Chapter
4
Operating Instructions
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Getting Started
4.7
What’s Next?
In this chapter we have looked at the basics of how to handle IVC Studio, such as setting
up a product and writing a simple program. However, there are many features in IVC Studio
and the camera that have not been covered, which makes it possible to write advanced
programs for inspections and automation of production. Some of the features are:
Using the camera as a stand-alone unit
Using several devices in a product
Using several programs on a single device
Using Cameras Stand-alone
Once the program is developed it can be downloaded to the device and started. Now the
program will run in the device until it is stopped, and it is no longer necessary to use IVC
Studio. If the program is also saved in program bank 0 on the flash memory, the program
will be started when the device is powered up.
If you want to interact with the device, you can write a program that for example communi-
cates with other equipment via the RS485 port, or set up a web page in the camera that
can be used for monitoring and controlling the device in a web browser on a PC.
Using Several Devices
A product may use several devices that each performs a certain inspection. It is also
possible to use the same device in several products and let the device run different
programs depending on the current product.
Device 1
Device 3
Device 1
Device 2
Product: Jar
Dev Program
Table
1 Label
Jar_Label_Table
3 Jar_FillLevel
Jar_FillLevel_Table
Product: Bottle
Dev Program
Table
1 Label
Bottle_Label_Table
2 Bottle_FillLevel Bottle_FillLevel_Table
To use several devices in the product, simply select the devices by clicking the checkbox in
front of them in the main window.
When the development is finished you can easily download the programs and tables to all
included devices at once by right-clicking Devices in the left pane of the main window and
choosing
Product Transmission
. This will also start the programs in the devices.
Using Several Programs
While there can be only one program in the working memory, additional programs can be
stored in the flash memory of the device. These programs can either be loaded manually
into the working memory, or they can be called from the active program.
To load a program manually, use IVC Studio to associate the program with the device
and then start the program. This requires that the program is available in the product
that is open in IVC Studio.
If the program is not available on the PC, you can retrieve it from the device by right-
clicking the device in the list of devices and choosing
Device Management
Æ
Flash
Æ
Import Program from Flash
.
To call a program stored in flash from the active program, please refer to the Tools
section of this manual for information on which tool to use.
Note that calling a program stored in flash will load both a program and a table into the
working memory of the device, replacing the previous program and table there.
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