Document Outline

• Contents
• Product Support and Maintenance
  • 1.1 Product Support
  • 1.2 Maintenance
• System Description
  • 2.1 P4 Vision Sensors
    • 2.1.1 Typical P4 Vision Application
    • 2.1.2 PresencePLUS® P4 Components
    • 2.1.3 P4 Cable Connections
  • 2.2 Software Overview
    • 2.2.1 Main Menu Toolbar
    • 2.2.2 Image Window
    • 2.2.3 Navigation/Results Window
      • Navigation Buttons
      • Absolute and Relative Tools
      • Navigation/Results Toolbar Buttons
      • Expand Button
    • 2.2.4 Configuration Window
    • 2.2.5 Status Window
• Getting Started
  • 3.1 Installing the PresencePLUS Software
    • 3.1.1 Installing the Software
    • 3.1.2 Starting Up the Software
  • 3.2 Typical Setup and Startup Sequence
  • 3.3 Startup and Troubleshooting
    • 3.3.1 General Troubleshooting
  • 3.4 Setting Up Hardware Parameters
  • 3.5 Building an Inspection
• Setup
  • 4.1 Setup Screen
  • 4.2 Capturing a Reference Image
  • 4.3 Focus Tab
    • 4.3.1 Reference Image Source
    • 4.3.2 Focus Value
    • 4.3.3 Auto Exposure
  • 4.4 Trigger Tab
    • 4.4.1 Trigger Settings
    • 4.4.2 Resolution
  • 4.5 Advanced Tab
  • 4.6 Considerations When Setting up Color Inspections
    • 4.6.1 Primary Colors
      • Red, Green, Blue (RGB)
      • Hue, Saturation, and Intensity (HSI)
    • 4.6.2 Setting up a Color Inspection
      • Auto Exposure
      • White Balance
• Tools Screen
  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Typical Build/Modify Procedure
    • 5.2.1 Choosing a Tool
    • 5.2.2 Adding a Tool
    • 5.2.3 Adding a Test Tool
    • 5.2.4 Renaming Tools
    • 5.2.5 Removing a Tool
  • 5.3 Quick Teach
  • 5.4 Load Tab
    • 5.4.1 Flexible Inspection Loading
    • 5.4.2 Inspection Storage Capacity
    • 5.4.3 Opening an Inspection from the Sensor or a Library
• System Setup Dialog
  • 6.1 Sensor Select Tab
    • 6.1.1 Change Sensor IP Address
    • 6.1.2 PC (GUI) to Sensor Connection Setup
    • 6.1.3 IP Address History
  • 6.2 Communication Tab
    • 6.2.1 Communication Setup
      • Ethernet Connection
      • Serial Connection
      • Industrial Ethernet
    • 6.2.2 Remote Command Channel Configuration
      • Remote Command Set
        • Coordinate tool
        • Math tool and the Remote Command Channel
        • String tool
        • OCV Tool and the Remote Command Channel
      • RCC Return Values
      • Frame Tag Numbers
      • Command Processing
      • RCC Log
      • Frame and Field Delimiters
        • Character Strings
    • 6.2.3 PresencePLUS/Kawasaki Vision Guidance and Inspection
      • Quick Start
      • Overview
        • Summary of Remote Command Channel Features
        • Prerequisites — Kawasaki Robot
        • Related Documentation
      • Establishing Sensor/Robot Communication
      • Creating the PresencePLUS Inspection
      • Kawasaki AS Language Sample
      • PresencePLUS Communication Testing
    • 6.2.4 Using Custom_ASCII to Communicate with an External Device Over Ethernet
  • 6.3 Input/Output Tab
    • 6.3.1 P4 Input/Output Tab
  • 6.4 Strobe Tab
    • 6.4.1 Strobe Width
    • 6.4.2 Level
  • 6.5 Units Tab
    • 6.5.1 Select Conversion Units
    • 6.5.2 Configure with Known Distance
  • 6.6 Reset Tab
  • 6.7 Start-Up Inspection Tab
  • 6.8 NTSC Tab
  • 6.9 Language Tab
  • 6.10 Tools Configuration
    • 6.10.1 Standard Mode
    • 6.10.2 Enhanced Mode
    • 6.10.3 Custom Mode
    • 6.10.4 Tool Licensing
• PresencePLUS Software Tools
  • 7.1 ROI Types
    • 7.1.1 Linear ROI
    • 7.1.2 Area ROI
    • 7.1.3 Search ROI
  • 7.2 Location Tools
    • 7.2.1 Locate Tool
      • Adding a Locate Tool
      • Threshold Type
        • Relative Threshold
        • Absolute Threshold
        • Edge Strength
      • Filters
      • Results
      • Select
      • Advanced Tab
      • Graph Tab
    • 7.2.2 Geometric Find Tool
      • Adding a Geometric Find Tool
      • Threshold
        • Adaptive Threshold
        • Edge Strength
      • Edge Length
      • Legend
      • Results
      • Geometric Find Tool Advanced Tab
        • Rotation Range
        • Extra and Missing Edges
        • Minimum Acceptance Level
        • Reject Threshold
        • Scaling Range
        • Tool Timeout and Absolute Positioning
        • Results
    • 7.2.3 Pattern Find Tool
      • Adding a Pattern Find Tool
      • Minimum Acceptance Level
      • Rotation Enabled
      • Selected Pattern
      • Results
      • Pattern Find Advanced Tab
    • 7.2.4 Blob Find Tool
      • Adding a Blob Find Tool
      • Threshold
        • Fixed
        • Adaptive
          • Reject Level Example
        • Blob Type
      • Blob Find Tool Input Tab Results
        • Histogram
      • Blob Find Filter/Sort Tab
        • Blob Sort
        • Blob Sort Order
        • Blob Filter
      • Blob Find Tool Advanced Tab
        • Options
        • Blob Find Tool Advanced Tab Results
          • Area
          • Centroid
          • Perimeter
          • Compactness
          • Major Axis Length, Minor Axis Length, and Major Axis Angle
          • Eccentricity
          • Max Radius and Max Radius Position
          • Min Radius and Min Radius Position
  • 7.3 Vision Gray Scale Tools
    • 7.3.1 Average Gray Scale Tool
      • Adding an Average Gray Scale Tool
      • Reject Level Example
      • Average Gray Scale Results
      • Histogram
    • 7.3.2 Blob Detect Tool
      • Adding a Blob Detect Tool
      • Threshold
        • Fixed
        • Adaptive
          • Reject Level Example
        • Blob Type
      • Blob Detect Tool Input Tab Results
      • Blob Detect Filter/Sort Tab
        • Blob Sort
        • Blob Sort Order
        • Blob Filter
      • Histogram
      • Blob Detect Tool Advanced Tab
        • Options
        • Blob Detect Tool Advanced Tab Results
          • Area
          • Centroid
          • Perimeter
          • Compactness
          • Major Axis Length, Minor Axis Length, and Major Axis Angle
          • Eccentricity
          • Max Radius and Max Radius Position
          • Min Radius and Min Radius Position
    • 7.3.3 Circle Detect Tool
      • Adding an Circle Detect Tool
      • Edges
      • Search For Field
      • Legend
      • Results
    • 7.3.4 Edge Tool
      • Adding an Edge Tool
      • Threshold Type
        • Relative Threshold
        • Absolute Threshold
        • Edge Strength
      • Filters
      • Edge Tool Results
      • Graph Tab
    • 7.3.5 Geometric Count Tool
      • Adding a Geometric Count Tool
      • Threshold
        • Adaptive Threshold
        • Edge Strength
      • Enabling Remote Teach
      • Count
      • Edge Length
      • Legend
      • Results
      • Geometric Count Tool Advanced Tab
        • Rotation Range
        • Extra and Missing Edges
        • Minimum Acceptance Level
        • Reject Threshold
        • Scaling Range
        • Results
    • 7.3.6 Line Detect Tool
      • Adding an Line Detect Tool
      • Edges
      • Search For Field
      • Legend
      • Results
    • 7.3.7 Object Tool
      • Adding a Linear Tool
      • Threshold Type
        • Relative Threshold
        • Absolute Threshold
        • Edge Strength
      • Filters
        • Object Width
      • Object Tool Results
      • Graph Tab
        • Filters
          • Object Width
        • Object Tool Results
    • 7.3.8 Pattern Count Tool
      • Adding a Pattern Count Tool
      • Enabling Remote Teach
      • Rotation Enabled
      • Minimum Acceptance Level
      • Patterns
      • Selected Pattern
      • Results
  • 7.4 Vision Color Tools
    • 7.4.1 Average Color Tool
      • Adding an Color Tool
      • Options
      • Average Color Tool Results - HSI
      • Average Color Tool Results - RGB Average
    • 7.4.2 Color Blob Tool
      • Adding an Color Tool
      • Color Probes
      • Options
      • Color Blob Tool Color Map Visualization
      • Color Blob Filter/Sort Tab
        • Blob Sort
        • Blob Sort Order
        • Blob Filter
      • Color Blob Tool Advanced Tab
        • Advanced Options
        • Range
        • Color Blob Advanced Tab Results
          • Area
          • Centroid
          • Perimeter
          • Compactness
          • Eccentricity
          • Major Axis Length, Minor Axis Length, and Major Axis Angle
          • Min Radius and Min Radius Position
          • Max Radius and Max Radius Position
        • Color Blob Tool Color Map Visualization
    • 7.4.3 Color Match Tool
      • Adding an Color Tool
      • Color Match Percent Threshold
      • Intensity Match Range
      • Enabling Remote Teach
      • Color Map Visualization
  • 7.5 Premium Vision Tools
    • 7.5.1 Barcode Tool
      • Barcode Type
      • Results
    • 7.5.2 Barcode Tool Advanced Tab
      • All Barcodes Options
      • Datamatrix Only Options
      • Linear Only Options
    • 7.5.3 Barcodes Read by Banner BCR
    • 7.5.4 Bead Tool
      • Drawing a Connected Line ROI
        • Modifying an ROI
        • One-Shot
      • Bead Tool Inputs
        • Bead Type
        • Threshold
          • Adaptive
          • Fixed
        • Filters
        • Results
    • 7.5.5 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Tool
      • Decoded String Field
    • 7.5.6 Trainer
      • The Box Tab
        • Training List
        • Image Control Parameters
        • ROI Control Calibration
        • Character Settings Calibration
        • Character Connectivity Calibration
        • Thresholding Calibration
      • The Train Tab
        • Read Acceptance
        • Training List
      • Font Library
        • Library Control
        • Synthetic Character Control
    • 7.5.7 Advanced Tab
    • 7.5.8 Optical Character Verification (OCV) Tool
      • Should I Use OCR or OCV?
      • Decoded String Field
    • 7.5.9 Trainer
      • The Box Tab
        • Training List
        • Image Control Parameters
        • ROI Control Calibration
        • Character Settings Calibration
        • Character Connectivity Calibration
        • Thresholding Calibration
      • The Train Tab
        • Read Acceptance
        • Training List
      • Font Library
        • Library Control
        • Synthetic Character Control
    • 7.5.10 Advanced Tab
    • 7.5.11 OCV Tool and the Remote Command Channel
  • 7.6 Analysis Tools
    • 7.6.1 Communication Tool
      • Adding a Communication Tool
      • Select
      • Connections
      • Format
      • Output Filter
      • Guidelines for Configuring the Communication Tool
      • Communication Tool Exportable Results
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Locate Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Geometric Find Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Pattern Find Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Blob Detect Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Edge Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Geometric Count Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Object Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Pattern Count Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Average Color Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Color Blob Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Color Match Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Barcode Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Bead Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: OCR Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: OCV Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Math Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Measure Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: String Tool
        • Communication Tool Exportable Results: Test Tool
    • 7.6.2 Coordinate Tool
      • Coordinate Tool Inputs
      • Coordinate Tool and the Remote Command Channel (RCC)
    • 7.6.3 Math Tool
      • Math Tool Modes
        • One Operand Operation
          • One Operand Functions
        • Two Operand Operations
          • Arithmetic Operations
          • Relational Operations
          • Two Operand Functions
        • Multiple Operand Operations
          • Multiple Operand Functions
      • Use of Constants
      • Results
      • Math Tool and the Remote Command Channel (RCC)
    • 7.6.4 Measure Tool
      • Measure Tool Operations
        • Measure from a Point to a Point
        • Intersect Two Lines
        • Measure from a Line to a Point
        • Measure from a Curve to a Point
        • Measure from a Curve to a Line
        • Conventions of the Measure Tool
          • How the Tool Measures Two Points
          • How the Tool Measures Two Lines
          • How the Tool Measures a Line and a Point
      • Measurement Type
        • Absolute
        • Relative
        • Preserve Sign
      • Additional Measure Tool Tabs
        • Measure Tool Locate Tab
        • Measure Tool Geometric Find/Count Tab
        • Measure Tool Pattern Find/Count Tab
        • Measure Tool Blob and Color Blob Tab
        • Measure Tool Circle Tab
        • Measure Tool Edge Tab
        • Measure Tool Line Tab
        • Measure Tool Object Tab
        • Measure Tool Barcode Tab
    • 7.6.5 String Tool
      • Operation Field
      • Operand 1 Field
      • Operand 2 Field
      • Result Field
      • Advanced Tab
        • Options
      • String Tool and the Remote Command Channel (RCC)
    • 7.6.6 Test Tool
      • Logic
      • Inputs
      • Enabling Remote Teach
      • Pass/Fail Contribution
      • Tool Tabs in the Test Tool Window
        • Test Tool Average Gray Scale Tab
        • Test Tool Blob and Color Blob Tab
        • Test Tool Circle Tab
        • Test Tool Edge Tab
        • Test Tool Geometric Count Tab
        • Test Tool Line Tab
        • Test Tool Pattern Count Tab
        • Test Tool Object Tab
        • Test Tool Average Color Tab
        • Test Tool Color Match Tab
        • Test Tool OCR Tab
        • Test Tool OCV Tab
        • Test Tool Math Tab
        • Test Tool Measure Tab
        • Test Tool Test Tab
• Communication Tool Setup
  • 8.1 Ethernet Connection
  • 8.2 Serial Connection
  • 8.3 Overview of Testing the Communication Tool
  • 8.4 Detailed Steps for Testing the Communication Tool
    • 8.4.1 Testing Ethernet Communications
    • 8.4.2 Testing Serial Communications
  • 8.5 Troubleshooting Ethernet Connections
  • 8.6 Troubleshooting Serial Connections
  • 8.7 Remote Command Channel Configuration
    • 8.7.1 Remote Command Set
    • 8.7.2 RCC Return Values
    • 8.7.3 Frame Tag Numbers
    • 8.7.4 Command Processing
    • 8.7.5 RCC Log
    • 8.7.6 Frame and Field Delimiters
      • Character Strings
• Teach
  • 9.1 Quick Teach
  • 9.2 Teach
  • 9.3 Teach Screen
    • 9.3.1 Teaching an Inspection
  • 9.4 Remote Teach
    • 9.4.1 Understanding Remote Teach
    • 9.4.2 Remotely Teaching a Tool
    • 9.4.3 Timing Sequence
    • 9.4.4 Remote Teach Results
• Run Screen
  • 10.1 Selected Inspection
  • 10.2 Display
  • 10.3 Capture Control
  • 10.4 Results
  • 10.5 Inputs
  • 10.6 Outputs
  • 10.7 Product Select
  • 10.8 System
  • 10.9 Start/Stop
  • 10.10 Select Tab
  • 10.11 Log Tab
  • 10.12 Run Results
  • 10.13 Run Player/Recorder
    • 10.13.1 Record
    • 10.13.2 Playback
      • Other Playback Features
• Product Change
  • 11.1 Product Change Specifications
  • 11.2 Product Select Input Specifications
• P4 Product Change and Product Select Timing
  • 12.1 One Pulse Set Overview
    • 12.1.1 Product Select in One-Pulse Configuration
  • 12.2 Three Pulse Set Overview
    • 12.2.1 Product Select in Three-Pulse Configuration
• Saving Inspections
  • 13.1 Saving Inspections to a Vision Sensor
  • 13.2 Saving Inspections to a PC or Network Drive
• Backing Up and Restoring Vision Sensor Data
  • 14.1 Backing up Vision Sensor Data
  • 14.2 Restoring Vision Sensor Data
• Dimensions and Specifications
  • 15.1 Sensor Dimensions
    • 15.1.1 Right-Angle Sensor Dimensions
    • 15.1.2 Right-Angle Sensor Mounting Bracket Dimensions
    • 15.1.3 In-Line Sensor Dimensions
    • 15.1.4 In-Line Sensor Mounting Bracket Dimensions
  • 15.2 Sensor Specifications
  • 15.3 Monitor Specifications - 9" CRT
  • 15.4 Monitor Specifications - Flat Panel 8" LCD Color
  • 15.5 Ethernet Communication Specifications
  • 15.6 Serial Port Communication Specifications
• Index