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Creating a Vision Program Impact Reference Guide
Datalogic Automation Inc. 3-30
To create a link
1. Click the destination tool in the tool tree.
2. Click the Properties tab.
3. Click the small "create link" icon on the left end of the Value field.
4. Click the small "+" sign to the left of the desired source tool in the Task Tree. The enabled choices
listed below the tool correspond to the data type of the destination Value field. To access additional
data types, click a plus sign to the left of listed data names. To complete the link, click the desired value
name. Linked values are displayed in blue in the tool’s value field.
5. To cancel the linking operation, click the "create link" icon again without selecting a value name.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for additional links.
To delete a link
1. Click the desired tool in the tool tree.
2. Click the Properties tab.
3. Click the small "delete link" icon next to the link you want to delete (on the left end of the Value field).
Linked values are displayed in blue in the tool’s value field.
Creating a Vision Program
Vision Programs are saved in a Vision Program file (with a ".vp" file extension) which is stored in flash
memory on the Impact device. Each Vision Program file must have a unique name.
Each Vision Program file contains a Program which is a collection of one or more tasks. You can open (or
load) multiple Vision Program files in VPM, but each Program name that is loaded must be unique. When
you open a Vision Program file, its Program (which includes the tasks) is loaded into the device’s operating
system.
To create a vision program
1. Start VPM.
Task One Task O ne
Too l A
Too l B
1. Link
Remains
Tool A
Tool B
Task One Ta s k Two
Too l A
Tool C
2. Link
Removed
Tool A
Tool B
Task One Ta s k Tw o
3. Link
Remains
Tool A
Tool B
Tool A
Tool B
Task One Task Two
Tool A Tool C
Too l B
Task T h r ee
Tool A
Task Two
Too l C
Tool B
4. Link
Remains
Create
link
Delete
link