Rockwell Automation 5370-CVIM2 Module User Manual

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Chapter 7

Inspection Tools

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The profile tool edit panel (named “

Toolset 1.Tool 5 Edit

” in Figure 7.119)

contains several parameter selection fields and buttons, which are described
briefly as follows:

•

Operation –– This field provides access to the selection of one of the five
profile tool “operations.” The default profile tool operation is

Position

which is a feature (“edge”) location operation.

•

Direction –– Use this field to pick either the

or the

direction. This

selection determines the axis on which the profile tool will perform its
measurements. The default selection is “

” (for the X axis).

•

Filter 1 –– Use this field to pick any one of eight gray scale morphology
filters (or “

None

”) to be applied on the profile image, according to the

requirements of your application. The default selection is

None

•

Filter 2 –– This field has the same function as the

Filter 1

field. When

filters are selected in both fields, the

Filter 2

filter will be processed after

the

Filter 1

filter.

•

Nominal –– When you pick this field, the currently selected and
configured profile tool performs a test operation, and the resulting
inspection results data appear in this field. The type of results data
depends on the selected profile tool operation. The initial value is 0.000
or 0, according to the selected profile tool operation.

•

P&P –– The

button provides access to the “pick and place” function

for the profile tool. For details about this function, see Chapter 5, Pick
and Place Functions.

•

Thresh –– The

button accesses the threshold adjustment function

and the morphology filter selection panels. For details about the
morphology filter functions, see Chapter 8, Thresholds, Filters, and
Morphology.

•

Feature A, Feature B –– The

and

buttons access the

“feature” selection panels for the “A” and “B” features on the profile. The

button is active only when the “

Distance

” operation is selected

for the profile tool.

•

Ranges –– The

button accesses the range–selection panel, which

defines limits for profile tool inspection results.

•

Done –– When you pick the

button, the system exits back to the

toolset edit panel.