outputs 4 Me Camera OUT vA Port NONE Picture Done Expose Done No Expression Trigger Overrun Process Overrun 4 e Decode1 Decode1 Passed Decode Failed 4 y Count Blobs1 Count Blobs1 Passed Count Blobs1 Failed 4 four Inspection Outputs Emulator Inspection Passed Inspection Failed Inspection Done AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 119 Inspection Outputs Inspection Inspection Passed Activates the output if the inspection passes The pass state can be connected to any tool in the job for output
162. utton can be used as always i e it displays a Link Menu with which one can change the link assignment or unlink the parameter The value display within each item permits text entry so a new value can be assigned to the linked parameter The following example shows how changing the Minimum Blob Size to 40 within the Data Navigator window writes the data to the linked parameter within the job which then appears as the value in the parameter panel J Count Blobs1 g avpinspl SrapshotiHilevelTool Dark On Light Number of parts imi ignore Blobs that Touch RO Lower Value 1 OD inti i Upper Value inti02 Size Minimum Blob size int103 AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 133 Terminal Terminal To access the Terminal type Ctrl T on the keyboard The following view will appear ee Terminal The Terminal can be used to send serial commands At the top of the Terminal is a field where commands can be typed There are also two buttons Clear Display Send Entered Command to Currently Selected Device Typing the Enter key on the keyboard will also send the command 4 134 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit Setting a Match String with Terminal Type a SET command followed by the string shown below set matchstringl ABCD set matchstringl ABCD FOR set matchstingl ABCD If the SET command is successful the response will be OK followed by an echo of the co
163. ve it If you select Visionscape or Verification and OCV Tools an ALR file AutoVISION License Request is generated That file must be attached to an e mail that you can then send to your Microscan Partner You can also save the ALR file to your PC and then e mail it to your Partner from a different PC You can upgrade this Device to one of the following features Y Select your upgrade feature Y Then generate your request here Features O Visionscape Email Request Now E Verification and OCV Tools Create Request File TI E mail it later Already have the license key Please enter 1t below Send License to Device If you click E mail Request Now a message similar to the one below will be generated aene the aE to your Microscan Partner to purchase the upgrade Y TA atovision License Upgrade Request S N 1215896 Message Plain Text c xs ca e Message Insert Options Format Text Adobe PDF E 2 4931 ew 3 B IF O 2 A 3 4 Address Check Attach Attach Business Calendar a Follow Spelling y Book Names File Item Card Upy si Tua Basic Text Names Include fa Options Proofing This message has not been sent To o Subject AutoVISION License Upgrade Request S N 1215896 Attached LicenseUpgrade 000B43128D98 request alr 4 KB This email contains a license upgrade request file for upgrading the following device Part Number GMV
164. via the ElP input assembly e The third option EIP Out filters the list to include only items that can be accessed via the ElP output assembly e The fourth option PROFINET In filters the list to include only items that can be accessed via a PROFINET I O input slot e The fifth and final option PROFINET Out filters the list to include only items that can be accessed via a PROFINET I O output slot G Generic SEM EIF In SER EIF Out PROFINET In Pw PROFINET Out Output Value Compatible with sint32 G DPN DER a G DPN DEP G BPN DEP G DPN DEP G EPN DEP G G G G ES The list displays icons representing which protocols can access the particular item The currently active protocol the protocol that has been enabled on the selected device is highlighted with a green rectangle as shown above 4 128 Auto VISION Software User Manual Edit If the parameter has already been linked at the time the Link Menu is shown an additional Unlink button appears at the top Output String LJ TE Compatible with string TEIP EIF Out m OCR stringi01 G GPN SER stringi02 G SPN CEIP stringi03 G CPAN SER string104 G OPN CEIP Clicking the Unlink button will remove the existing link An icon representing the corresponding tool appears next to any GDS tags that have already been linked Hovering the mouse over the icon shows information about the tool it represents J Count Blobs1 DEP EIP I
165. when a Process Overrun occurs AutoVISION Software User Manual 4 121 Inspection Outputs TCP Serial Output TCP IP and Senal Out String Output Port NONE Build Output String Tool Output Value 5 lt notconected Text TCP Serial Output options allow you to e Select Serial or TCP ports for output e Specify the decimal places for measurement tool output Output up to four different tool report fields and five text fields e Use special non printable characters to format TCP Serial Output TCP IP and Serial Out Hint To reset any output string String Output Port NONE y Decimal Places 3 Y Error String lt error gt value to Not Connected click Build Output String the X to the right of the value de you want to disconnect Note When using AutoVISION s Emulator you can use your TCP connection to view data output Special Non Printable Characters in TCP Serial Output TCP Serial Output accepts the following special characters which can be used to configure the output string la bell b backspace f form feed n new line r carriage return t horizontal tab v vertical tab Y single quote x022 double quote question mark ooo three digit octal notation ASCII value i e 145 e ix0hh hexadecimal notation ASCII value i e 10x04C L 4 122 AutoVISION Software User Manual Edit Viewing TCP Output When you have configured how you want data to be o
166. you receive the key from your Microscan Partner you can enter it in text field shown below to upgrade the camera Already have the license key Please enter it below Send License to Device 6 8 AutoVISION Software User Manual Firmware and License Upgrades You will receive this error message if the license key is not valid The camera was not upgraded Please confirm the that the license is valid AutoVISION Software User Manual 6 9 Camera License Upgrade Licensing the OCV and Symbol Quality Verification Tools The OCV Tool and Symbol Quality Verification Tool can be used in the Emulator but for use with a camera both tools require a license The license can be purchased using the Upgrade License feature When you try to download a job with unlicensed tools to the camera the Unlicensed Tools dialog will appear Unicensed Too A E J The following tools cannot be downloaded OCV1 15015415 Verification1 A license is required to use these tools Please upgrade your camera with the proper license If you click Cancel the job will still be editable and can be saved to your PC but not downloaded to the camera If you click Upgrade the following upgrade dialog will appear This dialog allows you to select which upgrades to purchase to create and e mail an upgrade request to your Microscan Partner and to enter the license key if you already have it Note The Verification and OCV Tools licen

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