Release Package: PresencePLUS Vision Sensors

www.BannerEngineering.com/Vision

Release
2009R1C

PresencePLUS Vision Sensors Release Notes

Release 2009R1C


[ Release Contents | What's New | System Requirements | CD Menu | PC Software Installation | Updating Firmware | Viewing Manuals | Trouble Shooting | Contact Info ]


Release Contents


Media Type

Media Description

Version

PC Software

PresencePLUS PC User Interface

3.4.3

PresencePLUS Firmware Updater

2.4.2

Modbus / TCP Utility

2.1.0

Image Export Utility

2.1.2

Inspection Download Utility

2.0.0

Sensor Firmware

PresencePLUS Pro

2.1.2

PresencePLUS Pro XINSP

2.1.2

PresencePLUS ProII

2.4.2

PresencePLUS ProII 1.3

2.4.2

PresencePLUS ProII Color

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 Area

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 Area 1.3

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 BCR

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 BCR 1.3

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 Edge

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 Edge 1.3

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 GEO

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 GEO 1.3

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 OMNI

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 OMNI 1.3

2.4.2

PresencePLUS P4 Color OMNI

2.4.2

Documentation

PresencePLUS Help System

2009R1

PresencePLUS Manuals

2009R1


2009R1C - What's New In This Release


Corrected Issues

Description

Inspection Loading

GUI connected to a P4 BCR or P4 BCR 1.3 sensor was unable to load existing inspections that contain barcode tools.


2009R1B - What's New In This Release


New Products

Description

ProII Mini Head Cameras

PPROMCAM MINI Presence PLUS Pro II Camera w/M12 Threaded Connector (Resolution: 752x480)

PPROMCAMC MINI Presence PLUS PRO II Color Camera w/M12 Threaded Connector (Resolution: 752x480)

PPROCAM1.3 MINI Presence PLUS PRO II 1.3 MegaPixel Camera w/M12 Threaded Connector (Resolution: 1280x1024)

Minor Features

Flexible Inspection Loading

Inspections created on one type of sensor can be loaded into any sensor that supports the tools within the inspection. Users should review inspections on target sensor to verify and correct any automated adjustments made to the FOV, ROI(s), I/O settings and delay values to ensure the inspection will run as required.

Remote Command Channel

The Kawasaki robot integration guide and sample AS language program have been added to the help system

Corrected Issues

Object Tool

Minimum Object Width with units applied would reset to 1 when a decimal value less than 1 was entered and focus shifted to another control.

Remote Command Channel

The 'get coordtool' command was missing the positive command acknowledgement

Internationalization

A intermittent PC software crash (typically displayed as TCL script error) could occur when using the Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplfied or Japanese language packs.


2009R1A - What's New In This Release


New Products

Description

Sealed P4 COLOR OMNI

Sealed ruggedized (IP68) version of the right angle P4 Color OMNI for use in harsh environments where sensors might be exposed to moisture, washdown, etc.

Sealed P4 OMNI 1.3

Sealed ruggedized (IP68) version of the right angle P4 OMNI 1.3 for use in harsh environments where sensors might be exposed to moisture, washdown, etc.

Corrected Issues

Coordinate Tool

When running an inspection that contains a coordinate tool with the PresencePLUS program being used to monitor the running inspection, the program might become slow or unresponsive.

Vertical Lines

Vertical lines might appear on high resolution (1280x1024) sensors after booting up a sensor in dark or near dark conditions.

Blob Tools & Units

A application error is received when units are changed immediately after deleting a Blob Find Tool, Blob Tool or Color Blob Tool.

Edge Tool

Copying a Edge Tool with a circular arc ROI will result in the ROI being a circle.

Test Tool

Test Tool using Object Tool's object width does not fail when Object Tool fails to find any objects

Communications

Added two new columns to PresencePLUS Sensor Neighborhood to display default gateway and subnet mask.

Internationalization

Message box text when displaying in Japanese sometimes wraps and/or clips text.


2009R1 - What's New In This Release


New Products

Description

Sealed P4 OMNI

Sealed ruggedized (IP68) version of the right angle P4 OMNI for use in harsh environments where sensors might be exposed to moisture, washdown, etc.

Major Features

Remote Command Channel (RCC)

A simple ASCII-based interface that allows remote control of any P4 and ProII vision sensors using serial and Ethernet connections. Commands supported by RCC allow users to trigger the sensor, perform product changes, query sensor status and examine inspection output.

BlobFind Tool

A locational tool used to position other vision tools in reference to specific blob. Supported on all P4 OMNI and ProII sensors.

Coordinate Tool

The Coordinate tool takes coordinate values from different vision tools or constants and combines then into a single point represented by and X,Y coordinate and a rotational value along the z-axis. Supported on all P4 OMNI and ProII sensors.

Blob Tool

Added filtering and sorting based on statistics

Color Blob Tool

Added filtering and sorting based on statistics

OCR/OCV

Expanded character boxing options

Minor Features

Communications Tool

Added hexadecimal escape characters to start and end strings

Communications Tool

Ethernet port numbers are now user selectable

Pattern Count Tool

Added angle and percent match to results tree

Internationalization

Language updates for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Italian, German

NTSC

Maximum tool name display increased from 11 to 16 characters

Image Export Utility

Added new properties (IP Address, TCP Port, Connect) to support platforms which do not support methods

Corrected Issues

Geo Tool

Non-symmetric rotation angles were searching opposite of the values entered

Tools Configuration

Licenseable tools indicate help improperly

Bar Code Tool

Default timeout value increased to 10 seconds.

Recorder

Windows 2000 PC's would erroneously indicate no space to record files

Test Tool

Tool does not fail if incoming Measure Tool fails

Test Tool

Multiple test tools could specify the same output pin causing unknown I/O state of that pin

Edge Tool

When using edge strength, improper number of edges displayed until clicking on graph

Firmware Updater

Added DEMO support for latest versions of sensor hardware

OCR/OCV Tool

Displaying flipped ROI's during ROI moves is now disabled during the ROI movement

OCR/OCV Tool

In some instances the minimum space between characters was using 2 pixels instead of 1

Save Inspection Dialog

Dialog edit field for filename was not handling overstriking in certain instances

Setup

WhiteBalance button was enabled without ROI first being drawn


2008R2 - What's New In This Release


Major Features

Description

Help System

Press 'F1' at any location in the PresencePLUS user interace for context sensitive help

Help System

Directly viewable help system installed directly on CD for immediate viewing without the need to install the entire application

Pattern Find Tool
Pattern Count Tool

Now available on all variants of the P4 OMNI Sensors running this release (or later).

Bead Tool

The new Bead Tool with runtime annotation is now available on all P4 OMNI and ProII sensor variants running this release (or later).

Barcode Tool

Added PDF-417 Barcode decoding support to all sensors licensed to run the Barcode tool and all P4 BCR and P4 BCR 1.3 sensors with dedicated Barcode tools installed.

Playback & Record

Playback and Record are now supported on all color sensors

Minor Features

Ethernet ID

Now supports multiple string regions

Industrial Protocols

User selectable string byte reading order

Sensor Neighborhood

listings now sortable in PresencePLUS PC Software and the Firmware Updater

Corrected Issues

Internationalization

Users logged into PC with international characters in the username caused errors during inspection loading

Remote Teach

Repeated Remote Teaches with Pattern Tools could cause system to become unresponsive.

Sensor Neighborhood

inability to detect large numbers of sensors or sensors spanning different subnets.

Recorder

Image recording (all sensors) would gradually slowdown after continious use

Recorder

Fast triggers during record intermittely caused system to hang

Recorder

Prompt to create new record folder prompting to create all intermediate folders

OCR/OCV Tools

Print Contrast set to Bright on Dark was not annotating properly in the Trainer Dialog

OCR/OCV Tools

Runtime results or previous trigger not cleared when tool fails on next trigger

OCR/OCV Tools

Fixed thresholding was not properly using the low and high threshold values

Image Export

Microsoft Vista users unable to conect to sensors


2008R1 - What's New In This Release


Major Features

Description

OCR Tool

Added the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool to decode character images into text (P4BCR, P4OMNI, ProII, and all variants)

OCV Tool

Added the OCV (Optical Character Verification) tool to verify character images decode to predefined text values (P4BCR, P4OMNI, ProII, and all variants)

String Tool

Added the String Tool to support string compares between OCR and BCR tools (P4BCR, P4OMNI, ProII, and all variants)

Color Blob Tool

Added Color Blob Tool to specify blobs based on selected colors an enhanced feature allows the color range to be specified (All Color Sensors)

Average Color Tool

Added Average Color Tool to decode the average of the color pixels within the ROI into RGB or HSI space (All Color Sensors)

Configurable GUI

Added Configurable GUI support to allow customization of supported tools on a sensor by hide tools and their enhanced features

Tools Page

Tools are now distributed into three groups (separate tabs), Locational, Vision and Analysis

Logging

User can save all inspection log files with one click

Minor Features

Color Match Tool

Updated to illustrate colors on Color Wheel.

Blob Tools

Largest blob is now selected as default for grayscale and color Blob Tools.

Barcode Tool

Enhanced the Postnet decoder's read-rate and grades

Barcode Tool

Added the ability to use a timeout value.

Locational Tools

Support added to force a locational tool to absolute versus relative

Measure Tool

Support added to measure distance from the Reference Point of locational tool

Color Blob Tool

Now allows the acceptable range of color probe to be defined (HSI space)

Corrected Issues

Communications Tool

Spaces were erroneously being output when writing Math tool's output data

PLC Registers

Frame Number was not updating in the selected PLC register

Test Tool

Object Tool in Test tool where "All Bright" in test tool with min = 0 and max == 10, would erroneously fail if no objects were found

Math Tool

Erroneously reporting two barcodes found when a barcode was NOT in reference image

Edge Tool

GUI crashing when copying an Edge tool (2007R2_BETA_4 release only)

Math Tool

With Blob Tool as input, in units other than pixels, was producing incorrect results during run-time.

Test Tool

Was testing both Smallest and Largest Blobs when Compute Statistics enabled and ONLY Smallest Blob was selected in Test Tool.

Edge Tool

When using maximum FOV, ROI annotations during run-time were incorrectly drawn.

Pattern Tool

Pattern ROI could not be rotated 360 degrees in the GUI

Measure Tool

Not failing if one of its input tools failed, tools should fail if any of their input tools fail

Blob Tool

Annotations were not drawn when GUI was connected to older sensors

Test Tool

If Barcode tool used as Input 2,3 or 4 in Test Tool, barcode type would not get updated in Test Tool if changed in Barcode Tool

Misc

Incorrect IP address was displayed if connection to a sensor failed

Firmware Updater

Not failing if there was not enough flash available, should indicate error to user instead of attemping operation

Blob Tool

Changing circular ROI in existing Blob Tool caused errors within GUI

Blob Tool

'Minimum Radius Position' parameter was missing in results if compute statistics selected in Blob Tools

Color Match Tool

PresencePLUS PC software generated error code 1001 when using Color Match Tool when connected to older firmware versions

Misc

Zoom button would intermittently not change state when user clicks outside of the image area.


2007R1C - What's New In This Release


Corrected Issues

Description

1.3MP Sensors

Vertical black bars might appear in captured images.

1.3MP Sensors

Sensor might stop responding while performing rapid product changes with fast asynchronous triggers.


2007R1B - What's New In This Release


Corrected Issues

Description

Product Change

Intermittent issue causing Product Change not to occur (all sensors)

Product Change

Software product change (from Industrial Protocols) does not occur when Product Select is in software Override mode.

NTSC

Enabling NTSC Annotation would intermittently cause sensor to stop responding.


2007R1A - What's New In This Release


Corrected Issues

Description

Test Tool

Not supporting the ability for user to test Blob Tool with 0 blobs in reference image.

Setup

Gain and Exposure values would get out of sync with Reference Image when discarding new image settings.

Edge Tool
Object Tool

Memory leak in Edge and Object tools if circular or elliptical ROI goes out of FOV.

Math Tool

Not retainint its input tool name if the input tool name is a substring of other tools

Run Mode

Drawing of rotated ROIs in RUN mode is incorrect.

Product Change

If software product change is performed then hardware product change stops responding

Firmware Updater

Backup of Pro sensors failing for versions older than 1.2.2.

Firmware Updater

Unable to restore firmware that was backed up from another sensor.


2007R1 - What's New In This Release


Major Features

Description

Blob Tool

Added histogram output, major/minor axes and other statistics, ability to discard boundary blobs and fills holes.

Edge Tool
Object Tool

Elliptical and Circular arcs now supported

Field Of View (FOV)

User can now modify the height and width of field of view (can only adjust height in Pro sensors).

Barcode Tool

Added UPC-E, POSTNET, reduced Quietzone for Linear barcodes, and improvements to Linear code read rates

Barcode Tool

Added support for FNC1, Macro 05 and Macro 06.

Firmware Updater

Backup & Restore added for all sensors (provides the ability to "clone" a sensor).

Minor Features

Math Tool

Square Root function added

Barcode Tool

Added an ability to enable/disable grades in Barcode Tool.

Geo Tool

Added timeout

NTSC

Now displays inspection number and barcode data. When inspection fails, displays name of first tool that failed.

NTSC

Option to not display any information on the image

Industrial Protocols

Support software generated Remote Teach with hardware generated Trigger

Industrial Protocols

Support software generated Product Change with sensor in hardware or software override product select modes.

Corrected Issues

Pattern Find Tool
Pattern Count Tool

Tools occasionally run very slowly

Geo Tool

Displayed incorrectly after product change

Math Tool

Fails in non-English languages

Quick Teach

Locks up PC Software when inspection includes a Pattern Tool

Test Tool

Output of all Test Tools on EIP/Modbus (Communications Tool) is zero if test tool fails

Load Inspection

Loading inspection from host sensor using PC Software would reset Gain and Exposure values.

Object Tool

Maximum width was set at 800 pixels

Product Change
Remote Teach

Product change \ Remote Teach input active state was incorrect

Load Inspection

Grayscale inspections were allowed to be loaded into color sensors.

Color Match Tool

Failing during setup if preceded by a Pattern Find or Pattern Count tool

Barcode Tool

Checksum verify option was erroneously disabled within GUI


2006R6C - What's New In This Release


Corrected Issues

Description

Geo Tool

Memory leak when sensor connected to PresencePLUS PC Software in logging mode.

Quick Teach

Failing with Pattern Tool in inspection


2006R6B - What's New In This Release


Corrected Issues

Description

Load Inspection

Allowing grayscale inspections to be loaded on color cameras.

Color Match

Fails during setup if preceded by a Pattern Find or Pattern Count tool

Pattern Find Tool
Pattern Count Tool

Tools sometimes work incorrectly on color cameras.

Pattern Find Tool
Pattern Count Tool

Tools occasionally run very slowly.


2006R6A - What's New In This Release


Corrected Issues

Description

Misc

Gain and Exposure values are reset during modification of existing inspections

Internationalization

Some text strings displayed in non-English languages were incorrect


System Requirements




CD Menu Program


Automatic Loading:


Manual Loading:
If the CD Menu Program does not autorun when the CD is inserted (or the media equalivalent is unpacked) the following steps can be used to manually start the CD Menu Program.

  1. Click the Windows 'Start' button on the Windows Task Bar

  2. Click the 'Run' menu option

  3. Click the 'Browse' button on the 'Run' Dialog

  4. Navigate to the drive or path where the PresencePLUS Vision media is located (this should be in the root of the drive or directory where the media is located)

  5. Select the 'CDMenuPro.exe' program from the list

  6. Click the 'Open' button

  7. The 'Run' Dialog "Open:" path will now be updated with the selection from the previous ste.

  8. Click 'OK' on the 'Run' Dialog

  9. The CD Menu Program will open

  10. To verify the proper media was selected, examine the Title Bar of the CD Menu Program which indicates which indicates the media version.



Installing PresencePLUS PC Software

NOTE:

Are you currently running an older version of the PresencePLUS Pro PC Software (version 1.2.0, 1.2.1 or 1.2.2)?
If so, please follow these instructions first before continuing with the steps below.

NOTE:

Administrative rights are required when running PresencePLUS PC software installations on Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista



  1. Close all running PresencePLUS applications

  2. Insert the CD into the drive or unpack this media

  3. The CD Menu Program will automatically load (if menu program fails to load see Manual Loading of CD Menu)

  4. Locate the 'Installs' Section

  5. Click the 'PresencePLUS PC Software' menu option

  6. The PresencePLUS PC Software installation program will launch

  7. Follow the instructions given by the installation program.


Updating PresencePLUS Sensor Firmware

WARNING:

During the firmware update process it is important to leave the device powered up and connected to the communication port throughout the update in order to prevent the loss or damage or critical files, inspection file and user configuration settings.



  1. Close all running PresencePLUS applications

  2. Insert the CD into the drive or unpack this media

  3. The CD Menu Program will automatically load (if menu program fails to load see Manual Loading of CD Menu)

  4. Locate the 'Installs' Section

  5. Click the 'PresencePLUS Update Firmware' menu option

  6. The PresencePLUS Firmware Updater application will open

  7. Click on the 'Firmware Updater' tab

  8. Select a sensor from the list or manually entering it's IP Address

  9. Click the 'Connect' button

  10. Wait for the application to connect to the sensor (takes several seconds)

  11. When completed the 'Target Firmware' field will be filled in with all possible software installation options for the selected sensor

  12. Select the appropriate 'Target Firmware' option (if more than one option is available)

  13. Select 'Update Options' as needed

  14. Click the 'Update' button

  15. The firmware update process may take several minutes

  16. When completed the 'Select Sensor" list will update showing your newly update sensor in the list


View PresencePLUS System Manuals



  1. Insert the CD into the drive or unpack this media

  2. The CD Menu Program will automatically load (if menu program fails to load see Manual Loading of CD Menu)

  3. Locate the 'User Information' Section

  4. Click the 'Manuals and Help' menu option

  5. The menu options list will update to display all available manuals

  6. Select desired manual from the list

  7. Document viewer will open and display selected manual


PresencePLUS ImageExport Utility

NOTE:

Administrative rights are required when running PresencePLUS PC software installations on Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista



  1. Introduction
    The Image Export utility is an ActiveX control and sample application to be used in conjunction with the Image Export feature of PresencePlus Vision Sensors. This feature allows inspection images from the sensor to be sent over TCP/IP to an application program. These images can then be displayed or saved to disk for archival purposes.The ActiveX control provided in this utility simplifies the creation of such application programs. The sample application is a working example of the use of the ActiveX control. This feature requires PresencePlus Software Release 2006R3 (or later).

  2. Installation
    The ImageExport Utility is installed from the PresencePLUS installation media via the CD Menu Program. The utility includes:

  3. Guidelines
    For best performance when trying to communicate with multiple sensors at the same time please follow the guidelines below:


PresencePLUS Downloadable Inspections Utility

NOTE:

Administrative rights are required when running PresencePLUS PC software installations on Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista



  1. Introduction
    The Downloadable Inspections utility is a software module to be used in conjunction with the Downloadable Inspections feature of PresencePlus Vision Sensors. This feature allows you to retrieve information about the sensor, start a new inspection, upload an inspection to the sensor, and download an inspection from the sensor. The software module provided in this utility simplifies the creation of application programs using this feature. The sample application is a working example of the use of the classes and methods contained in the software module. This feature requires PresencePlus software 2006R3 or later.

  2. Installation
    The Downloadable Inspections Utility is installed from the PresencePLUS installation media via the CD Menu Program. The utility includes:


PresencePLUS Modbus / TCP Utility

NOTE:

Administrative rights are required when running PresencePLUS PC software installations on Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista



  1. Introduction
    The Modbus/TCP utility is an ActiveX control and sample application to be used in conjunction with the Modbus/TCP feature of PresencePlus Vision Sensors. This feature allows the sensor to be controlled over TCP/IP using the Modbus/TCP protocol. The ActiveX control provided in this utility simplifies the creation of application programs that control the sensor using Modbus/TCP. The sample application is a working example of the use of the ActiveX control. This feature requires PresencePlus software 2006R3 or later.

  2. Installation
    The Modbus/TCP Utility is installed from the PresencePLUS installation media via the CD Menu Program. The utility includes:


P+Pro Configuration Menu

NOTE:

If you use the serial port for PresencePLUS GUI software to camera communication, you must enable PPP on the camera following the firmware installation. This version of firmware disables PPP to allow the Communication Tool to use the serial channel. To re-enable PPP for the PC (Presence Plus GUI) to camera communication, within the P4 Configuration menu select 'p' to enter the PPP Serial State menu item and select to enable PPP.

NOTE:

When PPP is enabled, the Communication Tool will NOT be able to use the serial channel.


The P+Pro configuration menu may be entered during power up of the sensor. The P+Pro configuration menu supports the following parameters:

To access the P+Pro Configuration menu, perform the following steps

  1. Set up a serial communications termain program (eg HyperTerm) connection with the following properties:

  2. Connect serial port cable from PC port being used to the sensor

  3. Start the serial communications terminal program and ensure that communications on the specified port are enabled.

  4. Reboot the sensor (cycle power)

  5. Immediately after the power is restored, start pressing any key on the keyboard.

  6. Within 10 seconds you should see the [P+Pro Configuration] menu prompt

  7. The P+Pro configuration menu supports the following commands:

  8. When finished making changes type a '@' followed by the enter key to reboot


Troubleshooting Suggestions

NOTE:

Administrative rights are required when running PresencePLUS PC software installations on Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista



  1. CD Menu Program does not automatically open when the installation CD/DVD loaded into the drive.

  2. Unable to view the Help System files.

  3. Installation fails to complete

  4. DLL/OCX files fail to register during installation

  5. PresencePLUS PC program group and icons were not created

  6. Known field issues


Legacy Instructions (PresencePLUS Pro versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2)


These instructions below apply only to users running legacy versions of the PresencePLUS Pro PC Software (see versions listed above)

  1. First uninstall legacy PresencePLUS Pro PC software (see versions listed above).

  2. Install the new PresencePLUS Pro PC software included on this release

  3. If you have inspection files saved to local hard drive, and wish to use them with the new PresencePLUS Pro PC Software follow the instructions in step #4 below to move your inspection files to PresencePLUS directory.Otherwise skip the rest of the instructions.

  4. Instructions to move inspection files to the new PresencePLUS Pro PC Software locations
    (These instruction assume user has installed to the default directories):

    1. Run the PresencePLUS PC software..

    2. Using the PresencePLUS PC Software, perform the following steps to automatically create the required folders:

      • 1.) If the GUI opens in SETUP screen:
        2.) Click "Next" button
        3.) select "Create a new inspection" in popup dialog
        4.) Close the PresencePLUS PC program

      • If the GUI opens in RUN screen:
        1.) Click the "Stop" button 2.) Click the "Tool" button
        3.) Click the "Run" button
        4.) Close the PresencePLUS PC program

    3. Open Windows Explorer

    4. Browse to C:\Program Files\Banner Engineering\PresencePLUS Pro\Inspection directory

    5. Copy both Inspections and Reference Images sub directories
      (Select both directories then mouse right click on them and select "Copy")

    6. Browse to C:\Program Files\Banner Engineering\PresencePLUS\Inspection Folder\Pro directory

    7. Right click on this directory and select "Paste".

    8. Follow the instructions within the message boxes.


Contact Information for Banner Engineering Corp.

Address:

Banner Engineering Corp.
9714 10th Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55441

Technical Service:

1-888-3-SENSOR (1-888-373-6767)

Toll Free:

1-800-809-7043

Phone:

(763) 544-3164

Fax:

(763) 544-3213

Email:

sensors@bannerengineering.com

Website:

http://www.bannerengineering.com

Outside The
United States:

Click here (www.bannerengineering.com/contact-us) to find contact information for the Banner Engineering representative nearest you.



Media Package: PresencePLUS Vision Sensors

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