After each firmware update, follow the steps below to migrate the stored User Sets to
the current firmware version:
1. On the Device menu, click Migrate User Sets.
✓
The User Set migration window opens. If the Migrate to current firmware button is
enabled for a User Set, it means that the current firmware version is different from
the one that was used to create the User Set.
2. Click Migrate to current firmware to migrate the User Set to the current firmware
version.
9.2.7 Editing parameters
Workflow step: Image, Data collection
When you adjust the parameters, you look at the 2D or 3D image to see the result. You
can take a snapshot after each adjustment and compare the images to find the best
configuration. You cannot edit the parameters while the camera is acquiring data.
1. Click Stop to stop the acquiring of data.
2. If the parameter editor is not already open, click Parameter editor to open it.
3. In the left part of the Parameter editor window, select the category that the parame‐
ter belongs to.
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The parameters of the selected category are displayed in the right part of the
window.
4. If the parameter you want to edit is not shown, select Expert or Guru to make more
parameters visible, see "Parameter editor", page 51.
NOTE
If you edit parameters that have visibility Expert or Guru, you can make the system
work incorrectly. Always make sure that you have the right knowledge before you
make any changes.
5. Select the parameter.
✓
A description of the parameter is shown in the lower part of the window.
6. Depending on type of parameter, type or select the new value.
✓
The new value is saved automatically when you leave the input field or press Enter
on your keyboard.
7. Click Start to start the data collection.
8. To take a snapshot of the currently displayed image and display it in a separate
window, click Snapshot.
9.2.7.1 Setting exposure time
Workflow step: Image
1. In the Parameter editor, set RegionSelector to Region0.
2. Look at the 2D image and the laser line and adjust the ExposureTime parameter
until the laser line is imaged as a narrow bright stripe and the background is not
visible, see the figure in the middle below.
Figure 52: Too short exposure time: Laser line hardly visible.
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