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2011R1B

PresencePLUS Vision Sensors Release Notes

Release 2011R1B

Release Contents

Media Type	Media Description	Version
PC Software	PresencePLUS PC User Interface	3.7.2
	PresencePLUS Firmware Updater	2.7.1
Sensor Firmware	PresencePLUS Pro	2.1.2
	PresencePLUS Pro XINSP	2.1.2
	PresencePLUS ProII	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS ProII 1.3	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS ProII Color	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 Area	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 Area 1.3	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 BCR	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 BCR 1.3	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 Edge	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 Edge 1.3	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 GEO	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 GEO 1.3	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 OMNI	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 OMNI 1.3	2.7.1
	PresencePLUS P4 Color OMNI	2.7.1
Documentation	PresencePLUS Help System	2011R1
	PresencePLUS Manuals	2011R1

2011R1B - What's New In This Release

Corrected Issues	Description
PresencePLUS PC Software	ROI in Run mode did not follow preceding locational tool offset. No firmware changes.

2011R1A - What's New In This Release

Corrected Issues	Description
Sensor Name Change	Changing sensor name caused the Industrial Protocols to become unresponsive.
Ethernet/IP	Starting and stopping inspections caused Ethernet/IP I/O message timeouts.
Ethernet/IP	Editing inspections caused Ethernet/IP I/O message timeouts.

2011R1 - What's New In This Release

Major Features	Description
PresencePLUS PC Software	PresencePLUS PC Software is now supported under Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit).
Favorites Folder	Connection "History" button has been replaced with the Sensor Favorites Folder. Sensor Favorites Folder remembers which sensors the user was connected to, and allows user to organize these connections in different subfolders.
Trigger-Gated Outputs	General Output, Pass, Fail, Sys Error, and Missed Trigger outputs can now be gated by the Trigger signal such that they are active only when the Trigger signal is active.
Manual Trigger	"Trigger" button has been added to the PC GUI Run page. It is now possible to issue a trigger directly from the GUI, and control the gating trigger when trigger-gated outputs are enabled.
Online Status Bit	The "Online Status" Bit 3 (Coil 4) has been added to the "Output Flags" register in the Industrial Protocols. The value of this bit is '0' in setup mode, while editing inspections, when inspections are stopped and after product changes to invalid locations. The value of this bit is set to '1' when in run mode (an inspection is loaded and the sensor is ready to process triggers). The value of this bit remains at '1' during successfully product changes. This bit mirrors the signal value of the "Online Status" hardware output.
Test Tool	Test Tool can now be configured for either Standard or Enhanced Mode. The Standard Mode provides a simplified view of the Test Tool page for the Bead Tool. Enhanced Mode shows all the Bead Tool testable outputs.
RCC	Command set has been expanded to support gating trigger. It is now possible to release the gating trigger and to query whether it is active.
Industrial Protocols	Trigger Coil in Industrial Protocols can now control trigger-gated outputs if they are enabled. Trigger-gated outputs will remain active while the Trigger Coil remains set, and will become inactive when the Coil is reset.
String Tool	New String Tool operations have been added: Select ADC Data Identifier from the Input String Remove a user-specified number of characters from the begining or from the end of the Input String Keep a user-specified number of characters at the begining or at the end of the Input String, and discard the rest Append two strings together Substitute non-printable (control) characters with user-specified characters Remove all occurences of the specified substring from the Input String
String Tool	String Tool can receive input from another String Tool
String Tool	String Tool can output the Output String and Output String Length to other tools
Math Tool	Math Tool can receive Output String Length as input from the String Tool
Comm Tool	Comm Tool can output String Tool Output String and Output String Length
Comm Tool	Comm Tool can filter output based on the results of the String Tool
Barcode Tool	Decode rates for barcodes on color sensors have been improved

Corrected Issues	Description
Product Change	Camera could occasionally stop responding to product changes after the GUI has been disconnected, and a large number of product changes have been issued.
Ethernet/IP	Product change on high resolution cameras running large number of Pattern and Geo Count tools could cause intermittent Ethernet/IP connection timeouts.
Ethernet/IP	Multicast addresses were not generated correctly.
Ethernet/IP	During product changes, the camera would occasionaly stop responding to Ethernet/IP Class 1 messages for up to 900 milliseconds, causing a 16#0203 I/O fault in the PLC communications module.
Industrial Protocols	Iteration count and pass/fail flags reported through Industrial Protocols were occasionally mismatched
Units	Not enough precision was allowed in the conversion factor inputs
RCC	RCC did not clear Missed Trigger Count
GUI	GUI did not verify gateway address consistency
	GUI was not able to load reference image bitmap that had upper-case letters in the file extension
OCR/OCV Tool	OCR/OCV Tool limited box pixel area
	OCR/OCV Tool used only low contrast thresholding at runtime
Math Tool	Math Tool using a Constant for the operand of the Diff, Mod or Div operations reported None for the output in the GUI
Blob Tool	Blob Tool Largest Blob Max Radius Position.y was overwritten by Largest Blob Min Radius Position.y in Analysis Tools
Bead Tool	Bead Tool Min/Max Width had a step of 1 unit instead of 1 pixel when units were used
Firmware Error 1001	Specifying the startup inspection on the System Setup dialog's "Startup Inspection" tab did not always persist the selection to the sensor causing firmware error # 1001 on power up or software reset.
Player / Recorder	In certain instances when the PresencePLUS application is closed or terminated while recording images from the sensor, the sensor may stop responding and/or running inspections.
Firmware Restore	Premium tool licenses may be lost during Firmware Updater Restore operations if the backup file was taken from another sensor.

2010R1C - What's New In This Release

Corrected Issues	Description
Product Change	Frequent product changes with inspections containing a test tool caused system to become unresponsive.

2010R1B - What's New In This Release

Corrected Issues	Description
Flash Memory	Flash memory timing was slightly modified on new flash parts, resulting in occasional bootup issues.

2010R1A - What's New In This Release

Corrected Issues	Description
Test Tool	Test Tool with input of Blob or Bead tool caused GUI to crash when user changes some of the min/max values.

2010R1 - What's New In This Release

Major Features	Description
Line Detect	Determines length, end points, and other characteristics of a line segment.
Circle Detect	Determines radius, center point, and other characteristics of a circle or arc.

Minor Features
OCV Tool	OCV text now being displayed on NTSC monitor
Geo and Pattern Count Tools	Pattern Percent Match value is now available for evaluation in the Math Tool and for comparison in the Test Tool
Barcode Tool	Default barcode selection is changed from Any to Multiple to improve performance
	PDF-417 decoder now supports fast and robust options

Corrected Issues
Math Tool	Math Tool was failing in certain situations when accessing array based results
Comm Tool	The Blob Tool "Blob Count" was missing in Comm Tool's selection list
Barcode Tool	Grades became deselected in Test Tool after running the inspection when only Codabar was selected in Barcode Tool
Test Tool	Coordinate tool tab was not accepting fractional numbers
Measure Tool	Tool results were not updated when switching between Relative and Absolute options on the input tab
Average Gray Tool	Tool was reporting success if previous locator tool failed
Comm Tool	Blob Find "Rotation" and "Location Point" were not output when selected
Bead Tool	Intermittent crash in run mode with annotation enabled
Pattern Tool	Array results (pattern locations and rotations) were not available in the Math Tool
Sensor Neighborhood	Certain PC configurations running Windows Vista did not detect sensors on the network
Inspection Crossloading	Legacy PresencePLUS Pro inspections (versions 1.2.1 and older) were not being opened by the latest versions of the PresencePLUS user interface
Sensor Memory Error	Certain startup conditions (high resolution sensors with startup inspections and very fast trigger rates) would lead to a sensor memory error state
Firmware Updater	Backup operations resulting in corrupt backup files were not being stopped (now fixed). The Restore operation was revised to prevent restoring corrupt backup files.

2009R2B - What's New In This Release

Corrected Issues	Description
Product Change	Product change after inspection download into the same slot as the running inspection would not start the newly downloaded inspection.

2009R2A - What's New In This Release

Corrected Issues	Description
Large Inspections	Large inspections containing several Blob Tools (2009R1-2009R1C) would prevent inspection from starting.
Power-up 1st Image	The first image acquired after power-up was brighter than all subsequent images on P4 1.3 (1280x1024) sensors only.
Barcode Tool	Barcode Tool results not displayed when GUI version 2009R2 (3.5.0) is connected to sensors running 2009R1B (2.4.1) or 2009R1C (2.4.2) firmware.
Sensor Neighborhood	Intermittent instability on PCs with only one network card.

2009R2 - What's New In This Release

Major Features	Description
Barcode	Two new barcode decoders (Pharmacode & IMB) have been added. Multiple Linear barcodes can now be decoded.

Minor Features
RCC	Commands have been added to support Remote Teach; examine and modify Constant operands in String Tool and Math Tool; and examine and modify expected string in OCV Tool.
String Tool	Operand values are now displayed in the result tree.

Corrected Issues
Barcode	Barcode tools with relaxed linear quiet zone enabled no longer generate quiet zone errors.
Comm Tool	Setting the delimiter to 'None' reverted to 'Comma' when saving the inspection and then returing to the Comm Tool.
Object Tool	Minimum width was not working properly with units enabled.
MODBUS	String Region acknowledgements were being incorrectly withheld.

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 retaining 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

Operating System - Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista
PC Hardware - Pentium II Microprocessor (or higher)
Video: Minimum 1024x768 256 color, Recommended = 1280x1024 @ 65K colors (or better)
System Memory: Minimum 16MB for application
Hard Disk Space:

Typical installation: 100MB disk space free.
Compact installation: 80MB disk space free.

Communications: (1) Serial Port or Ethernet Connection (with TCP/IP enabled)
Web Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0 (or equivalent or higher)
Document Reader - Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 (or higher)

CD Menu Program

Automatic Loading:

Inserting the CD (or unpacking it's media equiavalent) automatically launches the CD Menu Program Window.
Select a menu item by clicking on it once with the mouse cursor
To go up a level click on the 'Back' button
The Menu Selection Window contains the following:

PresencePLUS PC Software Installer
PresencePLUS Sensor Firmware Update Application
PresencePLUS Utility Programs Installer
Listing of Sensor firmware versions included in this media release
Access to these Release Notes
Access to Manuals and Help
System Requirement Information
Communication Setup Instructions

To close the CD Menu Program either click the 'Exit' button or the System Close 'X' button in the upper right hand corner of the program

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.

Click the Windows 'Start' button on the Windows Task Bar
Click the 'Run' menu option
Click the 'Browse' button on the 'Run' Dialog
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)
Select the 'CDMenuPro.exe' program from the list
Click the 'Open' button
The 'Run' Dialog "Open:" path will now be updated with the selection from the previous ste.
Click 'OK' on the 'Run' Dialog
The CD Menu Program will open
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

Close all running PresencePLUS applications
Insert the CD into the drive or unpack this media
The CD Menu Program will automatically load (if menu program fails to load see Manual Loading of CD Menu)
Locate the 'Installs' Section
Click the 'PresencePLUS PC Software' menu option
The PresencePLUS PC Software installation program will launch
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.

Close all running PresencePLUS applications
Insert the CD into the drive or unpack this media
The CD Menu Program will automatically load (if menu program fails to load see Manual Loading of CD Menu)
Locate the 'Installs' Section
Click the 'PresencePLUS Update Firmware' menu option
The PresencePLUS Firmware Updater application will open
Click on the 'Firmware Updater' tab
Select a sensor from the list or manually entering it's IP Address
Click the 'Connect' button
Wait for the application to connect to the sensor (takes several seconds)
When completed the 'Target Firmware' field will be filled in with all possible software installation options for the selected sensor
Select the appropriate 'Target Firmware' option (if more than one option is available)
Select 'Update Options' as needed
Click the 'Update' button
The firmware update process may take several minutes
When completed the 'Select Sensor" list will update showing your newly update sensor in the list

View PresencePLUS System Manuals

Insert the CD into the drive or unpack this media
The CD Menu Program will automatically load (if menu program fails to load see Manual Loading of CD Menu)
Locate the 'User Information' Section
Click the 'Manuals and Help' menu option
The menu options list will update to display all available manuals
Select desired manual from the list
Document viewer will open and display selected manual

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:

Display the current sensor IP Address and Subnet Mask.
Modify the sensor's IP Address and/or Subnet Mask.
Display the sensor's MAC address.
Display the sensor's PPP Serial state.
Modify the sensor's PPP Serial state (i.e. enable/disable PPP).

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

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

COM Port = (Port on PC which is connected to Sensor)
Baud Rate = 115200
Data Bites = 8
Parity = NONE
Stop Bits = 1
Flow Control = NONE

Connect serial port cable from PC port being used to the sensor
Start the serial communications terminal program and ensure that communications on the specified port are enabled.
Reboot the sensor (cycle power)
Immediately after the power is restored, start pressing any key on the keyboard.
Within 10 seconds you should see the [P+Pro Configuration] menu prompt
The P+Pro configuration menu supports the following commands:

d - Display the current IP Address, Subnet Mask, MAC address, and PPP Serial state.
i - Change the current IP Address and Subnet Mask. The IP Address and Subnet Mask should be entered in dot notation. The default Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0
p - Change the current PPP Serial state. The PPP Serial state either enables the operation of the "PC Serial" (DB9) serial port to allow Dial-Up Networking (PPP) to establish communication with the camera, or disables this serial port for PPP. Note: If the serial port is enabled for PPP, then this port will NOT allow the Communication Tool to output data on this port.
@ - Boot the camera system.
? - Display this help information.
h - Display this help information.

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

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

If the CD/DVD does not auto-start there is a possibility that your operating system does not support the Auto Run feature or it has been disable.
To manually start the CD Menu installation program see Manual Loading of CD Menu

Unable to view the Help System files.

The Help System file format requires a web browser (Internet Explorer 5.0 or equivalent or higher) and requires
When opening help from the PresencePLUS PC Software, the Help System files must be installed (the Help System is automatically installed when the PresencePLUS PC Software is installed.

Installation fails to complete

PresencePLUS required DLL/OCX files are in use by another program. During installation process, the setup program checks these files and installs them if they were not previously there or versions were detected).
Close all running applications prior to installing PresencePLUS PC software to eliminate the possibility of another program using these same files

DLL/OCX files fail to register during installation

The PresencePLUS PC software requires several DLL/OCX files to be installed on your PC (copied and then registered)
If you received the error message " fail to register.....file " then there is a possibility that one (or more) of the system files required to register PresencePLUS PC Software DLL/OCX files is missing.

Load the PresencePLUS installation CD/DVD into your drive
Using Windows Explorer browse to "Diagnosis\DLLcheck" sub directory
Double click on file "depends.exe" to open dependency Walker utility
Click on 'File' menu
Select 'Open'
In the 'Look' in edit box, browse to the directory where the PresencePLUS PC software was installed (by default: C:\Program Files\Banner Enginneering\PresencePLUS)
Select the DLL file which fail to register during installation process
Click the 'Open' button.
Dependency Walker will run a check and inform you which required system files are missing.
Write down the name of missing files (usually displayed in yellow).
Contact Banner Technical Support or you companies IT services to have the missing files properly installed.

PresencePLUS PC program group and icons were not created

Administrative rights are required when installing the PresencePLUS PC Software on systems running Windows NT, 2000, XP or Vista

If possible, log in using a account with administrative rights and re-install the software.
If you do not have administrative rights on your computer, ask your administrator to log in on your PC and re-run the installation.

Installation requires reboot of PC to complete installation

When the installation program prompts you to reboot the PC, please do so
If the installation process is not fully completed the changes will not be in effect and programs icon may not show up.

Known field issues

Communication Issues

Internet Explorer "Work Offline" feature is checked under 'File\Work Offline' menu - Uncheck 'Work Off line' to solve this problem (FTP communication are blocked when 'Work Offline' is checked).
E-Mail screening in Antivirus program (such as PC-Cillin) or Network FireWall protection may block PresencePLUS PC Software from connecting to varfious IP addresses. You must reconfigure these program to accept all Camera IP addresses.
3C920 Intergrate LAN (built in motherboards).

This N.I.C card has slow performance. Update driver to version 4.24.xxx to solve the problem.
The update driver is located in \Lan3c920_driver on the installation CD.

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)

First uninstall legacy PresencePLUS Pro PC software (see versions listed above).
Install the new PresencePLUS Pro PC software included on this release
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.
Instructions to move inspection files to the new PresencePLUS Pro PC Software locations
(These instruction assume user has installed to the default directories):

Run the PresencePLUS PC software..
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

Open Windows Explorer
Browse to C:\Program Files\Banner Engineering\PresencePLUS Pro\Inspection directory
Copy both Inspections and Reference Images sub directories
(Select both directories then mouse right click on them and select "Copy")
Browse to C:\Program Files\Banner Engineering\PresencePLUS\Inspection Folder\Pro directory
Right click on this directory and select "Paste".
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