Hardware manual

File Manager Impact Reference Guide
Datalogic Automation Inc. 2-38
• VisionPrograms: Datalogic and user-created vision programs
• Web folder: U-defined files that can be accessed with a web browser.
To access the files in the Web folder with a browser
1. Open a web browser.
2. In the Address field, type http://123.123.123.123/file/
where 123.123.123.123 is the IP address of the Impact device.
3. Press Enter. If there is a file in the folder named index.htm or default.htm, the browser will automati-
cally display it. If not, the directory is displayed. To display a different file, enter the file name after the
directory name. IMPORTANT: File names are case sensitive.
For example: http://123.123.123.123/file/index_help.htm
File List
To select a file from the list, click on the file name in the list. To select multiple files, hold down the Ctrl key
and click each file. If a file that is pasted into the Vision Programs folder is already loaded on the Impact
device, the new file is automatically loaded in place of it.
To Cut or Delete a File: Select the desired file(s), then use the Cut or Delete button on the main VPM tool-
bar.
To Copy and Paste a File: Select the desired file(s), then use the Copy and Paste buttons on the main VPM
toolbar. You can also click the file and drag it to the desired folder.
The right pane of the tab shows the files in the folder that is selected in the left pane. Click on the respective
header to sort the files by name, size, or date modified. The small arrow on the header indicates the sort
order. Not all headers are displayed for all folders.
• File Name: Vision program files have a .vp extension. Each vision program file must have a unique
name. IMPORTANT: File names are case sensitive.
• Vision Program Name: This column is displayed only when the Vision Programs folder is selected.
It shows the name of the vision program within the vision program file. Vision Programs are created
with Vision Program Manager. Multiple vision programs can have the same name. Links are made
from control panels to a vision program. IMPORTANT: Program names are case sensitive.
• Size, Modified: Shows the size in kilobytes and the date the file was modified.
• Load/Unload: This column is displayed only when the Vision Programs folder is selected. When this
box is checked, the indicated vision program is immediately loaded in the Impact device. When the
box is unchecked, the file is unloaded. Loaded programs can be edited in Vision Program Manager
and are queued to run if they are triggered when the device is online.
• Load On Startup: This column is displayed only when the Vision Programs folder is selected. When
this box is checked, the indicated vision program is loaded into the device when it restarts. Loaded
programs can be edited in Vision Program Manager and can run when the Impact device is online.
Restoring vision program files