Hardware manual

Intro-1 Datalogic Automation Inc.
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a Datalogic Impact machine vision system. Please read the instructions in this
document before starting your system setup. The machine vision system is flexible, compact, and configu-
rable.
This manual documents the Impact programs which you use to configure the Datalogic Impact device and
view the data collected from your inspections. There are two main programs: Vision Program Manager and
Control Panel Manager.
VPM™ (Vision Program Manager™) is used by the inspection programmer or administrator to program
inspection tasks that run on the Datalogic Impact device. A variety of tools furnish the flexibility to program
many inspection tasks. The programmer or administrator can also create and call their own general purpose
tasks. You can view inspection results in VPM’s Summary Table. Settings, which is part of VPM, is used to
configure the Datalogic hardware. This includes all Impact devices and cameras.
CPM™ (Control Panel Manager™) is used by the inspection programmer or administrator to create Control
Panels. System operators, monitors, and controllers use these panels to view inspection results and control
the Impact device.
There are two additional standalone programs, Settings and CPM Runtime Environment (CPMRE). The
Settings Program is used to configure an Impact device and CPMRE is used to connect to one or more
devices through user-defined control panels. The Settings program and CPMRE cannot be used to edit
vision programs or control panels.
Manual Contents
The Reference guide consists of the following chapters:
• Chapter 1: Installation and QuickStart Setup
Here are installation and basic setup instructions for your Datalogic machine vision system.
• Chapter 2: Vision Program Manager
This chapter describes how to set up an inspection, including descriptions of some of the tools in
VPM, including Input and Output ports, linking, data fields, and creating callable tasks.
• Chapter 3: Settings
This chapter explains how to use the VPM Settings tab to configure the device. It reviews the cameras
you can use with Impact Software, including proper setup and calibration in the client computer, and
lighting adjustments. There are also details about administering the device user interface, including
file management, user names and passwords, defining device IP addresses and names, and file camera
use.
• Chapter 4: Control Panel Manager
Here are details about defining the control panels that will provide the interface between operators and
inspection tasks.
• Chapter 5: Impact Basic
Here are details about the Basic language used to program VPM’s Basic tool. This includes examples
you can copy and use in your own applications.
• Chapter 6: Appendix
The appendix contains material about the Threshold Viewer, On-screen Keyboard, Emulator, com-