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Impact Reference Guide Design Tab
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You can use the buttons in this area to run a tool or task, update tool links, and train a tool, depending on the
tool type. These buttons are displayed on the Properties tab only.
Run button: When you click this button, the task or tool runs just as it does when the vision program is run,
but it runs only one time. (An image must be displayed in the image window.) If Auto-update links is
selected in Program Preferences, all values linked to the tool (including the image) are updated before the
tool runs. If auto-update links is not selected, you should click the Update Links button before you run the
tool. You can also click the Run Once on Current Image button on the Summary Table buttons.
Snap button: This button is displayed only when "Image In Event" is selected as the task Trigger Event
type. When you click this button, the camera is triggered and an image is acquired, or a file camera image is
loaded. You can also click the Trigger Once button on the Summary Table buttons.
Update Links button: When you click this button, all values linked to the tool are updated, but the tool does
not run. (This button is not displayed if the Auto-Update Links check box in Program Preferences is
checked.)
Add Input button: This button is only displayed for the task and the Data Transfer tool. Click it to add
inputs to the task or the Data Transfer tool (see “Data Transfer” on page 3-219).
When you add an input to the task, that tool property is "promoted" to the task level and becomes a property
of the task also. This allows you to "aggregate" only certain properties from multiple tools into the task
level.
NOTE: If a tool property with an "Origin" data type and the name "Tool Origin" is promoted to the task
level, all other promoted ROIs (including other Origins) will be placed on the image relative to that first pro-
moted Origin when viewed from the task level. This may or may not be the Origin that is used by the tool
and that is displayed on the image when the tool is selected. This situation will not affect the tool’s ROI
when the tool runs.
If you change the name of the first promoted Origin from "Tool Origin" to something else, all the ROIs will
be placed on the image relative to an origin of (0,0)0 when viewed from the task level.
Add Output button: This button is only displayed for the task. Click it to add outputs to the task. When you
add an output to the task, that tool property is "promoted" to the task level and becomes a property of the
task, also. This allows you to "aggregate" only certain properties from multiple tools into the task level.
Train button: This button is only displayed for tools that can be trained. Training a tool sets up the neces-
sary variables with a known good image so the tool runs properly.
Synchronize with task button: This button is only displayed for the Call Task tool. If you change the called
task, click this button to synchronize the Call Task tool inputs and outputs with the changes in the called
task.
Enter Password: This button is only displayed when you load a vision program that is password protected.
Click this button to enter the password and open the program for editing, printing, or viewing.
Setup Tab
A task or tool’s Setup guides you through the steps necessary to configure the most common properties
needed to use the task or tool effectively. You may have to use the Properties tab to configure other proper-
ties in the tool or adjust those defined by the Setup to get the tool to work with your specific application.
Each Setup tab has multiple choices (panels) where different parts of the task or tool are configured. If the
Setup tab is disabled, another VPM program may be editing the vision program.
As you select different tools, the tab you most recently selected (Setup, Properties, etc) is automatically
selected if the tool has a Setup.