Velocity Micro SEAL-IT 100 manual

SEAL-IT 100 Devi ce Driv er Us er Gu id e Jul y 2007 VWorks3 and BenchWorks[...]

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T able of Contents SE AL- I T 10 0 De vic e D riv er Use r Gui d e i Cha pt e r 1. In tr od uc ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Who shou ld read thi s gui de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Abou t V elocity1 1 user guide s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

T able of Contents SEA L- I T 10 0 Devi c e D rive r Use r Gui de ii[...]

1 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Introduc tion 1 This c hapter introduces V elocity 11 device dr i vers and p rov i des some basic proc edures that are need ed t o u se t hem. A V elo city 1 1 d evice driv er i s soft ware that plu g s into VW orks or Ben chW o rks s oftware to a llow t he m to co nt rol a sp eci fi[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 2 Who sho uld re ad this guide Job roles This user gui de is for peo ple wi th the followin g job role s: Related topi cs Job r ole Responsibilities Inte grator Som eon e who w r ite s sof tware and co nf i g u r e s h a rdwa re c on tr ol l e d by devic e dri ve rs. Lab manager[...]

3 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Abou t V elocity11 use r guides About thi s top ic Thi s topic describes the diff erent format s o f V elocity11 us er informatio n and explai ns h ow to acc ess the use r in formati on. Formats a vailable V elo ci ty11 u ser in form ation is provid ed to y ou as: ❑ On line h e lp [...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 4 PDF user guides Comp uter requirements T o o p en a u ser g u ide in P DF form at, y o u n eed a PD F v iewer . Y o u ca n downloa d a free P DF viewer fro m th e inte r net . Printin g a nd se ar ch ing The use r g uides in P DF f or mat a re mai n ly for pr int ing a d d iti[...]

5 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide What th is guide c overs About thi s top ic This top ic p resen ts an over view of what p rocedu res an d infor m ation are provide d in this u ser gu id e . This gu id e exp lain s h ow to: ❑ Instal l the dr i ver fo r the device ❑ Con figure th e device in the dev ice ma nager [...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 6 VW orks or Benc hWorks co mp at i b ilit y If yo u h av e p urcha sed a devi ce dr i ver pl ug-in an d are i nstal ling it y ourself , chec k wit h the V eloci ty11 T echn i cal Support to be sure y our ve rsion of VW orks or Benc hW orks softw ar e and the de vic e dri ve r p[...]

7 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Devic e file loca tion Device files have the file n am e fo r mat f ile n a me .dev and are st ored i n the f older loca tion tha t yo u specify wh e n sa ving the file . Related topi cs Abo ut dev ice dri v ers About thi s top ic This topic desc ri bes what device dr iv ers are and [...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 8 Ad vantages o f di stributing devic e dr i v e r s as plug-ins a re: ❑ Y ou onl y nee d to ins tall t he plug -ins fo r the d evi ces y ou use ❑ Whe n new plug -ins become av a ila ble , they can b e easil y ad ded. There i s no n e ed to re-ins tall t he V W o rks o r Ben[...]

9 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Inst alling dev ice drivers About thi s top ic Device s are int eg rated in to VW orks o r B enchW ork s soft ware us ing device dr i ver p lug-in s. P lu g-i ns ne ed t o b e in st alle d be fore th e device can b e con figur ed and used. Thi s topic describes ho w to install de vic[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 10 Addin g devices About thi s top ic T o c onfig ure your lab au toma t ion syste m to use a devic e, y ou need to ad d it to a devic e file i n VW orks or Benc hW ork s softw are . Th e VW orks or Bench W orks so ftware dev i ce manag e r uses the i nfor ma tion in the device [...]

11 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 8. Se lect Fil e > Device File > Save . If y ou ar e c rea ting a new d evice fi le , y ou ar e pro m pted to e nter a n am e for you r d e vi c e fi l e. Alt ernati v ely , y ou ca n sele c t Fi le > Sav e All . This sav e s t he devic e f ile and the curr ent prot ocol fi[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 12 Related topi cs Open ing diagno stics About thi s top ic E ver y d ev i c e ha s di agn o st ic s s o ftwa re to a ssi st you w it h tro u ble sh o o ti ng and setting up the devic e . This to p ic describes how to open a device’ s dia g nosti cs in VW orks or Benc hW orks [...]

13 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide 2. In the Diagnostics w ind ow , s ele ct t hed evice. E xp and t he gen e ral name of the dev ice, if n ec es sar y . 3. Click Device diagnostics . The dev ice’ s diagno stics dialog bo x o pen s. Procedure 2 I f you ar e usin g VW orks4 softwa r e T o op en Di ag n o s ti c s : [...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 14 3. Click Device diag nos tic s located at th e bottom o f the Device Li st toolbar . The devic e’ s diagno sti cs dia log b o x op ens. Related topi cs For i n for m ation abou t... See... Diagnos tics “ Abo ut diagn ostic s” on p age 1 1 About devic e dri ver s “ Abo[...]

15 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Abou t pr ofiles About thi s top ic T his to pic describes w hat profi les ar e and w h a t they do . Read th is top ic if y o u are an ad min istrator in charge o f m an aging Ve l o c i t y 1 1 d e v i c e s . Prof iles def ined A pr of il e con ta ins t he in it ial iz at io n se[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 16 Setting the pro pe rties for a device About thi s top ic The devic e p rope r ties provid e V W o rks o r Ben chW orks so ftwa re wit h ad d itio nal in for mation abou t the dev ice ’ s curre nt co nf iguration , such as which pro file to us e, and s tores t he i n form at[...]

17 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Se tt ing t ea ch p oin ts T e achpo ints are the coo rdinates in spac e th at a rob ot tra vels to in orde r to intera ct with a device . Only the devices tha t are a ccessib le by r o bots are able to ha ve teach poin ts. T o se t the te achpoi nt pr oper ti es: 1. O pen th e De v[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 18 3. Som e s oftw ar e dev ice driv ers o n l y . Set the Appr oac h hei ght and All owe d/ proh ib it ed l a bware . F ol lo w the pr oced ur e in “Setting gener al prop er tie s” on pag e 16 . 4. Se t the B ar c ode R eaders location . F ollow th e pro ced ure in “Setti[...]

19 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Addin g and linki ng Sub Pr ocess t asks About thi s top ic T his to pic descr i bes ho w to ad d a sub- pro cess to a pr ot ocol and configur e it. Read this topic if y ou a r e an a dministra tor or technicia n and are r esponsi ble f or cr eati ng prot ocol s in VW or k s or Be n[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 20 3. If ther e is only one sub-pro c ess and y o u need to create a second on e , cl ic k Ad d N ew . Associating the s ub- process to a device Beca use you can hav e more tha n one devi ce that uses sub- proce sses on a la b a ut o ma ti on sy s t em , you m u st l in k e a ch[...]

21 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Related topi cs Usin g JavaScri pt t o set task parameter s About thi s top ic Ja va Script progr ams (s cript s) c a n be us ed to c hange the par amet er s of a proto col t ask im m ediately be fore it is schedu le d. This exten ds t he ca pabi lity of VW or k s or Benc hW orks so[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 22 F o r more infor m ation about us ing Jav a Sc ri pt, refe r to the VW ork s V ers i on 3 Autom ation C ontrol Use r G uide or the Benc hW or ks A utomation Cont ro l User Guide . Related topi cs About r ea der output files About thi s top ic Plug-in devic e dr iv e rs that a[...]

23 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide The exact n a me of the file is specific t o the device. F or exam ple, t he R V SI V R 40 00 dev ice dr i ver cre ates a file w it h t he nam e vialrea der resu lts.tx t. Thi s file can onl y store data f o r one read, whi c h means that the se t of da ta f or each r ea d o ver wri[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 24 Overri ding output file names with tasks Y ou can o verrid e the default output file name tha t is set in the pro file usi ng the Output filename property of the Read task para meter s. This allows you to us e d iffere nt ou tp ut file nam es for ever y tas k. The suffix used[...]

25 Chapt er 1: Intr oductio n SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Abou t devic e initializa tion About thi s top ic Whe n wo rking in de vice diagn ostics soft war e , y ou are ofte n requir ed to initial ize th e dev ic e . This to pic exp lains why device in itia lizatio n i s neces sary . Openi ng commu nications Init ializi ng a d evice o pe n[...]

Chapt er 1: Intr o duction SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 26[...]

27 Chapt e r 2: S EAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide SEAL-IT 100 2 The ABgen e S EAL -IT 1 00 is a plate seale r t hat uses adh esiv e film for c ol d pressu re s ea ling. The S E AL -IT 1 0 0 can be co n fig ured to work in lab auto mati on syste ms r unni ng VW or k s or BenchW ork s. Thi s c ha pter contai ns th e follo wing topics:[...]

Chapt e r 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 28 W orkflow f or configu r ing the S EAL-IT 1 00 About thi s top ic T his to pic pr ese nts the w or kf lo w fo r conf iguri ng th e SEAL -IT 10 0 devi ce dri ver . Read this topi c if y ou are an ad ministr ator r esponsi ble for setti ng up devi ces in VW orks or Benc hW orks. [...]

29 Chapt e r 2: S EAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Cr eating a SEAL-IT 100 pr ofile About thi s top ic T his to pic descr ibes ho w to cr eat e a profi le for the SEAL-I T 100 . Read this topi c if y ou are an ad ministr ator r esponsi ble for setti ng up devi ces in VW orks or Benc hW orks. Bef ore yo u sta rt Bef ore y ou cre ate a[...]

Chapt e r 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 30 7. Click OK to s a ve the prof ile an d e x it AB gene SE AL-IT 100 Di agno s tic s. Related topi cs Roll co unt Number o f times t he rolling operation is p erfor m ed. A l wa ys s et t o 1 . Roll sp eed Speed at which the roller that presses the sea l ont o the plate moves. R[...]

31 Chapt e r 2: S EAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide Setting SE AL-IT 100 task paramet ers About thi s top ic W hen the SEAL- IT 100 i s ad ded to the de vice m ana ger , the tas k assoc iated w ith the device bec om es availab le in the p rot ocol edi tor . When a task is added to a pro to col, y ou need to set the par ameter s for it[...]

Chapt e r 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 32 Related topi cs Managi ng SEAL-IT 100 pr ofiles About thi s top ic T his topi c describes ho w administr ators and techni cians can manage SEA L- IT 100 p rofile s. Managing profil es T o manage SEAL-IT 100 profiles: 1. Op en ABgene SEA L-IT 100 Diagn ostic s . 2. Click t he Pr[...]

33 Chapt e r 2: S EAL-IT 100 SEAL-IT 100 Device Driver User Guide  Updat ing the profile . Use the U pdate comma nd to sa ve edits to an exist ing profile.  Co pyin g a pro f ile.  Renaming a pr of ile .  Deleting a profile . Related topi cs Operat ing the SEA L-IT 10 0 wit h diagnos tics About thi s top ic T his to pic describes ho w t[...]

Chapt e r 2: SEAL-IT 100 SEA L-I T 10 0 Devi ce D rive r Use r Guide 34 T o seal or trim a single p late usi n g ABgene SEAL-I T 100 diagno sti cs: 1. Op en ABgene SEAL-IT 100 Diagnost ics . 2. Click t he Cont rols tab . 3. If the S EAL -IT 10 0 is no t in itializ ed , clic k Initialize this pr ofile on t h e Pr ofiles tab . 4 . T o se al a pla te [...]