Acquire Image Tool Properties It is important to understand that the calibration is between the robot and the specified hardware source. If you have multiple processes with different parts and targets, but the parts are targets are associated with the set of cameras and belts, only 1 calibration is required for each hardware resource. So, if we have 2 different parts located by the same belt camera, we would only have one robot-to-belt and one robot-to- belt camera calibrations. When multiple process managers are in the workspace, each one will show their own list of robot-to- hardware calibrations based on the process configuration.
If a process in one process manager references the same hardware resources as a process in a different calibration, they will share the same robot-to- hardware calibration. For example, if you have a process manager with a part that is located using a camera, it will have a robot-to-camera calibration for that camera. If there is another process manager in the workspace with a different part that is located using the same camera, it will also have a robot-to- camera calibration for that camera and it will be the same as the camera calibration as the first process manager. It is important to note that the sharing of calibrations is handled through a process of replication.
Each process manager will maintain a local copy of the robot-to-hardware calibrations, but when a calibration is performed in one process manager, the newly updated values will overwrite all other matching robot-to- hardware calibrations referenced in other process managers in the workspace. Separation of motion parameters Whereas hardware calibrations are shared between process managers, the configuration items that define the locations, offsets, timing, and other settings associated with robot operations are different in each process manager in the workspace: ACE Reference Guide, 18317-000 Rev A Page 720