Instruction Manual

6-30 Setup and Configuration
Sample Programming Setup
The following exercise will take you through a recommended programming setup. As you become more
familiar with your system, you may want to modify this routine.
This routine includes:
• Loading a board
• Creating a new file
• Attaching a fluid file
• Teaching Workpiece alignment
• Teaching Workpiece fiducials
?NOTE You will need to have the Tutorial Board handy for this part of the exercise.
?NOTE You may want to review “Fiducial Detection” in the Programming Basics
section of this manual before performing this exercise, but it is not required.
To perform a programming session setup:
1. In the Main Window, click on
Configuration.
2. From the Configuration menu, select
Setup Workpiece Alignment.
3. In the Workpiece Alignment dialog box, choose
Learn Workpiece Angle first and Two
Fiducials
.
> Selecting
Two Fiducials means that you will first define two diagonally-spaced fiducials
on the workpiece to define the location and alignment of the workpiece. Before the
program runs, FmNT will check these fiducials. (Checking for these fiducials is often
eliminated when speed is a major factor. In that case, correct workpiece alignment and
symmetry is assumed.)
>
Learn Workpiece Angle first is the angle defined by the two points along a straight line
on the board which will define an X or Y axis.
> When defining the workpiece alignment, you may also be asked to define the workpiece
origin. The Origin is defined as the point where the position counters are reset to (x
0
, y
0
)
or (0, 0) as shown in Figure 6-16. All dispensing locations on the workpiece are defined
in reference to the workpiece origin.
> Optimizing the above parameters for a specific application is part of the programming
process.
4. Click on
OK.