Table of Contents Purpose of This Document ........................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction to AutoVISION/Visionscape PC-Based Vision ................................................................... 3 PC-Based Vision System Licensing .......................................................................................................... 3 GigE and USB 3.0 Camera Support ...........................................................................................................
4 General Industrial Camera Support .......................................................................................................... 4 Omron Sentech STC-M GigE Camera Support ........................................................................................ 4 Omron Sentech STC-M USB 3.0 Camera Support................................................................................... 5 Getting Started with GigE Cameras .......................................................................................................... 6 Choosing the Correct PC and NIC Card for GigE PC Vision ....................................................................
6 NIC Cards ............................................................................................................................................. 6 PC Hardware and NIC Cards ................................................................................................................ 6 Setting Up NIC Adapters for GigE Vision .................................................................................................. 6 Setting Up Visionscape Registry for GigE Vision.................................................................................... 10 Starting Up AutoVISION/Visionscape with GigE Cameras .....................................................................
11 The GigEVision1 System and the DM.Config File .................................................................................. 12 Programming and Running AutoVISION/Visionscape with GigE Cameras ............................................ 14 Getting Started with USB 3.0 Cameras ................................................................................................... 17 Connecting USB 3.0 Cameras ................................................................................................................ 17 Starting Up AutoVISION/Visionscape with USB 3.0 Cameras ...............................................................
19 Programming and Running AutoVISION/Visionscape with USB 3.0 Cameras ...................................... 20 Sentech GigE and USB 3.0 IO and Power Connections ........................................................................ 23 Software Settings for Trigger and External Strobe Output ..................................................................... 23 Power and IO Cable ................................................................................................................................ 24 GigE Camera Pinouts IO Table ..............................................................................................................
24 USB 3.0 Camera Pinouts and IO Table .................................................................................................. 25 USB 3.0 Standard Camera IO Table ...................................................................................................... 25 Using Omron Sentech STC-M Cameras with OCR Smart Lights – Strobing ......................................... 25 Troubleshooting with the GigE Camera Control Tool ........................................................................... 27 Running the Control Tool ........................................................................................................................
27 Camera Discovery and Taking Control ................................................................................................... 27 Parameter Checking ............................................................................................................................... 28 Image Acquisition Checking .................................................................................................................... 29 Preventing Computer Sleep ....................................................................................................................
30 Making .NET Visionscape Programs Large Address-Aware .................................................................. 30 Allocating Additional Windows Resources for Complex Visionscape Jobs ............................................ 30 Using Contec IO Boards ........................................................................................................................... 31 Accessing IO ........................................................................................................................................... 31 Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and Visionscape Page 2 of 32