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Impact Reference Guide View Tabs
3-11 Datalogic Automation Inc.
View Tabs
Click the Design tab to access the Design view. The following section describes the Design view.
Click the Display tab to access the Display view. See “Display Tab” on page 3-25 for a complete description.
Design Tab
NOTE: The Design tab is hidden when the Summary tab is selected.
Toolbox
The toolbox contains all the vision programming tools in VPM. To show or hide the toolbox, click the tool-
box Show/Hide button. To resize the toolbox, point to the right-side border then click and drag the border
when the pointer becomes a double-headed arrow.
Tools are grouped in the Drawers according to common functions. To open or close a Toolbox Drawer
(group), click the toolbox label. Choose the tool you want, then click and drag it to the Task Tree to add it.
Only one Toolbox Drawer can be open at a time. Any Composite Tools you have added are displayed in self-
named Drawers at the bottom of the Toolbox. The Recently Used Drawer contains the ten tools most
recently used.
Details about each tool begin on page 3-38.
Summary Table Buttons
The Summary Table buttons control File Camera or Camera mode, task testing functions, and the Summary
Table display.
The trigger buttons (except for Live Images) run the task that has the Trigger Event type set to Image In
Event. (See “Trigger Event Types” on page 3-35 for more details.)
File Camera or Camera
Click this button to switch between File Camera and Camera mode. See “File Camera Setup Tab” on page 2-
34 for details about the File Camera. See “Camera Setup Tab” on page 2-17 for details about Camera setup.
Start/Stop Continuous Trigger
Click this button once to turn it on, click it again to turn it off. While it is on, images are acquired and the
task with the Trigger Event type set to Image In Event runs continuously, based on the refresh rate set by the
Summary Table Refresh Rate setting in Preferences. This button is disabled when the system is online, when
you are promoting inputs and outputs, or when you are linking properties. When you click this button, the
view automatically switches to Summary Table view and the Results Display replaces the Tool Properties
tabs (see “Results Display” on page 3-14).
Trigger Once
Each time this button is clicked, an image is acquired and the task with the Trigger Event type set to Image
In Event runs once. This button is disabled when the system is online, when you are promoting inputs and
outputs, or when you are linking properties. When you click this button, the view automatically switches to
Summary Table view.
Run Once on Current Image
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