WEIHONG ELECTRONIC NcStudio V10 CCD System, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...NcStudio V10 CCD System Quick Start 维 宏 股 份 创 业 板 300508 SPECIALIZED CONCENTRATED FOCUSED ...

Page 2: ...tting CCD spindle Offset 18 Picking Template 19 Setting Machining Attributes 21 Measuring Distance and Angles 22 Preparing Toolpath 22 Retrieving Contour from JPG File 22 Related Parameters 23 Editing Toolpath 28 Setting Layer and Parameters 36 Convert DXF File to Toolpath 36 Running the Toolpath 39 FAQs 40 How to set aperture of the camera lens 40 What s the relationship among the focal length ap...

Page 3: ...Glossary 42 ...

Page 4: ...arted with NcStudio V10 CCD System quickly For wiring and IO ports configuration please refer to Wiring and IO configuration For installation of the camera please refer to Install camera For commissioning of CCD please refer to CCD commissioning For how to prepare the toolpath please refer to Prepare toolpath For how to run the toolpath please refer to Run toolpath For frequently asked questions t...

Page 5: ...Wiring and IO Configuration NcStudio V10 CCD System uses Lambda 3S controller See figure below for wiring and IO ports of Lambda 3S WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 2 ...

Page 6: ...ch X01 00101 Negative limit in Y axis also used as origin switch X02 00102 Positive limit in Z axis also used as origin switch X03 00103 Emergency stop X04 00104 Tool sensor signal X05 00105 Vacuum pressure alarm signal X06 00106 Spindle alarm Y00 10016 Spindle ON Y01 10017 Vacuum pump Y02 10018 Lube Y03 10019 Light source Y04 10020 Reserved for customization WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 3...

Page 7: ... V10 CCD System the installation of camera is required Dimension of the Camera and Lens Before you install the camera refer to dimensions of the camera and lens See figure below for dimension of the camera WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 4 ...

Page 8: ...See figure below for dimension of the lens To install the camera do the following 1 Connect the camera 2 Install software of the camera WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 5 ...

Page 9: ... DC stabilized power adapter 12V 5 Industrial gigabit cable Attention Please ensure your computer supports gigabit network To connect the camera do the following 1 Connect the camera to power extension cord 2 Remove protective cover of camera and industrial lens 3 Connect the industrial lens to the camera WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 6 ...

Page 10: ...tory 2 Double click MER_Setup_cn exe to initiate the installation procedure 3 Follow the setup wizard to install the camera driver until end After the installation two icons and appear on the desktop 4 Open Control Panel Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center Local Connection Details on your computer to check IP address subnet mask and gateway of your computer WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOG...

Page 11: ...the camera in the camera list 4 Check Static IP and modify the IP address of the camera to the IP address which is on the same subnet with your computer Attention The IP address of the camera and your computer must be on the same subnet and cannot conflict with IP addresses of other terminals Otherwise communication exception occurs WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 8 ...

Page 12: ...y configure static IP address The software is installed successfully And the system automatically starts the camera driver After installing the software check the status of the camera s indicator lamp No light on no power supply Orange red light on power is on Green light on communication succeeds WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 9 ...

Page 13: ...between the camera bottom to the workpiece surface 125mm See Setting CCD Working Plane for details 5 Adjust the camera including the focal length aperture etc to ensure the camera can get a clear sight 6 Measure the magnification of the camera 7 Move to the shooting position 8 Camera shoots and gets marking points Setting CCD Related Parameters To make CCD ready for machining you need firstly set ...

Page 14: ...d Take CCD as datum to build WCS If the box is checked take CCD center as the origin to build workpiece coordinate system otherwise take the spindle center as the origin to build workpiece coordinate Exit when CCD error occurs If the box is checked the system will exit machining if there is recognition failure otherwise the system will skip the path if there is recognition failure Clear template a...

Page 15: ...Click Manufacturer on the left side and set parameters of manufacturer s access on the right CCD orientation Sets the camera position relative to the spindle Only Front is supported at present If you find the camera positions is wrong discharge the camera and adjust the position CCD Machine angle It sets the angle between camera and the spindle The angle comes from the misalignment of camera and t...

Page 16: ...of developer s access on the right Click Snap image button to take photos at current position It is recommended to check the box Scaling for Three point shooting Setting CCD Working Plane CCD working plane refers to the XY plane at focal height To set the working plane is to set the focal height in Z axis Prerequisite Well adjust focal length and aperture of the camera lens See camera lens for det...

Page 17: ...asuring magnification factor CCD spindle offset picking template and shooting In addition the height is independent to workpiece coordinate system Setting CCD Magnification Factor Image takes pixel as unit but machine moves in millimeter Therefore the relationship between the pixel and millimeter is the magnification factor Characteristic point on the workpiece is used to decide the magnification ...

Page 18: ...2 Adjust the machine axes to appropriate position until a clear characteristic point appears in the right window Following are good and bad sampling areas WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 15 ...

Page 19: ...e of each measurement will be shown in history records 6 Click OK Average value of measuring results will be updated as camera parameter For repeated measurement please clear the history record before next measurement to avoid possible interference Example Following is parameter setting suggestion Moving distance 22mm Sampling times 10 Sampling distance 20mm Sampling delay 300 Setting CCD spindle ...

Page 20: ...g points Clear enough Being unique Steps 1 Turn to Manual mode and click Vision CCD to switch to CCD interface 2 Click Mark 1 Mark 2 and Mark 3 in order Three marking points will be recorded Tip For how many marking points you need to take see Should I use two templates or three templates Tip It is recommended to take marking points at specified shooting positions on workpiece that will be machine...

Page 21: ... the marking point or called shooting point is a circle Move the CCD center to the circle point and click Mark button If the marking point is a cross or half of a cross Move the CCD center to the center point of the cross or half of a cross and click Mark button WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 18 ...

Page 22: ...in X axis and Y axis which decide the position of picking template Offset value can be obtained by Measure function or trial cutting Rotate It refers to the plate placing angle of the position of picking template Similarity Default value is 90 If the image is relatively clear set the parameter to a relatively high value Max place angle Default value is 1 degree WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD...

Page 23: ...ction of X axis Preparing Toolpath At present CCD system supports two kinds of working modes General engraving mode No marking points or shooting points are needed The system is used as a general engraving control system Machining with marking points Retrieving toolpath from a jpg file Importing toolpath from a dxf file Retrieving Contour from JPG File By setting related parameters the control sys...

Page 24: ...arking points 4 Automatically recognize marking points 5 Finishing contour retrieving Related Parameters Followings are related parameters that influence the contour retrieved from JPG image You can get how each parameter works through comparison and make your own decision Inner or Outer Contour Inner contour means to retrieve the inside part of the imported jpg file Outer contour means to retriev...

Page 25: ...ontour If the imported image file has relatively low resolution or the edges of the contour are vague use the Smoothing contour function to remove bad points and smooth the path See figure below for comparison WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 22 ...

Page 26: ...ne function to magnify the contour It does not affect the actual machining size Background Color Choose the background color according to the imported image See figure below for images with bright color background and dark color background WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 23 ...

Page 27: ...ailed information about the image Greyscale In photograph computing and colorimetry a greyscale or greyscale image is one in which the value of each pixel is a single sample representing only an amount of light that is it carries only intensity information Images of this sort also known as black and white or monochrome are composed exclusively of shades of gray varying from black at the weakest in...

Page 28: ... Precision will affect the distance between two marking points and how many marking points can be retrieved Relationship among precision distance between marking points and number of marking points are Higher precision larger marking points distance less marking points Lower precision smaller marking points distance more marking points WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 25 ...

Page 29: ...d 20 Area 20 Area 3 According to the threshold pick out all circles whose diameters are within the range and make them marking points For circles whose diameters are smaller than the minimum value of the threshold they will be recognized as useless points and be ignored in retrieving process Editing Toolpath After retrieving contour from a JPG file users can edit the contour and convert it to tool...

Page 30: ...defined at the lower left of the contour See figure below for default workpiece origin Do one of the followings to modify the workpiece origin Click Draw Set Origin and set the workpiece origin in the pop up dialog box Recommended Select the position of the marking point that will be used as the workpiece origin Directly enter X Y coordinates of the workpiece origin WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY C...

Page 31: ...urn to NcEditor interface and drag icon with left mouse to target workpiece origin position See figure below for the toolpath that has defined the workpiece origin WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 28 ...

Page 32: ...face and click show hide machining direction icon on the tool bar 2 Select the contour whose machining direction needs to be set in the drawing area 3 On the Property pane check the setting of Direction parameter If Direction parameter has been checked already uncheck it If Direction parameter has not been checked check it 4 Check the machining direction in the drawing area Example See figure belo...

Page 33: ... parameters as demand Following are related parameters Compensation type It decides what the actual toolpath look like compared with original contour It includes two types shrink and extend Shrink The actual toolpath deviates inward by distance that is decided by setting value of Shrink parameter compared with the original contour Extend The actual toolpath deviates outward by distance that is dec...

Page 34: ...riginal contour Default unit mm Tool diameter Diameter of the tool Default unit mm Examples Following are examples of how to set the tool compensation Blue color represents the original contour and green color represents the actual toolpath with tool compensation Shrink See figure below for the preview WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 31 ...

Page 35: ... internal contour and extend the external contour If the original contour includes nested objects it is recommended to shrink the internal contour and extend the external contour See figure below for the preview WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 32 ...

Page 36: ...d line type and set parameters 4 Optional Check the box Apply to all objects if you want to add the lead line to all contours 5 Click OK Types of Lead Lines According to the shape lead lines include four types Dot Acute angle Arc Seal Except for dot the other three lead lines are only effective for closed graphic According to the position lead lines include two types Internal lead line External le...

Page 37: ...equired Setting Layer and Parameters NcEditor takes objects that have the same parameter settings as a layer by default Each layer is represented in a color That is if you modify a parameter of one layer in one color the parameter setting of all objects in this layer will be updated Convert DXF File to Toolpath A DXF file can be directly imported to the system and converted to toolpath Steps 1 Pre...

Page 38: ...e cross icon on the tool bar and replace the marks with cross icon to add marking points Shooting points must be nearby the characteristic points or the marks 5 Click Object Toolpath to set tool compensation 6 Frame check all contour and marking points and right click the mouse select Group WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 35 ...

Page 39: ...All toolpaths or objects that have used marking points must be grouped before being saved as program file 7 Save the file as nce program file WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 36 ...

Page 40: ...tor 4 Edit the toolpath and save it as nce program file 5 Move to the shooting position and get marking points Are the marking points correct Yes turn to Manual mode move the camera center to any shooting center and click Mark 1 Mark 2 Mark 3 in order No turn to Manual mode move the camera center to the actual position corresponding to marking point 1 and click Mark 1 move the camera center to the...

Page 41: ...F2 8 in order to ensure enough light passing through the lens If there is individual light source for the camera it is suggested to set f number to F4 in order to balance the depth of field and light passing through the lens See figure below for where to adjust aperture on the lens What s the relationship among the focal length aperture and working distance CCD camera equals to a lens See figure b...

Page 42: ...n getting marking points users need to decide the template number as actual cutting demand Two templates can be used to adjust plate placing angle and meet the demand of most cutting scenarios Three templates are more precise and reliable WEIHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 39 ...

Page 43: ...ermined by shutter speed lens aperture and scene luminance Spindle CCD offset It specifies the distance between the centerline of the spindle and CCD Aperture Adjustment of the lens opening measured as f number which controls the amount of light passing through the lens Aperture also has an effect on depth of field and diffraction The higher the f number the smaller the opening the less light the ...

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