Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and VISIONSCAPE (EN)

Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and VISIONSCAPE

Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and VISIONSCAPE ® Supplemental User Guide v9.2.2, December 2020 84-9350044-02 Rev A

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Purpose of this Document ............................................................................................................. 4 Introduction to AutoVISION/Visionscape PC Based Vision .......................................................... 4 1 – Quick Start Reference ............................................................................................................. 4 1.1 - GigE camera system setup ............................................................................................... 4 1.2 - USB 3.0 camera system setup ..........................................................................................

4 1.3 – Trouble Shooting .............................................................................................................. 4 2 - PC Based Vision System Licensing ......................................................................................... 5 3 - GigE and USB 3.0 Camera Support ........................................................................................ 5 3.1 - General Industrial Camera Support ................................................................................... 5 3.2 - Omron Sentech STC-M GigE Camera Support ................................................................

5 3.3 - Omron Sentech STC-M USB 3.0 Camera Support ........................................................... 6 4 - Getting Started with GigE Cameras ......................................................................................... 7 4.1 - Choosing the correct PC and NIC card for GigE PC Vision .............................................. 7 4.1.1 - PC Hardware and NIC cards ...................................................................................... 7 4.1.2 - NIC Cards ...................................................................................................................

7 4.2 - Setting up NIC Adaptors for GigE Vision .......................................................................... 8 4.3 - Setting up Visionscape Registry for GigE Vision ............................................................. 11 4.4 - Starting Up AutoVISION/Visionscape with GigE Cameras ............................................. 13 4.5 - The GigEVision1 System and the DM.Config File ........................................................... 14 4.6 - Programming and Running AutoVISION/Visionscape with GigE Cameras .................... 15 5 - Getting Started with USB 3.0 Cameras .................................................................................

18 5.1 - Connecting USB 3.0 cameras ......................................................................................... 18 5.2 - Starting Up AutoVISION/Visionscape with USB 3.0 Cameras ........................................ 20 5.3 - Programming and Running AutoVISION/Visionscape with USB 3.0 Cameras ............... 21 5.4 - Troubleshooting USB 3.0 cameras ................................................................................. 23 6 - Sentech GigE and USB 3.0 IO and Power Connections ....................................................... 24 6.1 - Software Settings for Trigger and External Strobe Output ..............................................

24 6.2 – Power, Trigger, Strobe and IO Cable ............................................................................. 25 6.3 - GigE Camera Pin Outs and IO Table .............................................................................. 25 6.4 - USB 3.0 Camera Pin Outs and IO Table......................................................................... 26 6.5 - USB 3.0 Standard Camera IO Table ............................................................................... 26 7 - Troubleshooting Using the GigE Camera Control Tool ......................................................... 28 7.1 - Running the JAI Control Tool to Debug Camera Connection and Bandwidth Issues .....

28 6.6 - Using Omron Sentech STC-M Cameras with OCR Smart Lights - Strobing ................... 26 7.2 - Camera Discovery and Taking Control ........................................................................... 28 7.3 - Parameter Checking ....................................................................................................... 29 7.5 - Issues with 12 MP and 20 MP Rolling Shutter Cameras................................................. 30 7.4 - Image Acquisition Checking ............................................................................................ 29 Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and Visionscape Page 2 of 35

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7.6 - Possible PC Issues ......................................................................................................... 31 7.6.1 - Preventing Computer Sleep ..................................................................................... 31 7.6.2 - Making .NET Visionscape Programs Large Address Aware .................................... 31 7.6.3 - Allocating Additional Windows Resources for Complex Visionscape Jobs .............. 31 8 - Using CONTEC IO Boards .................................................................................................... 33 8.1 - Accessing IO from within AutoVISION or Visionscape ....................................................

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1.3 – Troubleshooting

Purpose of this Document The purpose of this document is to provide instructions on how to get Omron Sentech STC-M GigE and USB 3.0 cameras to function with OCR AutoVISION and Visionscape FrontRunner software. Introduction to AutoVISION/Visionscape PC Based Vision 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.

1 – Quick Start Reference This document provides the details of configuring your Visionscape system for Sentech GigE cameras. Below is a summary of the steps necessary to get your Visionscape system up and running with Sentech GigE cameras and/or USB 3.0 cameras: 1.1 - GigE camera system setup 1. Configure individual NIC Adaptors, one for each camera (ref section 4.2) 2. Configure Visionscape Registry to match NIC setup (ref section 4.3) 3. Reconfigure 12 MP and 20 MP Rolling Shutter Cameras via JAI control tool (ref section 7.5) 4. Verify image acquisition via JAI control tool (ref section 7.4) 5. Plug in Visionscape License Dongle 6.

Starting Up AutoVISION/Visionscape (ref section 4.4) 1.2 - USB 3.0 camera system setup 1. Connecting USB 3.0 cameras (ref section 5.1) 2. Starting Up AutoVISION/Visionscape (ref section 5.2) . 1.3 – Trouble Shooting 1. Trouble Shooting Camera Connection Issues (ref Section 7) Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and Visionscape Page 4 of 35

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