Adept AdeptSight User Guide - Manual (Page 15)

AdeptSight Overview
The AdeptSight software is a vision application built on the AdeptSight framework. It can be
used as a standalone application, or in conjunction with other AdeptSight applications.
The AdeptSight software contains all the tools necessary to locate and inspect products—you
use the mouse and menus to tell the software where to put the tools and how to interpret
the results.
In this way, the AdeptSight software allows quick development of robust and accurate vision-
guided location and inspection applications through its graphical user interface, without
requiring low-level programming.
The vision features of the AdeptSight software are based on Adept HexSight tools.
NOTE:The AdeptSight software requires a USB dongle with AdeptSight license to enable
complete functionality. This dongle is included with your AdeptSight or AdeptSight soft-
ware.
If you're new to vision guidance/inspection, you should read Vision Basics - Resolution on
page 632.
The AdeptSight software also provides tools for calibrating cameras and conveyor belts to be
used with AdeptSight applications.
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You can use the AdeptSight software to set up a camera, calibrate the camera, and
then add vision tools. See Vision Overview on page 24.
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You can calibrate the vision system to the robot and, optionally, a conveyor. See Cal-
ibrations on page 51.
Cameras must be calibrated, both for vision parameters and for their physical rela-
tionship to other components, before they are used with an AdeptSight application.
Conveyor belts, if used, must be calibrated with the cameras and robots they interact
with.
The AdeptSight software provides several application samples you can use to learn about the
basic features and functions of the software. See Application Samples on page 537
Compatibility
The AdeptSight software can be used either as a standalone product or with other Adept-
Sight-based applications. When used with the ACE PackXpert, for example, it allows you to
locate and inspect products being handled by the ACE PackXpert application in a “point and
click” environment.
AdeptSight Overview
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