Table of Contents
Brief Introduction #
Image Manager is a Windows-based software for developers to manage the vision data from TM robot / TM SmartEdge/ TM AI+ and leverage them easily.
In this demo, we are going to show a demo to manage two AOI vision job done by TM Robot by the help of Image Manager.
Hardware Structure #
Key Feature of Image Manager UI #
- Current/history project picture organized into list
- Picture review and manual re-judged
| Pass(with F10 Button) | Fail(without F10 Button) |
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Environment Preparation #
Hardware and Software Preparation #
| Item Name | Version | Remark | |
| 1 | TM Robot | SW: 1.84 or above HW: 3.2 or above |
With Build-in Vision |
| 2 | PC+Display Device | OS: Win10 RAM: 4 GB or more Others: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2019 x64(Could download here) |
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| 3 | Image Manager package | v1.24 | Please download the package here, and Import Project and Global Variables to Robot |
Robot and PC Connection #
Please connect Robot and PC through Ethernet, you could connect through router or direct connect through an Ethernet cable.
Step-by-Step #
- TMflow:
- Robot Setting=>Connection=> Restart Modbus TCP
- System Setting=>Auto Remote Mode=>Check all
- Set necessary parameters in Project Main and SubA:
| Item Name | Main | SubA | |
| 1 | Point | Entry Landmark Barcode Scan(Since this point is based on vision base, teach it after Landmark Vision Job was edited) |
Leave job_1, job_2, job_3… |
| 2 | Network Device(IP) | ntd_External_Program (set as PC’s IP) | ntd_External_Program(set as PC’s IP) |
| 3 | Vision Job | In Subflow “Mode_Scan”: Landmark Barcode Scan |
job_1, job_2, job_3… |
- AOI_Image_Manager.exe:
- create a new manager account after Login as user “AOIOP”, then Login again with the new account.
- In Tag “Setting”, set “Device IP” as Robot IP, Press “Build currently Device”, then new folder “TMflowResult” was created in PC.
- Set this folder as a Share Folder to Everyone with authorization of reading and writing
- Set folder “TMflowResult” as Share folder in TMflow=> System Setting=> Network Service
- In TMflow, project “Main”, in First node “Setting”, set G_NetworkService_Setting(set as PC’s share folder “TMflowResult\Device_1\TMROBOT_VisionImages” path)
- Get Robot Ready: Set Main project as current, then switch robot mode from Manual to Auto.
- Press “Get Sample Pic” to Get Vision Job original picture from Robot to PC folder: “vision pic” (create automatically)
- In Tag “Test item modification”, set job_1, job_2 and job_3 as “Enable”, set other vision job as “Disable”
- In Tag “Project run”, press “Start” to initiate the process
