Guide Objective This guide covers all of the steps required to connect an Omron Sentech M Series GigE camera to AutoVISION on a PC. Omron OCR AutoVISION/Visionscape software, which is typically used to program OCR Smart Cameras, can also be used with industrial GigE and USB 3.0 cameras to create and deploy extremely fast and powerful PC based machine vision solutions. In the case of Smart Cameras, image acquisition, image processing and IO are all done on the camera. In the case of PC vision, GigE or USB 3.0 cameras are used as the image input devices, and the PC is used for image processing and IO. The user has two choices of programming and deployment software:
• AutoVISION, the simplest UI, allows the user to create a single camera PC based vision system. • Visionscape FrontRunner, the full machine vision professional software allows the user to connect up to eight cameras to the PC Based Vision system. Note: It is important for deployment to treat the PC as the vision system, rather than as an IT controlled device. The PC should not be loaded down with firewall/ virus protection etc. that will impede its performance. Omron Automation Americas 4