Overview: feature finder tool configuration – Rockwell Automation 5370-CVIM2 Module User Manual

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Chapter 7

Inspection Tools

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Pass 2 –– The

button selects the

Second Pass

panel, from

which you can select the parameters that the feature uses to scan the
search window on the second pass.

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P&P –– The

button provides access to the “pick and place” function

for the current search window.

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Range –– The

button provides access to the

Ranges

selection

panel. For details, refer to the Ranges section on page 7–179 of Chapter 7,
Inspection Tools.

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Done –– The

button saves the currently selected configuration

settings for this feature, then exits the tool edit panel and returns to the
toolset edit panel.

The remainder of the feature finder tool section discusses the configuration
process from the perspective of the fields and buttons in the tool edit panel.

A feature finder tool can be selected when the toolset edit panel is on the
screen. Starting from the main menu bar, the selection path to this panel is as
follows: Editors

→ Configuration → Setup → Tools. This selection path

is shown by the example in Chapter 7, Inspection Tools, Figure 7.1 (page
7–2).

Here is a summary of the basic selection and configuration steps for a feature
finder tool, listed in their normal order of performance.

1. Save feature image:

“Pick and place” –– position the feature window over the

appropriate feature on the workpiece image.

b. Select feature image compression parameters.

Specify file name –– use the Image Manager to enter a device code

and feature name, then store the feature image in a file on the
selected device.

2. Configure search window:

“Pick and place” –– position the search window over the

appropriate part of the workpiece image.

b. Select number of passes –– select the number of passes (one or

two) that the feature window will make through the search
window.

Select “pass” parameters –– select the appropriate masking,

scaling, and other parameters for each “pass.”

3. Select maximum features –– select the maximum number of features

that can be recognized and counted.

4. Learn nominal values –– perform a “learn” operation to “learn” and

store the “nominal” values –– the data that indicate the workpiece’s
initial position.

5. Select range limits –– select the upper and lower range limits for the

number of features.

Overview: Feature Finder
Tool Configuration