VISION SOFTWARE Reference Manual Revision 2 Vision Engraving & Routing Systems 17621 N. Black Canyon Hwy. Phoenix, AZ 85023 www.visionengravers.
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Table of Contents iii Table of Contents WELCOME TO VISION!........................................................................5 CHAPTER 1 - BEFORE YOU BEGIN ...................................................7 ABOUT THE MANUAL ...............................................................................7 NOTES ......................................................................................................8 TAKING INVENTORY.......................................................................
iv Title WINDOW MENU ...................................................................................126 SYSTEM MENU .....................................................................................131 CHAPTER 5 - OTHER FEATURES...................................................145 MOVING LINES GRAPHICALLY..............................................................145 VIEW SCREENS .....................................................................................146 RE-ENGRAVE .................
Welcome to Vision! 5 Welcome to Vision! Congratulations on the purchase of VISION. VISION represents the latest technology in engraving and has been designed to be the most effective and adaptable system available. While developing this product, we have tried to make all operations very user friendly by using the pull down menu, point and click user interface that has been made popular by companies such as Apple®, Microsoft® and IBM®.
Vision Software User's Guide you think would improve VISION, please send us a note by mail, fax, phone or email. For Your Records To enable us to better assist you if you call for service, please make a note of your machine type and serial numbers below.
Chapter 1 - Before You Begin 7 Chapter 1 - Before You Begin About the Manual This manual will enable you to install, set up and use the VISION software. There are nine main sections. The chapters are set out as follows: Chapter 1 This chapter introduces the manual, describes the contents of the packages you receive, explains why and how to register your software, contains the license agreement and tells the requirements for your system.
Vision Software User's Guide Chapter 6 This chapter walks you through creating sample jobs step by step. Appendix A This section lists all of the Vision keyboard hot keys and function keys. Appendix B This section has a list of troubleshooting items that may help you if you have a problem with Vision. Appendix C This section lists the Vision error messages. Notes It is recommended that you read through the manual from the start to understand the various functions available.
Chapter 1 - Before You Begin 9 Taking Inventory The first checklist below describes the software package contents for new users. The second checklist is for upgrade users, (users who receive software-only updates). Please verify that all components have been received by you. If your package is incomplete, please call your local VISION distributor.
Vision Software User's Guide Fax Numbers Domestic Fax 1-800-266-1676 International Fax 602-439-0500 Mailing Address Vision Engraving Systems 17621 N. Black Canyon Hwy Phoenix, AZ. 85023 USA Registering your system will ensure that you will receive the support you need plus any information on updates or new products as they arise. Failure to register your system may cause your warranty to be invalid.
Chapter 1 - Before You Begin 11 3. VISION has a demonstration trial package provided to determine its suitability for your particular application. This trial package MUST NOT be used for COMMERCIAL USE unless arrangements are first made with Western Engravers Supply, Inc. or its designated licensee. The copy must be then registered with Western Engravers Supply, Inc. 4.
Vision Software User's Guide which this limitation is contravened by law, liability is limited to the amount that the affected party has paid for VISION, or in the event that VISION was registered with a third party for payment to Western Engravers Supply, Inc., liability is limited to the amount that was received by Western Engravers Supply, Inc. from that third party. System Requirements Below are listed the system requirements for VISION to work effectively.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 13 Chapter 2 - Installing Vision The Software Protection Key Upon purchasing VISION you will receive either a unique Software Protection Key, which plugs into your computers parallel port or a unique EPROM chip inside the Vision Serial Controller. For VISION to output to the engraver or perform a graphical print, it is ESSENTIAL for the key or EPROM to be in place.
Vision Software User's Guide When VISION detects a valid key it switches into registered mode, identifying itself by placing a serial number in the [F9] EXECUTE screen. It is the CUSTOMERS RESPONSIBILITY to keep and protect the SOFTWARE PROTECTION KEY. This may include having insurance for the key. Keys will normally only be replaced on PROOF OF DESTRUCTION of the original key otherwise a complete software system must be purchased.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 15 If another program is using a different software protection key, they can be plugged together. If one program will not work, swap the order of the two protection keys. ******* WARNING ******* Ensure the SOFTWARE PROTECTION KEY is only installed into a printer port. Attachment of the key to other ports may make it inoperative. Installing The Vision Software The VISION installation program guides you step-by-step.
Vision Software User's Guide Type the location of the CD drive followed by “:\setup.exe” in the command line. Click on OK. The installation process will now begin.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 17 Select Vision Engraving Software and click Next. Note: You can install a demo version of Vision Pro or Vision Pro Scan at a later time if you would like. This will allow you to evaluate the Vision Pro & Vision Pro Scan programs. The Vision Software installation will now continue.
Vision Software User's Guide The welcome screen will now appear. Click on Next.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision The Vision Software License Agreement will now be shown. In order to continue the Vision Installation, you must click on Accept. Select a folder or leave the default folder as is and click Next.
Vision Software User's Guide Select Complete Installation and click Next Select the language you would like to install Vision in and click Next.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 21 Select the Vision Serial Controller type you have. You can tell by looking at the front panel of the controller. If it says Series II above the large emergency stop button than select Series II controller, otherwise select Series I controller. If you own a VE-810 Engraver, select the VE810 engraver. If you have upgraded a Vision Non Serial Controller to a Serial Controller, select Non Serial Controller Upgrade and click Next.
Vision Software User's Guide Select the system type that you have. Standard Vision Machine is a stand alone flat material engraver. Vision Combo Machine is if you have a stand alone flat material engraver and a Cylindrical engraver. Click Next when finished.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision Select the type of system you have and click Next.
Vision Software User's Guide Select a Program Group Name or leave it as it is and select Finish. The software installation is now complete. Select OK To run the Vision software, select the Vision icon from the desktop or from the Start Menu - Programs - Vision Engraving Software group. Copying Logos, Fonts & Jobs from a disk There are times when you may have a Vision Logo, Font or Job on a diskette that you would like to copy to your computer’s hard drive.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 25 1. Put your floppy disk into your computer’s disk drive. This is usually drive A. 2. Using the mouse, RIGHT click on the Start button in the lower left hand corner of your Windows Desktop. 3. The following menu will appear. LEFT mouse click on Explore 4. You will see a screen like the one below.
Vision Software User's Guide 5. Press the Page Up button on your keyboard 3 or 4 times until you see the words 3 1/2 Floppy (A:). LEFT mouse click on 3 1/2 Floppy (A:). Your screen should look like the following (except the file names will be the name of your logo, font or job names).
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 27 6. Single LEFT mouse click on the file name in the right side of your screen that you would like to copy to the hard drive. Note: You can select more than one file by holding the CTRL key down on the keyboard when you LEFT mouse click on the file name. 7. Go to the Edit Menu and then to Copy.
Vision Software User's Guide 8. Scroll down the folder list until you see the Viswin Folder. Double click on the Viswin folder. Your screen should look like the following. 9. If you are copying a Vision font, LEFT mouse click on the Fonts folder under Viswin. If you are copying a Vision Job, LEFT mouse click on the Jobs folder under Viswin. If you are copying a Vision Logo, LEFT mouse click on the Logos folder under Viswin. The Fonts, Jobs or Logos folder will now be highlighted like below.
Chapter 2 - Installing Vision 10. Go to the Edit Menu and then to Paste. Your Vision Logo, Font or Job is now copied to your hard drive.
Vision Software User's Guide Chapter 3 - Using Vision The Basics Terminology To begin, you should learn some of the common terms used in this manual. When using a mouse, you will see a mouse pointer on the screen (usually an arrow). This pointer is a visual indicator of screen locations. To move the pointer, you move the mouse. The following terms relate to using a mouse. Point Move the pointer to “point” at something on the screen. Click Press and release the left button on the mouse.
Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics Select 31 Point and click on an object so the object becomes active - the object will generally be highlighted in some way to show that it is currently selected. Starting Vision To start VISION, click on the icon that is labeled “Vision” on your Windows desktop. (You can also start VISION by selecting “Vision” from the Vision Engraving Software program group as in figure below.
Vision Software User's Guide Intro Screen This is the first screen you will see. It contains four areas, which are described as follows: A. Windows Reference Line B. Menu select line. C. Toolbar D. Blank Work area. E. Device status area. A. Windows reference line The Windows reference line has the Vision minimize, maximize and close selections. It also has the VISION software version number.
Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 33 Be sure to note the VISION version number at the left side of the line. When calling for software support you will be required to provide this version number as well as your software protection key serial number. B. Menu select line The name of each menu describes its contents. For example, all operations to do with files and jobs are listed under the FILE menu.
Vision Software User's Guide This is a common feature in Windows programs. Clicking the different icons will give you different results. Each icon is explained below. Clicking this icon will create a new blank job. It works the same as going to the file menu and then to new job. Clicking this icon will bring you to the load job screen. Clicking this icon will bring you to the save job screen. Clicking this icon will bring you to the font load screen.
Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 35 D. Blank work area This is the area that will contain the details of your job when you open, load or create a new job. E. Device status area This area will show you the status of your Vision controller. If the controller is on and connected properly to the computer, it will read “Phoenix: Waiting”. At this point, you can send a job to the Vision controller.
Vision Software User's Guide Type in 3 for the Plate Width, 1.25 for the Plate Height and 2 for the Number of lines.
Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics Click on the Height for the second line and change it to .2.
Vision Software User's Guide Click on the Okay button. You will now be taken to the Main screen where you can enter the text for the plate.
Chapter 3 - Using Vision - The Basics 39 Type the name John Smith and then press the [Enter] key on your keyboard. The cursor will move to the second line. Type the word ABC Company. You have now created a simple 2-line nametag. Press the [F8] key on your keyboard to get a graphical view of the plate. Click on the Okay button to bring Vision back to the main screen. Let’s save this job for future reference. To save a job, go to the File Menu and then to Save Job.
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Vision Software User's Guide Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus Main Screen Material Type: This feature will allow you to set the maximum engraver speed to specific material types. The space bar will toggle through the different material types. Note: To add different material types or change the material types, you can edit the material.sys file.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 43 on Programs, Vision Engraving Software and Edit Material Types. You can change the Number of material entries to whatever you would like. Then, you can change the XY Maximum cut speed to a number between 1 and 30 and the Z maximum penetrate speed to a number between 1 and 20. The higher the number, the faster the maximum speed will be at the engraver. When you are finished changing the values, go to the File Menu and then Save.
Vision Software User's Guide Line Height: This is the letter height of the current line. You can change this by clicking on it with the mouse and then changing the value. Baseline: This is the distance from the top of the plate to the bottom of the current line. Left margin: This is the distance from the left side of the plate to the left edge of the current line. Note: The text will only extend to the left margin if there is enough text to expand it to there.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 45 to right between the left and right margins. Left - This will move the text to the left margin. Right - This will move the text to the right margin. The space bar will toggle through the types of justification. Hint: Holding down the shift key while pressing the space bar will toggle through the choices in the reverse order. Condensation: This shows how wide the current line is in a percentage form. 100% is a standard text width.
Vision Software User's Guide File Menu New Job This feature creates an empty job in the main VISION screen using the defaults defined in the installation of VISION. These defaults can be changed using the System Preferences option in VISION. VISION is capable of having up to eight (8) jobs open at one time. The New job selection will not be accessible when eight (8) jobs are already open.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 47 Load Job This feature allows you to open a previously saved job. Selecting this feature brings up the Load Layout window. Note: If your job is on a floppy disk, it is recommended that you copy it to your computer’s hard drive first. Click here for instructions on how to do this.
Vision Software User's Guide You may either, type the filename and click OK, or you can select the name of the job with the mouse pointer and click OK. Note: If you use the pointer to click on the job name, the Comments field will display any comments that you might have saved with the job. There are two choices of Load Layout that you can choose from: Complete details or Dimensions Only. This is selected in the format box.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 49 Note: Vision defaults the Job Load and Job Save directories to your hard drive C and in a directory called \Viswin\Jobs. If you would like to change the default Job Load and Job Save directory, you must do the following. Go to the Windows Start Menu, then to Programs, then to Vision Engraving Software and click on Edit Vision defaults. This will bring up the Cipher.sys file into the Windows Notepad.
Vision Software User's Guide You will need to type the filename and click OK. If you would like, you can enter in any job comments that you would like saved with the job in the Comments field. A typical item entered into the comments field is the cutter size that was required for the job you are saving. There are two choices of Save Layout that you can choose: Complete details or Dimensions Only. This is selected in the format box.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 51 Note: Vision defaults the Job Load and Job Save directories to your hard drive C and in a directory called \Viswin\Jobs. If you would like to change the default Job Load and Job Save directory, you must do the following. Go to the Windows Start Menu, then to Programs, then to Vision Engraving Software and click on Edit Vision defaults. This will bring up the Cipher.sys file into the Windows Notepad.
Vision Software User's Guide on Edit Vision defaults. This will bring up the Cipher.sys file into the Windows Notepad. Go to the section in the file that says Default import job directory and change it from C:\VisWin\SpJobs to the drive and directory that you installed Vision into. You may either, type the filename and click OK, or you can select the name of the job with the mouse pointer and click OK. There are three choices that you can choose under the format field. The choices are Superpro 3.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 53 When importing Dahlgren Superpro jobs, you must configure Vision to tell it which fonts are setup in the Superpro jobs. To do this, you must edit a file called Dahl2cip.sys in the Viswin folder. You can open this folder with Windows Notepad. Once it is open, the screen will look like the following: If you are importing jobs from Superpro version 3.
Vision Software User's Guide If you are importing jobs from Superpro versions 3.12 or 3.50, you must edit lines 11 and higher. You must change the name of the Dahlgren font, including the .ft9 extension to match the font that you have in the Dahlgren software. You must then change the number to the right of the font to correlate it to the Vision font number, which is explained in the paragraph above. Note: If a font in a Dahlgren job is not mapped, it will default to the Vision Gothic font.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 55 The Print range box allows you to either print the entire layout to your printer or just certain plates to your printer if you have a multiple plate job. The No. Of Copies allows you to print multiple copies to your printer. The Print quality allows you to change the print resolution. You can select from high, medium, low or draft. Print to file will send the job to a disk file instead of the printer.
Vision Software User's Guide Graphical Print This feature will print an actual copy of the layout to your printer. It will bring up the Graphical Print Window as shown below. Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F3. By pressing the F3 key, Vision will automatically bring up the Graphical Print screen. The Printer box displays which printer you will be printing to.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 57 Page control allows you to center your job on the paper if you have them selected. Fit to Page will expand or shrink the job to fit on one sheet of paper. Print to file will send the job to a disk file instead of the printer. Setup will allow you to change the printer that you are printing to and also allow you to change the printer defaults. Note: The Graphical Print feature supports almost all Windows compatible printers including network printers.
Vision Software User's Guide Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F9. By pressing the F9 key, Vision will automatically bring up the Execute Layout screen shown below. Scale Axis: This will increase or decrease the size of the engraved job when it is sent to the engraver. For example, if you select .5 X and .5 Y, it will engrave the job at one half of the size that it was created at. Offsets: This will move the job to be engraved to the right or down the specified amount.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 59 Ignore clips: If this is selected, the engraver will try to engrave a job even if it is off of the plate. If it is not selected, the engraver will ”clip“ or cut off anything that is outside of the plate. Note: This command can be used to ensure that items such as cutout borders are engraved completely when they are extended out to the edge of your engraving table.
Vision Software User's Guide Close Job This feature will close the job that you are currently working on.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 61 This will let you know that the job will be lost unless it is saved. Note: You can also close a job by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the job window. Flush Job This feature is used to erase either the entire layout or all of the text from the layout.
Vision Software User's Guide If you select Clear all lines from layout, Vision will erase the whole job and let you start a new one. If you select Clear all text from layout, Vision will erase only the text from the existing job. Line 1 to 1: This allows you to select the range of lines that the text will be removed from.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 63 Plate 1 to 1: This allows you to select the range of plates that the text will be removed from.
Vision Software User's Guide This feature will exit you out of the Vision program. If you have not saved the job, Vision will display a message like the one below: This will let you know that the job will be lost unless it is saved. Note: You can also exit Vision by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the screen. Edit Menu Clipboard Paste This feature will insert any text that is in the Windows Clipboard into the text area on the main screen of Vision.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 65 Copy This feature will Copy or store the information from the current line of text and allow you to Paste the information to another line of text. It will bring up the Details to Copy window as shown below. Note: Using this feature will replace any text that was previously placed on the Vision clipboard or the Windows clipboard. You can select the Details To Use by clicking on any of the specifications from the list on the left.
Vision Software User's Guide clicking on the Select All Icon. The Clear Icon will erase all of the selections chosen. The Values column to the right shows you the information that is associated with the line you want to copy from. Paste This feature will Paste the information that was Copied to a line or group of lines. There are three selections that you can choose from: 1) Current Line: This feature will ”Paste“ the information that was ”Copied“ to the current line that you are on.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 67 and to by entering the line numbers in the Start Paste At Line and Finish Paste On Line section. 3) All Lines: This feature will ”Paste“ the information that was ”Copied“ to all of the lines on your plate. Note: This feature is very useful if you have created a layout with many lines and you would like to change the font on many lines at one time. You can change the first line’s font and ”Copy“ it and then ”Paste“ that font to the rest of the lines on your job.
Vision Software User's Guide There are eight types of logos that can be loaded into Vision. The type of logo you want to load can be changed by clicking on the arrow to the right of the Format: box. 1) Plotter file: This file type is a standard HPGL plotter file. Most CAD programs can output to this type of file. The file extension that is supported is .PLT. 2) DesignCad DC2: This file type is created in a program called Design Cad. It is the standard Design Cad file. The file extension is .DC2.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 69 3) Casmate SCA file: This file type is created in some of Scanvec’s programs, such as Casmate or Enroute. This file must be exported from Casmate or Enroute, not just the saved file. This feature can import 3D files created in these programs as well as 2D files. The file extension is .SCA. 4) PhotoEngrave PCX (line): This file type is created in almost any Windows graphics package. It takes a picture file and will engrave it as a group of lines. The file extension is .PCX.
Vision Software User's Guide works. Unfortunately the technique differs from reflected light (paper or your engraving) and transmitted light (your crt monitor) and is affected by scaling. Thus can not be accurately represented on the graphics view (F8) screen. i) Initially on the first few lines, the image will always look like it hasn’t worked or is too light or too dark, but wait until you get further because of the eye trick you need a reasonable amount of area to judge.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 71 8)) G-Code ascii: This file type is used for importing G-Code files. There are many types and variations of G-Code and only simple G-Code commands are imported with this feature. The file extension is .nc. Note: Once you have selected the file type and file name and click OK, you MUST type a capital letter A in the text area to represent the logo. If you do not type a capital letter A in the text area, no logo will engrave.
Vision Software User's Guide Font Load This feature will allow you to select the font that you would like to use on your layout. Note: If your font is on a floppy disk, it is recommended that you copy it to your computer’s hard drive first.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 73 There are two types of fonts that can be loaded into Vision. The type of font you want to load can be changed by clicking on the arrow to the right of the Format: box. 1) Vision CFF font: This is a standard Vision font. The file extension is .CFF. 2) Dahlgren FT9 font: This is a font from Dahlgren SuperPro Software. The file extension is .FT9. Once you load the font that you would like to use, it will appear in the font style area of the main Vision screen.
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Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 75 This feature will change the current line of text into Grade II Braille. It will translate the text, change the font to the Braille font and change the letter height to the standard Braille letter height. Note: The standard Braille font included with Vision creates the routed out Braille. If you would like to engrave the Braille dot font, you must load the braille_dot font. Translate to Bar Code This feature will change the current line of text into Bar Code.
Vision Software User's Guide Insert Subline This feature will allow you to change line information in the middle of a line. It can be used for changing the letter height or font in the middle of a line. Type in the text you would like and then move the cursor to the middle of the line by using the keyboard arrows. Move it to where you would like the change to be and go to Ins Subline. You will see a special character appear in yout text area that looks like this: §.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus Delete Subline This feature will allow you to delete a subline from your text. Move the cursor to the subline area you would like to delete and goto Del Subline. This will delete it. Change Case To Upper This feature will change all of the text on the current line to upper case.
Vision Software User's Guide To Lower This feature will change all of the text on the current line to lower case. First Word This feature will change the first letter of the first word on the current line to upper case. Each Word This feature will change the first letter in each word on the current line to upper case.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 79 Pause Point This feature allows you to program a cutter pause anywhere in your job. Move the cursor to the place that you would like the engraver to pause and go to Pause point. You will see a symbol like the following: . When the engraver gets to this point, it will stop and wait for you to press the start button on the controller to restart it. Note: This is useful if you need to change cutters in the middle of your job.
Vision Software User's Guide Merge Text This feature is used to import a standard text file into Vision. The text file can be created in many programs and exported with any file extension; however, it is easiest if the file has a .TXT extension. The text file must be set up so that each line of text you would like to import is on it’s own line. See the picture below.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 81 You can import the text to a single line or multiple lines easily. If you are importing to a single line, goto Merge text and select the text file you wish to import. Next you need to select which line of text on your plate you would like to import the text to. You do this by entering the line number into the Merge From Line and Merge To Line and click OK.
Vision Software User's Guide When you are done importing the first line, you simply go back into merge text and import the text for the second line the same way you would a single line. Note: All text merging is normally done after you have created the plates. This allows you to have a place to merge the text to. Line Menu Insert Line This feature will let you insert a line after the current line that you are on. Move the cursor to the line that you would like to copy and then goto Ins line.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 83 Delete Line This feature will delete the current line. Move the cursor to anywhere in the line that you would like to delete and goto Del line. The line is now deleted. Fixed Arc This feature will change a normal line of text into an arced line allowing you to enter all of the parameters.
Vision Software User's Guide When determining the parameters for arcing, it is helpful to think of a circle with the text going around the circle. We need to place the circle on our plate in a certain area. X Center: This number will determine where the arc is from left to right on our plate. It is calculated from the left side of our plate. Y Center: This number will determine where the arc is from top to bottom on our plate. It is calculated from the top of our plate.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 85 End angle: This number will determine the degree amount that the arc will end. Zero degrees is at 12 o'clock. 270 or -90 degrees is at 9 o'clock 90 or -270 degrees is at 3 o'clock 180 degrees is at 6 o'clock If you have an arced line and want the line to be straight again, click on the clear button and then click on Okay. The page up and page down keys will move you up and down from line to line.
Vision Software User's Guide This feature will change a normal line into an arced line by defining the margins on your plate. The only parameters needed to create an easy arc are the margins on the plate. Enter the top, bottom, left and right margins of your plate and then select if you want the arc to Bubble Upwards or Bubble Downwards. You can toggle between the Bubble options by pressing the space bar. Note: When using the easy arc feature, there is a limitation to what you can do.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus Rotation This feature will allow you to rotate your line.
Vision Software User's Guide You can select which way you would like to rotate your line by clicking on the selection you want. If you click on Reverse Engrave, the line will be reversed. If you know the angle you would like the line to be rotated, you can enter it in the Specific angle area. As you make your selection, the F in the box to the right will show you how the final rotation will be. The reverse engrave feature is commonly used to invert a logo.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 89 Number of cuts: This allows you to make a wider cut for the underline without changing cutters. If you enter in 3 for the number of cuts, it will go over the underline 3 times. Distance between: This allows you to specify how far apart the cuts are. (Ex. If you enter 3 for the number of cuts and .03 for the Distance between, you could use a .060 cutter to get an underline that is .18 wide.
Vision Software User's Guide with the arrows to the text section that you would like underlined and then go to the underline feature. Edit By Centers This feature will allow you to move your text or logo on the plate by changing the center of the object.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 91 X Center: This number is how far from the left side of the plate that the center of your line will be. Y Center: This number is how far from the top of the plate that the center of your line will be. This function can be used to quickly align a number of lines of text by setting each line’s X Center to the same value. Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F2. Manual Edit This feature will allow you to change the parameters of each line individually.
Vision Software User's Guide Baseline: This is the distance from the top of the plate to the bottom of the letter. Line Ht: This is the height of the letter or logo. Left: This is the margin of the line from the left side of the plate. Right: This is the margin of the line from the right side of the plate. Depth: This is the depth of engraving for the line. This option will only work properly if you are engraving without a nose cone. If you are using a nose cone, the depth should be left at 0.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 93 Plate Menu Autoplate This feature is used to create a layout in which Vision calculates the spacing of the layout.
Vision Software User's Guide If you enter in the numbers that Autoplate asks for, Vision will create the layout. Plate Width: The width of the plate. Plate Height: The height of the plate. Number of lines: The number of lines on the plate. From Line Number: Autoplate calculates the spacing for specific lines on your plate. You can have it space the whole plate or just selected lines of text.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 95 Bottom Margin: This is the bottom margin of your plate. Autoplate will not let text inside of this margin. Left Margin: This is the left margin of your plate. Autoplate will not let text inside of this margin. Right Margin: This is the right margin of your plate. Autoplate will not let text inside of this margin. Note: Autoplate will automatically calculate the margins. The only reason to change them is if you would like to enter different values than the suggested values.
Vision Software User's Guide Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F5. If you have a line that is arced, Autoplate will clear the arc parameters and you will need to re-enter the parameters if you wish to arc the line. Dimensions This feature allows you to change the size of your plate and the number of lines. The Plate Width and Plate Height values are also changeable in the upper right corner of the main screen.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 97 Condense Mode This feature allows you to change the Condensation mode of the plate. Condensation is how tight the text is compressed to make it fit in an area so it doesn’t go off of the sign blank. It is measured in a percentage. Ex. A condensation of 80 percent would condense or compress the text by 80 percent and a condensation of 120 percent would stretch the text to 120 percent. A ”normal“ condensation is 100 percent.
Vision Software User's Guide All lines equally: This looks at the entire job and applies the condensation of the longest line to all other lines on the plate. The condense mode can be changed in the condense mode section of the main screen. Note: You can change the ”default“ condense mode in the Preferences option in the System menu. Borders This feature will place a decorative border on your plate.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 99 Number of Borders: This is the total number of borders on the plate. Vision allows you to have up to eight borders on a single plate. You can make a sign look unique by using multiple borders. Border Record No: This is the border number that you are working on. Left Margin: This is the distance from the left edge of the plate to the left edge of the border. Right Margin: This is the distance from the right edge of the plate to the right edge of the border.
Vision Software User's Guide Corner Radius: This is the radius amount of the corner of the border. The larger the number is, the ”more round“ the corner will be. Border Type: This is the type of border that you would like to use. There are eight different borders to choose from. The space bar will toggle through the different types of borders. Extra Depth: This will add a depth for the border.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus Rotation This feature is used to rotate the entire plate.
Vision Software User's Guide You can select which way you would like to rotate your plate by clicking on the selection you want. If you click on Reverse Engrave, the entire plate (or plates if multiple plates have been created) will be reversed. As you make your selection, the F in the box to the right will show you how the final rotation will be. Options Menu Multiples This feature will allow you to engrave multiple plates on either one large sheet of material or on individual, pre-cut plates.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 103 Material width: This is the width of the piece of material that you would be putting on your machine. Material height: This is the height of the piece of material that you would be putting on your machine. Note: The material width and height entered will determine the maximum number of plates that can be engraved at one time. Left margin: This is the margin from the left side of the material to the left edge of the multiple plates.
Vision Software User's Guide Top margin: This is the margin from the top edge of the material to the top edge of the multiple plates. Bottom margin: This is the margin from the bottom edge of the material to the bottom edge of the multiple plates. Horizontal: This is the horizontal distance that you would like between your multiple plates. Vertical: This is the vertical distance that you would like between your multiple plates.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 105 Plates go down first: This will change the order of the way the multiple plates are calculated. If this is selected, the order will go from top to bottom and then move to the right. Cut all borders last: This will allow you to use the border function as a plate cut out. You can create plates with rounded corners this way. It will engrave all of the text first and then cut the border out last, allowing you to change the cutter.
Vision Software User's Guide Times to repeat layout: This will engrave the job the entered amount of times. Stop before each layout repeat: If this is selected, the machine will stop between repeats. If it is not selected, the machine will repeat the job the number of times entered without stopping in between. Serialize This feature will automatically serialize text to any line on your plate or multiple plates.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 107 This works with multiple plates or batching of single plates. First serial number: This is the number you would like Vision to start with. Increase serial by: This is the amount that Vision will increase your number by. Repeat each serial: This will let you enter how many of each serial number you would like. Prefix string: This is the text that you would like before the serial number. Note: If you would like a space between the text and the number, you must add a space.
Vision Software User's Guide Serial number: This defines how the text will look. You can use the space bar to ”toggle“ through the selections, which are: 1) No format - The serial number will have no spaces or zeros in front of it. 2) Leading Spaces - This number will leave spaces in front of the number by the amount that is entered in the format length section. 3) Leading Zeros - This number will put zeros in front of the number by the amount that is entered in the format length section.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 109 1) Overwrite it: This will get rid of the existing text and replace it with the serial number. 2) Append to end: This will add the serial number after the existing text. 3) Append in front: This will add the serial number before the existing text. Columnize This feature will break your layout into columns. In order to use the columnize feature, you must first have the lines that are not going to be columns to be setup.
Vision Software User's Guide The first two lines of text that will not be columnized are now setup. From the text screen, press the down arrow on the keyboard until the cursor is on the last line of text. Next, go to the Options menu and then columnize.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 111 Click on Show existing line graphics. You will then notice that the 2 lines that are not columnized will appear on the preview screen to the right.
Vision Software User's Guide Number of Columns: This is how many columns you would like on the plate. Lines per Column: This is how many individual lines you would like inside the columns. Top margin: This is the distance from the top edge of the material to the top edge of the column of text. Bottom margin: This is the distance from the bottom edge of the material to the bottom edge of the column of text.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 113 If you like the way the preview looks, you can click OK to accept the column layout. If you would like to change some of the other parameters, click on the Details tab.
Vision Software User's Guide Width: This is how wide each column is. It is automatically calculated, but you can change it if you would like. Lock: This is only checked if you enter in a column width manually. When this is checked, the width of the column will be fixed and not changeable by the software. Gap: This is how large the space is between the columns. This is automatically calculated, but you can change it if you would like.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 115 Line Height: This is the height of the characters in the columns. This number is calculated automatically, but you can increase or decrease the height manually if you would like. Line Percent: This is also related to the height of the characters in the columns. By changing this number up or down, the letter height will change. This percentage calculates the letter height by a percentage of the available height of the column.
Vision Software User's Guide Pass Depths This feature will allow you to enter the depth you wish to engrave either in one pass or multiple passes.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 117 To surface: This value is ignored when using the Vision Serial Controller or the VE-810 Engraver. The surface is set on the controller and in the VE810. Total depth: This is the total depth that you would like to engrave. This value is only needed when you are engraving without a nose cone. If you are using a nose cone, the value should be left at 0.000 because the depth is controlled by the nose cone.
Vision Software User's Guide Extras Menu Suggestions This feature will recommend a cutter size that you should use for each line on your sign.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 119 Note: These are only suggestions. You will need to round to the closest cutter size that you have. Vision will only suggest a cutter size for Vision fonts. Logos and Dahlgren fonts will not show any cutter suggestion. Estimates This feature will give you an approximate engraving time for the job you are doing. The time estimate is based on the maximum allowable engraving speed defined for the material type selected.
Vision Software User's Guide section in the manual on the Vision Main Screen for more information on changing the material type speeds. Note: This is only an estimate. The actual time will vary depending on how fast you set the engraver to run. Counts This feature will tell you how many characters, words and spaces are on your plate.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 121 Block Display This feature will show you a block view of your layout. Since the Block Display uses boxes in place of the actual text in your layout, you will get a quicker display of the layout. It is much faster than getting a graphic display. Pressing the Enter key or clicking on Exit will exit this display. Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F7.
Vision Software User's Guide Graphic Display This feature will show you an actual graphical view of your layout. This is a good way to proof what the sign will look like on the screen before engraving it. Pressing the Enter key or clicking on Exit will exit this display. Note: The ”Hot Key“ for this feature is F8.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 123 Re-order This feature will allow you to change the engraving order of your lines in your layout. It is often used to reduce the amount of cutter up travel or to minimize the need to change the cutter during the job. BaseLine Ascending: This will change the order of engraving to work from the top of the plate to the bottom of the plate. LineHeight Ascending: This will change the order of engraving to work from the smallest letter size to the largest letter size.
Vision Software User's Guide LineHeight Descending: This will change the order of engraving to work from the largest letter size to the smallest letter size. Cutter Suggestion: This will change the order of engraving to work from the smallest cutter size to the largest cutter size. Note: Vision always engraves the lines in the job in the order that the lines appear in the main screen. Goto XY This feature will allow you to move the cutter out to a position based on the X & Y position.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 125 X Position: The distance from the left home point that you want the cutter to move. Y Position: The distance from the top home point that you want the cutter to move. Undo SetXY: If this button is clicked, any offset that is previously set in the Goto X,Y screen will be erased in the Vision Serial Controller. Set As Home: If you click on this button, the start light will come on in the controller.
Vision Software User's Guide Window Menu Cascade This feature will layer all of the open jobs on the screen so that the title areas of each can be seen. You can make any of the jobs active by clicking on the job title bar. Notepad This feature will open the Windows Notepad program.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 127 Calculator This feature will open the Windows Calculator program. It is handy if you need to figure out the decimal value of a fractional number.
Vision Software User's Guide Calendar This feature will open up a calendar program.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus International Characters This feature will show you a list of the international characters and the ASCII number needed to engrave them. Clicking on the International Characters menu choice will open up the following dialogue box.
Vision Software User's Guide To use an international character, click on the desired character and make a note of the number shown at the bottom of the window. Close the international character window. Then with the cursor in the text area of the main screen, hold down the ALT key and type the number that was shown on the international character window. Note: You must use the numeric keypad on the right side of your keyboard for the international characters to work.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 131 System Menu Devices This feature will allow you to change information about the machine driver that you are using. It is only available when there are no open jobs on the screen.
Vision Software User's Guide To change any of the parameters relative to the driver you are using, you must first click on the driver name under the Avail Drivers: section. Version Number: This is the version number of the driver. Buffer Size: This is not used with the Vision Serial Controller. Priority level: This is a Windows number that tells Windows how important the output to the controller is. Serial port: This is the serial port in which the Vision Serial Controller is hooked to.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 133 X, Y and Z Size: This is the size of your engraving table. This number is entered in metric which is the calculated by multiplying the table size in inches by 25.4. X, Y and Z-Axis Pitch: This defines the pitch of the lead screws on your engraving table. You should not need to change these parameters. X, Y and Z Home Offset: This is used to set an offset in the driver from the upper left corner of the engraving table.
Vision Software User's Guide Chg Devices Temp This feature is used to change the current device that you are using temporarily. It is only available when there are no open jobs on the screen.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 135 To change the devices temporarily, click on the first device under Select Device. Then click on the driver you would like to use under Avail Drivers and click Add. Your new device is now active. Note: Once you exit the Vision program and go back in, Vision will use the original driver, not the added driver. To make the change permanent, you will need to go to Save Device Change under the System menu.
Vision Software User's Guide You can change any of these numbers to make it ”Default“ to the new values when you create a new job in the Vision Software. Save Device Change This feature is used to assign the ”Default“ driver that you wish to use. It is only available when there are no open jobs on the screen.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus Select the device you would like to change and click Okay.
Vision Software User's Guide Select the type of device you want. There are two choices of devices available: Single Driver and Driver Group. The single driver selection will allow you to install a single device and the driver group will allow you to install a group of drivers. To specify which drivers you would like to add in a driver group, you must use the Windows notepad and create a file such as the one below: You can add as many devices that you would like in the above file.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus Select the device you want. Note: If the driver is not shown than the driver file is not in the Vision directory. You will need to re-install the Vision device driver from the Vision CD. You must now exit Vision and re-start the program.
Vision Software User's Guide Change Screen Font This feature allows you to customize the way that the Vision screen and menus look.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 141 You can choose the Windows font that you like. Note: Choosing too large of a font size may cause the menus to be unreadeable. Email Technical Support This feature will start up your default email editor and address a new email to Vision’s technical support department. If the email address is not in there, you can manually address the email to . Note: If your computer does not have email setup, this feature will not work.
Vision Software User's Guide Goto Vision Web Site This feature will start up your default web browser and enter in Vision Engraving Systems home web site page. If the web address is not in your web browser, you can manually enter it at . Note: If your computer does not have an Internet connection setup properly, this feature will not work.
Chapter 4 - The Vision Menus 143 About Vision This feature will display the version number and build number of the Vision program.
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Chapter 5 - Other Features 145 Chapter 5 - Other Features Moving Lines Graphically Let’s load the simple job that you created in Chapter 3. To do this, go to the File Menu and then to Load Job. Click on the job called SIMPLE and then click OK.
Vision Software User's Guide You should now have the job on your screen. Press the F8 key to get a graphical view of the job. Click on the line John Smith with the left mouse button. You will notice that a light blue box will surround the line you clicked on. Move the mouse up and down. You will notice that the blue box will move as you move the mouse. You can place the line of text in a new position by clicking the left mouse button. When you do that, you will see the text move to that point.
Chapter 5 - Other Features 147 This has many of the line parameters for that line that you can change. As you change these, they will be shown on the screen when you click on the Okay button. These values are explained in Chapter 4 under the Main Screen section. There is also a tool bar on the graphic screens (F7 & F8 Keys). Press the F8 key to get a graphical view of the simple job. You will see the following: You will notice the tool bar to the upper left corner of the screen.
Vision Software User's Guide The first icon is the exit icon. Clicking on this icon will exit out of the graphic display window and return you to the main Vision screen. The next icon is the zoom icon. Clicking this icon will allow you to zoom into an area on your graphics screen. Once you click on it, you will need to click the mouse to the upper left corner of the area you would like to zoom.
Chapter 5 - Other Features The next icon is the zoom out icon. Clicking this icon will zoom out to the normal view. The next icon is the grid icon. Clicking this icon will turn the grid on and off as shown below.
Vision Software User's Guide The next icon is the grid size icon. Clicking this icon will allow you to adjust the space between each grid when the grids are turned on. You adjust the spacing by entering the value in on the following screen. The final icon in the tool bar is the rulers icon. Clicking this icon will toggle between rulers on and off as shown below.
Chapter 5 - Other Features 151 Re-Engrave Re-Engrave is a very important feature. There are two types of re-engrave: plate Re-Engrave and line Re-Engrave. Plate Re-Engrave is done easily by pressing the F1 button on the Vision Serial Controller Series I, the B1 button on the Vision Serial Controller Series II or the Home/Save button on the VE-810 Engraver. When you press one of those buttons, the start light will turn green.
Vision Software User's Guide Click the OK button and then only the selected line will be sent to the engraver. You can re-engrave multiple lines by selecting more than one line on the display screen. Multiple Job Entry With VISION, more than one job can be created at once. This is useful in creating new jobs while one is already engraving. For example, go to the File-New menu. You will see a new blank job on the screen. The job number should be ”1“. If not, close all jobs and start again.
Chapter 5 - Other Features 153 has been lost, you have simply added another job on top of your existing job. Now that we have Simple Job in front of us, go to the File Menu and then to the New job option. Again the screen then should appear to have replaced your job with a new job. Nothing has been lost, you have simply added another job on top of your existing jobs. The new job’s title bar will have the title NoName3.job.
Vision Software User's Guide Click on the OK button and a picture of your layout will appear on the screen. You will notice that there will be a yellow vertical line in the center of your plate as seen below.
Chapter 5 - Other Features 155 You can drag this yellow line to the right or left to try to move it in between as many characters as you can. It is best if you do not move the line in the middle of a letter. When you click the Okay button, the following screen will appear.
Vision Software User's Guide This will show you how far to move your plate for each section that Vision needed to break the larger job into. Take a pencil and put a mark on your material that is at the distance listed on your screen from the bottom left edge of your material. Put as many marks as there are section numbers. Now click on Okay. Vision will automatically turn the plate sideways for you.
Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 157 Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs Sample Job 1 In this sample job, we will create a nametag with 3 lines of text and a logo on it. This will be the basis for the rest of this sample, as we will expand upon it. Go into the Vision Program. Click on the File Menu and then New Job. You should now have a blank job on the screen. Click on the Plate Menu and then Autoplate. Enter in the values as in the picture below.
Vision Software User's Guide Note that you do not need to change the Text occupies section. This will be calculated by the Vision program when you enter in all three of the line height amounts. Click on the Okay button. The 3 lines of text have now been created. Next, we will add the logo to our layout. Click on the Plate Menu and then click on Autoplate. Change the number of lines to 4. You may get an autoplate message warning you that something is wrong.
Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 159 Click on the Okay button. Our layout is now created. For line 1 type ”John Smith“and press Enter. For line 2 type ”President“ and press Enter. For line 3 type ”Computer Repairs, Inc.“ and press Enter. Note that you do not need to type the ”. This is only there to show you which text to type in. The fourth line of text should now be highlighted. Go to the Text Menu and click on Logo Load. Scroll down and click on compduck.plt and Click OK.
Vision Software User's Guide Type in a capital letter A in the text area for line 4. Press the F8 key to get a graphical view of the layout that we just created. Click on the OK button to return to the layout screen. Now that we have the layout created, let’s modify some of the lines. Press the up arrow on the keyboard 3 times to move the cursor to the first line of text (John Smith). Now click on the word Gothic that is next to Font Style. Press the space bar one time.
Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 161 Next, press the Page Down button on your keyboard twice. You will notice that the cursor moved from the line John Smith to the line Computer Repairs, Inc. Click on the 0.00 next to Italicization and type in 20 and press Enter.
Vision Software User's Guide Press the F8 key to look at the layout we have created. Press the key on your keyboard to return to the main screen. Next we will save the job to the hard disk. Go to the File Menu and then click on Save Job. Type in SAMPLE1 under the filename. Also, type in This is Sample Job number 1 in the Comments field. You can add comments to any job as you save it.
Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 163 The job is now saved. Next we will set up a job involving multiple plates and merge a text file into the multiple job. This is a commonly used feature that allows you to create a matrix with many plates on it. If you can get a text file with the job information from your customer, you will not need to type the text in. The machine will even cut the plates out when it is done.
Vision Software User's Guide Go to the Options Menu and click on Multiples and enter the information that is shown in the picture below: This will set up a 4 plate matrix and add the lines to cut the plates out. Click on the Okay button. Press the F8 key and you will see that we have now created the multiple plate. Next, we will import a list of names into our job. Go to the Text Menu and then to Merge Text. Type in Sample1.txt in the filename area. Then change the Merge To Line to 2.
Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 165 Now press the F8 key. The matrix will now have four different names and titles. Sample Job 2 In this sample, we will create a plaque with an arced line of text and a border. In this job we will enter the text in before we create the layout. This is useful if you do not know the total number of lines that the job will have when you start it. Go to the File Menu and then to New Job. Click on the word Gothic that is next to Font Style and press the space bar one time.
Vision Software User's Guide Go to the Plate Menu and click on Autoplate. Type in the information as shown in the picture below. There are actually more lines on the plate than can be shown on the picture above, so below is the information for lines 8 through 10.
Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs 167 Click on the Okay button. Make sure that the line that is highlighted is the first line. If it isn’t, press the up arrow key until the highlighted line is on Presented to. Goto the Line Menu and then to Easy Arc. Enter the following numbers in.
Vision Software User's Guide Click on Okay. We have just arced the first line of our plate. Press the F8 key to look at the layout so far. When done, click on Okay. Next we will add a border to our plate. Go to the Plate Menu and then to Borders. Enter the following information in. Click on Okay. We have just added a border to our plate. Press the F8 key to look at our layout. When done, click on Okay. Finally, let’s save this job for future reference. Go to the File Menu and then to Save Job.
Chapter 6 - Creating Sample Jobs The job is now saved.
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Appendix A: Hot Keys 171 Appendix A: Hot Keys The following is a list of all of the keyboard functions and hot keys for the Vision Program: While a job is open and you are in the main screen. [TAB] Moves to the next entry area. [SHIFT]+[TAB] Moves to the previous entry area. [BACKSPACE] Removes the next character or number to the left. [DELETE] Removes the character or number at the current cursor position. [ENTER] Accepts the field and moves to the next position.
Vision Software User's Guide [PAGE UP] Moves to the previous line’s information. [PAGE DOWN] Move to next line’s information. [SHIFT]+[PAGE UP] Moves to the previous plate, only when multiple plates or batches are present. [SHIFT]+[PAGE DOWN] Moves to the next plate, only when multiple plates or batches are present. VISION special keys [FUNCTION KEY 1] F1 On Line Help [FUNCTION KEY 2] F2 Edit By Centers screen. [FUNCTION KEY 4] F4 Manual Entry screen.
Appendix A: Hot Keys 173 Within the text entry area, the following commands are available. [ARROW LEFT] Moves to the next character left. [ARROW RIGHT] Moves to the next character right. [ARROW UP] Moves to the previous text line. [ARROW DOWN] Moves to next text line. [SHIFT]+[ARROW LEFT] Moves to the character after the previous subline marker. [SHIFT]+[ARROW RIGHT Moves to the character after the next subline marker. [HOME] Sends the cursor to the first character of the line.
Vision Software User's Guide [<] This will subtract one quarter of a space between the characters in the text area of the main screen. VISION Serial Controller Hot keys Series I Controller F1 This will re-engrave the entire job that was previously engraved. Series II Controller B1 This will re-engrave the entire job that was previously engraved. B2 This will backup 1 character for each time you press this button. B3 This will backup 1 line for each time you press this button.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting 175 Appendix B: Troubleshooting Problem 1: When you try to engrave the job and it shows you an error like the following: Solution: The software protection is not being recognized by the Vision Program. If you have a Vision software chip in the Vision Serial Controller, please see the following: 1) Make sure that the Vision Serial Controller is turned on and functioning properly. (You can press the jog keys and if the table moves, then the controller is functioning properly).
Vision Software User's Guide 3) Is there a dongle chip installed in the Vision Serial Controller? To check this, take the cover of the serial controller off. Turn the controller on and look at the back, right side of the main board inside the controller. If the chip is installed, you will see a flashing red light on the main board labeled LD13. If this is not flashing, then there is either no chip in socket IC10, a pin is bent on the dongle chip or the dongle chip is bad.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting 177 Solution: The engraver is probably connected to the wrong serial port. Close all jobs, go to the System Menu and then to Devices. Click on the machine type that you have under the Avail Drivers. You will see a screen like the one below. Change the Serial port number to a different port. Generally, the engraver will be hooked up to either port 1 or 2. Once you change the serial port number, click on Okay.
Vision Software User's Guide engraver at the back of your computer. Turn the system back on and see if the mouse works. If it does, go into Vision and see if the status line now reads “Waiting”. Problem 4: You send the job to the controller but the start light on the Vision Serial Controller doesn’t turn green. Solution: 1. Check the cable that runs from your computer to the Vision Serial Controller. Unplug both ends and plug back in. 2. Make sure that the controller is in the proper mode.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting 179 Change the Serial port number to a different port. Generally the engraver will be hooked up to either port 1 or 2. Once you change the Serial port number, click on Okay. You will now need to exit from Vision and go back into the program for the changes to take effect. If the status line now says “Offline”, then plug the cable back into the controller and see if the status line changes to “Waiting”. If it does, then the problem should be fixed.
Vision Software User's Guide Click on OK twice and then re start Vision.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting 181 This problem normally occurs if you install Vision into a directory other than the default directory (c:\viswin). This would have been done when you installed Vision. It can easily be corrected by doing the following. Solution: The Vision fonts are not in the correct place or the Vision Program looks for them in the wrong place. Go to the Windows Start Menu and click on Programs. Then click on Vision Engraving Software and click on Edit Vision Defaults.
Vision Software User's Guide You will need to change the default font directory to match the directory where your Vision fonts are installed. Once you change this, go to the File menu and save. Problem 7: You try to engrave a plate with a border or cut out lines and it does not engrave the outside edge. Solution: From the Execute layout screen, make sure that you have selected the “Ignore Clips” field. Problem 8: You have loaded a logo, but it does not engrave anything where the logo should be.
Appendix C: Error Messages 183 Appendix C: Error Messages The following is a list of the known Vision error messages. # Error Message Probable Cause 2 File not found Invalid name entered in load screens 3 Path not found Invalid path entered in load screens 5 File access denied A network file is in use 100 Disk read error Floppy disk is removed 101 Disk write error Floppy disk is removed 106 Invalid numeric format Cipher.sys or driver file (.
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Index 185 Index A E About the Manual.................... 7 About Vision ....................... 143 Autoplate............................... 93 Each Word............................. 78 Easy Arc ................................ 85 Edit By Centers ..................... 90 Email Technical Support ..... 141 Engrave ................................. 57 Error Messages.................... 183 Estimates ............................. 119 Exit ........................................ 63 Explorer................
Vision Software User's Guide International Characters....... 129 Intro Screen ........................... 32 Repeats ................................ 105 Rotation ......................... 87, 101 L S License Agreement ................ 10 Load Job ................................ 47 Load Logo ............................. 67 Sample Job 1 ....................... 157 Sample Job 2 ....................... 165 Save Device Change............ 136 Save Job................................. 49 Serialize...
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