VISION SYSTEM PC
CONFIGURATION PROCEDURE
INTRODUCTION
The configuration of the Vision System PC running the Vision System
HMI (GDVision) is made up of 3 major steps:
• Basic configuration of the Vision System PC
• Adaptation of the PC to the target machine
• Configuration of the GDVision HMI
BASIC CONFIGURATION OF THE VISION SYSTEM PC
The items required to configure / restore a Vision System PC consist of:
• PS/2 or USB keyboard
• USB DVD-ROM unit
• image disk of the Windows XP Embedded Operating System
• Vision System PC setup / restore disk
The configuration procedure then consists of two stages:
• Stage 1 - restoring the factory image of the PC
• Stage 2 - installing the required software support packages
Stage 1 - restoring the factory image of the PC
Restores the factory image of the Vision System PC and depends on
the target hardware
Procedure for Phoenix Contact PCs:
1. Connect both keyboard and DVD-ROM unit to the PC, then Insert the
image disk of the Windows XP Embedded Operating System
2. Power up the PC keeping the “ESC” key pressed at startup, to recall
the boot menu
3. Select the DVD-ROM (Figure 1) then press enter
4. If the player does not appear in the list, restart the PC by pressing
CTRL+ALT+DEL then resume the procedure from point (2).
Figure 1.
5. Select the target PC on which to install GDVision from the menu
(Figure 2)
Figure 2.
6. Wait for the recovery of the Vision System PC image ( Figures 3,4)
Figure 3
Figure 4
7. Press any key to restart the PC then remove the setup disc from the
DVDROM unit when the Ads-tec logo (on VMT 3015 PCs only) is
displayed
8. Wait until the self-configuration of Windows XP Embedded
completes. In this phase the PC will reboot twice and remain apparently
frozen for about 5 minutes (on all models but Phoenix VMT5015).
9. When the desktop appears, wait until all the icons on the traybar are
loaded then proceed to step 2
Procedure for B&R PCs
1. Connect both keyboard and DVD-ROM unit, then Insert the Vision
System PC setup / restore disk into the reader
2. Power up the PC keeping the “CANC” key pressed at startup to enter
the BIOS, and set the USB DVDROM player as the primary booting
unit.
3. Follow the Procedure for Phoenix Contact PCs from point (5) on.
Stage 2 - installing the required software support packages
Consists in setting up the programs that support the GDVIsion HMI
Procedure
1. Insert the Vision System PC setup / restore disk (15,AQ0G00008)
in the DVDROM unit
2. Click on "my computer" icon and wait until the DVDROM unti gets
labeled as "GD Vision System".
3. Click on the DVD-ROM (usually drive D:) and select the
"Autoplay" option
4. Calibrate the touchscreen when required (Figure 5) by following the
instructions displayed
Figure 5.
5. The setup starts by installing Tattile Antares. Confirm each step -
leaving the defaults unchanged - by pressing "Next". Finally press
"Finish" (Figures 6 to 11)
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Figure 11.
6. Confirm the installation of "Visual Basic 6.0 Run Time Files". Reply
with "NO" when requested to restart the PC (Figure 12), since a global
reboot will be performed after installing all the supporting programs.
Figure 12.
7. Confirm the installation of the "ActiveX Control Pad”, then accept the
default settings by pressing “Yes" , "Continue", “OK” in all tabs (figures
13,14).
To start this installation, press the PC icon (Figure 15)
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8. On Phoenix VMT 3015 model, the setup will display the "power
button" mode selection box. Set "Safe mode" then press "OK " (Figure
18)
Figure 18.
9. Setup will now proceed automatically until end. Confirm the final
completion message (Figure 19).
Figure 19.
10. Setup is going to restart the PC after a short countdown,
during which the setup disk must be removed from the DVDROM unit.
ADAPTATION OF THE PC TO THE TARGET MACHINE
The parameters involved in this process are:
• Name of the PC
• IP address
• Links to the programs to be activated
At the startup of the PC the system appears as shown in figure20, to let
the user check the details regarding the current configuration and the
status of the Ethernet link with the rest of the Vision System
environment.
Figure 20.
To confirm the current configuration press the “OK” button next to its
[Link] change the current configuration, select the new name in the
Target Configuration panel (Figure 20).
Upon confirmation of the requested operation, the program:
• updates the program links;
• Sets the IP address and the name of the PC according to the
configuration selected;
• updates the data displayed on the screen.
• restarts the PC
After rebooting the Vision System PC, the configurator for the GDVision
HMI is displayed.
CONFIGURATION OF THE GDVISION HMI
The HMI configurator (Figure 21) is displayed automatically at the next
reboot of the PC after completion of the previous steps.
Figure 21.
By using this tool the user can check / set, through the corresponding
boxes:
• The type of machine.
• The controls expected.
• The current date/time of the PC.
• The type of control to be assigned to each installed device.
• The fine customization of the HMI, including
- Title;
- Customer logo (if available);
- Speed of the machine;
- brand change/machine state signalling to main machine’s PC;
- password to critical HMI pages (if required)
- Setting of the mask in the OCR controls that contemplate it
The order in which configuration steps are performed is determined by
the program and is also displayed on the panel titles:
- The identification of the machine is done automatically by the program
- The first manual task is then to select the checks used, then click the
“V” button at the bottom of left panel
- The program applies the changes required to the system, and displays
the “Start GDVision” button on the bottom right corner (Figure 22)
Figure 22
- in this phase the remaining features of the system regarding the
devices (date/time, devices configuration) and the HMI itself (right panel
options) can be configured.
- Finally the HMI can be started up by pressing the Start GDVision
button.