Starter Kit Instructions

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Start Here — Create Your First Job in 30 Minutes
Contents of Kit
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Tools You’ll Need
• Small slotted screwdriver
Setting Up the Camera Stand
1. Get the camera stand and set it up so that it is fully extended vertically (Figure 2).
Figure 2
Assembling the Lens-Adapter-Ring Light Combination
2. Get the 16 mm lens . Remove any covers from the lens. Screw the Adapter-Ring Light
combination entirely onto the 16 mm lens (Figure 3).
Figure 3
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
7. Attach the Smart Camera (use the center 1/4-20 mounting hole) to the camera stand
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following the steps in Figure 5.
Figure 5
Connecting the Cables
8. Get the teal Ethernet cable , 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) and plug it into the back of your PC.
Figure 6
10. Connect the Ethernet cable to the Crossover Adapter .
11. Get power cable #1 and power cable #2 and connect them together. Figure 7
shows the connectors for power cable #1.
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.
13. Now, connect to 115VAC.
Installing the Software
14. Insert the Visionscape CD 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
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.
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Die
Ethernet Cable (teal)
Lens - 16mm
Power Supply
Visionscape
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Crossover Adapter
Power Cable (black)
R60 Ring Light and Adapter
Camera Stand
Visionscape Smart Camera
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Ring Light
Ethernet
Power and
Primary I/O
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Step 3: Spin (and screw) arm onto camera (use center hole)
Step 4: With lens pointing down, tighten knob
Step 1: Loosen knob
Step 2: Hold camera
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Connectors - Power Cable #1 Connectors - Serial Cable
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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.
Starting FrontRunner
1. After your PC reboots, and the Smart Camera is on the network, start FrontRunner by select-
ing Start > Visionscape > Visionscape FrontRunner.
2. 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.
Taking Control of the Smart Camera
3. 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
5. Start creating a new Job by clicking Create New Program. Then, click Editor (Figure 8).
Figure 8
6. In the left pane of the Editor, right click on Snapshot, and click Insert Into. Click on the Analy-
sis 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
9. 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 .
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).
Figure 10
13. Click the Live Video button again.
14. Maximize the Editor.
15. In the left pane, highlight Blob Tool to display the Blob Tool properties page.
Adjusting Blob Tool Datums
16. Click Show Advanced Datums (Figure 11), and adjust the following Blob Tool datums:
Figure 11
17. Click the AutoThreshold tab, and adjust the following datums:
Figure 12
Selecting Results for Upload
18. In the left pane, highlight Inspection. Click the open area to the right of Select Results to
Upload (Figure 13).
Figure 13
19. Click Add.
20. Select Blob Tool:Blob1, then Number of parts, and click Close (Figure 14).
Figure 14
21. Minimize the Editor.
22. Right click inside the Blob Tool ROI and select Maximize ROI.
23. Save the Job by clicking Save Program . 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.
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 .
28. To display the output results, click (bottom right of screen) .
29. Flip the die to another side and see the results change. The results should match the number
of pips displayed on the die.
30. To stop the Job, click
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.
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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.
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