Setting Up the Interface

To set up the PC-DMIS Micro-Vu interface, perform these steps:

1. Install the USB driver. For details, see "Installing the PC-DMIS USB Driver".

2. Install the Frame Grabber software, the board's Frame Grabber driver, and the software installers. These items are located at ftp://ftp.wilcoxassoc.com/Hardware/Vision/FrameGrabber/. For help, see the "PC-DMIS Vision Frame Grabber and Cameras" chapter.

3. Install PC-DMIS.

4. Verify that interfac.dll, HSI.dll, and WAI_Optics.dll are in the PC-DMIS installation's root directory. The PC-DMIS installer automatically installs and renames these files according to the licensing configuration. The interfac.dll file is a copy of the HexMSI.DLL file, and the HSI.dll file is a copy of the HSI_MicroVu.dll file.

If you need the WAI_Optics.dll file, but it is missing, a "Failed Startup" message appears when PC-DMIS initializes the Micro-Vu interface.

5. Copy the mv_config.cfg Micro-Vu interface configuration file from the installation package into the PC-DMIS directory. Review the file for machine-specific changes such as scale resolution or the presence of a touch probe.

6. Start PC-DMIS as an administrator.

7. Open the Machine Options dialog box (Edit | Preferences | Machine Interface Setup). Select the General tab:

Machine Options dialog box - General tab

8. If the machine has a touch probe, select the machine type in the Controller information list.

9. In the Touch probe list, select MSI.

10. Select the Illumination tab:

Machine Options dialog box - Illumination tab

11. Set the available illumination lamps in the Available lamps area.

12. Close PC-DMIS.

13. Set the values for the Frame Grabber registry entries in the MSI section in PC-DMIS Settings Editor.

• For the FrameGrabber_CameraType registry entry:

• NTSCYC 0 (a common setting for Micro-Vu)

• PALYC = 1

• NTSC = 2

• PAL = 3

• CCIR = 4

• For the FrameGrabber_Type registry entry:

• Matrox Meteor 1

• Matrox CronosPlus 2

• Matrox Morphis 3

• IDS Falcon 201 (a common Frame Grabber setting for Micro-Vu)

• IDS Eagle 202

14. Start PC-DMIS. Open a measurement routine.

15. Define a vision probe for the Micro-Vu zoom cell. For example:

Probe Utilities dialog box

16. Calibration of the Vision probe Micro-Vu machines may have poor camera centration. You must calibrate the optical center before the parcentricity/parfocality high method can run to completion.

For details about how to calibrate Vision probes, refer to the "Calibrating Vision Probes" chapter in the PC-DMIS Vision documentation.

If you change the options in the Calibrate Optical Center dialog box, you must repeat the parfocal/parcentric calibration and probe offset calibration.

17. The normal vision calibration order is:

1. Calibrate these optics: Pixel Size, Camera Rotation, and Focus

2. Calibrate these illumination options: Bottom Lamp, Top Lamp, and Ring Lamp

3. Calibrate these optics: Parcentricity/Parfocality High

4. If you are on a multi-sensor machine, calibrate the probe offsets.

18. Calibrate and verify the stage XYZ.