Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product P400 Panasonic
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P400MA and P400 Industrial Machine V ision Imagecheckers 08/2008.
2 P a n a s o n i c M a c h i n e V i s i o n s y s t e m s Overview Vision sensor LightPix AE20 Our newly developed vision sensors combine the ease of use of an conventional photoelectric sensor with the inspection possibilities of an entry-level vision system.
3 I m a g e c h e c k e r P 4 0 0 M A a n d P 4 0 0 Contents Overview....................................................................................................................................................................4/5 Hardware P400MA .
xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx 4 P400 The P400 is a PC-based, multi-purpose, high-end Machine Vision system. It is the ideal inspection tool if your application requires: High processing performance V arious inspe.
+ 5 Vision P400 Software (Page 10-13) P400 Hardware ( Page 6-9) P400 P400MA Extremely user-friendly. Multi-purpose for a wide range of industrial inspection applications. High performance and cost effective. Expandable in hard- and software. A reliable and flexible partner: P400MA and P400 are complete PC-based vision systems.
6 I m a g e c h e c k e r P 4 0 0 M A Hardware P400MA A reliable and compact system The system’s hardware and software are delivered fully configured, which saves you time setting up your system. Standardized hardware and several protective features ensure safe and reliable operation for many years – even in a harsh industrial environment.
7 Flashlight control Four cameras 2 x RS232 2 x Ethernet 32 digital in/outputs, (optional Profibus, CANopen, DeviceNet, Interbus, …) Firewire IEE1394 4 x USB 2.
8 Expandable The system can be upgraded with up to two additional camera boards, which will be detected automatically by the software. P400 comes equipped with standard interfaces such as RS 232, USB, Ethernet and even a digital I/O card. Futhermore, several unoccupied PCI slots offer added flexibility for your future needs.
9 Multi-camera processing The P400 is able to operate with up to 12 cameras in serial input mode or 6 cameras while capturing images in parallel. Users may select from different CCD-matrix camera types, from basic types to mega- pixel types.
10 Menu bar Here all basic settings can be made, e.g. opening and saving an application, selecting the frame grabber , specifying a password, processing a spreadsheet, etc. Spreadsheet The spreadsheet is a special dialog box for displaying and optimizing the individual parameters and results.
1 1 Checker dialog box This is where limit values are defined, results retrieved, or even filter settings made. Each checker has its own dialog box and thus can be adjusted individually to the application. Horizontal toolbar Includes various icons, e.
12 Highlights: Fast and easy visual setup Large amount of ready-to-use inspection tools for almost any application Customizable T wo systems – one software Although P400MA and P400 are different with respect to hardware features, their “intelligence” – the Vision P400 software – is the same.
13 Communication In addition to the standard hardware ports (serial interface, parallel I/Os), Vision P400 supports two software interfaces – named pipe and OLE automation (ActiveX®). They enable Vision P400 to communicate with other Windows application or to realize customized user interfaces for your application.
14 I m a g e c h e c k e r P 4 0 0 M A a n d P 4 0 0 Inspection functions Object identification and position detection made easy Inspection and verification of characters, codes and prints OCR/OCV A powerful tool to read and verify characters, strings and symbols.
15 I m a g e c h e c k e r P 4 0 0 M A a n d P 4 0 0 Inspection functions Scaling permissible No matter if the parts vary in size or change their shape slightly , the Contour Matching Checker will find them reliably . T olerances can be set from 50% to 200%.
Checker Applications Example Window Checker Presence check Sorting Area measurement Surface inspection Parts recognition All rolls present? Binary Edge Detection Fast measurement o.
17 I m a g e c h e c k e r P 4 0 0 M A a n d P 4 0 0 Customization Receive images from Vision P400 These images can contain individual graphical elements such as markers or indicators. Receive inspection results from Vision P400 Inspection results can simply be displayed or used for further calculation, e.
P400 controller Part no. ANPC442VxCED Processor , RAM Slot CPU with Intel Pentium processor , min. 512MB Cameras Max. 12 CCD cameras/serial image grabbing Max. 6 CCD cameras/parallel image grabbing Drives Removable hard-disk 20GB or more 3.5" floppy drive, 1.
V ision sensor AE20 and 2D code reader PD60/65 Our Vision Sensor LightPix combines the ease of use of a conventional photoelectric sensor with the inspection possibilities of an entry-level Machine Vision system. PD60/65 is specialized on reading 2- dimensional codes such as Datamatrix ECC200 code and QR-code.
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