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Contents
PREFACE Welcome! ix
Purpose of This Manual ix
Manual Conventions ix
CHAPTER 1
Visionscape
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Overview 1-1
Introduction 1-1
Visionscape
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Hardware 1-2
VS-1 Smart Camera Overview 1-4
Supported PCs 1-9
VS-1 Smart Camera Models 1-10
Effective Frame Per Second and Pipeline Operation Formulas 1-
10
Triggering Rules for Single Channel Devices 1-12
Setup and Runtime 1-12
Visionscape
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V4.1 Firmware 1-13
IntelliFind™ on the VS-1 Smart Camera 1-13
Messages 1-14
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Software Structure and Concepts 1-15
Steps and Trees 1-15
Job Step 1-16
Vision System Step 1-16
Inspection 1-17
Snapshot and Acquire 1-18