Starter Kit Instructions
2009-11-10
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Figure 2 Figure 5 Step 3 90° Angle 83-111012-02 Step 2 Steps 1 and 4 Start Here — Create Your First Job in 30 Minutes Contents of Kit Figure 1 Step 1: Loosen knob Step 2: Hold camera Fully Extended Step 3: Spin (and screw) arm onto camera (use center hole) Step 4: With lens pointing down, tighten knob Connecting the Cables 1 2 8. Get the teal Ethernet cable 3 , and connect it to the Ethernet connector on the Smart Camera (see above). Note: The Ethernet cable will only fit one way, so make sure the cable and connector are aligned before you push the cable all the way onto the connector. 9. Get the Crossover Adapter Figure 6 2 (Figure 6) and plug it into the back of your PC. 10. Connect the Ethernet cable 3 to the Crossover Adapter Assembling the Lens-Adapter-Ring Light Combination 2. 3 combination Figure 3 4 5 Get the 16 mm lens 6 5 . Remove any covers from the lens. Screw the Adapter-Ring Light entirely onto the 16 mm lens (Figure 3). 11. Get power cable #1 4 and power cable #2 shows the connectors for power cable #1. Figure 7 6 3. Get the Smart Camera, and remove the cover from the front (where the lens goes). 4. Screw the lens-adapter-ring light combination onto the Smart Camera 5. Using a small slotted screwdriver (or your fingers), remove the screw from the Ring Light connector (Figure 4) on the back of the Smart Camera. 6. Connect the Ring Light power cable to the Ring Light connector on the back of the Smart Camera (Figure 4). Note: The Ring Light power cable will only fit one way, so make sure the cable and connector are aligned before you push the cable all the way onto the connector. Figure 4 8 10 10 . Ethernet 1 Die 2 Crossover Adapter 3 Ethernet Cable (teal) 4 Power Cable (black) 5 Lens - 16mm 6 R60 Ring Light and Adapter 7 Power Supply 8 Camera Stand 9 Visionscape® CD 10 Power and Primary I/O Ring Light Visionscape Smart Camera Small slotted screwdriver Connectors - Power Cable #1 10 (use the center 1/4-20 mounting hole) to the camera stand Connectors - Serial Cable 13. Now, connect 7 to 115VAC. Installing the Software 9 into your CD drive. 15. Click Visionscape 4.0. The installation process starts, and displays the following screens: – Several messages about Run or Save; click Run. – Welcome screen; click Next. – License Agreement screen; select the “I accept...” radio button, and then click Next. – Select Destination screen; we suggest you accept the default location (C:\Vscape) and click Next. – Start Copying Files screen; click Next. – The installer displays the ReadMe.wri file, which you can read file as the installer finishes. The install process takes a couple of minutes, so don’t try to do anything until you are prompted to reboot your PC. All required components are automatically installed to your hard disk. The default location is: C:\Vscape Setting Up the Camera Stand 8 Attach the Smart Camera 8 , following the steps in Figure 5. Tools You’ll Need Get the camera stand and connect them together. Figure 7 12. Connect the power cable to the Power connector on the Smart Camera (Figure 4). Note: The power cable will only fit one way, so make sure the cable and connector are aligned before you push the cable all the way onto the connector. 14. Insert the Visionscape CD 7. 1. . 7 9 • 7 2 and set it up so that it is fully extended vertically (Figure 2). Camera definition files are stored under: \Vscape\Drivers\Camdefs 16. When the InstallShield Wizard prompts you to reboot your PC, select the Yes, I want to restart my computer now radio button, and then click Finish. 17. Wait for you PC to reboot, and wait until you can see the Smart Camera on the network before you go to the next page. Create Your First Machine Vision Application: Count the Pips on a Die Note: This procedure, with more detailed images, is also in Chapter 2 of Getting Started with Visionscape Smart Camera. 19. Click Add. Figure 10 20. Select Blob Tool:Blob1, then Number of parts, and click Close (Figure 14). Figure 14 Aperture This icon represents your mouse. When you see it, click the left mouse button. The number in blue indicates the order of steps (if there are multiple steps). 1 Focus Not Good 3 Good Starting FrontRunner 1. 2. After your PC reboots, and the Smart Camera is on the network, start FrontRunner by selecting Start > Visionscape > Visionscape FrontRunner. In the main FrontRunner window, click . FrontRunner displays the Select Device dia- log box. After your camera is displayed in this window, select it and click OK. 21. Minimize the Editor. 14. Maximize the Editor. 15. In the left pane, highlight Blob Tool to display the Blob Tool properties page. Click on the camera button you just added. Take control of the camera by clicking 4. Enter your user name (default is “hawkeye”) and password (default is “vision”), and click OK. Begin Creating a New Job Start creating a new Job by clicking Create New Program. Then, click Editor (Figure 8). Figure 8 22. Right click inside the Blob Tool ROI and select Maximize ROI. 23. Save the Job by clicking Save Program 16. Click Show Advanced Datums (Figure 11), and adjust the following Blob Tool datums: Figure 11 3. 5. again. Adjusting Blob Tool Datums Taking Control of the Smart Camera 2 1 13. Click the Live Video button . Type a name for the Job, and click Save. Trying Out the Job 24. To tryout the Job once and then stop, click . 25. In the left pane, select Blob Tool. At the bottom left of the window, you’ll see NumParts equal to the number of pips displayed on the die. 1 Running the Job on the Smart Camera 26. To download the Job to the Smart Camera, click 27. After the download completes, run the Job by clicking 1 Change to 100 28. To display the output results, click (bottom right of screen) 2 6. In the left pane of the Editor, right click on Snapshot, and click Insert Into. Click on the Analysis Tools tab. Double click on Blob Tool to add it to the Job. 7. In the left pane of the Editor, right click on Blob Filter. Click Delete, and then click Yes. 8. In the left pane of the Editor, highlight Acquire. Change Lighting from On to Off (Figure 9). Figure 9 30. To stop the Job, click Check this 17. Click the AutoThreshold tab, and adjust the following datums: Figure 12 1 Congratulations! You’ve just created a Visionscape Job that counts the number of pips on a die. Where to Now? Check out these other manuals that are part of the Visionscape documentation set: • Getting Started with Visionscape Smart Camera — Contains information and tutorials that help you to use the Visionscape Smart Camera for the first time. • Visionscape AppRunner User’s Manual — Contains information about using AppRunner, which allows you to load and run multiple AVPs, or monitor a single Visionscape Smart Camera. • Visionscape FrontRunner User’s Manual — Contains information about using FrontRunner, which is a comprehensive vision development environment you use to create, edit, tryout, and run vision applications. It also contains information about creating a good image. • Visionscape Tools Reference Manual — Contains information about all the tools in Visionscape including built-in Perl Script-based tools. 1 Change to 40 Change to -10 2 Selecting Results for Upload Minimize the Editor. 10. Find the die in the kit. Place it on the camera stand, under the smart camera. 11. In the Setup window, click the Live Video button . 29. Flip the die to another side and see the results change. The results should match the number of pips displayed on the die. Uncheck this 9. . 18. In the left pane, highlight Inspection. Click the open area to the right of Select Results to Upload (Figure 13). Figure 13 . 12. Adjust (by turning) the focus (Figure 10) so that the die is crisp. Adjust (by turning) the aperture (Figure 10) so that the die is bright white with no pink (Figure 10). 1
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