Visionscape .NET Programmer's Manual Visionscape.netprogrammersmanual

2016-08-18

• Visionscape® .NET Programmer’s Manual
  • Contents
  • PREFACE Welcome
    • Purpose of This Manual
    • Manual Conventions
  • CHAPTER 1 Introduction
    • Visionscape Architecture
      • Visionscape Devices
      • Programming Language Considerations
        • Visual Studio
      • The Big Picture
        • Jobs
        • Devices
        • A Job Must be Connected to a Device Before it Can Run
        • You Control your Running Inspections Through the Device
        • You Receive Images and Data from Running Inspections via Report Connections
        • You Display Images using the BufferView control
        • Smart Cameras May Be Handled Differently
        • I/O is handled through the IOConnection object
        • Setup Capabilities are Provided by the SetupManager Control
  • CHAPTER 2 Jobs, Steps, and Datums
    • Introduction to the Visionscape.Steps namespace
    • Jobs and Job Files
    • Steps
    • Datums
    • Important Step Types
      • JobStep
      • VisionSystemStep
      • Inspection Step
      • Snapshot Step
      • Acquire Step
    • Visionscape.Steps and The Step Object
    • JobStep
    • The Step Object
      • Steps Are Collections
      • The Step Object Provides Many Properties That Describe the Step
      • The Step Object Has Many Methods for Finding Child Steps
      • The Step Object can Add and Remove Steps From Your Job
      • Every Step Contains a Collection of Datums
    • The Major Properties That Describe A Step
    • Finding Steps in the Step Tree
    • Adding and Removing Steps
    • Accessing a Step’s Datum Values
    • Modifying Datum Values
    • Using StepBrowser to Look Up Symbolic Names
    • The JobStep Object
    • The VisionSystemStep Object
    • Step Object Properties
    • Step Object Methods
    • Datum Object Properties
    • Datum Object Methods
    • Step Handles: Converting to Step Objects
  • CHAPTER 3 Talking to Visionscape Hardware: VsCoordinator and VsDevice
    • Introduction to the Visionscape.Devices Namespace
    • VsCoordinator
    • VsDevice
    • VsCoordinator and Device Discovery
      • How Devices are Discovered
      • Waiting for Device Discovery by Using “Device Focus”
    • Connecting Jobs to Visionscape Devices
      • What Else Can I Do With Device Objects?
    • A Detailed Look at VsDevice
      • Device Control Functions
        • Start / Stop Inspections
        • Downloading a Job
        • Uploading a Job
    • Obtaining Device Information
      • Basic Device Information
      • DeviceClass Property
      • IsHostBased Property
      • Determining if any Inspections are Running
      • Determining if a Particular Inspection is Running
      • Device States
      • Special Device States
      • Determining the I/O Capabilities of a Device
      • UDPInfo Available for Networked Devices
      • Retrieving Basic information on the Loaded Job
      • Namespace Information
      • VsNameNode
      • VsNameNode Properties
      • VsNameNode Methods
    • A Detailed Look at VsCoordinator
      • Device Collection
      • DeviceFocusSet
      • Device Focus Property
      • DeviceFocusSetOnDiscovery
      • Finding a Device by Name or IP
      • OnDeviceDiscovered Event
      • Using Message Broadcasting to Simplify Application Design
      • UpdateUI Method
      • LogMessage and the Debug Window
      • Getting Information About Local Network Interface Controllers
      • VsCoordinator Reference
      • Device Enumeration and Device Focus
      • UI Coordination
      • Miscellaneous
      • VsDevice Reference
      • Download / Upload Job
      • Control
      • Advanced
  • CHAPTER 4 Receiving Data with Report Connections
    • Introduction to the Visionscape.Communications Namespace
    • ReportConnection Object
      • Creating a Report Connection
      • Connection Details
    • The NewReport Event
    • Adding Records to Your Report Programmatically
      • DataRecordAdd Examples
    • Adding Images to Your Report
      • Adding All of the Snapshot Images in an Inspection to the Report
      • AddSnapBuffers Examples
      • Now I Have Images, How Do I Display Them?
    • Performance Considerations
      • Lossy vs Lossless
      • Don’t Spend Too Much Time in the NewReport Event Handler
      • Separate ReportConnections for Images and Results
    • The InspectionReport Object
    • ReportInspectionStats Object
    • InspectionReportValue Object
    • ReportMemoryInfo object
    • Handling Reports on Separate Threads
      • Create the ThreadedResults Class
      • Use the ThreadedResults Class in the Form
    • Report Queue Connections
    • ReportQueueConnection Object
  • CHAPTER 5 I/O Capabilities
    • The IOConnection Object
    • I/O Basics
    • How to Use IOConnection
    • Properties and Methods of IOConnection
    • Events
  • CHAPTER 6 Image Display Controls
    • Adding the Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox
    • The BufferView Control
    • The Filmstrip Control
      • Properties and Methods of Filmstrip
  • CHAPTER 7 Device Selection Controls
    • Adding the Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox
    • The DeviceDropdown Control
      • The ToolStripDeviceDropdown Control
  • CHAPTER 8 Report Display Controls
    • Adding the Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox
    • The ResultsView Control
      • AutoSizing Behavior
      • Properties
      • Methods
    • The StatsView Control
      • Properties
      • Methods
    • The ReportView Control
      • AutoSizing Behavior
      • Properties
      • Methods
    • The IOView Control
      • Properties
      • Methods
    • The IOTriggerView Control
      • Properties
      • Methods
  • CHAPTER 9 Runtime Utility Controls
    • Adding the Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox
    • The QueueView Control
  • CHAPTER 10 Setup Mode Controls
    • Adding the Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox
    • The Setup Manager Control
      • Setup Manager Components
      • Setup Step List
      • Setup Manager Options
      • Showing, Hiding and Repositioning the Various Elements of Setup Manager
      • Adjusting the Tryout Options
        • DoAcquire
        • UseTriggers
        • UseIO
        • TackImage
        • DefaultOptions = DoAcquire
      • Acquisition Methods
      • Tryout Functionality
      • Checking the Current State of the Control Using the “Can” Property
      • Detecting State Changes
      • Properties, Methods and Events
        • Properties
        • Methods
        • Events
    • The StepTreeEditor Control
      • Properties
      • Methods
      • Events
  • APPENDIX A Loading and Running Jobs
    • Loading and Running Jobs, Receiving Results and Images
      • Getting Started
      • Add References to Your Project
      • Rename the Main Form
      • Add Components to the Main Form
        • Add Split Container, BufferView and ReportView
      • Add the Code
        • Application Startup
        • Making Report Connections
        • Handling Reports
        • Handling Application Shut Down
        • Compile and Run
        • Additional Samples