Omron M Series USB AutoVISION Setup Guide 1.0

Sentech M Series USB AutoVISION Setup Guide Version 1.0 January, 2021 Omron Automation Americas 100 Consilium Place, Suite 802, Toronto, Ontario, M1H 3E3 2895 Greenspoint Parkway, Suite 200, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

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How to use the Guide

How to use the Guide 1. The Table of Contents is hyperlinked for ease of use. Hold the control button and click the page number or title of the desired section to be read. 2. Each section of this guide can be expanded or collapsed. Right click on the title of a section and select collapse all headings. The contents of the guide can then be individually expanded or collapsed as needed. Additionally, by hovering the mouse over the left hand side of a section title, a triangular icon will appear that can be clicked to expand or collapse that particular section. 3. Double click on the icon to open embedded documents. Omron Automation Americas 2

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Contents How to use the Guide ........................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. 3 Guide Objective .................................................................................................................................... 4 Download and Install AutoVISION ........................................................................................................

4 Download and Install the Sentech SDK ................................................................................................ 4 USB Camera Compatibility ................................................................................................................... 5 PC Based Vision System Licensing ...................................................................................................... 6 Getting Started with USB 3.0 Cameras ................................................................................................. 6 Connecting USB 3.0 Cameras ..............................................................................................................

7 Connect the Camera ............................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Open AutoVISION and Create a Vision Job ....................................................................................... 10 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................. 20 Omron Automation Americas 3

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Download and Install the Sentech SDK

Guide Objective This guide covers all of the steps required to connect an Omron Sentech M Series USB 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. Download and Install AutoVISION AutoVISION Version 5.2.1 or greater is required. 1. Install the latest version of AutoVISION via the link below.

https://automation.omron.com/en/us/forms/autovision-software-download-request-form Download and Install the Sentech SDK The Sentech software development kit is a group of tools used to configure Sentech cameras. 1. Visit https://automation.omron.com/en/us/ 2. In the search bar, type “Sentech” 3. Locate the latest SDK and click to download. Omron Automation Americas 4

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